Chances at Stanford?

Applying to College
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<p>What are my chances of getting into Stanford if my Resume comprises of the following:</p>

<p>Grades:
3.9- underweighted GPA</p>

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<p>Sports:</p>

<p>4 year tennis varsity</p>

<p>Leadership: </p>

<p>President of the Chess club
Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>Speech and debate nationals
Science bowl won regional, went to nationals
DECA nationals
ISEF made it to nationals
Won chess regionals, and won Chess state</p>

<p>Sat scores:</p>

<p>Sat 1: 2300
Sat 2:
-math: 800
-Biology: 800
-Chemisty: 780</p>

<p>If not, what else does stanford/harvard look for.</p>

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<p>While it’s normal to ask on CC about “chances,” when you’re talking about these high-tier colleges, we aren’t going to be able to give you a quantitative answer. The only thing I would say is, yes, you’re in the ballpark. You have a shot.</p>

<p>When it comes to these schools, everyone has the stellar grades/scores. So you can pretty much throw those into the garbage. It really is going to depend on your essay (and how you express yourself) and probably extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>Thanks,
I’ve also heard teacher recommendations are, in some cases, weighted over grades in order to make borderline decisions.</p>

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<p>Your SAT’s and grades are definitely good for Stanford, but like Cynicism said, there’s really no way to actually tell you…</p>

<p>HYPS are always random. -.-</p>

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<p>Your stats look excellent! But whether or not getting accepted to Stanford is almost “random” and unexpected as I had heard from many teachers at my school. Like there was a kid who got accepted to Harvard but rejected from Stanford. He is doing excellently at Harvard though haha good for him.</p>

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<p>Best answer: “You have a shot.”</p>

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<p>Haha, thanks!</p>

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<p>Weighted GPA and rank are low. How many APs did you take?</p>

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<p>Saugus- you don’t what weight scale he’s using. Every district sometimes even every school in the nation uses a different weightage scale.</p>

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<p>I’ve taken 14 Aps, does class rank and weighted GPA affect admissions that much. As in, if I am still the top 10% and have a “good enough” GPA, doesn’t the admission process really boils down to essay, recs, and extracurriculars?</p>

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<p>Are you poor, homeless, orphaned, hispanic, black, or any underrespresented minority? If yes, then you are in. Stanford likes to be “diverse”. I went there (for my Ph.D.) and it seems the university PR machine was just as pround to have a homeless hispanic student as they were to have Bill Clinton’s daughter attend the university.</p>