Chance me at Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I am an Asian male living in Oklahoma and am applying early action to Stanford. I would really appreciate it if you could chance me for Stanford, but am also interested in knowing my chances at HYP, Northwestern, UChicago, UPenn, Washu, and Cornell.</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT: 2270 (760 CR 740 Math 770 Writing 12 Essay)
ACT: 34 (33 English, 36 math, 35 reading, 33 science)
PSAT: 224
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Class rank: 1/473. (about 20-30 people share this rank bc of unweighted gpa)
-AP Calculus BC: 4. (AB Subscore: 5 BC Subscore: 4)
-AP U.S. History: 4
-AP Chinese: 5 (Self-Study)
-AP Biology: 4
-AP Chemistry: 5
-AP U.S. Government: 4 (Self-Study)
-AP Comparative Government and Politics: 5 (Self-Study)
-AP Statistics: 5</p>

<p>Awards/Acheivements:
-Rank of Outstanding Distinction in the National Forensics League Club with 1,013 points earned from tournament competition.
-AP Scholar (10th Grade)
-AP National Scholar (11th Grade)
-AP Scholar with Distinction (11th Grade)
-High School Honor Roll all years so far
-National Merit Semifinalist (11th Grade)
-Published in Aerie International for Poetry (11th Grade). (Aerie International is a journal that is a compilation of works from various high school students all around the world.)
-Named as an Alternate to the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra for violin Freshman year and accepted to the Orchestra for Violin Sophomore Year.
- Will Publish book based off of last summer’s trip to China called, “Yin Xiang Zhong Guo” (Impressions of China.) The book will be published through CYA or the Chinese Youth Academy before the end of December 2010.
-Two-time recipient of Norman Chinese School Volunteer Service Award.</p>

<p>EC</p>

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<li> Winner of a 2009 President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award (Over 250 hours of Community Service with focus on Chinese Bridge Cultural Activities.)</li>
<li>Over 350 hours of total Community Service.</li>
<li>Chinese Youth Academy (Organization founded by me and a friend that supports the growth of Chinese Culture in Norman. Includes teaching Chinese classes and volunteering abroad in China translating for and studying with American Students): Co-President</li>
<li>Teacher of an SAT writing class at the Norman Chinese School</li>
<li>Breakdancing. [Volunteer performance during Chinese New Year of 2010 in Norman North’s Nancy O’Brien Center for the Performing Arts. Also performed during Norman North’s Students Performing Unselfish Deeds (S.P.U.D.) Week and won the title of Norman North’s Best Dance Crew, helping to raise over 2,000 Dollars for two children with Leukemia.]
-Performed for the 2010 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Nancy O’Brien Center for Performing Arts.</li>
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<li>Norman North Symphonic Orchestra. 3rd Chair 1st Violins. Accepted into Symphonic Orchestra (Top Orchestra) Freshman Year and this Year.
-Norman North Chinese Club- Vice President Sophomore Year
-Member of the National Forensic League club at Norman North. Vice-President of NFL club this year that oversees our debate team which won 2nd place sweepstakes at the Oklahoma State Tournament . Also captain of Foreign Extemporaneous Speech team.
-Member of Norman North National Honor Society Since end of Sophomore year.
-Member of Mu Alpha Theta since freshman year.</li>
<li>Active Varsity Debater at Norman North High School.
2007-2008: Qualifier for the Regional tournament in Policy Debate and Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking.<br>
-Participant in the District Tournament
2008-2009: Qualifier for the Regional tournament in Policy Debate and Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking.</li>
<li>Participant in the District Tournament and Qualified for the National Forensic League National Tournament in Policy Debate.
2009-2010: Qualifier for the Regional tournament in Policy Debate and Foreign Extemporaneous speaking.
-Placed 5th in the entire West Oklahoma region in foreign extemporaneous speaking
-Placed 4th at the Oklahoma State Tournament in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking.
-Placed 3rd at the District Tournament in Policy Debate
-Placed 1st in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking.
-Qualified for the National Forensic National Debate Tournament in both Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking and Policy Debate.</li>
<li> Summer Research at The University of Oklahoma for a research project to be submitted to the Siemens Competition</li>
<li> Private Violin lessons taught By Dr. Hong Zhu, professor at the University of Central Oklahoma</li>
<li> -3-Year Participant (2007-2008-2009) at the annual Model United Nations conference held at the University of Oklahoma. Secretary of the Treasurer of Model U.N. Club this year.</li>
<li> Varsity Cross Country and Track runner Junior year and currently a Varsity Cross Country runner at the beginning of Senior Year. Qualifier for both the Regional and State Competitions for Cross Country Junior Year.</li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>anyoneee? 10char</p>

