Stanford = 3.9% acceptance rate, How to still get in when 96% don't

Last year we brought on one of our top-performing students of all time, Jack Beecher, to be an official part of the CollegeConsulting.us team.

Parents replied in droves, saying they loved getting to experience Jack's journey through senior year of high school, which he documented, live for our readers.

Jack is now a freshman at Dartmouth and loving life. We still keep in touch regularly.

What some of our new audience doesn't know is his role last summer was to distill Ivy-Caliber admissions advice into short, actionable tips to provide the next generation of high schoolers.

The simple question he was tasked with answering (with the rest of the team's help): At the most elite schools in the country, where the admissions rate hovers around 3-5% (meaning 95-97% of applications are rejected)...how do you gain acceptance?

Jack completed a plethora of actual interviews with real Ivy-bound (or similar) students. Jack even reviewed their entire, full, submitted Common Apps to find trends.

Our team's biggest takeaway? If you want to get into Stanford...or Harvard...or Dartmouth...or Brown (or any similar level school) "grinding your way to acceptance" is NOT the answer.  Instead, there are a few key things you can do to help yourself stand out in the sea of other applicants.  And no, those things aren't taking your 8th AP or signing up for your 12th school club.

Over the coming weeks, I'll send out Jack's top interviews that highlights these exact takeaways.  Please, please take our high-level lessons (and even better, take the whole interview URL) back to your high schooler. It may just change their life trajectory forever.

Watch: "Interview with '27 Stanford Admit, Vi Beauchan"

Short on time? Take a look at the timestamps beneath the video to skip to the parts that most resonate with your high schooler.

To your college planning success,
Jack Delehey
Founder, CollegeConsulting.us