chance me for stanford. advice welcome. will chance in return:)

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<p>School type: public
location:Maryland
race/gender: Indian( the one from India.lol), female
prospective major: biology
current unweighted gpa: 4.0
class rank: 1/430</p>

<p>SAT- total:2270 breakdown: math: 740 CR- 730 writing: 800
SAT II's took bio-700. took USH, but haven't gotten a score yet. will hopefully be decent</p>

<p>Courses
9th grade
Gt English ( highest possible except for ap)
Gt math
AP biology- 5
Gt American gov
french III
orchestra</p>

<p>10th grade:
Gt English
AP chemistry- 4
Ap statistic's 4
GT precalc
french IV
Gt world history</p>

<p>11th grade
AP english
Ap economics
AP french
AP U.S
AP Calc a/b</p>

<p>12th grade</p>

<p>AP calc b/c
Ap Lit
Ap Psych
AP physics C
AP euro
gym</p>

<p>Extracurriculars -</p>

<p>-will have done a summer internship at NIH in the lab of cardiovascular science for two summers. summer of 2008/2009. i'm close with my mentor and she's impressed with my work so i hope to get a rec from her.
-3 years varsity tennis in high school.
-key club( 9-12) have done a lot of volunteering for it french club(9-12), nhs(9-12), literary magazine(10-12) It's academic( 11-12) math Nhs( 11-12) french nhs(9-12) science nhs- 12th grade. peer tutoring- 9-12.
Started south Asian society (SAS)-president/ founder- basically we watch asian movies. play asian games, asian cuisine.it's really ethnic but anyone can join and feel comfortable
-volunteer at the greater Baltimore temple and help set up other activities. except...i don't know where you'd actually put this on a college app?
violin since 3rd grade
- do Indian dance rigorously. will get my dance degree end of senior year. typically takes about 8 years. I've been doing dance since 6th grade
- black belt in taekwando</p>

<p>Awards-
Tennis:
9th grade. 1st place county and regional tournament
10th grade. 2nd place in county and regional tournament
11th grade: 1st place in county and regional tournament, 4th place at states
- awards for maintaining a 4.0 gpa during varsity sports seasons/ earned varsity letter every year</p>

<p>Science:
-discovery channel young scientist semifinalist 2006- for excellent communication skills
- 2006 baltimore science fair- 1st place and another award for best project in medicine.
2009 Baltimore science fair- award from u.s corps for excellence and one from another company
2008- NIH poster day/ science fair- 1st place.</p>

<p>Random:</p>

<p>future business leaders of America- 1st place at school and regionals, 2nd at states- topic was introduction to business communications
- 11th place in state for french national exam
- 1st place in high school poetry competition Baltimore county
- AP scholar
- published a memoir/ short story in Maryland voices which gets submissions from all of Maryland.</p>

<p>i may have missed a few things here and there though. if i think of anything i'll post it i guess.</p>

<p>I'm think i should be able to get good recs. one from my mentor at nih. possibly my dance teacher. my high school teachers like me too.good essays( we did sample essays in English and my teacher thought it would be excellent if i made a few corrections. ) i'm thinking about writing about dance, tennis, or research because those are the things i really love doing.</p>

<p>thanks so much for your help!!</p>

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<p>Chances look pretty good! Nice science research, sports ECs. Of course Stanford is unpredictable though. You might have to find a way to distinguish yourself from the other high-scoring, researcher, tennis player asians.</p>

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<p>"other high-scoring, researcher, tennis player asians"LOL.i totally agree with you. thanks for your opinion:)</p>

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<p>you’re definitely have a good chance. just make sure to write strong, killer essays and you should be set. and keep up your grades!</p>

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<p>i will! thanks.actually, would you be willing to read an essay i’ve written. it’s the common app eassy. i could mail it to you</p>

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<p>will the fact that i have no leadership positions really hurt my chances? also.i will be in a paper published in December but i really don’t know how to mention that on a college app…?? any advice?</p>

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<p>snowy435, although i believe that it’s best if you get a close classmate or english teacher to read your essays, i will be happy to read yours for you. just pm or email me</p>

<p>any other information you’d like to mention that doesn’t fit on the commonapp may go in the supplementary info attachment at the end of the commonapp</p>

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<p>i barely had leadership, and i did all right. i just tried to highlight my strengths throughout my application.</p>

<p>you have as good of a chance as anyone. chance threads are hard… no one here understands what goes on in admissions. we make guesses based on our standards but… who knows?</p>

<p>look at the rd decisions, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/680278-official-stanford-university-rd-decisions-class-2013-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/680278-official-stanford-university-rd-decisions-class-2013-a.html&lt;/a&gt;, and the scea decisions, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/611562-official-stanford-2013-scea-decisions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/611562-official-stanford-2013-scea-decisions.html&lt;/a&gt;, for some help with “typical” stats. As you can see, it’s hard to find any patterns in admission, lol =]</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Your chances look good snowy435. I can recognize bits and pieces of your character without reading your essay, which is also a good thing. </p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

<p>SAT- 2160
SAT II- 2250
GCE O Levels- 8 A’s, 1 B
GCE A Levels- 5 A’s
EC’s: big-time debater, including “Best in the nation” award, membership to the national team (twice) and having been to the World Schools Debating Championship. Also a published researcher and journalist and small-time footballer.
essays- good, recs- good </p>

<p>Cheers, and thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>uneverknow:i think you chances are very good. the debating thing is really awesome and it shows that you really pursued it. most people would just join the club and not do much. your grades are pretty good too. so, If you come off as a person with character in you essay then I think you really have a shot. also. can i pm my common app essay to you? would you be willing to read it</p>

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<p>Snowy, I’m just pulling your leg. I’m already in Stanford’s class of 2013. hahaha…</p>

<p>But definitely send me the essay. I’d love to be of some help.</p>

<p>Cheers!</p>

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<p>lol. thanks. i’ll pm it to you.</p>

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<p>yayyyy. i got a 760 in u.s .does that help?</p>

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<p>You have a great shot! Stanford is my dream school too, but it seems like you have better stats than me. Write great essays and your chances are probably good (still a reach for everyone though.) Chance me back for Stanford?: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735911-chance-georgia-peach-stanford-other-top-schools-i-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735911-chance-georgia-peach-stanford-other-top-schools-i-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i know chancing is basically impossible, however i can’t resist this question…</p>

<p>would working as a paid intern in a medical lab doing research at stanford medical school help me? :&lt;/p>

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<p>hmmm. i’m not sure about that. maybe? if you get some work that you’re done published there, possibly.</p>

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<p>ExcitedG: not necessarily
if you are doing some unique things that high school students usually do not have access to, you write an essay about it, and you use ur 1 supplemental recommendation on your research mentor, then it will
otherwise, you never know
I agree with snowy: published=awesomeness</p>

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<p>so. you can only have one supplemental rec right? see i will be getting published at some point in december but how do i mention that on a college app?</p>

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<p>your stats look solid (especially GPA/rank)
but your SATs could be higher.
i think you are an excellent applicant but as mentioned by others, stanford is REALLY unpredictable.
just write some stellar essays and i think you DEFINITELY have a shot
good luck. chance me back?
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<p>haha you realize this thread is from June?</p>