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Reproducing 1912 Fashions – Remember Titanic!
This April, we will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. It hasn’t been fashionable in recent years to laud the heroes of that fatal night, but I am glad to see there are many memorial events planned for this year (the Titanic 100 in Branson, Missouri, promises to be a spectacular event, and there are even cruises that will follow Titanic‘s original route and stop at the site of the sinking). I’m especially delighted to see that attendees plan to dress in historical fashions to commemorate both those who died and those who survived the terrible tragedy of April 14, 1912.https://www.pinterest.com/powerpoint_templates/newspaper-template-powerpoint/
I’ve drawn from my personal collection of catalogs and magazines to pull together images to inspire you as you reproduce Titanic-era fashions for your family. A huge thank-you goes out to long-time customer Carol K., who sent me photographs from the April, 1912, issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal, chock-full of fashion images and articles that help illuminate the time period. At the end of the article you will find a link to download a free eBook containing all the images in this special feature, plus an array of extra goodies that will help you gain an excellent picture of the time period. You can print these for your own personal use, and feel free to pass the link around to others. The eBook is free until the end of April!
Women’s fashions in 1912 were in a period of transition from the “S”-bend shape popular in the Edwardian era to the more natural, columnar silhouette of the middle 1910s. In the image at right from a 1908 fashion article, you can see the sway-backed silhouette and the emphasis on a tiny waist. Clothing catalogs of the time period still retain the S-bend fashions that had been popular for over a decade, but fashion magazines tended to feature what was new and grabbing attention in Europe. I have an original copy of a March 1912 issue of La Mode that shows the nouveau empire waistline that was coming into style:
Note the slightly raised waistline and the draped, layered effect of the skirts. These are day dresses appropriate for social calls and shopping. The posture is definitely more upright now with the emphasis on draped details and trims or shawl collar effects around the neckline. These dresses are all listed as "visiting costumes" and appropriate for day wear out on the town.
The blouses below from the May 1912 issue of La Mode show the new “natural” neckline now popular. The high lace collars would still hang on for another couple of years, but they were definitely on the way out:
These looks can be reproduced with my “Beatrix” Shirtwaist Pattern and pair perfectly with the “Beatrix” Skirt. The free eBook includes a feature on detachable collars for shirtwaists as well.
Lady Duff-Gordon in 1912. Note her draped neckline, multiple skirt layers, and filmy shawl.
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon, was a well-known fashion designer in 1912 and also happened to be on the Titanic (she survived). Her beautiful gowns helped shape the new fashion era of the 1910s on into the 19-teens with their fuller skirts and emphasis on beautiful draping and the use of soft, floaty fabrics. Lucile’s designs attracted stage actresses and the well-to-do. They were also commercialized for middle-class catalogs in America, and Lucile wrote columns on fashion for several prominent magazines of the day. Her easy-fitting, romantic gowns paved the way for the “reform” styles of the 1910s, since she designed a less restrictive corset and did not bone the bodices of most of her gowns. Lucile’s famous claim was that she wanted to “dress the soul” and not just the body. She adored feminine lines and loved to use graceful, artistically draped materials.
Lucile's models pose in a line of tea gowns for 1912. Notice the waistline sashes on several and the natural necklines on all of them.
My 1910s Tea Gown pattern includes diaphanous skirt layers, the slightly raised waistline, and the Asian-inspired sash of the era. Its square neckline and bodice inset are appropriate for very dressy teas and for evening wear as well:
If you plan to attend any formal dinners or evening socials for Titanic, there are a lot of gorgeous extant 1912 evening gowns in museum collections that leave the mouth agape with the lusciously draped layers of silk, satin, chiffon, and velvet. The images below are from the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City:
1912 evening gown by Plaza Gown Parlors. You could definitely make this with my 1910s Tea Gown--just use lace panels instead of chiffon for the overdress and cut the front of the skirt on the fold. Gorgeous! 1912 evening gown by Paul Poiret The back view to show the squared train.
Be sure to check , as there is a beautiful pattern for a 1912 evening gown similar to the one above!
1912 evening gown by Herbert Lucy
If you’ll be mainly involved in daytime events like afternoon teas, steamboat outings, or even theme cruises, you’ll want to stick to day wear appropriate to the occasion. The image below is from a 1910 catalog and shows “lingerie” dresses considered correct for an outing on a ship or by the seashore:
You can see the high collars that had been popular for about 15 years by the time this catalog was published. Those collars would hang on for another few years, so you still see them in the following fashion images from the April, 1912, edition of The Ladies’ Home Journal.
Note that all the skirts have attractive details between the hipline and hem, including wide tucks and decorative buttons. The bodice on the far right shows the draping now growing in popularity. Here is the opening paragraph from the accompanying article:
It is in the first days of early spring, when under the sun’s warm rays we joyfully lay aside our heavy outer garments and furs, that our thoughts turn to a suitable dress for street wear. The material, color, and design must be decided upon with a view to the appropriateness for the time of day and purposes for which the gown is required. Taffeta is the newest silk, and is charming for simple undraped gowns and tailored suits, while the more clinging, supple qualities of crepe and satin charmeuse, and foulard, voile, and marquisette are given the preference for more composite designs.
This lovely brown Easter dress has elbow-length sleeves, a cross-draped bodice (creating a “V” in the center), and the overskirt with contrasting underskirt that would become ubiquitous in 1912-1914.
More hints for appropriate fabrics are given in an article titled, “What I See in New York” by Blanche G. Merritt:
[T]here are certain types of fabrics that are most cool and comfortable to wear: transparent cottons and voiles and thin summer silks; and it is well, when about to make such dresses, to select styles which, while suitable for all times, will be especially so for the warm days.
The fashions above for “stout women” show how beautifully tailored lines flattered all shapes. The asymmetrical front closure on the green suit at left slimmed the waist, as did the long lines of the brown coat. The draped necklines on the gowns at right created a “V” on top that matched the inverted “V” in the skirt, creating the illusion of an hourglass waistline. Beautiful! You still have the high lace collars here, which seem to be normal for “town” or “visiting” outfits.