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<p>Stanford is a reach for anyone, no matter your stats. That said, you stand as good of a chance as anyone else. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Your EC’s demonstrate clear interests in debate, music, and community service, and the fact that you’re from an under-represented state (Oklahoma) will also help your chances. Stanford tends to be a little quirky in whom they select, meaning that your “soft factors” will play a significant role in your admissions decision, so your best bet would be to write a very strong essay (which you’re clearly capable of). Best of luck! :)</p>

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<p>pretty good shot imo. contrary to the previous posters however, i think ecs are more like a laundry list that youve done for college. i recommend that you list the few that are most important to you and highlight them to make it look like you’re more passionate for these schools</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1005943-chance-senior-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1005943-chance-senior-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^ Many of the OP’s awards fall into only a few distinct groups, so I assume you made that comment after merely giving his post a cursory glance.</p>

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<p>just a couple of minor points –</p>

<p>1) listing things like “AP Scholar” that are clearly duplicative of the underlying scores you list for AP classes comes off as padding, and diverts attention from the core accomplishments. A little like listing “National Honor Society member”, don’t you think?</p>

<p>2) showing that a book is to be published by the Chinese Youth Association, only to find out ten lines down that this Association is founded by you, really means self publishing, doesn’t it? THAT comes across as a silly and unnecessary padding of accomplishments.</p>

<p>3) Figure out a way to remove about half or more of the wording in your Accomplishments. LESS IS MORE. by listing so much detail, you risk putting readers to sleep. For example, listing “member of” for an activity in which you bore no leadership or responsibility is just distracting filler. What do you mean to accomplish by listing the fact that you’ve taken Violin lessons from some Professor? If Obama were to say hello to you in a receiving line at a speech in Norman, would you list that as an accomplishment? LOL</p>

<p>All that to say, edit these things way down both here, and on your future college apps. Keep it short and punchy. don’t take yourself too seriously, and try to convey a sense of humor in your applications… humor trumps a ponderous gravity every day of the week.</p>

<p>As to Stanford, your test/GPA stats are slightly above the midpoint of the accepted student at Stanford. They are also typical of about 80% of the rejected applicants. </p>

<p>I second the comment about the importance of the essay. This is for practical pursposes the primary way (along with letters of rec) for adcoms to decide which are the 6% (about 1-2% of applicants are “hooked” or non-academically exceptional – e.g. Olympic marksman etc.) of highly statted students that are accepted from about 94% (of highly statted) that are not. See HUMOR comment above. Just make sure you get your attempts at humor edited by others… humor is fantastic when it works, and disasterous when it doesn’t.</p>

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<p>i saw it. there are things like breakdancing/ mu alpha theta / chinese club etc that dont show the commitment OP does to the other activities. im doing a similar thing, taking my non-leadership, non major ecs out</p>

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<p>thanks a lot guys!! yeah i need to get some issues worked out with this resume</p>

<p>What do you mean to accomplish by listing the fact that you’ve taken Violin lessons from some guy? LOL ya lololololololol u specifically made this resume for my recommending teachers so they know more about people like that. i guess i made myself look dum py posting that on cc :P</p>

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<p>anyone chance for HYP, Northwestern, UChicago, UPenn, Washu, Cornell, or Rice?</p>

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<p>You’ll get in anywhere sam!:slight_smile: LOVE YOU BABE</p>