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How to get off Stanford’s waitlist

Caroline Chen and Mark Allen Cu
  •  
April 25, 2024
Reads
The text "Bewilderment" written in black and white against a yellow background with text running across

On ‘Bewilderment’: both a poetics and an ethics

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 8, 2023
The Grind
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Excerpt: Autumn, grief, loss and other things

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 1, 2023
The Grind
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How do we respond to catastrophe?

Gheed El Bizri
  •  
Jan. 30, 2023
The Grind
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The art of tamales

Jordan Stock
  •  
Jan. 26, 2023
The Grind
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I can’t believe my eyes

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Dec. 7, 2022
The Grind
A crowd of happy students at a football game sits inside a thought bubble connected to a puzzled looking character. Text reads "My big game plan, if I were actually going."

My Big Game plan if I decide to go to Big Game

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 15, 2022
The Grind
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Why you should try teaching

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
The Grind
It is dark out, and Hindu priest conducting a religious havan. There are two other religious officers in front and behind.

‘Vrata’: A Hindu priest’s lesson on dedication to goals amidst Stanford’s cacophony of opportunity

Diya Sabharwal
  •  
Nov. 6, 2022
The Grind
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Essays on Essays: Finding your favorite spot at Stanford

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Oct. 24, 2022
Arts & Life
A close up of Angela Duckworth and Bettina Love

Three Books 2020: What Stanford’s incoming class should take away from Angela Duckworth and Bettina Love

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Sept. 17, 2020
The Grind
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When no one does the reading

Clara Spars
  •  
April 22, 2019
The Grind
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Death by deadline

Phoebe Quinton
  •  
Feb. 13, 2019
The Grind
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Another use for Stanford admissions essays

Raagavi Ragothaman
  •  
Jan. 8, 2019
The Grind
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Here’s to failed Common App essays

Millie Lin
  •  
Nov. 16, 2018
(AILEEN XUE / The Stanford Daily)

Should Stanford go test-optional?

Aileen Xue
  •  
July 29, 2018
Hannah Ronca/The Stanford Daily

Stanford to stop requiring ACT/SAT essay scores

Holden Foreman
  •  
July 7, 2018
lovecraft

Horror literature picks for November

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
  •  
Nov. 3, 2017
The Stanford Daily

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