Chances at Stanford, etc!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Male, CA attending Parochial school</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (CR 770 W 720 M 690) took it three times
SAT II: 710 Math II (out of two times, got a 680 the first time), 710 US History, 700 Literature, 670 World History
ACT: 29 Comp, 33 M, 31 E, 28 R, 25 S, 10 on essay, 32 English/Writing
GPA: 4.586 Weighted, 4.0 Unweighted
Rank: 3/161 (school rewards people for taking study hall instead of another class, like Art, even though I got an A, which lowered my ranking)
Have taken most rigorous courses my school offers (1 AP Soph, 2 APs Junior, 4 APs Senior)</p>

<p>AP: (ughh)
World History - 4
Literature - 4
US History - 3 </p>

<p>ECs:
Key Club 9-12 Fresh Rep, VP (10th and 12th grades)
Associated Student Body 9-12 Soph VP
National Honors Society 11-12 Secretary (12th grade)
"The Premier" school newspaper 11-12 "The Happenings" section writer
National Art Honors Society 11-12 Events Coordinator (12th grade)
Volunteer at Alzheimer Center 10-12 plays piano and games (1hr/wk, 52wk/yr)
Advocates for Hope Club 11-12 member
USTA Team Tennis/Lessons 9-12 (13hr/wk, 52 wk/yr) our team made it to sectionals this year, where we will play this weekend
Private Piano Lessons every week</p>

<p>Summer:
Chem 130 at community college (A-)
Youth Citizenship Seminar (had to be selected by school administrators and have application accepted by YCS)
National Student Leadership Seminar on Forensic Science in Wash. DC (received award for "Leading an Investigation and Always Smiling" and took a Journalism Ethics Class while I was there, got an A-)</p>

<p>Other Community College Classes:
Italian 180A (A)
will be taking Chem 180 next spring</p>

<p>Awards:
“Top Student in English” Award: 9, 11
“Top Student in Mathematics” Award: 11
“Top Student in Physical Science” Award: 11
“Top Student in French” Award: 11
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Current Classes:
AP French Language (A)
AP English Language/Composition (A)
AP Calculus A/B (A+)
AP Government/Politics (A+)
Senior Bible (A)</p>

<p>I think my essays are at least decent. I got good reviews from everyone except one person. My teacher/counselor/tennis coach's recommendations should also be good. My tennis coach is pretty famous in the college world, and I had him write me a recommendation for Stanford and USC. don't know if that will help. I want to major in Chemistry and do Premed, but as my scores show, I did much better at English. don't know if that will hurt.</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to:
Stanford (Single Choice Early Action)
USC (and Baccalaureate/MD Program)
Georgetown
Princeton
Johns Hopkins
Claremont McKenna
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State Long Beach</p>

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<p>its a crapshoot, but do it</p>

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<p>Stanford (Single Choice Early Action) - rejected
USC- in (and Baccalaureate/MD Program)-not
Georgetown-OK chance
Princeton-no chance
Johns Hopkins-OK chance
Claremont McKenna-good chance
UCLA-good chance
UCSD-in
UCI-in
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo-in
Cal State Long Beach-in</p>

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<p>I'm confused, are you a tennis recruit? If yes good chance at all. If no, I can't see Stanford or Princeton, shot at the others.</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>unfortunately, unless there are scouts at the sectionals this weekend, I would have to say that I am not being recruited.</p>

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<p>Don't post your essays like this; you can't control who will look at it and possibly copy your writing. </p>

<p>I agree that Stanford/Princeton will be a major stretch. Possible? Yes. Likely? No. The 690, esp. for a science related field, is so close yet so far. Other than that, I think you have a well rounded list.</p>

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<p>thanks for my stanford essay.</p>

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<p>Posting an essay is not a very smart thing to do, and in general, very smart people don't do very smart things, and stanford accepts very smart people. Use deductive reasoning.</p>

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<p>I'd ask the mods to delete this, but I'll give you my opinion. It's not good. You make some classic mistakes here. First, the essay tells us nothing about you though Danielle might be accepted! It's pure drama, highlights tragedy for no reason we can discern other than the pre med cliche and wastes word count with quickening breath and stalkings around corners. Sorry, but I'd start over.</p>

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<p>I agree with suze on this one. The essay doesn't tell us much about you. It is well written, but the point of the essay is to give the school a deeper understanding of who you are, and it doesn't really do that. I'm truly sorry for all the grief your family had to go through but the essay doesn't give any reason why you should be admitted, it just relates a tragic event. Tell more about how you sister's plight affected you personally, how it changed your perspective, etc., and i think that will make a big difference.</p>

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<p>does it help that I applied early action for stanford?</p>

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<p>your aps are screwy, your sats are low, but everything else is fine. Goodluck with scea.</p>

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<p>yeah, I figured that my strong points were my GPA and ECs. Even though Stanford says that they look at everyone the same regardless of when they apply, how much weight do they really give SCEA applicants?</p>

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<p>~~~~~~bump!</p>

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<p>can anyone give me approximate chances??!!</p>

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<p>........bump.......</p>

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<p>Can anyone give me some chances, please???</p>

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<p>A 2180 SAT sucks? So what do we need to be average, 2400? 2500?</p>

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<p>bumpity boo</p>