From the text of the original article:
A long coat should be chosen not only with regard to design, color, and trimming, but also with regard to the purpose for which it is intended. If you can have only one coat, select a simple tailored one like the coat of brown broadcloth with a velvet collar shown above. Such a garment is always in good taste and may be worn for all occasions for several seasons.
Traveling suits are easy to create using my “Beatrix” Jacket Pattern, and it is quite possible to reproduce the asymmetrical fastening with a bit of tweaking as you cut out the jacket front. Feel free to drop me a line through the Contact Form if you have questions about how to do this. Past Patterns also offers a “Vintage Revivals” copy of a long coat pattern from 1911-12.
This sock advertisement from March 1912 shows a ladies’ afternoon dress. The style of the bodice is very similar to my 1914 Afternoon Dress pattern’s silhouette. The neckline features a lace inset, and there is lace at the edge of the shoulder around the armhole as well. The bodice and overskirt appear to have a lightweight, semi-sheer material over a candy pink fabric. Note the natural neckline and elbow-length sleeves. When I made an “heirloom” dress for myself from the 1914 pattern, it was very much inspired by this ad illustration (I added the blue silk belt for contrast):
This May, 1912, cover for The Housewife magazine also shows the natural neckline and elbow-length sleeves popular at the time. Note the beautifully detailed apron!
Amanda Kastner, winner of my 2004 Young Designers’ Contest, created the 1912 Kimono Dress Pattern (now available in ePattern format!). She drew her inspiration from a couple of fashion illustrations from 1911 and 1912:
The two-toned dress on the far left was the chief inspiration for the pattern, which is an absolutely perfect day dress for Titanic events and makes up beautifully as a tea gown in dressier fabrics like silk taffeta, silk georgette, and other materials that drape nicely. I love Amanda’s original illustration, which shows just how charming this easy-to-make dress is (note the optional inset on the right-hand dress, similar to the design second from the right in the illustration above):
Little girls’ clothing in 1912 reflected a trend toward more comfortable designs suitable for play:
I especially like the kimono-sleeve style of the dress on the far left. The neckline, cuffs, and hemline all use a contrasting material. The frock is simplicity itself–a big departure from the fussier dresses for little girls of a decade before. Note the wide collars with a “middy” influence on the two outfits to the right. The accompanying article recommends batiste, chambray, dotted Swiss, linen, and printed China silks for little girls’ dresses. For coats, serge (ridged twill) seems to be the favorite, but there’s also a recommendation to make a coat out of the same material as the dress (which is what you see on the far right model above).
The image below, from an April 1912 French fashion periodical (Moniteur), shows a girl in a dress very similar to my Girls’ 1914 Dress Pattern. The only modifications necessary would be raising the waistline about two inches and adding ruffles to the puffed sleeves. The eyelet collar over the bodice looks detachable, which matches a lot of the ladies’ fashions of the day.
Do not miss Au Fil du Temps on eBay, who graciously provided this image. They have a wealth of original fashion illustrations, including the two below from late 1911:
The drop-waist dress on the left with its wide belt is almost a “sneak peek” of early 1920s fashions for girls. It’s definitely comfortable and easy to wear. The longer “jumper”-style dress on the right goes over a fine cotton blouse. This is a simple style to reproduce, even with modern patterns.
Finding girls’ patterns from this time period is a little more challenging than finding ladies’, but they are out there. I highly recommend Hint of History’s Drop-Waist Dress pattern, which is great for 1912. Patterns of Time carries just about every single historical costume pattern in print and has a lot of girls’ dress and coat patterns from this period.
So what about boys? The sailor middy has been a perennial favorite from the mid-19th century all the way up to the present day. You saw the 1912 version in the Moniteur image above. These are fairly easy to reproduce with a simple double-breasted shirt pattern and a second pattern for knee-length shorts. Adding a middy collar is not difficult, and you can use the easy tutorial on eHow to create one. But the easiest outfit to reproduce by far (and one that requires minimal sewing and needs no pattern) is the classic “newsboy” look of the 1910s:
Real newsboys of the time period were usually poor children living hand-to-mouth, but their clothing (while patched and mended) still resembled what middle-class boys wore.
Up to about age 12, boys wore knickers over long socks (or stockings), paired with an Oxford-style button shirt (and sometimes a vest and/or tie). You can easily reproduce this look with thrift store clothing finds. Here’s what you’ll need:
On the left is a pair of dark brown corduroy trousers with no back pockets and no pleating– just simple, straight pants (dark khakis and wool suit trousers are also appropriate). On the right is a white button Oxford shirt. The collar has no buttonholes, which is important, as the collars of 1912 were starched and did not fasten to the front of the shirt with tiny buttons. Here’s a close-up:
No buttonholes--just a crisp pointed collar.
Have the boy for whom you’ll be making the outfit try on the trousers and stand on a chair. Grab one leg of the trousers about two inches below the knee and mark it, since that’s where the knee-band is going to go on these short pants (you want the trousers to pouf out a bit over the knee):
Using a measuring tape as a guide for your 5/8″ seam allowance, cut across the first leg of the trousers:
Take the part of the leg you’ve just cut away and use it to cut away the exact same amount from the other leg of the trousers. Now you have two cutoff sections:
Cut up one side of each cutoff section and open out flat. From the lower (hemmed) edge of these sections, cut two 3″-wide bands:
Have your model stand on the chair again, and measure the area below the knee for kneebands. These will need to fit snugly around the leg below the knee with enough of an overlap to button. You’ll also need to hem under the short raw edges of the bands, so be sure to leave room for that as well.
Once you’ve marked the bands, cut them to the correct length:
Now take the trousers and use a seam ripper to carefully open up about two and a half inches of the outseam on each leg:
Hem the opened outseam edges to finish them:
I've used white thread so you can see my stitching in these examples.
Now run two sets of basting stitches around the lower edge of each trouser leg, breaking at the inseam:
Hem the short raw edges of each knee band:
Pin each knee band to a trouser leg, right sides together, matching the hemmed short edges of the bands with the hemmed outseam openings and matching each inseam with the center of each band. (The long raw edge of the band will match the raw edge of the trousers.) Pull up basting stitches evenly to fit:
Here's one trouser leg gathered and pinned to a knee band.
