Chance Me for Ivies, Stanford, Etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stanford is my number one choice.. And I will be applying restrictive early action. I have met both the Regional Admissions officer who is going to be reading my app and the Dean of Admissions. Thanks for taking the time to read this! </p>

<p>Other schools im applying to: harvard, yale, u penn, northwestern, columbia(second choice), cornell, wellesley, berkeley, ucla, usc</p>

<p>Asian Female</p>

<p>Will be applying undecided (will this hurt me?). I go to a super competitive public school in the suburbs of los angeles , #89 in the nation, dominated by asians like myself..</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85 (unweighted), 4.72 (weighted) I have had about 7 B's in all... But almost every class I've taken has been AP/honors and I have taken many after schools, summer schools, etc.. i'm in the top 4% of my school, and my senior classhas more than 800 students! which puts me in the top 20ish out of 800ish </p>

<p>Senior Workload:
Statistics AP
Physics C AP
Literature AP
French 4 AP
Government AP
Economics AP
Advanced Orchestra
Scientific Research</p>

<p>SAT I</p>

<p>1st time: 2110
2nd time: 2200
3rd time: 2340
(i hope the upward trend helps!)</p>

<p>SAT II</p>

<p>Korean: 790
Math 2: 790
Biology: 700
US History: 670
Chemistry: 740</p>

<p>AP's (here's where it might hurt... )
Envi Sci: 4
Chemistry: 4
US History: 3 (soo weird i was one of the few people who got A's both semesters)
Calc AB: 4
Biology: 4</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Korean Essay Competition Winner, Got Published
National Honors Society
AP Scholar with Distinction
California Scholarship Federation
Math Honors Society
French Honors Society
Music Honors Society
National Merit Commended
Honorable Mention, Environmental Science category, Regional Science Fair</p>

<p>Sports:
JV Lacrosse for one year, wont even mention it because frankly i hated it</p>

<p>Leadership:</p>

<p>President/Board Member of a 40 year old service club on campus for 4 years
Concertmistress of regional orchestra
2nd Violin Principal Stand of school advanced orchestra
Activities Director of school orchestra</p>

<p>Volunteer:
hundreds of hours doing various things as part of service club
worked at senior house
part of string quartet that played therapy music for hospital
researcher for a land conservancy </p>

<p>Jobs:</p>

<p>Intern at software company and worked on web programming and graphic design
Private tutor for various subjects
party promoter (lol)
fashion journalist for various paper&online publications
freelance dj mostly for friends' parties</p>

<p>Other things that make me stand out:</p>

<p>-I am a pretty serious violinist (but won't be majoring) and have won two consecutive first places at southwestern youth music festival, attended a music clinic at stanford, been part of numerous orchestras, performed with grammy artists, been concertmistress, etc....</p>

<p>-my dad went to stanford graduate with a ph.d</p>

<p>-i have a 4 year old brother who i have the privilege of taking care of the most..</p>

<p>-i am heavily immersed in culture and very involved in music, art, etc of the los angeles scene. i dj and write professionally about fashion and art. i think that's kind of unusual about a female, asian stanford applicant. most of my friends are not the strongest academics and i have an interesting background/mindset in terms of the stuff i am interested in nonacademically. in that sense i think i bring a tremendous amount of diversity</p>

<p>-i am fluent in french thanks to a mother who is a french major and had a french student stay at my house for several weeks for an exchange program</p>

<p>-i have done independent science research since junior year. one year i did a study on the use of cursorial arthropods as bioindicators of restoration success, and currently i am studying the effects of tactile&electrical stimulation, as well as supersaturated oxygen on the bioluminescence of renilla reniformis (sea pansies!)</p>

<p>wow i got carried away. but thanks for reading</p>

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<p>well i'll be damned. I too applied Stanford EA and you blow me WAY out of the water. I think by the law of averages you will get into at the very least 2 ivies and Stanford. If you dont get into Stanford with all those connections than i just dont know what it takes cause your credentials are A++.</p>

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<p>yeah my app for stanford is due in a week and im not even close to finished!!! yay. procrastination is the way to go!
haha thanks for the encouraging words, supereagle10, let's hope we both get in!!!</p>

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<p>stanford, IN
harvard, 50/50
yale, 50/50
u penn, match
northwestern, match
columbia(second choice), match
cornell, match
wellesley, idk
erkeley, safety
ucla, safety
usc safety</p>

<p>Chance me back please</p>

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<p>thanks guys!!! anyone else? :)</p>

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<p>very nice extracurriculars & awards, bad test scores (3 times for the SAT I seems a bit too much)..
this could go either way</p>

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<p>Dang you suck! But I mean in a good way because you threw my chances away. You're in, the bad scores won't really hurt you, but the good ones will surely help. And all the awards and EC's are awesome!!!</p>

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<p>your legacy will help a lot. I have similar stats to urs. Like really similar lmao. Im korean, kick ass in french, violin (not as much as u i guess), same uw gpa, commended merit, research, orchestra group for nursing homes...dang. It seems good tho but not a guarantee cause there seems to be lacking a really standout achievement. Nonetheless legacy, and everyhting esle should be fine. Ill post my stats and ull see what im talking about in terms of similarity lol.....applying stanford ea as well, gluck.</p>

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<p>You took the Korean SAT? If your ethically Korean, and speak Korean, that is going to hurt you.</p>

<p>Negatives: </p>

<ol>
<li>Overrepresented Minority </li>
<li>Less then spectacular grades. Seven b's! Are you serious?</li>
<li>You're not first generation College...</li>
<li>Not top 1%.</li>
<li>You took the SAT three times! That's going to make you look like a perfectionist. And you haven't even gotten a perfect score!</li>
</ol>

<p>Positives:</p>

<ol>
<li>Legacy</li>
<li>Current High School. 89th in nation?</li>
</ol>

<p>stanford, high reach
harvard, 15/50
yale, 16/50
u penn, 30/50</p>

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<p>why would you take 5 SAT 2s and AP scores are not looked at for admission- at least usually- u dont even need to send them. usually jst go to courses office not admissions office anyway</p>

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

<p>Also just want to point out that you actually have no legacy at Stanford. Legacy means where your parents went for undergrad, not grad.</p>

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<p>if you looked at my courseload, you will probably drop dead. and one of the B's was in a sports class with a coach i had issues with, and my counselor knows this. she also knows that during junior year when i got most of my b's, i was having truamatic family issues.
thanks for the opinions though</p>

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<p>nw09:
i spoke with the dean of admissions at stanford in person, and he told me that stanford considers both grad and undergrad relatives as legacy. my dad has a ph.d from stanford so that counts. perhaps you were thinking of somewhere else.</p>

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<p>The best places of course are unpredictable, but I would say good chances at all. No weakness (gpa maybe, but you have a reason behind it, toughest courseload, high rank at a good school), nice ec's.</p>

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<p>stanford, low reach
harvard, high reach
yale, high reach
u penn, reach
northwestern, low reach
columbia(second choice), low reach
cornell, low reach
wellesley, idk
berkeley, match
ucla, match
usc safety</p>

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<p>thanks for all the input guys!! my stanford app is due saturday and i havent started my supplement. yay! haha wow databox i looked at your stats, you are some student!!</p>

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<p>lol btway i love how people write idk for wellesley haha its an all girls school. hilary clinton went there</p>