Chance Me For Stanford!

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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I am looking to get an idea of my odds of admission to Stanford for undergrad. <strong><em>Also, would I have a better chance EA or RD?</em></strong> My stats are below:</p>

<p>GRADES
Freshman Year
All on level classes... About 50/50 As and Bs, all "borderline"
Sophomore Year
2 honors, 2 APs... Again, about 50/50 As and Bs & "borderline"
3 on AP World, 4 on APCS
Junior Year
2 honors, 4 APs, 2 AP Self Studies
All As, in the 92-98 range
5s on all 6 AP exams (Micro/macro econ, us history, stat, human geo, environmental science)
Senior Year
Will be applying EA, so I don't think they will see any of my senior grades... my schedule for next year is: AP BC Calc, AP Lang, AP Comp. Gov., AP US Gov., AP Physics B (highest physics that school offers), Honors Spanish 4, and AP Psychology</p>

<p>TESTS
34 ACT
800 SAT Math II
760 SAT Physics
800 SAT US History</p>

<p>ECs
Varsity track, XC freshman and sophomore years
President of Investment Club Junior Year (member all 4 years)
Elected SGA Treasurer senior year
Elected to Student Leadership Council senior year
Active member in INTERACT Club (community service)
Eagle Scout
Going to Wharton's LBW summer program this summer (between junior and senior years)
Started a business (more on this below)
In the beginning process of creating a charity with dozens of other high school students from around the world
Will be inducted into 3 honor societies senior year (mu alpha theta, NHS, national history honors society)</p>

<p>ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Started tech company in 8th grade (iPhone apps)
Self-taught programming from Stanford classes that are on iTunes U
Daily revenue has exceeded $4,000
Apps used by over 40k people daily
One app peaked at #2 in the entire Apple App Store (above Facebook, Groupon, etc.)
Over 4,000,000 downloads
Backed out of a 6-figure venture round for another company I was working on to focus more time on school
Company has been featured in New York Times and on the front page of my local newspaper
I had 2 full time employees at company's peak (have since scaled down to focus on school)
Recruited ex-CFO of major internet gaming company to sit on my board of directors
Recruited ex-SVP of business dev. at XBox Live to manage day-to-day operations of company while I was at school</p>

<p>CHARITY
Co-founded a non-profit with 2 other high school students from different parts of the country
It's a micro finance charity where we raise money and lend it to people in third world countries so that they can start their own businesses or get life essentials
Just raised $150,000
About to have a Huffington Post article about us published</p>

<p>OTHER
Teacher recs will be awesome
Essays should be great too
Will probably get the ex-CFO that I recruited for my board to write a rec letter as well
School does not report rank/percentile (they do report mean standardized test scores though and number of APs, both of which I am in the top percentile in)
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Received University of Rochester Xerox Award
Received $2000 Discus Scholarship for Outstanding achievement outside of the classroom
Went to Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference this summer for a week</p>

<p>I know my grades the 1st 2 years were below average. However, and this is by no means an excuse, my company <em>was</em> taking up an incredible portion of my time then and interfered with school sometimes when I had to fly across the country to talk to CEOs of game studios about partnerships. </p>

<p>What do you think my chances are? Will they overlook my freshman and sophomore grades? </p>

<p>Thanks so much for your time!</p>

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<p>you put my profile to shame…
with stats like that you have a really good shot
Good luck dude</p>

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<p>Thanks. And guys, I might be a speaker at the next TED conference!!! (don’t know how i forgot to put that, lol). How would this effect my chances?</p>

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<p>Probably 10%.</p>

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<p>Why so low?</p>

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<p>Just meant as a dose of “don’t count on anything”. Overall acceptance rate is around 6% in a very competitive applicant pool- your application is very strong, but at the end of the day admissions can be skewed by intangibles. You definitely have a serious shot.</p>

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<p>I call bull. Seems too outlandish. At least provide some proof. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it seems very, very unlikely.</p>

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<p>no one will believe you until you show us a scan of the NYTimes article or a link (If they did publish you, you gotta have it right?)</p>

<p>I am a bit skeptical. 6 figure revenue company sounds a lot, but it is not! When you are saying you hire 2 FULL TIME employees, unless you are running a sweatshop, commonly it will cost 50000 (base) <em>1.6 (common gov-required benefits & fees) *2 = $160000 just to hire normal workers. Then, you need to consider cost of office space, computers, furniture, utilities, taxes etc… oh you also hired an ex-Microsoft senior vice president, how much did he cost? I am guessing $200000</em>1.6? Unless you are making almost half million to a million a year, I don’t see this happening.</p>

<p>btw, Why would he work for someone who would eventually close his company? Man I tell you, in the real world, people don’t just work for money, they work for careers.</p>

<p>Now, I am not saying you are lying. My best guess is that you over exaggerated yourself. Teen Entrepreneurs do exist, there are plenty examples: Brian Wong from Kiip, Andrew Sutherland from Quizlet… but their road to success make sense, they either are highly educated already or they’ve got guidance since the beginning. Yours sound more like a Disney fantasy to me. The only thing we need now is a ruler to measure the length of your nose.</p>