Stitch each knee band to its trouser leg, then press the seam upwards (away from the knee band). As you see, the original hem from the trousers makes a nicely finished edge for the knee bands:
Here's the finished knee band, ready for a buttonhole.
Now its time to place a buttonhole in each knee band. Make sure you set the buttonhole on the “front” side of the knee band so that it will overlap the back.
Notice that the buttonhole is horizontal across the knee band.
Now try the short pants on your model and mark the button placement by overlapping the knee band and “buttoning” it closed (carefully!) with a pin:
Sew corresponding buttons in place, and your model is ready to dress up for all the fun! Here’s my “newsboy”:
You can also add a knit pullover vest for a slightly different look:
That iconic newsboy cap has never gone out of style. Here’s an image from the April 1912 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal:
The description reads:
A favorite cap with the boys is shown above. It shades the eyes, fits snugly and only needs one good tug to put it on in the most secure manner. Then it has the additional attraction of being soft and small enough to slip into a boy’s pocket when necessary, all of which endears this peaked cap to the little man of the family.
You can easily find newsboy caps online or at local shops in a variety of woolens and tweeds. They are the perfect crowning touch to your Titanic-era boy’s outfit. Now, if this entire ensemble just happens to also look a bit like everyone’s favorite intrepid boy reporter, I can only plead guilty:
Okay, let’s take a quick look at men’s clothing from this time period. A quick look is all you need, because men’s fashion has changed so little in the past 100 years (leisure suits aside!). Here is the cover to a 1912 issue of Collier’s magazine:
That’s a pretty straightforward suit with pocket flaps on the front, notched lapels, and cuffed trousers. The key difference is in the collar of the shirt, which sits high around the neck rather than low against the lapel of the jacket. It is still possible to find these detachable starched collars today, or you can just get an Oxford dress shirt with no buttonholes in the collar and fold it a bit shorter to recreate this look. Here’s another image from a 1912 catalog:
Again, these are fairly basic suits with high collars. It is very easy to get second-hand suits inexpensively, but you want to keep an eye out for ones with three or four buttons up the front rather than two, as the suits of this time period fastened up closer to the tie and collar than suits of the mid-20th century. 1912 suits also fit closer to the body with a bit of a nipped-in waist. Bulky, loose suit coats are therefore not correct for a 1912 impression. Long overcoats (if worn) can, of course, be loose, as they go over the regular suit.
Older boys also wore suits with full-length trousers, as you see in this historic image of a newsboy announcing the sinking of Titanic:
It’s quite easy to find men’s hats that look correct for the time period, and men’s lace-up shoes really haven’t changed at all in 100 years, either! Etsy and eBay are both crammed with vintage and reproduction hats appropriate for the Titanic era. So let’s take a look at some hats for women and girls from 1912:
At left is a wide-brim “picture hat” with water lilies. At right is a tall “daisy-covered hat with graceful bow in front.”
You can see that wide-brimmed, flower-covered hats were quite the rage in April 1912 with these two examples. These are very easy to reproduce with a plain straw or “chip” base hat and artificial flowers. Looks like “the more, the merrier” applies here!
Here are a couple of adorable hats for little girls:
Here are the descriptions from the 1912 LHJ:
These hats may be made up in straw, or they are charming shapes for washable cretonne, linen, duck, or pongee.
What fun to dress up a couple of straw hats with wide ribbon bows to frame a girl’s face!
Okay, to round up, let me include some inspiration for 1910-1912 ladies’ hairstyles:
Coiled braids, top curls, and loose tendrils were quite the rage at this time. If you scroll back up to the Collier’s magazine cover, you can see the young lady driving the horse cart has two loose buns at the nape of the neck, while the hair on top is basically parted in the center and waved back over the ears. Women who didn’t have a lot of hair used “switches” created from their own hair (what fell out each time they brushed). So it’s not cheating to use extra braids and curls in a color matching your own hair!
For little girls, loose, fluffy curls and ringlets are perfect. You can learn how to easily set pincurls, but hot rollers are also fine if you’re pressed for time.
There are several excellent sources online that will help you further as you research Titanic-era styles. I highly recommend the following links:
YWU is a subscription-based site that offers hundreds of in-depth articles on reproducing period fashions. Best of all, this year’s focus is 1812 and 1912! There are several articles on Titanic fashions, including one on how to reproduce hats!
Historical Sewing has a fantastic article reviewing available Edwardian and Titanic-era sewing patterns and costuming books. This article is a huge lifesaver if you plan to dress yourself from the inside out for 1912.
American Duchess offers stunning reproduction shoes just perfect for Titanic costumes. The price is a bit ouchy ($110), but if you’re really going all out, this is the style you want to look for!
I hope you enjoy preparing for Titanic memorial events or just creating beautiful outfits to enjoy any time. Click on the image below to download the free eBook, which contains all the vintage images in this article, plus a bunch of wonderful bonus images, articles, and 1912 ads. Feel free to share the link. The eBook is available until the end of April. Happy sewing!
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34 comments on “Reproducing 1912 Fashions – Remember Titanic!”
Thanks Jennie for this wonderful overview!
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and library of images!
Love this–thank you so much for posting it! My great-grandmother came to America on the sister ship to the Titanic (the Olympic) the following year so this is a favorite era of mine.
Wonderful! Thank you for posting all your marvelous research!
Thank you so much! I’ve just had inspiration…Now off to check the patterns.
I’ve been waiting on pins and needles for this article! THANK YOU for sharing so much information and details – I can’t wait to get started sewing (as soon as I finish 4 Star Wars costumes and a set of decorative towels!)
Terrific, thank you! Took several tries to get the download but once I got it, great! Keep up the good work, I love your blog.
Thanks, Sandra! The download got a ton of traffic, so that’s probably why it took so long. Glad you got it!
What a terrirfic article! You really went all out for this one! I had never seen the picture of you in the afternoon gown before – so lovely!
