A snowballs chance in hell at Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I applied SCEA to Stanford. What do you think my chances are?
Here are my stats:</p>

<p>College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: ?
GPA - Weighted: 4.27
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 250</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 750
ACT: 35
SAT II Literature: 760
SAT II U.S. History: 730
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 790</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Mentor Special Needs Students; Basketball;Soccer; Lacrosse; National Honor Society; CYO; Mock Trial</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
Captain Basketball, Captain Lacrosse; Captain Soccer; President National Honor Society; President Special Needs Club; Coach CYO Basketball;Class Treasurer</p>

<p>Athletic Status -
Varsity Soccer (3 years), Basketball (2 years), Lacrosse(3 years)
Scholar Athlete every season</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Youth Ministry; Special Olympics; Tutor; Ivan Lendl Jr. Wheelchair Camp volunteer; Teacher Assistant Spanish 3;</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: National Merit Semi Finalist; Samsung American Legion National Finalist; Francis Burke Redick Award; VFW Voice of Democracy Winner; U. of Rochester Humanities Award; Middlebury Book Award; CT Ass. of Schools</p>

<p>College Summer programs: Boys State (Party Chair, Senate Majority Leader); US Military Academy Summer Leadership Seminar; High School BasketBall League; High School Soccer league</p>

<p>My grades for first quarter are 4 A's one B for 5 AP's and one A for required senior course.
I also just got selected as scholar athlete for the school and nominated as the rep for our school for the principal's leadership award. I was also Homecoming King -not that that counts for anything!</p>

<p>So do I have a snowballs chance in hell of getting in?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>I too applied to Stanford SCEA. I am similar to you in the fact that I have many extracurricular leadership positions: National Honor Society, Academic Team, Republican Club, and So far captain of cross country. I don't know about indoor and outdoor track. My GPA may be higher than your. I am the top of my class of 218. Your SAT is higher than mine. I am only a 2230, but I also had to deal with some family circumstances throughout high school. Anyway, I am rambling. Yes, you do have a snowball's chance in hell. Your scores are excellent, your ECs and leadership are great and you are extremely well-rounded. My only concern is that many of your ECs are common, but being a special needs mentor I think will stick out a little bit. In addition, if only being in the top 10% is your only problem, I think you definitely have a shot. If your essays and recs say something unique and special, your chances will be even better.</p>

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<p>Your awards are great and your test scores are also. The fact that you appear to be a popular guy on campus as well as having great academics and working with special needs children should really work in your favor. My guess is you will be admitted.</p>

<p>Best of success.</p>

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<p>^agree completely.</p>

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<p>All I got to say is, if you don't get in that's ****ed up.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone.
Jamnman hope to meet you in the Fall of '08!</p>

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<p>Lol... if you dont get in... unless your recs and essays SUCK, you're a match even for stanford (or slight reach)</p>