<p>btw, who ever believes OP must be…</p>

<p>ugh I wasted another 30 minutes…</p>

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<p>Yes, I do have copies of the NYTimes article and a link. About my employees, I paid my sales rep minimum wage (he was unemployed previously for a while) and the ex Microsoft guy got equity in the company. Also, it’s important to note that I didn’t keep either of these people very long. He wanted to work with me because he wanted to get back into startups after he had left Microsoft. And, no, I have not over exaggerated. My apps are used about 35k times a day and about 1 in 18 US teens have at least one of my apps.</p>

<p>About him not wanting to work with me if I was going to close the company, I don’t know where you got that from. I never shut down my company… It’s still thriving and is bringing in a nice disposable income for me now that I am focusing more on school. Also, it was on track to be worth several million within a few months.</p>

<p>AKShock, I won’t be posting links on here for “proof”. I don’t need to… I’ll give the admissions officers proof, but I would hope that people on here would be able to trust me and chance me on what information I have given.</p>

<p>EDIT: I assume that it’s a good sign that this seems so “outlandish”? Can we get back to the point of this thread… chancing me?</p>

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<p>Why do you want to go to college? You seem to be doing just fine.</p>

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<p>If you’re already so far out in your company, then why are you even on CC in the first place? If I was you, I probably wouldn’t need some people I have never met to chance me. Either tell the truth or be confident.</p>

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<p>The tribe has spoken. Give us proof.</p>

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<p>What do you mean “tell the truth or be confident”??? I am telling the truth…</p>

<p>And no, I won’t be posting links for obvious privacy reasons. Sorry guys, but I have learnt that it is best to keep an anonymous online presence. Why are you all being so critical??</p>

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<p>Don’t listen to those jealous naysayers. If you’ve got the business you say you do, then I would think that your chances are excellent for Stanford. I just visited there, and they describe in person and on their website what they look for. Stanford loves entrepreneurs, and you are one. They also say CLEARLy that there is no minimum grades or test scores for admission. Seems to me you’ve got a good reason why your grades weren’t stellar. I also think you would really benefit from the community at Stanford, they would benefit from having you there.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you’re lying so I’ll just say wow O_O Your application is amazing! I rarely tell people this, but I would be REALLY surprised if you didn’t get in. Ha ha your app puts mine to shame, but you’ve clearly worked hard for it and I wish you good luck! :)</p>

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<p>I’m not saying that the OP is not telling the truth. What I AM saying is that if he has such a HUGE business already, I don’t see the point in asking random people on the Internet. That is all. At this point, he’s put a lot of effort and should be confident enough. And if he has a doubt about himself, then I find that fishy.</p>

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<p>And also, if that NYTimes article is actually there, then the chance is that many people have already read about you considering that it is such a popular newspaper. So the privacy thing is already non-existent. There are too many intricacies in this thread. So I suggest you just do well on your application and good luck to you.</p>

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<p>There is literally no reason not to provide proof. You have articles written about you? You’re gonna be doing a TED talk? Then we’d (or at least somebody) would probably know about you. Not posting proof for privacy’s sake is ridiculous. There is no privacy. What is there to protect. If you’ve really already done all this stuff then you’re highly successful and shouldn’t have a problem providing proof.</p>

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<p>To AKShockwave:</p>

<p>It’s “ridiculous” to not provide proof on the internet to total strangers? Why should the OP feel obligated to provide proof? Shame on you. It is neither his role nor YOUR role to provide/look over proof for something as lowly as a chance thread. That’s not the point of a chance thread. Should everyone else who post chance threads have to provide proof of their extracurriculars? If OP doesn’t want to provide proof of his accomplishments, that’s his choice. Chances threads are meant to establish guidelines for where to apply to college based on the information given. You have no obligation to reply to the poster if you want, but by no means do you have the right to demand the poster to provide proof. Even in the real deal admissions process, very few people have to provide proof of their accomplishments. If you feel like the OP is lying, then simply don’t respond and save us all from your rants.</p>

<p>Even to the posters who DO lie about their accomplishments/test scores (I’m not going to say whether I think the OP is a liar or not, it’s not my place), their posts are still helpful to others who read them because it allows people to compare their stats to the OP’s and judge their chances based on the replies to those stats.</p>

<p>So to the OP: Based on these stats, I think you should have a FREAKING great chance at Stanford; I would actually be surprised if you didn’t get in.</p>

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<p>I agree with Bart2385.</p>

<p>No one here is an admissions rep. Let him prove his achievements to Stanford admissions, not to some anonymous bunch of posters. If you don’t care to believe his claims, simply don’t comment on his thread.</p>

<p>To the OP: chance threads won’t get you much helpful info, especially with a school as selective as Stanford. There are no admissions reps chiming in here (there some high school kids evaulating your chances, along with some anonymous others who may know nothing about Stanford admissions). No one can really evaluate the whole you from the limited information provided in your summary. Admissions will thoroughly review your academic record as well as your non-academic record. You’d be better off talking to your guidance counselor, or if you feel you must, to a professional college counselor, than trying to have people here evaluate your chances based on what can only be a brief summary of what you’ve done.</p>