Thank you so much for this lovely resource!
wonderful! I really enjoyed the article and thanks for your hard work. I added a link to the ebook on my “Year of Weldon’s” blog. I’m working my way through a year of knitting projects from Weldon’s Practical Knitter issues, and this article fits right into my time frame.
Wow! I’m so happy I discovered you. I’m making some costumes for me and my children for a volunteer play of Music Man that we are doing, and I was sooo inspired. Thanks for sharing all your hard work.
Could you share some particulars regarding the group shot of Lucile’s tea gowns? I am fascinated by the woman standing on the right (no hat). We could be twins! Is there any description of the dresses or other construction information, I’d love to reproduce it?
Hi, Karen! I still have a copy of my original page on Lady Duff-Gordon archived. That’s all the info I have on this fascinating lady. Randy Bryan Bigham started a book on Lucile many years ago, but I don’t know if it’s been published yet. He’s the expert on all things Lucile. Hope this helps!
It appears his book is or is about to be published.
It’s a bit pricey but looks very interesting. This might need to go on a Christmas/birthday wish list. I will just have to meditate on the picture and see if I can intuit how the dress was made. A challenge!
I love every single thing you do – always. Thank you for educating us all so beautifully about the various eras!
You are too sweet, Barbara! Thanks for the kind comment. 🙂
Thank you so much for the great knickers for boys! I have twin 10 year old boys and would appreciate any boywear patterns or modifications.
Also, at what age did girls start wearing ladies dresses? I have a 14 yo girl.
Hi, Christine! Girls went into “grown-up” clothes when they were old enough to “come out” in society. That was usually 18 or 20. But if you had a 16-year-old who was working as a schoolteacher, she’d wear more adult-style clothing, as she would already be “out” in the world. Hope this helps!
What a FABULOUS e-book and article Jennie and THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing it with us.
Hi i love the movie lots I watch the videos on you tube and i am trying to make rose”s dress jump one but just the black cover and her swim dress if you have any ideas for me on how much fabric i need and whar kind that would be great thanks Donna .
Donna, my 1910s Tea Gown pattern is the best to use for reproducing the “swim” dress. I don’t have a pattern that’s close to the “jump” dress, but you can read how I reproduced one in my “Titanic Project” section. Hope this helps!
Nice post about the 1912 fashion lines. Lady Duff Gordon is my 23rd cousin 10 times removed and she sought the future of fashion. She came up with a slit skirt, negligees, and lingeries, and also invented the catwalk which is still used in fashion shows today. I read the Randy Bigham stories about my cousin and I’m even making my own Edwardian dress! The Edwardian/Titanic Era is my favourite time period!
Wow! That’s amazing, Kristen!
I forgot to make note that the dress I’m making was a white dress with kimono sleeves, a train, and a sash at my waistline. I was researching the edwardian dress and I found the one that I was interested in re-making. After a week when I started attaching the skirt, I decided to look up the name of the designer of the dress I’m making. It was Lady Duff Gordon who originally made the dress. So basically, I making my cousin’s dress for myself. Quite the coincidence, eh?
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How to Get Into Stanford (By an Accepted Student)
How to Get Into Stanford (By an Accepted Student)
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Many students want to get into Stanford, one of the most prestigious undergraduate institutions in the United States. While getting into Stanford is very tough, there are definite rules to Stanford admissions. Strategizing around these rules will greatly increase your chances of getting in.
Note: the following advice also works for admissions to UC Berkeley and Cornell. While Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley are not the same as Stanford, they are both very highly ranked colleges with only a slight engineering tilt.
Stanford University is one of the most difficult colleges to get into, with a current acceptance rate of only 5.1%. It is consistently ranked in the US News’ top five universities. Stanford is the top choice of many students whose focuses coincide with what Stanford offers (e.g. a West Coast life or a large research institution with a slight engineer tilt). Stanford is also, by far, the top US-News-ranked school west of the Mississippi (the second is Caltech, which attracts a completely different crowd).
However, Stanford does follow certain rules when it comes to admissions. And no, these rules are not as simple as “focus all your time on academics” or “be as well-rounded as possible.” (In fact, those two phrases are the two biggest myths for admissions to Stanford!) Knowing the rules won’t guarantee you admission, but you’ll have a heck of a better chance than if you’re applying in the dark.
I'll go over everything you need to know to get into Stanford, whether you're a humanities or STEM student, and I'll explain which admissions strategies are false and could seriously impact your chances of getting accepted if you follow them.
Why Listen to Me?
There are lots of writers out there giving admissions advice without any personal experience. Most journalists writing articles on Stanford admissions do a few hours of research on the school (or a few days at most) to meet their article quota. However, I have personally spent weeks, if not months, thinking about Stanford admissions. I must have spent over 100 hours explicitly on Stanford admissions, and I got in:
A letter from my admissions officer to me after I was accepted to Stanford discussing the admitted-student weekend details. This letter has been modified to summarize meaning and protect privacy.
More than just getting accepted, I actually spent a substantial amount of time thinking about what Stanford was looking for and crafting an application to Stanford. To me, Stanford was one of the top two schools I was interested in, so I took the application very seriously. I actually visited the campus twice before even applying, attended admissions sessions where I asked dozens of questions about what they were looking for, searched online and in bookstores, wrote an entirely separate essay, and had a separate admissions strategy for Stanford alone.
Truths and Myths of Stanford Acceptance
Note: if you’ve read our article on Harvard admissions, I will cover some similar material here. You may want to skim this section, but definitely pay attention to the differences between the application processes of Harvard and Stanford. Also, pay attention after this section because I will talk about Stanford-specific aspects then!
In this section, I’m going to tell you the critical three truths and two myths you absolutely need to know to get into Stanford. The first ones will be well-known, but the final ones will be uncommon knowledge and will help you get that extra boost!
First Truth and First Myth
The first truth is that Stanford is, first and foremost, an academic institution, so you need to have spectacular academics to get in. The 25th percentile score of admitted students is as high as a 1400 (SAT) or 31 (ACT). This means that the vast majority (75%) of Stanford students get above these scores, and those attending with scores lower than these are superstars who make up for it. If your scores are below those numbers, the most effective thing you can do to raise your chances of admission is studying more for the SAT / ACT. If your scores are below that bound, the primary reason Stanford will reject you is based on scores alone. The 75th percentile of Stanford scores is 1560 (SAT) or 34 (ACT), so if you are above this, you can presume your test scores are sufficient.
