<p>haha im trying im trying! but im blanking out on the last one i have left right now...thats why im wasting my time on collegeconfidential instead of writing...sigh.</p>
<p>haha you're probably a tad bit more competitive than i, considering your essays are probably spectacular--u actually have something significant to write about! i dont. haha.</p>
<p>haha my essays aren't like heavenly or anything..
although i'll admit i milked my lung disease for all its worth!!
overcoming obstacles and all that bs : )</p>
<p>thanks guys! im glad to hear im at least a "match" at Berkeley i guess...thats where ill probably want to anyway--im not counting on stanford too much (just too crazy to get in); ill take it if i get it, if i dont, then theres berk. or UCSD if something happens. heh</p>
<p>i live near stanford, my friend's parents are professors there, so i've heard a lot about their admissions.</p>
<p>i know a guy who last year was deffered from Stanford and he had very similar grades to you.</p>
<p>honestly, like someone else said, stanford recieves many, MANY applicants like yourself. (asian, high SAT scores, AP's, science clubs, etc. also, they fact that you are a male brings down your chances.) i think in order to really be accepted there, you'd need to stand out immensely. (for example, do you write, paint, or play an instrument? then highlight than in your essays.)</p>
<p>you don't even need a talent persay, just discuss something unique about yourself. (for my stanford essay, i wrote about my obsession with the 1920s, and for a USC film essay i wrote about how a broke a bus window with a snowball in DC)</p>
<p>Berkeley would take you most definately. UC's are more concerned about the grades than the people.</p>
<p>I don't want to hear about anyone "milking a lung disease." That's gross. Haha. Hope it's not serious though.</p>
<p>As for your chances, I'd say you're one of those people on the edge. Schools like Stanford say that 70% of their applicants are capable of doing the work they give, and you're definately in that category. I'd imagine there's like 5% that definately gets in because they're so qualified, but then there's probably another 40% on top of that where they have a tough choice for every applicant. From what I can tell, you're probably in that bunch so it's worth applying.</p>
<p>thanks for info zelda and naytain. haha gives me some hope, however small. and i personally think the milking of hte lung disease puts u at a better chance sarah...haha</p>