<p>You need your third year grades…Those are the most important in American admissions.</p>
<p>What can I do if I have l lost my Class XI marks and my school is not ready to give new transcripts… One of my friends got accepted with just class X and Class XII marks. … Please help</p>
<p>You need that XI mark or you’re done</p>
<p>^i agree that you need grade XI. you school will have to send in transcripts. as long as they have it, why wouldn’t they give it to you. what kind of school is that? is your principal your pal; ask his help. </p>
<p>how did they convert a 54% into a B? they need to describe the grading system.</p>
<p>My Principal uses the WES, ECE and NCAA Guidelines for Conversion of Indian grades to equivalents.</p>
<p>Our school Students do get selected at top schools in the USA.</p>
<p>A - Ist Division
B/B+ - IInd Division
C/C+ - IIIrd Division
D - Fail</p>
<p>Whats the point of asking for a chance, if your gonna disagree or counter every weakness someone states. haha</p>
<p>@cheng1894 - Ya u r right. . I will anyway apply - even if I don’t have any chance. … I will apply with the best possible application I can create. . And Stanford might start liking my ’ never say die attitude ’ and will to succeed if I can correctly potray this attitude through the essays. . I have always done what I thought is the best and more often than not I have won from some impossible situations. I hope Stanford likes my grit - because their is more in life than just academics, As, Bs and GPAs. . Many great leaders haven’t been A+ students. . Life is about hiding weaknesses and using strengths to succeed in life.</p>
<p>@Ashishkumar- If you really want to go to Stanford, you should just apply. Unless your family has problems with money. But, in a way I’m thinking that you don’t realize that it’s much harder to get in than you think. You also don’t really respect the American education. I mean how the hell in the world a 54% a B. There are even schools like TJHSST which make 94% a B, I reckon. My dentist’s son was ranked number 3 in his class, along with having a 4.0 UW GPA. He was on 3 different varsity sport teams along with being president of the key club. Also, I know that in Asia the English classes are much easier. That’s why some people may say your English is not too great, but it will get better. Stanford only ACCEPTED 7.1 percent. How are you going to stand out compared to everyone else of the tens of thousands applying. In some ways there’s no point on asking people to give you advice, if you refuse it. I say just in case, apply to school like San Francisco State. But, this is taking advice from a freshmen who is the youngest of his family by FAR. If I were you I would not do the early action, just the regular applying date.</p>
<p>^ You’re not even in high school yet, you’re in no position to be giving advice.</p>
<p>I will submit my research papers and projects. … I have written many journals, editorials ect. . I will submit them to prove my potential… . I have always heard that Americans recognize a person’s talent and vision.</p>
<p>And I haven’t made these conversions. … American universities and WES has done it. … ( Check SUNY Buffalo website, NCAA guidelines, WES, ECE ) … And Indian education system is one of the toughest. . For example We study calculus from class IX. … And we cant choose our courses. … Everything is compulsory. . See the acceptance rates of our colleges. . IITs have less than 1% acceptance rates. … Everything is so damn tough here in India. … From Syllabus, Admission to life. . America is a far better place, A land of dreams for many people all over the world. … </p>
<p>America is not a compulsion for me. . stanford is my dream. .And I am not among those who lose without giving a fight. … If I don’t get to stanford. . I will study in India. . I am just giving my luck a try. … I know it is really tough. . But nothing is impossible in this world. . Isn’t it. …</p>
<p>^What’s with the crazy amount of ellipsis?</p>
<p>It’s an Indian thing.</p>
<p>I’d recommend the OP actually visit the campus. He’s dreaming just a bit too much.</p>
<p>Well, I’d like to remind the OP that Stanford is a dream for around 16,000 students every year. I am an Indian student studying IB in Dubai, and I can tell you for a fact that there are people, with spectacular CVs from every part of the world who want to get into Stanford BADLY. </p>
<p>But lets be a little realistic, rather than imagining an overflowing cup. The acceptance rate at Stanford is 7.1%, 50% of those are from California and 10% are Internationals. Chance yourself :). Keep your expectations on the down low and learn to enjoy the uncertainties of life.</p>
<p>@m3csl1994
Don’t generalize. It hurts, 'coz I am Indian too. :P</p>
<p>@ifgodwills: 34,000+ students applied for the class of 2015. </p>
<p>It doesn’t matter how many are from California. If anything, I always thought admission to Stanford for California residents was more difficult, since so many people apply. In any case, it’s about 40-45% CA.</p>
<p>Stanford’s common data set explicitly states that in-state residency is ‘not considered.’ That corroborates what admissions officers have said when asked (I remember I asked this at an information session before applying), and the answer is that no, being from California doesn’t confer an advantage, or a disadvantage. Either last year or the year before, applicants from California made up 37% of the pool and 35% of those admitted, so there doesn’t appear to be a bias for or against. Of course, a higher proportion of the enrolled class is from California because the yield is higher for those who are closer to the school, as is the case for most universities.</p>
<p>The percentage of students in the class of 2014 from California is 37.5%, according to the Stanford website. I’ve read that this is similar to the proportion of students from the home states of several of Stanford’s peer universities.</p>
<p>You really need your Grade XI transcripts, but if its impossible then you need a solid excuse, (honesty here is not the best policy) maybe say that you had to drop out of school for a year and home-schooled? Fits with your crisis.
Also consider lowering your expectations, Stanford isn’t the only college in the US or even within the vicinity of your Uncle’s House.
But go for it anyways, its a Dream isn’t it? (lol, would have traded the ? for …)</p>
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<p>IIRC, Harvard’s is around 15% from MA. But when you figure out the raw numbers of students from in-state in both Stanford’s and Harvard’s student bodies, and compare those numbers to the state populations, you see that MA is far more overrepresented at Harvard than CA is at Stanford.</p>