This leads to the first myth of Stanford admissions. The first and most naive myth is that Stanford only cares about grades. Like most myths, this one results from taking the truth too far. Many people think that, since Stanford is an academic institution, shouldn’t they just care about academics? After all, if you’re trying out for the football team, they wouldn’t measure your skills in baseball, right? The truth is that Stanford, of course, cares about academics as its core, but it also cares about qualities beyond academics. Stanford is not just taking the people with the highest GPA scores and the highest SAT scores.
Why isn’t Stanford just looking for students with the highest scores? The first reason is simple numbers -- there are just too many students with stellar academics. The average ACT score for a Stanford student is 34 -- thus Stanford considers this score or higher stellar. Yet a 34 still puts about 1% of the high school population above you. With 3.3 million high school seniors a year, this is about 33,000 students, many times larger than the roughly 2,100 students Stanford accepts each year. Therefore, top colleges like Stanford need to look beyond academic scores to distinguish between these students.
The second reason starts with the understanding that many top colleges, like Stanford, are looking for students who can have a significant and positive impact on the world. Stanford believes that non-academic factors, in addition to top academics, help predict who will have a positive impact in the future. These non-academic factors (known under the umbrella term "extracurriculars") include participation in clubs or sports and dedication to helping others.
Therefore, we can replace the first myth with our second truth: Top colleges care about more than academics and want to see strengths in many areas, from GPA and SAT / ACT scores to extracurriculars and community service.
While the most naive myth is that Stanford cares only about academics, in reality, the above truth of multi-area admissions is actually well-known to people who have done even a minimal amount of college admissions research. The myth of pure academics is more of a non-myth: it’s a myth that lots of people love to bash, but not many people believe. In fact, over-bashing this first myth leads to the second myth, which is more insidious.
Second Truth and Second Myth
This second myth, the biggest and most harmful myth, is that Stanford cares about students being well-rounded in the sense that they should be equally excellent in all areas. This second myth is the most pernicious because so many people believe it, unlike the first myth.
From many personal surveys, I have found even well-researched students and parents fall prey to this myth. In fact, I myself, during my early years of high school, believed in this horrible myth, even though I had already done hundreds of hours of research at that point. Because so many educated people believe it, and because it has the potential to steer you wrong, I personally think this myth is the most damaging.
The well-rounded myth goes like this: because Stanford wants you to be well-rounded, it’s best to perform excellently in all areas. You should aim for a high seat in your school orchestra. You should be number one or two in your school debate team. Run for student council and become the treasurer. Get a score in the 95 percentile or higher on your SAT / ACT. Get an A- or higher in all your classes. The mythical implication is that the "Stanford Scorecard" grades you based on your weakest area, so you want to eliminate all weaknesses. Under this myth, you should focus all your time on your weakest area to eliminate it and become as well-rounded as possible. At the end of the day, you end up with a mythical optimal application, one where you’re (nearly) equally great at everything. Unfortunately, college admissions is much like being in an unstable boat: being too well-rounded will sink you.
The truth is that Stanford sees being very well-rounded as too boring. Mathematically, it is a fact that all circles, besides scale, are identical. Similarly, everyone who is well-rounded looks the same: they’re great (but not earth-shattering) in everything. There is nothing to set you apart. Also, dilly dallying in a large number of areas will make you look like a dilettante.
Third Truth
The third and final truth is that Stanford would much rather see a candidate who is OK at most things, but really great in one specific area. That specific area is called your spike, and it can be in almost anything: conducting microbiology research, publishing short stories, starting a small business, etc. Your spike makes you a strong candidate because it's unlikely many other students will have the same spike as you, so it help sets you apart and makes you unique. Admitting lots of students with different spikes allows Stanford to create the diverse campus they desire.
Furthermore, Stanford is looking for students who will succeed in the future. In our modern world, specialization is the key to success. Think about it, if you break a bone, you want to see a doctor who's great at resetting bones, right? Not a doctor who's pretty good at setting bones and also pretty good at diagnosing the type of flu you have and pretty good at recommending a diet to keep you healthy.
It’s okay to be lopsided-- in fact, it’s even desirable! You should aim to develop one area that you’re super strong in. In your spike area, you should definitely aim to be nationally or state ranked, or accomplish a goal that’s rare for a high school student. Think top 100 football player in California or top 1000 math competition student in the USA. Think getting a pilot’s license at age 12. In all other areas it suffices to be 99th or even 90th percentile. A moderately good score in your English class will do. A few dozen hours of volunteering will do.
The most naive and prevalent myth is that admissions is all about academics. In reality, selecting only for academics leads to an uninteresting community. Stanford cares about extracurriculars too, and doing well in just one area of school (or even all of school) isn’t enough.
Unfortunately, an overly-reactionary response to the above generates the worst myth. Myth #2 is that you should be well-rounded and great (but not necessarily excellent) in every field. In reality, being too well-rounded makes you look exactly the same as others who are well-rounded, and it makes you look like someone without direction.
The truth is that you want to be OK in every field but especially stellar in one field in particular.
Truth #1: Have great Academics (Stellar SAT / ACT Scores)
Myth #1: It’s all about academics
Truth #2: Be good at a diverse set of extracurriculars
Myth #2: You should be as well-rounded as possible
Truth #3: Focus on one area to be extraordinary
Truths and Myths of Stanford Admissions
How to Apply This Information to You
Based on the above information, your first goal is to ensure you are good at academics. Get good grades in school, and make sure you’re at least at the 25th percentile of the SAT / ACT cutoff for the school you are applying to. Even if you are above the 25th percentile, if you haven’t prepped at least few dozen hours yet, you should aim for the 75th percentile to strengthen your application. SAT / ACT prep is always one of the most time efficient ways to raise your chances of admission.
After you’re well above the 25th percentile cutoff, the next step is to overcome the first myth. Stanford cares about more than academics, and you’ll want to get good extracurriculars and volunteer experience.
