Chance me: Stanford

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<p>What do you think are my chances for Stanford? I'm applying early.</p>

<p>SAT: 2400
SATII: 720 Bio-E, 730 Chem, 740 Math 1
APs: 5 on English, US History, World History, Biology; 4 on French</p>

<p>GPA- 6.8 (6 point weighted scale; honors and AP counted 1 point above on-level)
Grades- mostly high As, some middle As, a few low As.
Class rank- 10/740ish. This is due to taking on-level classes, not bad grades.
Senior course load: Calc BC AP, Stat AP, Chem AP, Physics, English AP, Gov/eco AP, band.
School type- pretty good public school in Houston, TX</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Band; I'm a very good clarinet player, though not a prodigy. I'm first chair and have been in Area band, region band etc. I plan to submit the arts supplement. I'm also a squad leader and section leader in marching band
NHS (ran for, didn't win an officer position :()
French Club (Treasurer, 11th grade)
French NHS (President, 10th grade)
HOSA (Reporter, 11th-12th grade
Key Club
Environmental Club
Volunteering at animal shelters (300+ hours, mostly after 9th and 10th grade, none this summer)</p>

<p>Summer course: microbiology at Colorado College (stanford summer program conflicted with band camp)
Employment: 15hr/week during summer at a kennel.</p>

<p>Ethnicity- white
Sex- F
neither first generation nor legacy.
Location- Houston
No interesting background or trauma in my past.</p>

<p>Awards- honor roll; AP distinguished scholar; outstanding in Bio, Comp sci, Chem; various band awards; national merit semifinalist (haven't gotten any results for finals).</p>

<p>Essays: haven't written them yet; I write well, but I won't be able to say anything that stands out.
Recommendations- bound to be good, I have 2 teachers and a counselor who like me. </p>

<p>Please tell me what my chances are? Thanks!! I'll chance you too, though I probably won't be much help.</p>

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<p>outstanding in Bio, Comp sci, Chem What does that mean? And why are your subject tests so not good contrasted with your 2400? I’m terrible at Chem and Math, but i 800ed Chem and Math 2. Oh yeah, Math 1 subject doesn’t count for any schools…
Also, your leadership positions are in French…but you got a 4? Need moar APs and…like all top-notch universities: a “special”, distinguishing factor. Also, chances ain’t supposed to be in this forum.</p>

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<p>^that was kind of a bitter post. I think you have good chances. Maybe take the Math II subject test? Chance me?</p>

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<p>Out of every 30 applicants, they will take two out of the 20 with stats not unlike yours. Having an 800 on a section of the SATI raises the odds to just under 20%, so having a 2400 might make it 30%. The sentence that scares me the most in your profile is that you “won’t be able to say anything that stands out” in your essays. Stanford has a reputation for choosing people who stand out over bland 4.0/2400/36ers. If you want to go to S, you better find an angle for those essays.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your post. It’s a breath of fresh air to hear someone being realistic rather than people from my school saying I’m a shoo-in.</p>

<p>I don’t know why I didn’t do so well on the subject tests; I just didn’t study I guess… also I’d only taken 1 year each of chem and bio at that point. I took them again today as well as math level 2.</p>

<p>French at my school is kind of a joke; no one else has gotten above a 3. also French positions are elected, not appointed based on grades. Of course, Stanford won’t know that.
I don’t really see how I could have more APs. The only way I could do that is to have taken two language tests; there is only 1 AP test in French.</p>

<p>Sorry for posting in the wrong forum. I saw someone else had posted chances here and assumed it was OK.</p>

<p>Thanks also to UT84321 for the numbers.</p>

<p>I really don’t think I’ll get in to Stanford. But for that 10-30% chance, I applied, because you never know. I did organize an awareness week/fundraiser at my school; that’s obviously not as special as, say, going to the Olympics or publishing a novel like some applicants have.
Maybe the 2400 will help on my second-choice, more traditional schools.</p>

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<p>your stats are good as anybody’s.</p>

<p>essays will the clincher, so squeeze your heart and brain like sponges for that one essay.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. I got into Stanford :)</p>

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<p>Awesome! Congrats!!</p>