STANFORD SCHOLARSHIP

Stanford does not give FULL athletic scholarships in TF. However money is available based on financial need.

FACT:Steven Solomen is on full scholarship at Stanford.

There are so many variables that a raw 5k time is just the start of the equation. I'd say you'd have to run under 17:15 as a starting point.

Other factors:

Have you also run under 4:50 for 1600?

Did you run 17:15 once or 10 times.

How have you performed at championship meets?

Can you qualify academically?

Are you a social fit for the school/team?

I know athletes that have walked-on or received partial scholarships with less but if a full scholarship is what you need then its unlikely you'd get that as a freshman.

Unless you name is Sarah Baxter.

wannabecardinal wrote:

Does anyone have any knowledge of the 5k time a girl would have to run to get a full scholarship at Stanford?

Yes, and that person is among the anonymous losers on LRC and most certainly isn't the Stanford coach. Good choice coming here first; you'll fit right in at Stanford.

Is that the best stuff you can cook up?

Seriously?

If you want to know, why don't you email the Stanford coaches and ask them instead of asking the anonymous losers on LRC.

Coach D***,

This is an MF message board. People ask questions. Why don't you give her some advice since you advertise yourself as a coach? You've got to know SOME-thing.

Of course, she'll have to talk to the coaches, eventually, but why can't she ask a bunch of experienced runners where she stands, first.

This place kills me sometimes.

Solo Man wrote:

FACT:Steven Solomen is on full scholarship at Stanford.

If so, then that gives you an idea of what it takes to get a full scholarship to Stanford as a freshman : Olympic finalist.

16:20

Full scholarship at Stanford does not require that you are an olympic finalist. The only oly finalist is steven and he is NOT the only full ride athlete

Come over here and I'll give you an education for a lot less!

Even with Asian Exclusion a chance at a USC or Stanford education is worth the application fee and transcript costs. UCLA and Cal are really bad for lower division instruction. UCLA and Cal are like going to school in the middle of an urban riot. The typical UCLA and Cal class has 300 students with 2/3rds CJKIPE genuiuses with not enought TA's and every TA just learned English over the summer.

short tree wrote:

Full scholarship at Stanford does not require that you are an olympic finalist. The only oly finalist is steven and he is NOT the only full ride athlete

True, there are a few other full ride athletes. But not other freshmen.

very few freshman full rides. must be top of the HS lists in multiple events

USC/Stanford are RACIST wrote:

UCLA and Cal are like going to school in the middle of an urban riot.

Guess you've never been to USC then. Its not "like" going to school in an urban riot - it "IS" going to school in an urban riot. And the education at USC sucks too.

I hate USC students since they are so effing snooty they feel sorry for those not at USC and tell you instead they are in 'college'. When you then ask 'which school do you go to?' they look away, pause, take a deep breath, and say 'USC' with false modesty. Make me want to puke in their faces.

really what's so good about USC?

USC ISI stole The Internet from UCLA. Literally. UCLA & Rand Corp engineers invented The Internet in the 1950s. For many decades USC ISI has had the very lucrative federal contract to manage The Internet. (For those children on this forum, in the academic world, a 'federal contract award' is equivalent to an Olympic Gold Medal). This proves once and for all that UCLA sucks.

the real question is "what do i need to fit within the Stanford recruiting parameters?" Most schools where you are "recruited" will meet your total need with a combination of three types of aid: athletic, academic, and financial/need based. very few "full rides" are 100% athletic. from your perspective there are pros and cons to all three types. i would suggest that if you can academically and athletically fit the profile for stanford you might be better off without a 100% athletic award. (which virtually no one receives as a freshmen anyway).