Once you have a sufficient set of baseline activities, it’s time to overcome the second myth. Stanford is not all about being diversified and well-rounded. You want one area to stand out above and beyond others.
Stanford’s Tilt Towards STEM
One difference between Stanford (and Cornell and UC Berkeley) and some of the other top 10 colleges is that Stanford is not a pure liberal arts college. Instead, Stanford is a liberal arts college with a significant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) tilt. What does that mean? It means that, all else being equal, if your interests are a bit more towards engineering, that will slightly help your admissions chances. For your base diversity of extracurriculars, it helps to lean towards engineering/math. It also helps if your spike is in engineering/math. All else being equal, if you were a top 100 young writer or a top 100 math competitor, it's somewhat more helpful for admissions to be the latter.
Don’t take my word for it. You can Google this yourself. Note how Stanford is in the US News’ top-ranked engineering schools, whereas Harvard and Yale are nowhere near the top 10. Stanford's strength is not just in graduate engineering, but also undergraduate engineering, making it truly stand out. (Most other stellar graduate programs, like my own Harvard Statistics program, have questionable undergrad programs). At Stanford, better professors mean more cutting-edge grad students and teaching assistants for your undergrad courses. Part of it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy: because good engineering-type undergrads come here, it becomes a good place for similarly interested students.
Note, however, that I said Stanford has a STEM tilt. It is, by far, not a STEM-only school, which places like MIT, Caltech, and Carnegie Mellon are a lot more like. This means that, unlike pure engineering schools, math and math extracurriculars are NOT the only things that matter.
These next two sections will give you advice based on which subjects you plan to study in college. If you're less into STEM, read the next section, but if you're already focusing on a STEM area and plan on continuing to do so, skip down two sections for guidelines for your situation.
Guide for Students Less Interested in STEM Areas
Do you plan on majoring in a humanities or similar subject? Then this section is for you!
Just because Stanford tilts toward engineering does not mean that the only way to get into Stanford is to be an engineer. You don't even need to be interested in engineering in general. Stanford is not MIT or Caltech. Stanford is incredibly strong in say, economics and literature, as well. Even if your interests are solely in those areas, Stanford will be a great fit for you as well.
However, you should not forget the fact that Stanford still likes baseline diversity. Your spike doesn't need to be related to STEM, but you should still be strong in quantitative subjects. Even if your subject of interest is Prussian history, you should be cautious about getting a B in AP Calculus AB, taking the easiest math classes, or getting as “low” as a 650 on the Math SAT section.
Since Stanford has a very large number of applicants, they have enough humanities-spike applicants who can, at least, get the basic A or A- in the hardest math and science classes. You should take care to put enough effort into these subjects that you don’t drop into the middle of the pack. Stanford doesn’t take the excuse “I’m just not a math person” (and, in fact, they’re probably against the culture that makes such a phrase commonly acceptable in the first place).
What’s a good enough baseline in math? I’d say something in the 720-800 range in the SAT Math section or 32-36 on ACT Math will do. The SAT/ACT is not competitive math -- doing well on it doesn’t signal you’re nationally ranked in math. In fact, the SAT / ACT Math sections are only designed to test the most basic common denominator areas covered in high school math classes across the United States.
Thus, scoring substantially underneath a perfect score on the SAT / ACT does actually signal to Stanford a lack of understanding of some rather standard areas of math. Once you get below a 700 (SAT Math) or 30 (ACT Math), Stanford will realize that you don’t have a full command of standard concepts like factorizing variables or applying the Pythagorean theorem.
The good news is that you can actually improve quickly and consistently to the 700+ level on the SAT. All it requires is mastering baseline content of math and understanding the highest-gain SAT math strategies (like a slight amount of question skipping and practice). You can study on your own by reviewing and mastering math content first while focusing lightly on math strategy. If you are studying with PrepScholar, we will automatically detect your situation and give you the right study material for this improvement.
Students whose forte isn’t engineering should realize that Stanford is very welcoming of interdisciplinary study. Stanford would love to see an applicant talk, not just about the humanities, but how your expertise in the humanities uses areas like computer science or math to help refine your analysis. If you are truly interested, it will help your application if you mention an aspiration to use some amount of engineering in your future studies. For example, if you are into religious studies, with a focus on the Old Testament, you might talk about how you’re interested in using statistical analysis to refine the documentary hypothesis.
As for your spike, since your natural strength is outside of STEM, I would not go for a STEM-type spike. Usually, spikes are much easier if done in a field with natural talent, that you naturally enjoy. A STEM spike would make much less sense for you, not to mention it would be a lot less pleasant to accomplish. You should consider competitions for speech, debate, writing, essays, and so forth. For example, for enthusiasts in debate-type activities, there’s Model UN, Junior State of America, governor’s school, mock-trial, and nationwide debate.
Competitions provide a direct way for admissions officers to see how good you are, but you can also do other tasks that qualitatively seem similarly accomplished. For example, if you start a theater club that has a huge number of audience members, or do journal-quality academic research into Victorian English literature, you will be well positioned for your spike. To find out more, you can see this article on spikes (search for “Step 1” to get directly to brainstorming!)
Guide for Students Strong in STEM
If your strong point is actually quantitative, then that’s a great advantage. After all, Stanford is engineering tilted. Even more to your advantage, I personally got into Stanford using this path, so I will have much more refined strategies for you than usual, including naming specific programs to try.
Ensure Academic Excellence in STEM Fields
Since you consider yourself a strong STEM candidate, at your core, it’s important to be absolutely stellar in the STEM fields -- that means all A/A+ on your courses, with only the very occasional A- sprinkled in. Make sure you are taking the most difficult STEM courses offered by your school. That means taking APs when they are available and, within APs, choosing the harder option (Calculus BC instead of AB). For the AP exams, make sure you get a 5 as much as possible in these fields.
If you’re naturally talented at STEM and take the hardest courses, there’s a high probability you’ll get great grades. However, you want to turn that high probability into a certainty. The biggest reason for naturally talented STEM students to do mediocre in STEM courses is lack of diligence. Many students naturally talented at STEM want to focus on only what they’re interested in at the moment. It’s important to see the benefits to your STEM education that would be possible if you got into Stanford and convince yourself it is worthwhile to put in the grind that sometimes is necessary to get good grades in school.
