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I know BIG reach

Can anyone help me out? Advice

High School Junior at a catholic school in New York

Hooks: I am a URM (Hispanic), a first generation college student, musician, and I’m also adopted

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take yet goal score of 1800 for May, goal score of 2200 by October

ACT (breakdown): not taking

SAT II: Taking US and Chem in June hoping to get above 700 on both

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank

Course Rigor: Frosh- Stage Band Honors, Integrated Geometry Advanced (took Algebra 1 in middle school). Sophmore- Biology Honors and Global History Honors, Junior Year: APUSH

AP: taking US in May

IB (place score in parenthesis): not available at my school

Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit AP Environmental AP Government Honors Calculus Business Law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too significant

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 150-200 volunteer hours, golf team, bodybuilding, peer tutoring 4 yrs of band, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society

Job/Work Experience: 3 years in 2 different businesses 20 hours per week during school 35 in the summer, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society

Summer Activities: Mainly my job, hope to go to business boot camp this summer at Molloy college.

Essays: I plan to talk about my adoption and how my work and volunteer experience has inspired my interests

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Passion is key

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Dear fightingirshmen : With a current PhD candidate attending Stanford, allow me to share some insights from observations of the undergraduate community. First, without actual board scores, it is impossible to properly slot you against the standard metrics of the Stanford freshman classes. An SAT score of 1800 will not make the cut at Stanford (will not make the cut at many Top 30 universities) and setting a 400 point increase as an expectation in a five month period is unrealistic. Sure, I would hope for a 700+ on SAT II exams also, however you will be competing in an application pool which normally hits 800 on subject exams with 780-790 scores equally plentiful.

As a New Yorker, I recognize Molloy College which implies you are a Long Islander. Not sure that the local Catholic High Schools, including St. Anthony’s and Kellenberg, will provide any advantage to you without a much strong presentation of AP course work. Without any AP scores at this point, it is again difficult to discuss rigor. Your GPA (3.7) does not seem to be in the Top 5%-10% of your graduating class which is a key metric for colleges like Stanford. Check with your guidance couselor on success metrics of applicants sporting similar statistics to yours.