Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1600
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 on math 2 , 800 on physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94%
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): like top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): took 6 AP’s and got all 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible but don’t feel like listing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist, AP Scholar thing
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tennis all 3 years, robotics captain, comp sci club VP, FBLA
Job/Work Experience: internship at a top comp Sci program
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hrs or so
Summer Activities: that internship mentioned above
Essays: My essays were very genuine. If anything, they would help me get in. 10/100
Teacher Recommendation: the first rec was amazing, the second was ok
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: went fine for all colleges that offered me one. Stanford did not
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
Intended Major: Comp Sci
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: medium size public. My class has like 550 students
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, essays, internship
Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculara
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: my essays
Had an upward trend since second semester 10 th grade. I did Fine in freshman year (92%) but litterallly got 5 B’s first semester of 10 th grade, because in the ninth grade I took all standard classes, but after tenth grade took all honors and AP’s so the transition was hard.
Stanford is of course a reach. I would guess your chances as somewhere in the single digit percentages, but whether it is 2% or 9% is hard to say. Either way you need a safer option.
“I would apply to UVA”
I strongly agree. UVA is a great school and you are very lucky to have such as strong school as your in-state flagship. With your strong stats plus NMF plus in-state I would expect you to get in and to do very well at UVA.
You have “yep” for Fin Aid and an income of 150+. Unless your family has multiple in college, your EFC will be high. Can you afford it if you get in? $150 is around the range that people start getting sticker shock at the EFC. Have you run the NPC?
@Eeyore123 , I remember Stanford classify $150K as poor and will give almost full financial aid. In the bay area, $150K is near the poverty line.
@redruralblue , put your info in parchment and it will spill out a percentage. How accurate is the number? I would say as accurate as the cc “chance me” thread.
$150,000 is not “poor” in the bay area. It may be “poor” compared to the common parent demographics on these forums (the ones with $200,000+ incomes complaining about being the “middle class” but not getting enough financial aid from colleges).
So for families with income range between $125,000 and $155,000, 99% students received aid, and average aid is $41,562, and students only play $26,816. Although other schools may consider $150,000 rich and give little to no aid, Stanford treat them as “poor”, or “middle class” as CC members like to be called.
I think the odds is low. If you want to apply as CS major, your stats has to be super competitive even it isn’t a capped major. Class percentile isn’t high that much anf ECs are relatively weak. Gtech may be inbetween your match and reach.
@Rivet2000 : Everybody knows all Stanford students are admitted as undeclared. The School’d like to to make a balance even though students choose their major in junior year. When you search the CC Stanford thread, you can see some comments regarding this issue. http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/28/stanford-students-discover-how-to-access-their-admission-records/
There are some students who saw their admission files and posted here. Students mentioned the notes they had seen on thier admission files.
