Chance Me RD?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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Like the rest of us, Stanford has always been the dream. I have pretty good stats but I dont have anything that rly makes me stand out

Major: Bioengineering
State: TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
SAT I: 1570 (790 CR;780 M; 6/6/6 W)
ACT: 35 (35 M, 35 S, 35 R, 35 E, 8 W)
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 770 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 1/506
AP: Stats (4), World History (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Bio (4), Physics 1 (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Govt, AP Calc BC, Orchestra, Yearbook, Academy of Science and Engineering, Teacher’s Aide (for AP Bio teacher)
Extracurriculars: President of Varsity Orchestra, Asst Editor-of-Chief of Yearbook, VP of Red Cross Club, VP of Math Honor Society, Academy of Science and Engineering (rly extra 2 year program at my school w competitions, capstone projects, etc), Dance (Chinese dance, ballet, contemporary), NHS
Volunteer/Community service: abt 500?
Summer Activities: Rosetta Institutes Molecular Immunology Workshop, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute in Engineering, National Youth Leadership Forum: Engineering & Technology
Recommendations: probably really good- i haven’t read them but the teachers i asked love me, know me super well, and are very strong writers

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I would guess that your chances are at least as good as the average applicant (a bit less than 5%), and maybe marginally better. Stanford said in a mailing to alumni that about 80% of their applicants are academically qualified to attend, and you are clearly in this group.

There are a lot of very good universities, and assuming that you have applied to a reasonable list of schools I am sure that you will get into a very good school. Whether it will be Stanford is not possible to guess.

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With Stanford especially, you can have perfect test scores and GPA, great ECs and good essays, and still get denied; while applicants with ok test scores and GPAs, good ECs and great essays will get in. Therefore, focus on essays but focus also on things that are within your control such as picking other good schools. Luck tends to even out through your lives so character, patience and hard work will win out.