Am I Stanford material or not?!?!

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<p>Hi everyone. Please chance me for Stanford I am applying there. :) </p>

<p>Demographics: Asian male, California, Low-income, first-generation Vietnamese immigrant</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95 (unweighted, grades 9-11). 4.27 (weighted, grades 10-11).
Rank between 2-6 (not sure). </p>

<p>My school is on block schedule this year so I have semester grades for senior year (3 A's, 1 B). I took the hardest classes throughout high school (but unfortunately my school is very limited in courses so that doesn't say much).</p>

<p>SAT I: 2220 (800 CR, 680 M, 740 W); one sitting
SAT subject: 770 USH, 650 Math ii (hopefully 700+ this Saturday), 660 Literature (hopefully 700+ this Sat)</p>

<p>EC's: not much...piano, brown belt karate, officer in one club, go to church 2x a week (does that count...it takes time. :/) </p>

<p>Recs: will be pretty good</p>

<p>AP tests: english lang-4; USH-4</p>

<p>Do I have a chance at all? Thanks.</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance. The only way to know is to apply. Good essays and recs will put you in serious contention.</p>

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<p>Yeah man def. apply. Stanford is hard for everyone but you have as good a chance as most people.</p>

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<p>Please look over my numbers too: Are the digits good enough for Stanford? </p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.5 W (60+ college credits)
Rank: top 10%
SAT: 1900, 2170, 2250 (today)
SAT I: 780 KO, 750+ US (planned, pretty sure), 500-600 Math IIC (will be) :(</p>

<p>Even with my low unweighted GPA and low Math IIC score, will I be a stable candidate for Stanford based on numbers?</p>

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<p>Yeah, you're a candidate. The MathIIC hurts though.</p>

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<p>Are you talking about the OP or ataraxia?</p>

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<p>ataraxia, since I already addressed the OP...although I suppose the same comment applies to both...</p>

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<p>"Am I Stanford material or not?!?!"</p>

<p>Realistically, probably not. Your stats are nothing special, and there is nothing else going for you in your profile.</p>

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<p>i concur. i dont think its worth the application fee for you.</p>

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<p>you can always try. At least I know a person, whose grade is not so fantastic (ranking around 60-ish/1000-ish), international student, ECs are mediocre (state level competition winner, few officers title), yet he got into Stanford. I guess his essay and recommendation letter must be really good.</p>

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<p>I qualify for a fee waiver so I wouldn't waste any money. :)</p>

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<p>hmm i have a really low unweighted...3.88? is that really bad?</p>