Chance me for classics?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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Just took the L today in the great UC slaughter, not sure about much now but we’ll see.

I’m ethnic Vietnamese and attending a small private school in SoCal, about 120 in my grade. School doesn’t rank.

Aunt attended Stanford, not sure if that counts for legacy

Major: Classics

Academics:
GPA: 4.4 W
SAT Math II: 780
SAT Chem: 750
ACT: 33 composite, 34 superscore
APs:

  • Calc AB: 5
  • Comp Sci: 5
  • APUSH: 5
  • Phys C E&M: 4
  • Phys C Mech: 3
  • Chem: 3
  • Music Theory: 3

Sr year courses: AP Psych, AP Stats, APES, Engineering, Advanced Topics in Mathematics (post-Multivariable Calculus, took Jr year), and English

School doesn’t offer IB

Awards:

  • NHD excellence award
  • Eagle Scout

Extracurriculars:

  • Member of California Junior Classical League (Latin club) State Board
  • President of my school’s Junior Classical League chapter, active within the club since 9th grade
  • 4 year Varsity Swim, captain last year and this year, and club swimmer since 2010
  • Rubik’s Cube competition organizer for SoCal region
  • Programming team for Robotics club

Leadership:
basically what I listed above.

  • Eagle Scout
  • Varsity swim captain
  • President of JCL club
  • JCL State board member
  • Rubik’s Cube competition organizer

Work

  • Lifeguarding
  • Did private tutoring (math, Scratch programming) over the summer
  • possible internship for Tinder next summer

Essays: I really liked them, I talked about my love for the classics and how it’s affected my life.

I liked my application, but the thing is Stanford is so cutthroat that I’m really not sure.

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I’m trying to figure out why there is no AP Latin, no National Latin Exam, and no Subject Test in Latin.

You aren’t accepted by major anyway. If the application is still the same as when ds applied, one merely indicates three areas of “interest.”

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School doesn’t offer AP Latin nor administers the NLE, no Subject Test is just my bad.

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I see. On "paper, " you look more like a CS person. Hopefully, your essays pull out the classics love in an authentic way. Your stats seem a little on the low side, especially not knowing your unweighted GPA.

Sorry about UC - hang in there - I know the waiting is tough.

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Yeah, pretty much all of my essays are on my love for the classics, and in my interview I talked about it a lot.

Thanks.

6

My kid applied to and was accepted early. He had a classics “angle.” Perfect score on AP and SAT II. Many awards with NLE. Truly loved Latin and was taking Greek.

I administered the NLE one year while he was not in school. This is common among home schoolers.certainly, you could have done this.

Stanford admissions is quirky. Maybe you will be admitted.

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If there are many Asian applicants who showed a great interest through ECs in Classics, your chances will go down big time. But I think you have a shot.