Ah, I would appreciate any thoughts on my chances.

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<p>Applied SCEA</p>

<p>Race: Mexican/Latino/Hispanic: I was born in Mexico, moved to the US at five and got my Green Card three days after I submitted my app. I faxed in the changes so that I wouldn't be an international applying for fin. aid.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.81 UW
Rank: 6th at a small charter school.
SAT 1: 2160
SAT Subjects: 800 Spanish w/ Listening; 800 US History (Took in Nov., Stanford processed them on 11/18 so I hope that someone sees them)
AP: AP Scholar w/ Honor (School only offers 6 AP's, two of which I am taking now).</p>

<p>Current Courses: Most rigorous. Two AP, Two community college classes, total of 8 classes.</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar w/ Honor
Highest Honor Roll every semester of HS</p>

<p>EC's:
SPORTS:
Varsity Cross Country: 2 Years Varsity Letter including Captainship as a Junior.
Varsity Golf: 3 Years Varsity Letter</p>

<p>WRITING:
Staff Writer for Fresh Ink; a supplement of Daily Press (Have a political and film review column.)
Editor-In-Chief of school yearbook for two years; Sports Editor for one.
Intern Reporter for Daily Press newspaper (Circulation of over 30,000). Paid for one article.</p>

<p>"Ambassadorships":
Student Ambassador (Three Years) : Worked directly with CEO Rick Piercy to represent school in various venues including Sacramento in 2007, Washington D.C. in 2008, to discuss legislation with various lawmakers. Also responsible for giving tours to visitors.</p>

<p>CATALYST Ambassador (Two Years): Represented the tenth service-learning region of California. Have attended four retreats with other ambassadors. Our job is to promote and educate our local respective communities about the importance of incorporating service learning into curricula. We meet at least twice a year as a statewide group. In my region, I have started working on a final environmental service project for my senior year. I will also be the MC at the Environmental Youth Leadership Conference in Highland, CA in December. I will also facilitate a workshop at the 2009 National Service Learning Conference in Nashville, TN. </p>

<p>CLUBS:
Secretary of Frisbee Club: One year club :(
Public Relations Committee of Interact Club (Two years)
Member of Inaugural Mock Trial Team (Senior year)
Senior Class Treasurer<br>
Quill and Scroll Member (Senior year)</p>

<p>VOLUNTEER-RELATED:
St. Mary’s Hospital Junior/Senior Seminar: Participate in monthly seminars involving hospital job-shadowing and volunteer work. Each week we get assigned to a specific department (Emergency Services, Administration, etc.)</p>

<p>Coordinator of Blood Drives at our school for two years; One year as Co-Coordinator</p>

<p>MISC:
California Boys' State</p>

<p>Essays + Recs: Should be really great.</p>

<p>Insights would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Your Writing and Ambassadorships stands out to me. However, your scores are on the line. The 800 on Spanish SAT 2 isn't all that impressive either, at least according to one UPenn adcom who told me to take a SAT 2 language test other than my native tongue. But since you're an URM, I'd say you have a fair chance at Stanford.</p>

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<p>my decision would be depedent upon your essays; your gpa is like mine, but good essays make up for that</p>

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<p>i don't think that your gpa is that "low" considering you're still ranked 6th in your class.</p>

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<p>Perhaps they aren't impressive, but are they good enough to not make me look bad? This is in reference to lzhang's post.</p>