Chance me please! :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing)</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 Math 1, 730 U.S History (too low?)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 6.367 (from IB/AP classes)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1 % of class of 700 students</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Government (4), AP English Language (4), AP European History (4), AP U.S History (5), AP English Literature (4), AP Calculus AB (5).</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Mathematics (6 out of 7), taking HL History, HL English, HL Spanish, and HL Chemistry this year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB classes, 1 AP class, 1 Dual Enrollment class.</p>

<p>Awards: Top 20 Teams in the Nation Eurochallenge Competition, AP Scholar with Distinction, Passed an Amendment in my local district requiring all county calendars to include Diwali (the Indian New Year), Silver Knight Nominee: Mathematics Category (more details below), Chatham University Book Award, Boston Invitational MUN Outstanding Delegate 2011, FIMUN Best Delegate 2010, FIMUN Best Delegate 2011, Global Classrooms MUN Honorable Mention 2011, 1st Place Economics District 26 FBLA, Principal’s Honor Roll (lol).</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Model UN Secretary Grades 11-12, Eurochallenge Competitor, President of Junior Statesmen of America Club 11-12, Vice President of FBLA Club 11-12, Master of Ceremonies for Sindhi Association of Florida Grades 10-11(community group), Children’s Diwali Ball Dance Participant Grades 2-9, Aftercare Program and Tutoring at local Elementary school Grades 9-11, Mu Alpha Theta Club Member, National Honor Society Member Grades 11-12, Piano player Grades 9-10.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Internship with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: (2 major projects, few minor) First-Student Ambassador and Board Member for an orphanage that I’ve worked with for the past 4 years (Grades 9-12), Organized Massive Drive (70+ boxes of items to send) for orphanage, Organize local fundraisers, took a Service Trip to the orphanage where I designed a floor plan for building extension and went into tribal zones to find more kids. Second- Founder of Mathematicians in the Making Math Camp Grades 11-12 for underprivileged children in my local community who cannot afford personal tutors and are struggling through their math classes, received Silver Knight Nomination for it. (Minor Volunteer at local hospital Grades 10-11, Thanksgiving and Christmas Toy Drives with local shelter, Autism Walks and Relay for Life.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Columbia University 3-week Summer Program Grade 9, Georgetown University 2-week Summer Program Grade 10, Wharton Business School’s Leadership in the Business World Summer Program Grade 11, Organizing and conducting Math Camp (see above), Interning with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Leisure Activities: Scrapbooking, painting, reading, etc.</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was strong in my opinion and did include a bit of humor (hired a personal college counselor who read through it to make sure it was good), attached a Resume in the Additional Documents section, took a LOT of time on the supplement and gave it all that I got. The questions were uniquely answered and I tried to include various aspects of my interest/personality :)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing: one from math teacher, another from history teacher. Very personalized.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Go to a large public high school, so it wasn’t very personalized but still done well.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: From the Director of the orphanage I serve as a board member of. Definitely the best rec when compared to the teacher and counselor recs.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Florida</p>

<p>School Type: Large Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Income Bracket: >300k</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT/GPA/Rank/Aps (I think I’m pretty good for the most part when it comes down to numbers), Volunteer activities (especially Service Trip perhaps?), Public Speaking activities, Summer activities.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: SAT II scores aren’t that high, not many national awards, lack of extensive work experience, ethnicity (not in my control lol).</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think! I'm open to constructive criticism, so feel free to be entirely honest! Any suggestions are also welcome! (Sorry if I posted this in the wrong page). I know that Stanford is a bit different in their admissions process and doesn't always take the 2400's and such because they want uniqueness, so I wanted to know your opinions!</p>

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

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<p>LOL, what do YOU think your chances are? I love the analogy I read on one of the forums… it’s like a person with a 95% in the class asking if they are going to pass. Now, I’m not saying that Stanford will admit you, as Stanford definitely has its own set of criteria for admissions, but you are clearly “qualified”.</p>

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<p>I’ve had pretty bad outcomes with the two early schools I applied to (nonrestrictive) so I’m trying to figure out what happened and what I can do in the short amount of time left haha :confused: just suggestions from already-accepted candidates or anything :)</p>

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<p>My guess would be your essays. Perhaps you lost “your voice” when someone else looked over it. Maybe your passion didn’t shine through. Maybe your passion wasn’t what those particular schools wanted. Reading through your list of accomplishments, I’m not even sure what your passion is (helping people?).</p>

<p>Were you able to choose just a few accomplishments to list or did you include the full laundry list? What do those accomplishments mean to you?</p>

<p>I really think you need to go back and re-evaulate your essays.</p>

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<p>I chose a few accomplishments, mainly because I wanted to show that I dedicated the vast majority of my time to a couple of things. I focused on my involvement with the orphanage, public speaking activities, and briefly mentioned how I am involved in my cultural community. </p>

<p>I will surely go back to read the essays and try to see how I can maybe add more voice to it as you mentioned. Thanks so much, I didn’t think that that was possibly it until you pointed it out!</p>

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<p>I think the one question that would remain from a school’s pov is “what are your academic interests?”.</p>

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<p>I want to pursue International Business (I wrote that I’d like to work for the UN one day), so I was hoping that my math camp and the oversees volunteering + public speaking activities (MUN, Eurochallenge, etc) would tie into that theme, possibly? haha</p>