@bubblepop12444 Where did OP say that they were “an ORM male who wants to major in bio”?
Also, OP asked specifically about Stanford and never said they weren’t applying to match and safety schools so I’m not sure they needed the REAL ADVICE you alluded to. But just in case… OP, please apply to match and safety schools.
With the lowest acceptance rate of any major university in the country, Stanford is a reach school for just about everyone. However, just look through old results threads and you’ll see that they do occasionally accept kids who don’t have over-the-top test scores and accomplishments. They value character and something called intellectual vitality and even determine a separate score for it when reviewing apps which no other school in the country does.
Lastly, I agree with you about the class rank issue and wondered how a 4.0 unweighted gpa with that many APs could only be 28th in the class. Perhaps, like my HS, OP’s HS weights Honors and APs the same and the other kids are taking the easier Honors classes and getting better grades. Idk.