chance an AA for next year?

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<p>Gender: F</p>

<p>State: MA</p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted)-3.7 (although this might be a 3.5 or 3.6)</p>

<p>GPA (Weighted)- 4.56</p>

<p>SAT: Reading, 800
Math: 760
Writing: 800</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activites: </p>

<p>9th, 10th, 11th, (and 12th for next year) member and violinst of the school orchestra
Copy editor of the school newspaper 10th grade
President and creator of my of high school STAND chapter (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) 11th grade, and will continue till I graduate
Member of Tri-M Music Honor society- 11th grade, (and continue next year)</p>

<p>Interests in Volunteering: </p>

<p>One of the things that I am most passionate about is increasing the literacy rate for lower-income children across the nation. I am really passionate about volunteering, and am considering entering the Ameri-corps after college graduation for a year. I had tried to volunteer at non-profit organizations that were geared towards my interest in education and literacy, especially catering towards helping lower-income children in inner-cities. It is important for me to help these children, especially since I have a parent that grew up in a very low-income inner-city Boston neighborhood, and came out of the Boston public school system. I also still have family that live in poorer areas in inner-city boston, so it is close to my heart to help many of these disadvantaged children throughout the country.</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: (450 hours and counting)</p>

<p>Registration Coordinator for First Book, a non-profit organization based in D.C, which helps distribute free or reduced-priced books to lower income children across the nation. As a registration coordinator I had reached out to many different Title 1 schools, and after school programs that serve over 80% of low income children. To date, I have helped over 25 schools and after school programs including Washington D.C, New York City, and around the inner-city Boston area in Massachusetts, recieve free or reduced priced books. </p>

<p>Volunteer at an elementary school after-school program in my hometown, (11th grade and continue on in 12th grade)</p>

<p>Volunteer for Student Solutions, a non-profit organization based in North Carolina, which helps increase the literacy rate in children across America by providing literary and eduacational resources to schools in need. As a volunteer, I helped create databases of schools across the country that Student Solutions would reach out to to provide educational resources and materials to.</p>

<p>Volunteer for Nanubai, a non-profit organization based in India, which helps keep women and children in schools and India, and also helps increase the literacy rate among them. </p>

<p>Awards/Achievements:</p>

<p>Winner of First Book Registration Coordinator Challange</p>

<p>Presidents Volunteer Service Award- Gold</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Bronze Certificate</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Silver Certificate</p>

<p>Congressional Award- Gold Certificate </p>

<p>*The only problem is that I go to a really competitve high school where most people do well,( I have a class of about 360) I'm probably not going to be in the top ten percent of my class, bt maybe the top quarter, I'm not sure yet. Do you think I still might have a chance? </p>

<p>*I am also about to start my own non-profit organization called "Change for Changing Lives" that helps benefit low-income children in inner city schools and will raise money to help provide educational resources.</p>

<p>*Does it also help that my school is not diverse at all, and I'm one of the only African Americans at my school? Do colleges pay attention to that?</p>

<p>Do you think I could possibly get in?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Gender: F</p>

<p>State: MA</p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted)-3.7 (although this might be a 3.5 or 3.6)</p>

<p>GPA (Weighted)- 4.56</p>

<p>SAT: Reading, 800
Math: 760
Writing: 800</p>

<p>I stopped reading there. You’re in. Congrats!</p>

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<p>^ Thats one of the best chances I’ve ever seen.</p>

<p>Well since it seems that “pewpewpew” says you’re in, im geussing the admission committe at stanford cant do anything about it.</p>

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<p>Thanks! But do you think that if my rank is around the top 20% then that would hurt me?</p>

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<p>Excellent chances</p>

<p>Now I have a completely off topic question</p>

<p>How do we apply for the Presidents Volunteer service award?</p>

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<p>there is no way they can deny you. i will be extremely shocked if they do not admit you</p>

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<p>Thanks! Does anyone know how many AA’s Stanford rejects each year?</p>