To illustrate, let me tell you the real story of a high school classmate of mine. Let's call him Kevin. Kevin was intensely bright, would score at the top of intelligence tests, and was into battle bots. He would literally put all his time into building these robots, skipping English classes, Physics classes, and even sleep to spend time on his intense interest. In the end, he earned D’s in English and C’s in Physics (which he was otherwise great in). Sadly, when it came to admissions time, Kevin wasn’t able to get into any college ranked top 50. With his intelligence, he could have easily swept the US News top 50 if he had put even a modicum of diligence into schoolwork.
Okay, so now you’ve got your 5 in AP Calc BC and your A’s in math, science, and technology classes. What’s next?
Ensure a Good Academic Baseline Outside of STEM
The next step is to make sure that your academics outside of STEM meet at least some baseline of quality. This doesn’t mean that you have to be great in the humanities, but it does mean that you’ll want to keep the B’s in the humanities to a minimum. You don’t need to take any AP humanities classes (after all, I didn’t), but taking them and getting a 4 or 5 on the AP tests and an A/A- in the class will benefit you.
Standardized tests like the ACT / SAT are a great way to show well-roundedness. They are difficult enough that getting a sufficiently high score signals you’re in the 95% percentile or above in all the US -- certainly enough to qualify as well-rounded. However, the ACT / SAT isn’t specialized enough to be your spike.
If you’re a little weaker on the humanities side, again, shoring up your SAT / ACT score is the fastest, most effective way to improve. You’ll want to target an SAT score of above 650 (higher is better) or an ACT score of 28 or above. I firmly believe that being great quantitatively correlates with being smart in general. You can definitely get this score if you put your mind to it. (The only caveat is that you need to be reasonably fluent in English; if you are not a native speaker and aren’t fluent, I suggest you make this a priority, probably through immersion in an English-speaking culture.)
Your test prep strategy will be centered around the fact that the SAT / ACT is an analytical test. The same skills you used to become good in quantitative subjects will be useful in mastering these tests. Since you’re only targeting a 650 (or 28) or above on these sections, you don’t need to stress as much about the last few problems and being careless. You do need to memorize all the most common grammar rules and learn how to identify and skip the most difficult problems. You can do this yourself, or you can use our program, PrepScholar Online Prep, to automatically identify these weaknesses and fix them.
Include Well-Rounded Extracurriculars
Round out your application with some lower-hanging fruit if possible. Get to a leadership position in some club that requires public speaking -- whether that be debate, Model UN, Junior Statesmen of America (JSA), or something else. Many areas of politics and law are surprisingly close to the logical systems that you’re used to in STEM.
Consider joining a sport -- many JV teams are not incredibly competitive. Also, play to your strengths -- if you’re more dexterous than strong, choose squash, for example. If you’re fast and have good hand-eye coordination, consider baseball. Sports teams will take up a ton of time though, so make sure you’re well positioned and can handle the time commitment.
We have a guide that lists hundreds of extracurriculars, and you can use this list to brainstorm how you’ll build a well-diversified base. Remember, for your diverse activities, you don’t need to be great at them. Participation matters, getting small prizes like being treasurer or best debater matters.
Focus On Your Spike
Now that you’ve achieved good SAT / ACT scores and have a well-rounded base of activities, it’s time to build up that final factor that will get you in -- your spike! This is where you really get to show off your STEM skills.
When it comes to spikes, the name of the game is to be highly-ranked in recognized fields. One of the most natural environments to be ranked in is a competition. Now, naturally, the more recognized the competition, the better. As you might imagine, the most well-known, difficult, and participant-heavy competitions are the most prestigious. It’s better to rank in the top 1000 of one of the most prestigious competitions than it is to rank in the top 100 of a competition of middling prestige. Therefore, you should aim for the highest prestige competition you can do well in. You should consider competitions from highest prestige down in that order whenever possible. Here’s how to start.
The Two Biggest STEM Spikes
When it comes to prestigious STEM competitions, two of them take the day: the US Math Olympiad (I’ll call it the USAMO series here), and the Intel Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). These are two competitions everyone should consider.
The USAMO Series
The USAMO series is much more centered around pure math and solving problems relatively quickly (think a few minutes to an hour in a timed environment). If you want to get a taste of what an easy problem looks like in the USAMO series, just look at the hardest problems in the SAT / ACT Math section, or the hardest problems on the SAT Math II Subject test. (The hardest problems are usually the last ones.) The ISEF is more about tinkering around, spending days and months doing research similar to university academics, and then presenting your results. ISEF is closer to working on a hobby or personal project for a long time.
Here's a sample AMC 12 Problem. If you can get this, you may be a good candidate for a math competition.
Three real numbers in the interval [0,1] are chosen independently and at random. What is the probability that the chosen numbers are the side lengths of a triangle with positive area?
To see the answer and a full explanation, go here.
If you consider yourself good at math, you should seriously consider the USAMO series (more unofficial info here)-- it can really be your spike. The USAMO series is so prestigious that I have known Stanford students whose main spike was placing just within the top 1000 or 2000 in the USAMO series. Why is the USAMO so prestigious? It’s the oldest of the high school subject Olympiads, and it was the subject of Cold War tensions between the US and USSR in the old days. Most importantly, hundreds of thousands of the most mathematically strong students take it, making a top ranking really matter. The best way to sign up is to ask your high school math teacher, and if your high school doesn’t do it, you should aggressively petition them to do it or search for a neighboring high school who will accept you as a guest.
A good rule of thumb for whether this spike is for you is if your SAT Math score is 760 or above (or your ACT math score is 35 or above) and your SAT Math II Subject Score is 720 or above. If you don’t meet these thresholds, I would think very hard before making the USAMO series your spike -- the USAMO series, after all, is just a much harder version of these tests, in nearly the exact same format. Further, a college applicant who has competitive USAMO series scores but questionable standardized test math scores sends very mixed signals that will diminish the USAMO series accomplishments.
