Chance thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hey sorry if there are too many of these i just got my SATs and could use some guidance. Junior in HS btw</p>

<p>SAT I:2020 CR:670 M:690 W:660
ACT: 33 (34,30,33,35;31)
AP: 5:Gov,US,Psych 3: Music theory (Will do 10+ more in the next two mays)
IB: not offered</p>

<p>EC's:
Scouts, in process of Eagle
NHS Treasurer
Chem Team, won 4th last year in states
It's academic team captain
Chess club
AHC Academy Executive board (just runs art-theme events)
All county band and all county orchestra (2nd Bassoon; two years running)
100 service hours
Track and Field, just started
Tri-M member
Did Drama in freshman year
Marching band in sophomore year</p>

<p>Stats:
White Male
200K+ income
Maryland
18/311
UW: 3.80
W: 4.3125</p>

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<p>Projected Senior Course Load:
Gym
Financial lit
Teacher’s aide
AP Chem
AP Lit
APL Internship
Independent study in math
Honors Band</p>

<p>Also I plan to self study some AP’s. I want to do up to 20</p>

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<p>20 APs LOL</p>

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<p>Yeah, 20 APs?</p>

<p>Not sure if serious.</p>

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<p>Well Possibly, but I will at least have like 10-12</p>

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<p>Don’t take that many APs, at least self-studied. I assure you it won’t get you into Stanford.</p>

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<p>Getting alot of 5’s doesn’t help with getting in stanford?</p>

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<p>It will definitely help but is it really worth the time and energy?</p>

<p>I would focus on raising your GPA (a 3.8 UW is great but we’re talking Stanford where there’s no margin for error) and adding a signature EC to the list. You’ve got solid ECs but if we’re talking top 5 you’ve gotta blow 'em away.</p>

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<p>Well i wanna get academic team to win the game show this year, that should be something. Or maybe get better at track. I’m pretty good at getting 5’s, so I thought that would be my ace in the hole</p>

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<p>In my opinion, if you wanna improve your chances, self-studying for 10 extra AP tests is definitely not the way to go. If anything, that might hurt you - it’ll just seem too forced. There’s no way you’re interested in so many different areas that you’d have to take 20 different AP tests, so it’ll become obvious that you’re just desperately looking for ways to improve your application. Instead, you could focus on prepping for your standardized tests (a 33 is good, but since you’re “good at getting 5’s”, you could probably do better). You should also study for your subject tests, since they are strongly recommended at Stanford, and maybe work on your ECs, as someone else has already mentioned.</p>

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<p>Sorry if I sounded full of myself there ivanov. You think it would help If I only do ones I have a reason for an explain it in the application somehow? I’m only doing ones I have some interest in</p>

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<p>Fellow Eagle Scout reporting. I hope that makes some kind of impression on them. I sent in my application for class of 2018. Good luck in your next year and a half of school.</p>

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