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<p>why does it have to be about you being african-american? you do amazing ECs and have great test scores as it is–i’m sure you’d have great chances even if you weren’t african american.</p>

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<p>wow…ok u guys, how about you chance her SERIOUSLY and omit the fact she is a URM…it seems to be clouding your judgment :P</p>

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<p>Haha in all seriousness, I DID read your entire post and you ARE an amazing candidate. Your passion truly shines through in your ECs and I’m sure that the AdCom will see that. Your high test scores and URM status just seal the deal.</p>

<p>You have very good chances, but make sure to write rock-solid essays so they have no reason to reject you</p>

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<p>@pewpewpew Thanks! But will my rank hurt me do you think?</p>

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<p>I agree with DuckieStyle. As I was reading the responses they didn’t seem genuine or serious at all. Even a little sarcastic and playful. I don’t have the experience to give you a fair chance and it doesn’t look like these people do either. Stanford’s admit rates are sooo low. How can these people aggressively tell you that you will be one of the 6 or 7 out of 100 good applicants?</p>

<p>My intent was not to be discouraging at all.
You just seem to be taking the responses whole-heartedly.
I don’t want you to be satisfied with your stats because the people tell you you have an “excellent chance.”</p>

<p>IMO, I think your rank and GPA will negatively affect you.
Try to get it up as much as possible with straight As</p>

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<p>I am an URM myself, so though I agree that though your accomplishments are great, don’t lean to much on AA. The school is very competitive and just being a URM will not get you in, you can ask my brother. You do have very good stats and if you keep working hard and striving for good grades, plus great essays and community service you have a good chance! I wish you the best.</p>

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<p>I did not mention above that I have a complicated situation, and I hope the admissions officers will understand this. I have been living through child abuse for a decade, having a fatally ill father, and a mother suffering from a mental illness who has been through a pyschiatric ward twice, and maybe going on her third, plus having restrictions on the amount of time given for school work on the computer, so there have been many limitations for me throughout my life. I also want to stress in my essay that in my father’s family, there have only been four college graduates in the entire family ever, including 3rd cousins ect, therefore going to college and becomming a college graduate is a very important thing for me. As these are very difficult circumstances to have to have put up with throughout my life, I hope that Stanford and other colleges will understand this.</p>

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<p>I agree the OP has an excellent chance to be accepted based on how CC viewers rate their fellow students. </p>

<p>But, if I may be politically incorrect in an attempt to evaluate the information in an objective manner; the ECs are average at best, the volunteer work is difficult to assess as to exactly what the OP actually did, and I am really not sure what a Congressional Award certificate is and what one has to do to obtain the certificate….Am I off-base with my understanding of the info presented? </p>

<p>All students naturally present their accomplishments in the best possible light. The Admissions Officers see thousands of applications and have learned to separate the accomplishments one uses to pad an application from real accomplishments that require an inordinate amount of work and talent. </p>

<p>Any response? Am I being too much of a realist? While the chances for admission are good, I would recommend the OP continue to distinguish herself from other talented applicants. There are many minorities that apply to the elite schools so it is not necessarily the predominate consideration for admissions officers (as most CCers seem to conclude). Nothing is guaranteed.</p>

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<p>I have to agree with cardfan, although the last post by the OP changes the game (at least, the abuse situation). If that is indeed true and the essays reflect it, the OP becomes an outstanding candidate. OP, are you low-income yourself? $60,000 a year or less? You could be an excellent QuestBridge candidate.</p>

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<p>okay… I am not making up any stories… all of the family information/situation that I have posted is entirely true. My GPA changes on some threads, becuase they will be different for one school if I apply EA, and different for another if I apply RD. I am not being insincere on this thread.</p>

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<p>I never check post histories. I was just intrigued.</p>

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<p>An AA with a 2360= irresistible to top schools.</p>

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<p>thanks! 10Char</p>