Chance a junior!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I'm currently a junior, I'm trying to get into some schools like Duke, UVA, W&M, George Mason, VT, Georgetown, Brown and Stanford. So I know I haven't taken some of the tests...like the SAT...but please chance anyways!</p>

<p>GPA: UW-4.0, W-4.348
SATs: will take in June
ACT: 29
Sex: Female/African American
State: Va</p>

<p>8th:
Algebra I (A)
Spanish I (A)</p>

<p>9th:
IBMYP English 9 (A)
IBMYP Biology (A)
IBMYP Geometry (A)
IBMYP World History (A)
IBMYP Spanish II (A)
IBMYP P.E. (A)
Chorus (A)</p>

<p>10th:
IBMYP Chemistry (A)
IBMYP English 10 (A)
IBMYP Spanish III (A)
IBMYP AlgII/Trig (A)
IBMYP P.E. (A)
AP Government (A)
Chorus (A)</p>

<p>11th grade:
IB History I – HL (A)
IB English I – HL (A)
IB Biology I – HL (A)
IB Math Methods I –HL (A)
IB Spanish IV – SL (A)
IB Environmental Systems (A)
Digital Input Tech (A)</p>

<p>12th grade:
IB History II – HL
IB English II – HL
IB Biology II – HL
IB Math Methods II – SL
IB Spanish V – SL
IB Theory of Knowledge
Physics</p>

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<p>Extra Curricular:
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Science Honor Society
- Key Club
- Ecology Club
- Tennis
- Chorus</p>

<p>Leadership:
- Junior Class Treasurer
- Key Club Secretary
- Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Ambassador
- Sophomore Class Representative
- Freshmen Class Representative</p>

<p>Awards:
- 2010 Alexander Hamilton Citizen Achievement Award Merit Winner
- Academic Letter
- International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Certificate
- Outstanding IBMYP Spanish III Student (Student of the Year Award)
- Outstanding AP Government Student (Student of the Year Award)
- All County Chorus
- Principal’s Top 10 Student Award
- Perfect Attendance Award
- Outstanding Performance in IBMYP Geometry
- County Award for Exemplary Achievement in the Arts
- 3rd Place in School Science Fair, Category: Biochemistry
- Principal's Honor Roll</p>

<p>Community Leadership Positions and Activities:
- Volunteer, Hospital Junior Volunteer Program
- Team Captain (11th Grade), Recreational Basketball
- Member, College Prep Program
- Volunteer, American Red Cross Youth Corps
- Church Nursery Volunteer, Church
- Member, Church
- Tutor, Middle School Spanish Club</p>

<p>Programs/Research/Volunteer:
- 2010 Virginia Girl's State (selected to attend)
- Local internship program at college (8 weeks, 40 hours a week, program modeled after NIH)
- 200+ Community Service Hours for IB Program
- Pre-IB Personal Project (Exploration of Careers in Medicine: Including shadowing different medical professions, learning terms, hospital experience, etc.)
- CDC Disease Detective Camp</p>

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<p>Your ACT score won’t cut it, probably. I’d wait to get some more opinions - was just browsing, noticed the thread, and thought I’d add my two cents.</p>

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<p>You are very well rounded in your leadership/volunteer positions, awards, and community activities, but you must understand that the activities/positions you outline are mostly “dime a dozen” for typical high school students. For a school like Stanford, it might be better to focus on one (or possibly two) things you have a passion for and concentrate on them. The Pre-IB Project of shadowing a medical professional sounds like it has possibilities.</p>

<p>I thing quality not quantity is the key for high school activities. But, hey, what do I know? Someone else may have the exact opposite recommendations. That is why advice from CC posters is of questionable value.</p>

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<p>In all honesty, I think the standardized test scores are too low even for an URM.</p>

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<p>Your scores are average and you do have a top chance due to your ecs and perfect grades (this is very rare to see among even the most intelligent students). You are very well rounded as mentioned previously (i personally think you are in). Try for the ivies (i’m sure that you will definitely get a spot at some really good schools). But your essays must Rock, and that should be your only priority as far as stanford and admissions goes (keep up those senior mid year grades and you are in) =)</p>

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<p><a href=“keep%20up%20those%20senior%20mid%20year%20grades%20and%20you%20are%20in”>quote</a>

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<p>Silly statement.</p>

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<p>Among whom?</p>

<p><a href=“this%20is%20very%20rare%20to%20see%20among%20even%20the%20most%20intelligent%20students”>quote</a>.

