<p>SAT (But I'm planning to send in only ACT scores)
Reading: 640
Writing: 640
Math: 720</p>
<p>AP Tests
Biology: 4 ; Microeconomics: 3 ; Language and Composition: 4
Planning to take more in spring</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
3 State awards for Deca
Outside sport(Cricket)
Volunteering at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and through school clubs(100+ hours with school clubs)
Summer Marketing Internship</p>
<p>You don’t stand out really. I’m guessing you won’t get in, but it’s worth a shot. I’m almost certain you’ll get into a few highly selective schools, though (like top 30).</p>
<p>to support what savethetrees said, Stanford does NOT allow score choice for the SAT I and ACT - if you have taken them, you must send in all scores. It does however allow score choice for the SAT IIs.
Therefore, you must send in both your ACT and your SAT I scores</p>
<p>well thanks for the heads up.
i had a question though. how much of an impact would studying abroad for middle/high school make on an application?</p>
<p>Don’t apply Early. You 'll be wasting your money.<br>
Your SAT scores are not competitive for this school, unless you retake the test in December and get higher scores.</p>
<p>^^his ACT score of 34 and his SAT2 scores are very competitive…it is unnecessary to repeat his SAT since his ACT scores will supersede those scores…</p>
<p>…if you don’t get in…it will not be because of your SCORES…but the intangibles we call strength of extracurricular activity(ies), essays, recommendations, and your intellectual vitality…</p>
<p>…OP, just write great essays and get great recommendations…good luck!</p>
<p>Of course, they ‘say’ they only consider the highest scores. </p>
<p>But once you see something, you can’t UNSEE something. It’s impossible for admissions to not take into consideration his SATs - especially the two 640s - which he is required to show them. </p>
<p>If you read two apps and both are identical, but one applicant has the 640s and never retook the SAT, and the other never sent in SAT scores because they never took them, would you not lean in favor of the one who did not have the 640s? It is natural for people to do that even if policy states otherwise.</p>
<p>The problem with that logic, lagunal, is that there is no such thing as two identical apps. Even if two apps are incredibly similar, the breaking point comes down to essays, GPA, coursework, etc. SAT/ACT scores will never get you into Stanford, they are only a barrier to jump. Once you’re above a certain point, it stops mattering.</p>
No, you’re saying that. Lagunal never brought up race, you did. </p>
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It helps, but probably not much. They’ll like that you took the initiative, but a lot of applicants don’t really have the option you did, so consider that as well. It is good to have “life experiences,” though. Not only for applications, or interviews, but for your personal growth and exploration as well. </p>
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No, just honest. Do you disagree with any part of my analysis? No? Then get over it. I’m not going to “sugarcoat” it because kids these days get quite enough of that already.</p>
<p>I agree with Senior…although he may have been frank to the point of harshness.</p>
<p>Honestly, OP does not stand out significantly, and may actually have lower stats on avg than the competitive crowd that is applying (esp. the APs). crusader543, I’d like to see your viewpoints otherwise on why you disagree…</p>
<p>To get in, I’d say that OP will need some pretty darn good essays and recs. There’s a chance, but not much (although that doesn’t say much - pretty much no one has greater than a small chance except hooks, haha).</p>
Can you tell me what you disagree with, then? </p>
<p>Who am I? Listen kid, this isn’t my first rodeo. Look at my post count. Now look at yours. Look at my post history (Stanford graduate). Now look at yours (Stanford applicant). Sure I’m not an admissions officer, but I’ll give up my left kidney if I’m not the closest the OP is going to get here. </p>
<p>Who are you? To attack me for providing my honest take on the situation? Did you miss the part where I encouraged the OP to apply anyway? Did you miss the part where I told the OP he would probably get accepted at some top 30 schools? </p>
<p>Thanks for joining the community here, but learn your place. When I was your age, new to this site and not having spent a day at college, I sure wasn’t calling out the big guns. If you give respect, you’ll get respect. Until then, I have nothing left to say.</p>
<p>I agreed with you up to this part. Don’t be so melodramatic and elitist. Collegeconfidential isn’t a hierarchical corporation, stop being such a snob. Each person is entitled to their own opinion and post, don’t tell people to “learn their place.”</p>
<p>I’m not going to comment on what you said to crusader543. But I included asian because OP is asian and he has a similar situation to mine which is that my SAT is not very competitive (especially among asians) but my ACT is, so whether lagunal is implying that people with bad scores on one and good scores on the other are disadvantaged anyways because admissions will remember the bad scores, and therefore, OP and others like him are wasting their money. As much as I would like to think it doesn’t, race factors in in many indirect ways in admissions. Of course, they won’t use race as a direct factor, but I doubt they don’t think about it when they compare scores, transcript, and such. I had my reasons for including race.</p>