The Stanford Ready Quiz

With acceptance rates in the single digits at top colleges, and over 3.3 million high school seniors, competition to get into college has never been more intense.

Take this quiz to evaluate how “admit ready” your child is and how to help him/her better prepare to get into a top tier college.

College admissions is not transparent and most parents are overwhelmed by the intimidating process and complicated system. Use these quiz results to make a plan and help your child take action to stand out in the uber competitive pool of college applicants.

Top Tier Admissions is home to America's Premier College Consultants who have designed this quiz to help you get ahead of the game and understand the process quickly to learn where your student falls in the mix.

This TTA quiz is a guide to evaluate where your student is in preparing to apply to elite colleges.

Let’s get started!

1. What is your child’s class rank?

#1 or #2 in his/her class

Top 5-10% in his/her class

Top 15-25% in his/her class

Below top 25% in his/her class

2. What level of courses has your child taken?

Three to five AP courses (or 4 HL courses if IB) before senior year and as many honors courses as have been available; and/or college courses during the summers and/or dual enrollment senior year

Two-three AP courses and a few honors classes (not counting senior year)

No AP courses but a few honors

No AP courses, no honors

3. What are your student’s highest SAT or ACT scores?

All scores are over 770; 35-36 ACT composite

At least two scores over 720; 33-34 ACT composite

At least two scores over 650; 11 ACT composite

Below 650; OR my student has not taken the SAT or ACT

5. What are your child’s highest AP scores?

Mostly 5’s with 1-2 4’s (4 or more total AP Scores)

Mostly 4s (2-4 AP scores)

Mostly 3s

My student hasn’t taken any AP exams

6. My child’s extracurricular activities are best described as:

The captain of a sport and/or president/founder of at least two organizations or other major activities. OR, my student is state- or nationally-ranked in some area and has won awards at the state or national level

Holds some leadership positions in school (for example, co-editor of the newspaper). OR, has won some awards in local activities

A member of several clubs and organizations at their school, but no major leadership

My student does not participate in any leadership/extracurricular activities

7. In what ways has your child gone above and beyond outside of the school year?

He/She has spent most summers doing serious summer research or academic work since 9th grade; OR my student has been involved in RSI or Telluride/other super competitive summer programs

He/She has spent at least one to two summers doing some research or academic work

He/She goes to camp/travel and has done one- to two-week leadership programs or shorter programs

He/She has not participated in any academic or leadership activities during the summer

8. In what ways does your child stand out academically or otherwise?

My student is poised to be named valedictorian, and/or has received major academic awards from high school; and/or he/she has received math awards, science awards, or other awards on a state or national level; and/or has attended competitive summer programs or taken college courses

My student is a National Merit Scholar; OR they have other talents that make him/her stand out (dance, music, theater, etc.)

My student is academically solid all around, but no major awards

My student has not received recognition/awards at school or outside of school

9. Does your student have a “hook” or special connection to Stanford?

My student is a recruited athlete, a first-generation college student, or is Native American or African American, OR our family gave over five to ten million dollars to Stanford

My student is a legacy (at least one parent went to Stanford) or they have some kind of family connection, or they are Hispanic

Our family has some lower-level connections with a few schools

My child is a typical applicant

10. What do your student’s teachers say about your student?

Teachers’ comments have typically been along the lines of “Best student I’ve ever taught” or “Top student in the class.”

Teachers’ comments are generally very positive

Teachers have strongly encouraged my student to speak up and/or work harder in their classes; OR they have given standard praise (works hard, very diligent)

My student has not received much feedback from teachers

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* Last Name

* Email Address

Phone Number

Name of High School

High School Graduation Year

State

Household Income

100K or under

100k - 500K

500K or above

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