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<p>What is?</p>

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<p>mid grades:::: Not a silly statement. Would you recommend otherwise silverturtle?? I don’t think so. The girl has very good scores and she needs to keep up the upward (or constant) trend. A little bit of weakness on the grades would not impress the judging committee. Everyone thinks that admissions are some type of geniuses but they are just people with experience in papers but most importantly, they are just like us. So we need to think clever.
Scores are average:::: Well a 29 is a little low (and i’m not comparing to a URM but the average applicant for stanford; i thought that people would be smart enough to infer this you know)
3rd quote:::: her scores, ecs, and leadership are significant (i can see that that wasn’t clearly addressed). </p>

<p>ibnervous:::: I noticed one weakness and that is that you don’t show a clear pattern or a focal point with your ecs. Like do you intend to be a politician? peace corp person type? Scientist? or Mathematician? Your ecs are about service but they don’t address one strong force in YOUR interest. For example: if your interest is math, then you should atleast be in 3 or 2 math clubs and be placed in them. It is my recommendation that your interests reflect your ecs and if that isn’t the case, don’t make your application seem rambunctious (or all over the place).</p>

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<p>^ by the way ib, don’t stress about it. Getting straight A’s is hard enough by itself (that says you are a strong candidate). Stanford and other tops get the same stats from other applicants. In this case it is really your essays that win you over the admissions. Start writing your essays and visit UVA, nearby good schools, and far away good schools. Get those essays checked and rechecked by your english teachers early enough and you are bound to get pleasing results. Other top schools would be pleased to take you in so don’t loose the hope and keep this in mind!</p>

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I’m assuming that you are unfamiliar with the concept of “grade inflation”.</p>

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Do you know anything about OP’s HS? If not, your statement is moot.</p>

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<p>Of course it is. Please do not post in additional chance threads; I want to discourage the dissemination of misinformation.</p>

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<p>well all i’m saying is that anyone has the chance and ib is a good applicant (considering she goes to a good school; but that will depend on what the application people will say). By the way, students are just excited to know whether they are good applicants or not. Thus, chance threads are what creates cc an excitement for people and an encouragement point. Discouraging chance threads may refer to those applicants who ask whether they are in or not but definitely do not discourage hs students who ask in advance what their application is lacking (which ib is clearly asking). However, I do apologize for saying that she will definitely get in but in my last post I did point to her that there was a level of uncertainty as I encouraged that applying to neighboring colleges would be more promising.</p>

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<p>I agree with SilverTurtle.</p>

<p>Stanford and the ivies and other top-tier schools are not predictable. They are very careful (definitely not random) but to the average person, the policies are not apparent.</p>

<p>There are very fews ways to say that an applicant will be admitted. Even these are not 100%. Some are:

  1. Likely letter (obviously after the application is complete) given that grades are consistent and no lapse of moral judgment takes place
  2. The person is not just a recruited athlete but is a top choice of one of the larger teams. Some recruits are not admitted because the coaches have many applicants that they want admitted, so usually only the top preferences are close to guaranteed, though the others would have a higher than average chance. This year, I know that 2 (or more) Olympic athletes were rejected.
  3. The applicant is the son/daughter of the President of the United States</p>
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<p>You’re not suggesting Chelsea Clinton had a hook or anything, are you??</p>

<p>JK. But she would have very likely been admitted to Stanford (and everywhere else) in any case, from what I understand about her inherent attributes.</p>

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<p>haha yes i was referring to Chelsea Clinton :slight_smile:
But yes i agree, she was an outstanding student and great member of her community in high school as well.</p>

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<p>Nonetheless, you have a great selection of schools. I think there are some to which you will very likely be admitted and some that we just dont know.</p>