2025-2026 Stanford

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oh god my post-interview update tab is gone. what does this mean? anyone interviewed earlier this month see the same? am i going to die?
 
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anonymooseee said:
oh god my post-interview update tab is gone. what does this mean? anyone interviewed earlier this month see the same? am i going to die?
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I think it just auto disappears after a week or so of interviewing. They said you have to send post interview updates within a week
 
babysloth123 said:
IS ii just now! I submitted my secondary July 17th AND got that "erroneous" rejection lmao, so hope is not lost! They gave me one date to choose from, FYI, later in November (so that is when they are currently scheduling in you were wondering!).
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Congrats! And it seems like nobody gets to choose their interview date at all for Stanford. When I got my II a few weeks ago, they specified my interview would be this specific day and that was it.
 
hihihohohaha84 said:
Congrats! And it seems like nobody gets to choose their interview date at all for Stanford. When I got my II a few weeks ago, they specified my interview would be this specific day and that was it.
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Same! I was like, we just met, let's get to know each other first, schedule a date maybe, you're coming on a bit strong y'know? but nooooo, Stanford's just pushy like that
 
Does anyone also kick themselves (figuratively) after the interview? I don’t think I did terribly but now I keep playing the questions in my head and Im like “Dang, I should have answered this much better by saying xyz.” Like for some reasons I have 10 different better/more thorough/more coherent answers in my head now than the ones I gave (which I know were not bad at all). Please tell me I’m not alone 🥺
 
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hihihohohaha84 said:
Does anyone also kick themselves (figuratively) after the interview? I don’t think I did terribly but now I keep playing the questions in my head and Im like “Dang, I should have answered this much better by saying xyz.” Like for some reasons I have 10 different better/more thorough/more coherent answers in my head now than the ones I gave (which I know were not bad at all). Please tell me I’m not alone 🥺
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that interview was def stressful LOL hindsight is 20/20...would love to hear how others felt after lmaooo. everyone was super nice tho
 
med400 said:
that interview was def stressful LOL hindsight is 20/20...would love to hear how others felt after lmaooo. everyone was super nice tho
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Had my interview back in September and I felt like I did horribly, was truly demoralizing 😭 but not much we can do now. Wishing you both the best!
 
med400 said:
that interview was def stressful LOL hindsight is 20/20...would love to hear how others felt after lmaooo. everyone was super nice tho
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I’m so glad everyone was very nice. I think I did decent in most station but there was one station the rater definitely grilled me quite a bit, so I wonder if it was their interviewing style or the instruction that they received for that particular station. I really enjoy most of the questions though. And I don’t know if this is a good thing or not but I got asked some very creative ones in both the MMI stations and the traditional one and I feel like I did much better answering those follow-up questions and/or creative ones than the main questions 🥹
 
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hihihohohaha84 said:
I’m so glad everyone was very nice. I think I did decent in most station but there was one station the rater definitely grilled me quite a bit, so I wonder if it was their interviewing style or the instruction that they received for that particular station. I really enjoy most of the questions though. And I don’t know if this is a good thing or not but I got asked some very creative ones in both the MMI stations and the traditional one and I feel like I did much better answering those follow-up questions and/or creative ones than the main questions 🥹
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oh no way, i didnt experience any grilling in my MMI stations, but fs the general interview was super short, i only got to answer around 6 qs 🙁 im not sure if i got through all the qs the interviewer wanted to ask or not which is stressful lolol
 
med400 said:
oh no way, i didnt experience any grilling in my MMI stations, but fs the general interview was super short, i only got to answer around 6 qs 🙁 im not sure if i got through all the qs the interviewer wanted to ask or not which is stressful lolol
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Welp, then maybe that station was my worst one then, that the rater literally kept asking/prompting me 😂 finger-cross they take off worst score 😭 and yep the traditional was very short, but I think 6 qs is a good amount to go through?!?!? I also got around 5-6 questions as well.
 
hihihohohaha84 said:
Welp, then maybe that station was my worst one then, that the rater literally kept asking/prompting me 😂 finger-cross they take off worst score 😭 and yep the traditional was very short, but I think 6 qs is a good amount to go through?!?!? I also got around 5-6 questions as well.
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we could've maybe also had different interviewers even? i have no clue if everyone cycles through the same stations or not, probs not tho bc of the sheer # of interviewees at a time? ive got my fingers crossed for both of us to get that A in jan/feb!!
 
med400 said:
we could've maybe also had different interviewers even? i have no clue if everyone cycles through the same stations or not, probs not tho bc of the sheer # of interviewees at a time? ive got my fingers crossed for both of us to get that A in jan/feb!!
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Let’s manifest that! See you in the Bay Area in 8 months!!!!!!!!
 
does anybody know if interviewed students get an opportunity to visit campus? or is that only if you're accepted?
 
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morak said:
Stanford just assigns you one date and tells you to make every effort to attend that day, but you can reschedule for "extenuating circumstances"
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what dates are being offered? its way a to track how far out they are scheduling/how close to end.
 
Can anyone who's interviewed say whether the MMI interviewers interact with you (eg, by asking follow-up questions)?
 
morak said:
Can anyone who's interviewed say whether the MMI interviewers interact with you (eg, by asking follow-up questions)?
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Yes, expect lots of follow-up questions. I know many people who had MMIs at other places said that it's common to end the convo before time runs out for one station, but that was not the case at all for my interview. All my raters asked a bunch of follow-up questions (really good ones) and I ran out of time for many of them actually (they reassured me to not worry if I ran out of time).
 
samplam said:
Yes, they do, and you should expect that in every MMI you do!
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hihihohohaha84 said:
Yes, expect lots of follow-up questions. I know many people who had MMIs at other places said that it's common to end the convo before time runs out for one station, but that was not the case at all for my interview. All my raters asked a bunch of follow-up questions (really good ones) and I ran out of time for many of them actually (they reassured me to not worry if I ran out of time).
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Thank you so much! I was worried the MMI interviewers would sit there like statues and let me rant. Glad to hear that's not the case!
 
morak said:
Can anyone who's interviewed say whether the MMI interviewers interact with you (eg, by asking follow-up questions)?
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Since there is limited time in each MMI room, if there is more time/if they want more info, they will definitely ask you more info. But just as a FYI. the time flies before you even realize it's over.
 
morak said:
Can anyone who's interviewed say whether the MMI interviewers interact with you (eg, by asking follow-up questions)?
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yeah lol definitely, they ask follow-ups to probably guide you to what they want to hear or hear your stance on how the concept applies to you or even broader beliefs.
 
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