Conversely, if you are above the SAT / ACT threshold, you definitely will benefit from taking the USAMO series, even if it isn’t your spike. This is because, if you're above the stated SAT / ACT thresholds, your exam score is not showing your true skill. Your true skill is literally off the SAT / ACT charts; you need to upgrade to the USAMO series to show off all your math skills, even if you don’t perform amazingly.
To recap, go into the USAMO series if you do well on math tests like the SAT Math. The USAMO series will be a definite spike for you if you make it into the top 1000-2000 rankings. The best resource to train for the USAMO series is The Art of Problem Solving. If you’re good at tests and competitions, but not math, the rest of this section is for you.
Intel ISEF
There are also many students who are strong in STEM but aren't at their best when solving timed problems. Some students get anxious from the pressure while others just don’t do well on tests, even if they’re brilliant at STEM. These students might be found writing their own computer program for months at a time or working on a science experiment for weeks. If this sounds like you, the prestigious competition you should consider is the Intel ISEF.
Like most science fairs, the ISEF requires you to do research and then present it in a competition. Unlike most science fairs though, the ISEF is the premier science fair across the entire United States. While winning your high school’s local science fair is like winning a 100-meter dash in your town, winning the ISEF is like winning the 100-meter dash in the Olympics.
You can’t apply directly to the ISEF. Instead, you have to start out first in a regional science fair, and, if you do well at that, you can advance into the next ISEF rounds. You can read about their judging criteria here and about a real winner’s experiences here. Some of the key factors to winning include being innovative and original. You have to be rigorous, but not nearly to the degree of professional science research. Being interesting is the name of the ISEF game.
What does a winning ISEF project look like? Here’s an excerpt from a press release on a recent winner:
Raymond Wang, 17, of Canada, was awarded first place for engineering a new air inlet system for airplane cabins to improve air quality and curb disease transmission at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public.
Wang’s system improves the availability of fresh air in the cabin by more than 190 percent while reducing pathogen inhalation concentrations by up to 55 times compared to conventional designs, and can be easily and economically incorporated in existing airplanes. Wang received the Gordon E. Moore Award of US$75,000, named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.
To show originality for the ISEF, it matters that you tackle a problem that is interesting to the scientific community. Since few high school students have a good overview of the academic science literature, it is important for any student to have a professional academic scientist or engineer be their mentor. This will ensure that you work on a problem the field considers important. Also, good mentors with previous experience will know which problems can be done by students and which would be too complicated or time-consuming. After you choose your field and mentor, having the tenacity and focus to put your creative thinking towards the problem is key. Students who have historically had a lot of trouble staying focused or finishing projects should be wary. To get started, you can sign up for the ISEF here.
With the USAMO, doing well on SAT Math is a good predictor of performance; being fast and being good on tests is important. With the ISEF, tenacity and the ability to stick with a project for hundreds or even thousands of hours from start to finish is important. Ranking in the top hundred for ISEF qualifies that as a spike for you.
Other Options for Spikes
Beyond the top two STEM competitions above, the number of competitions begins to increase dramatically. In the sciences, you have the Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Informatics (Computer Science) Olympiads. These competitions require you to work with logic very intelligently, and all require memorizing and being familiar with some facts. I’ll eventually have another article on these series (I personally participated in each one while in high school), but for now here’s quick overview.
Math Olympiad is special because it’s the most competitive, with the highest number of people taking the first round. Because so many people prep for the Math Olympiad, the field has changed so that a good part of doing well on it is having tons of practice, so you know immediately which equations you need to pull out when you see a particular mathematical expression. Biology requires the most memorization. In fact, most of the beginning rounds are all about recalling the text of Campbell Biology in a timed fashion. Chemistry is a happy mixture of using logic to solve problems and memorizing a moderate list of information to help solve those problems. The hands-on portion of Chemistry and Biology require you to be good at following memorized procedures. On the other hand, Physics and Informatics have a lot of hands-on sections that really require resourcefulness and novel problem solving. In these other competitions, I would say qualifying for the top 20-40 makes the competition a spike for you in the eyes of Stanford.
Further, not all spikes need to be in explicitly ranked fields. You could discover a new protein with significance to medical research. There wouldn’t necessarily be a competition for the discovery, but if the discovery is qualitatively stunning enough, it can count. For Stanford’s spike, you can brainstorm an amazing discovery: perhaps a biological process, an electrical engineering discovery, or something else. You can also build something new: whether it’s an awesome computer program, a cool robot, or a fun electronics project. You should make sure that the project is impressive though. For example, make sure that qualitatively, the project would feel “as good or better” as ranking 1000 or better on the Math Olympiad. Stanford is all about engineering, and they would love to see you build something of your own.
There are many other competitions and ways to show off your special skill within the STEM fields. Generally, beyond the top few listed above, you can also brainstorm your own fields. Once you have a competition or field in mind, it’s useful to evaluate how prestigious it is. Remember, the less prestigious a field, the higher you have to rank to be afforded the same credit. To estimate prestige, first look at how many people participate -- the more people who participate, the more prestigious. Second, look at the skills of the average participant: the more skilled people coming in, the more prestigious it is. Using this method, you can find spikes outside of the set ones above.
Conclusion
Stanford is one of the most difficult universities to get into, as are UC Berkeley and Cornell. However, all of them follow the same pattern of being a highly-ranked school with a slight engineering tilt, and all have a common admissions pattern.
Because these schools are highly-ranked, it’s critical to keep in mind the three truths: 1) you need high baseline academics, SATs above 600 and ideally 750 in each section; 2) you need to have a diverse set of extracurriculars that you’re decent at; and 3) you need to have one “spike” area where you’re ranked top 100-1000. Dispel these two myths: 1) Stanford admissions is all about academics; and 2) Stanford wants you to be as evenly well-rounded as possible.
Keep in mind that Stanford has a STEM (engineering) tilt. This means that, if your focus is outside STEM, you should be the best you can be in that area and, if appropriate, tie your work into potential interdisciplinary work with STEM. If you are in STEM, you’ll want to strongly consider pursuing success in a competition to show off the degree of your skill.
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