Chances at Stanford... please!

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<p>Hey, wondering how I look for Stanford</p>

<p>GPA 9-11 3.75W 3.65 UW
GPA 10-11 4.1W 3.9 UW</p>

<p>Hardest possible courseload 11 and 12 years, also the years I did the best in</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 2340
PSAT: 225
SAT II:
Math IIC: 800
Biology: 780
US History: 800</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Bio, Stat, US (expecting 5's)</p>

<p>Class Rank: at the moment it's about 13%, should hopefully be under 10% by the time I apply RD to colleges(HOPEFULLY) chance both ways please</p>

<p>ECs:
AIME
JSA @ Georgetown
JSA at school - president
Key Club
Speech and Debate - NFL nationals
National Honors Society - secretary
Medical Club
Tutoring 5th graders =)
Stanford Debate Camp - Advanced Seminar</p>

<p>Colleges:
Northwestern
Stanford
UChicago
Dartmouth
Brown
Columbia
Safeties</p>

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<p>You look great. But so do thousands of others.</p>

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<p>look, you pass the threshold. I was academically a little better than you and our ECs were equivelant, and I got in, but plenty of people at my school who had better ECs than me and equal academics were rejected from HYPS as well as places like Wustl and cornell.</p>

<p>you have as good a shot as anyone else (of ~24,000), work hard on those essays and get good recs, and see how it goes.</p>

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<p>I personally don't think anyone can get into Stanford just w/ scores. Your types of extracurriculars are common among many applicants. I would resolve to major honors/awards, essay, and recs.</p>

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<p>What's your focus/passion?</p>

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<p>Politics.</p>

<p>Probably going to major in Political Science... hence all the legal oriented work.
So do I have a good chance at Stanford than other schools(because of the 10-12 GPA?)</p>

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<p>Colleges weigh your rank over your GPA because they send your ranking or percentile to U.S. & World News Annual Ranking (hope I get its name right). Another thing is that GPA is subjective. A person with a higher GPA at one school may not be as high as someone from another school.</p>

<p>However, it is most not likely that a person with a 3.25 GPA is in top 10% of a school (unless the teachers in that school are all textbook worshipers).</p>

<p>Your GPA from grade 10 to 11 (which is all Stanford considers) is perfectly fine.
Don't worry about your grade nine grades. I got pretty bad in grade nine as well.</p>

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<p>Well, I mean the reason my rank isn't as high as it should be is because of the weighting placed on AP classes, .333 doesn't help GPA as much as other schools... and that contributes to a lower rank, will Stanford recognize this?</p>

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<p>Stanford will recognize this if your counselor explain exhaustively on your application.</p>

<p>Always remember, colleges want their rankings to look good; getting good rank/percentile is more important than getting high GPA. </p>

<p>Percentile directly represents a school's rigorousness and teachers' evaluating styles.</p>