Another Chances Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Ethnicity: Indian Male</p>

<p>School: Competitive Bay Area public school</p>

<p>GPA:
Freshman: 4.0 uw
Sophomore: 4.0 uw/ 4.4 w
Junior: 4.0 uw/ w.6 w
Senior(so far): 4.0 uw/ 4.8 w</p>

<p>SAT: 2380</p>

<p>SAT 2s: 800s in Math IIC, Chemistry, and Biology, and 780 in U.S. History</p>

<p>APs: Fives on Computer Science BC, Calc BC, U.S. History, Biology, and Statistics, and a four on Physics C(which I self-studied). This year I'm taking Chem, Gov/ Economics, Spanish, and English.</p>

<p>Community service: 200+ hours volunteering at local hospital and tutoring</p>

<p>ECs: Varsity Tennis Co-Captain, VP of Robotics, President of Model UN, and membership in NHS and Math Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards(naming most important): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship winner, and qualified for USAMO.</p>

<p>Other: Did research on cancerous cells over the summer at UC Davis and am currently working for Cisco Systems</p>

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<p>Since you are in California already, very good chance.</p>

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<p>With an outstanding academic record, scientific research, a job at a good company, and great volunteer work, I doubt there is ANY chance you'll get in. Sorry, try SF State.
PS:
why would you research at Davis? YSP or something? I mean, you have cal, stanford, and various govt labs...</p>

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<p>Does "Asheever" mean "Sarcastic" in some other language?</p>

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<p>Haha. I am just disenfranchised with chances threads. Esp with kids who obviously have a good shot. If you don't have the critical thinking skills to realize that you have a good chance of getting in, then maybe you lack the critical thinking skills Stanford requires (in reference to this thread).</p>

<p>BTW, I dont know what "Asheever" means...lol. But in Punjabi, names are often made of syllables. Some dialects would say "Ash" means hope, but "veer" definitely means brother.</p>

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<p>"National Merit Scholarship winner" - how do you know that???</p>

<p>You have the stats, and you know it. Being from CA won't help or hurt you. You'll have to apply to find out if you get in...</p>

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<p>yeah buddy
national merit winners aren't announcned until march/april
you're probably confused with national merit semifinalist, that's probably what you fall under currently</p>

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<p>Or maybe he's one of those ppl that lie, which would be worse than that time I tried to make a time machine.</p>

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<p>Haha, what?</p>

<p>He could have either taken a year off (which would be kinda weird) or he's confused about the order of advancement in the NM program.</p>

<p>Oh, btw, that .6 weighted GPA in your junior year might hurt you... ;)</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>"Or maybe he's one of those ppl that lie, which would be worse than that time I tried to make a time machine."
Oh yeah! You can write about that for your intellectual experience essay!!</p>

<p>Anyway what is the difference between National Merit Winner and National Merit Scholarship?</p>

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<p>The winner is the one that gets the scholarship :).</p>