Asian Engineer from SoCal

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2340/2400 (CR 760, W 780, M 800)
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 790, Chem 800, U.S. History 790
GPA: 3.95 Unweighted, 4.5 Weighted</p>

<p>Courseload: Have taken or am taking all of the APs at school </p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Honors/Awards:
*President of Math Team, Captain of JETS Team and Science Bowl Team, President of National Honor Society
*3-time USAMO qualifier, USACO Silver Division, have won prizes in lots of local competitions
*Volunteer for the Red Cross since freshman year
*Worked in an engineering lab at Caltech sophomore year
*Interned at a large high-tech firm this past summer as a programmer
*Violinist in local area orchestra, I'm not too great, only a second violinist</p>

<p>My essays are supposed to be "very good" but I have some doubts about my recs.</p>

<p>Applying to Stanford as an engineer RD, applied EA to MIT/Caltech. Chances please, thanks!</p>

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I have some doubts about my recs

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why is that? If they just can't write -- that's probably not going to hurt you, but if they say something very negative about your character, it can easily override all your (most impressive) accomplishments.
Other than that, you should have a good chance everywhere.</p>

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<p>You have an excellent chance at any engineering school... internship and working in lab are great :D good luck</p>

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<p>I have my doubts about recs because one of my teachers is kind of boring, so I assumed she's write a dryish, not too interest one. anyone else?</p>