<p>I am an asian female, currently a junior in high school</p>
<p>I have 4.0 unweighted gpa
and a 4.86 weighted gpa as of now
i will have taken 12 AP's at the end of high school- i got 5's in ap bio and ap gov and a 4 in apush
i got a 2260 on the sats- (710rdg, 770math, 780 writing) [SHOULD I RETAKE AHHH]
i have taken the math sat 2 (750) and the bio sat 2 (790) and i will take the chem one too
idk about class rank- should be in top 10%</p>
<p>i've participated in jhu cty for 5 years</p>
<p>VP of man in the mirror (community service club)
VP of chiense cultural club
SGA exec board treasurer (have been in it for all of high school)
science olympiad freshman ambassador
NHS, SNHS, and Spanish NHS Members
state association of student council liaison
county association of studnet councils publiicity manager
FBLAmember
Breakdance club
Cheerleading team (district v champions)</p>
<p>9 years of piano ( and 1st place state wide 2 years in a row in duets and duos)
6 years of clarinet
4 years of dance
1 year of job expericee as a tutor</p>
<p>****forgot to include: i want to major in bio- interships: one summer at noaa, volunteering at a general hospital, one summer at NIH Summer Internship Program, i'm preparing for the siemens competition right now</p>
<p>WHATTTTT ARE MY CHANCES? DDD; i'm in love with stanford's campus and facilities and general social life <3 <3 <3</p>
<p>With that weighted and unweighted GPA and class rank, your school sounds extremely competitive. Know that Stanford will probably select one, possibly two, from your HS at max. Since there isn’t anything particularly compelling about your application, it’s unlikely you’ll make the cut, but find some other good schools and safeties, apply, work hard on your app, and good luck.</p>
<p>@Amaranthine, I am also worried about the school quota thing since my school is EXTREMELY competitive. But, one of the posters in my thread (my thread is Competitive High School if you want to check) said that 9 people from his/her school were accepted to Stanford one year. So, is there really this school quota?</p>
<p>Also, for the OP, I think if you get some recognition at Siemens, you def hav rly good chances. Stanford really likes research. So, don’t lose your hopes. </p>
<p>As I mentioned in @neurogirl97 's thread, the “high school quota” is a MYTH. According to a Tufts university admissions officer “While there are usually limits to the number of acceptances a college can extend, especially in the most selective pools, we do not pre-determine a quota for each high school and stick to it. If the pool from a school is deep and compelling then multiple candidates will be invited into the class. If it’s not, then the number of acceptances will be low. These are case by case decisions, not a herd approach. Similarly, there are no quotas for international students, or people of color, or kids from New Jersey.” (<a href=“http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/college-admissions/7-college-admissions-myths.html”>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/college-admissions/7-college-admissions-myths.html</a>). </p>
<p>@kali1197 - As everyone has said you don’t have anything that makes you stand out to Stanford. However, if you’re really passionate about medicine its not to late to do some research (siemens is nice, but I’m talking about research that you’ll submit to a conference). Your test scores and GPA are both good -I wouldn’t bother retaking the SAT if I were you. Now you need to work on your essays and ECs and make sure you really stand out to the admissions officer. However remember that Stanford has a 5% acceptance rate, so even if you do everything perfectly, Stanford is always a reach school. </p>
<p>thanks for all the replies
and I know I don’t have anything that stands out Q.Q</p>
<p>but i would really like to get into a top notch medical school one day (to become a cardio surgeon) and thus i reallly want to start off strong for undergrad
if not stanford,
what do you guys think my chances are for:
Brown (molecular biology, but also take premed classes)
Dartmouth (molecular biology, but also take premed classes)
Columbia (general biology, but also take premed classes as above lol)
Princeton (molecular biology, but also premed classes)
are any of these school possible for me??? D:</p>
<p>just wondering… what would be something that what stand out a lot, in your opinions? @saif235 - thank you so much for the advice!!! in your opinion, is interning at NIH special at all? also what kind of research are you talking about? sorry for all the questions, haha @neurogirl97 - thank you for the encouragement! i just recently visited the campus and i think i may be in love…so i really don’t want to give up completely quite yet. also, regarding competitive high schoools… same (sort of) i had 4 people from my school accepted this year, none last year, and 6 the year before. </p>
<p>All these schools are hard to get into, but you’ll be fine. You’re clearly an intelligent girl. Don’t listen to these people, and don’t obsess over “chances”-- whatever happens, happens! Just stay calm and be happy :)</p>
<p>I don’t want to sound pessimistic but I feel it could be difficult for you to stand out from the thousands of amazing applicants who apply to stanford. I agree with qwerty1892 on the point that doing well in the Siemens Competition could definitely help (I have yet to see a regional or national finalist who didn’t make it to a top tier school). Don’t get me wrong you are a great student and will make it into a great school. Its just that stanford is an incredibly competitive school.
