Chance me please!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hi all, I'm a senior in high school, and I'll be applying to Stanford (RD) this year. what do you think of my chances?
Academic Stats:
GPA: 4.545.
Rank: School doesn't really rank, but I got this ELC thing from UC; apparently I'm somewhere within the top 4% of my high school class (REALLY competitive high school which usually gets at least dozen acceptances into Stanford, cause we're in CA, and 4-8 acceptances from Yale and Harvard each year).
SATs: 2330 on the SAT, 760 Math 2, 740 US History and Biology.</p>

<p>ECs:
Muslim Students Association: Treasurer, Public Relations Officer, helped raise 28,000 dollars for Indonesia tsunami relief. (Since 10th Grade)
National Honors Society and California Scholarship Federation: No real positions, but I do have a LOT of community service. (Since 10th Grade)
Martial Arts: Winner of Student of the Month 7 times, Squad Leader, Module Leader, Black Belt, and Instructor. (Since 9th Grade)</p>

<p>Hooks:
African American Male (If that actually means anything to Stanford).
National Achievement Semifinalist (Thus far...could become a finalist, in which case Stanford will be notified).
I should have pretty good teacher recs.
When I was 9, my sister died; my family went to Sudan, and has been going back every other year; I have been teaching English to high school students for free (since that time when I was 9); other community service as well in Sudan.</p>

<p>I know it's a pretty 'bare-bones' kind of profile of myself; if you guys need any more info, let me know...but in the mean-time, chance me on this stuff.</p>

<p>THANKS A LOT!!! Good luck to everyone else who's applying to Stanford this fall.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance. Very good GPA and SATs along with nice ecs. You still must write some essays that stand out and the teacher recs should be good. If those are good, I would say you have a very good chance of getting in. Good luck!</p>

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<p>African American Male with 2330 SAT and all that other stuff -- you're in anywhere.</p>

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<p>Seriously, unless you have Cs, Ds or Fs (which, given your GPA is highly unlikely), it sounds like a good essay will get you in anywhere</p>

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<p>come on guys...the more opinions the better!!!
thanks for your consideration...</p>

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<p>In your case, I think it all comes down to things like teacher recs and great essays. Many people who apply to Stanford have the same, or even better stats so you need to think about standing out in other ways.</p>