Chance me RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hi.</p>

<p>I am a senior applying RD and I was wondering if you guys could chance me:</p>

<p>Demographics:
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home State: NJ
Highschool: Competitive Public</p>

<p>SAT:
Reasoning: 2370 (CR:800, M:780, W:790)
Subjects: Bio 770, US 800</p>

<p>Academics:
Unweighted GPA: 3.93/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.43/4.5
(Only ever got two B+'s Freshman year)
Rank: Does not rank, top 5 percent</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Senior: Calculus AB, Statistics, English Lit, Spanish Lit, US Gov
Junior: Bio (5), Psych (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (5), US History (5)
Sophomore: European History (5)</p>

<p>Activities: Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader, Eagle Scout), School Paper (Editor-in-Chief), Co-founder of satirical paper at high school, Track (Two varsity letters), Running Crew for plays and musicals (All activities for all four years)</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National High School Community Service Award from National Civil War Historical Society for Eagle Project</p>

<p>Volunteerism: Volunteered in a hospital two days a week last summer, Volunteered in phonebank for the inclusion of LGBT Scouts
Work Experience: Paid SAT Tutor
Pre-college Program at Brown University two years ago</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think. I am EDing to Penn and if I don't get in, I plan to try Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, Northwestern, WashU, Hopkins, Rice, CMU, NYU and Rutgers.</p>

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<p>Safety: Penn, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, Northwestern, WashU, Hopkins, Rice, CMU</p>

<p>Match: NYU</p>

<p>Reach: Rutgers</p>

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<p>I’m not here to chance, as it’s against my principles. But it seems like you have no safety schools. Do not underestimate any of those schools you have on there as easy to get in. In recent times, safety schools have become meh, meh have become reach, etc. And how do you know that you are a National Merit Finalist, already? The Finalist applications were due less than a month ago and from what I know, the results don’t come out till next year.</p>

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<p>Rutgers was a safety as I have already been admitted honors college with full ride for merit. I may attend there even if I am admitted to Stanford (which I know is a reach for everyone but think I have a shot if I write strong essays). And I got the sarcasm Orbdad. I think:</p>

<p>Safety: Rutgers
Target-Safety: NYU
Target: CMU, Rice (Its easier to get in from the East coast)
Target-reach: Northwestern, WashU, Hopkins
Reach: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown</p>

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<p>Why’d u ask for other opinions if you already have decided Stanford is a reach?</p>

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<p>Probably because he doesn’t assume he knows everything and would like to hear from others.</p>

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<p>Stanford is an automatic reach for almost everyone. The exceptions would be well-qualified national/international champions of something (or anyone else whose accomplishments are truly unique to them), and the well-qualified children of the following: faculty, influential politicians/celebrities, people whose donations to the University are in the millions. </p>

<p>The reason why it’s a reach for all the other well-qualified applicants is because Stanford could fill its class three times over with such applicants. Some serendipity goes into deciding who makes the final cut.</p>

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<p>but then again that isn’t saying much</p>