As of now, I would say reach for you regarding stanford (again schools on this level are reaches for anyone)</p>
<p>I don’t understand why everyone thinks the OP does not really stand out. Is it because she doesn’t have that many awards? Is it that the clubs she happens to be in are not really competitive where you can win awards or honors? I think the internship is very unique, and I do not believe everyone would or could do that. If she is preparing for the Siemens competition, then that means she has done research in a lab. So, even if she doesn’t win an award for her research, she still could submit an abstract as a supplement. I don’t think most people have that sort of advanced research experience, correct me if I am wrong (my competitive school is obviously an exception where a lot of people do research, but I am sure (I hope) that is not how it is everywhere). </p>
<p>@kali1197, I think you have good chances, just like many other people do. I am not saying you will for sure get in, but I am saying you are as qualified as most other Stanford applicants. </p>
<p>Your academic resume seems good. Research - ok. I find your social awareness component very lacking which will probably be your issue getting into any top school. </p>
<p>@neurogirl97 --you are correct, not a lot of people do research. However, enough high schoolers have enough advanced research experience to make getting into top schools(Stanford is the #1 most competitive school to get into by admissions rate in the US) a challenge without awards in the research/some other distinction. Look up how many Siemens/STS/ISEF finalists/semifinalists there are, and then consider the many math competition winners, URMs, athletes, humanities people, musicians, inventors, people who started their own business, charities, cured cancer, the pure amount of people with talent and stories, and you have basically your class of 2018 competition pool.</p>
<p>@kali1997–school “quotas” are unofficial and vary drastically by strength of the class. This class may have been exceptional. They could take five one year, then none the next. And even if they do, would you consider yourself one of the top four-five seniors in your school?</p>
<p>Usually the schools feed similar numbers each year unless the school itself went down in status, the adcom for the area changed or the school counselor with the good relationship changed. So it is not how many were added accepted this year (I would be surprised if 4 got accepted in REA) but how many on a regular basis and if OP meets the attributes of the students who are regularly accepted from her school.</p>
<p>You have good stats @texaspg. But you have to show your uniqueness as their is a pretty stiff competition for those schools. Show your passion in your activities and you should have an excellent personal essay. A friend of mine got into Stanford EA with 32 act and an awesome personal essay showing his personality brightly…</p>
<p>Don’t listen to these people
It’s a reach for everyone but you do stand out when I read your resume (piano awards,etc.)
Everyone is special and best of luck!</p>
<p>@kali1197 interning at NIH is good. It shows your passion for medicine/biomedical sciences, and is more unique than just volunteering at a hospital (which you have done, and is also fine). By research I mean independent medical or biological research that you would get published at a medical conference. Obviously this takes a lot of thought, and may be impossible if you don’t have the right connections, but it could help put you over the edge -and since you interned at NIH I would imagine that you could find a doctor willing to advise you. Lots of kids do research and submit to siemens or ISTF, but very few get their research published at the professional level. You should also start working on your essays now as they will be really important to the final decision. </p>
<p>For those confused about why everyone is calling the OP’s, admittedly impressive extracurriculars, mundane: you need to understand that schools like Stanford, Harvard, Princeton get thousands of applicants who are dedicated musicians, athletes, and scholars with 4.0 unweighted GPAs and 2200+/34+ SAT/ACT scores. Somehow they have to cut this impressive pool of applicants down to a class of one to two thousand freshmen. Thus they look for students who are different from the norm. This is where the essays and extracurricular activities really make a difference. Last year Stanford had 38,000 applicants of which they admitted 2,200. The admissions officers have been quoted as saying approximately 80% of applicants were academically qualified to do the work at Stanford (<a href=“Stanford Magazine - Article”>Stanford Magazine - Article). Thus the OP and everyone else applying to Stanford needs to be strong academically, but also needs to show a good personality and dedication in their extracurricular activities. </p>
Q.Q</p>