Can I get in Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a current junior in high school. I am a natural-born citizen of South Korea, and a permanent resident of the U.S. I live in Arizona, which is extremely low on education (to say the least). But I have taken as many AP classes that my public school offers. I have a weighted GPA of 4.0 and an unweighted of about 4.2 so far, so I’m either salutatorian or valedictorian; it hasn’t been decided yet.

I have received my second SAT score, which is 2220. I plan on raising it by next month to over 2300.

I’m heavily involved with extracurricular activities. I have played the piano for the past 10 years, receiving full scholarship for the past 3. My dad is a missionary for the Native Americans, so I have been the pianist for 1 Navajo church and 1 local Korean church for the past 4 years. I will continue to serve both until I graduate.

I am also the co-founder and co-president of the Asian Cultural Club at my school. My best friend and I started this club because we thought our school needed cultural eye-opening experiences. Our club members actively learn about various Asian countries and we hold events about twice per semester to teach rest of the student body about the cultures.

Another factor I want to mention is that I excel in math, so I tutor other students every Thursday during study hall. I also joined NHS this year, documenting my service hours and looking for new ways to serve the community.

Awards:
2nd place in regional solo piano performance in 8th grade
4th place in regional math individual contest ( out of 400 people) in 8th grade
4th place in Poetry Out Loud state competition in 10th grade
Honor Roll in every semester for as long as I can remember… (Does this even matter?)
I am also participating in the “F1 in schools” contest this year, which goes up to worldwide championships.

I want to go to Stanford. Based on my background information, what are my chances?

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I recommend that you somehow tie your extracurriculars into your major, or passion. As for your chances, they are probably around 10 percent I would say, which is a little better than the regular applicant pool. Try to make your essays stand out as much as possible.

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sattake

Thanks for your advice. You are probably very accurate about the 10%, as most other people have told me the same.
I actually thought about how I need more extracurricular activities related to my major, which will be energy engineering. (Part of the reason why I want to go to Stanford is because it has such an amazing energy engineering program.)
If you’ve seen the edit I’ve made to this post, I added the fact that I will be participating in the F1 car designing/making contest. I will also be making a senior capstone project, which I will work on for the whole year.
Would this be enough for that particular part?