<p>Hello! I'm considering applying to Stanford, but I kind of wanted to "test the waters" first and see if it's worth the $90 application fee. </p>
<p>-I have a 4.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
-I am ranked 1/460
-I got a 1940 on my SAT (i haven't taken subject tests)
-I am a sr. class officer
-pres. of spanish club
-wrote for city-wide student newspaper
-i've taken 3 AP classes (and 2 college-credit classes)</p>
<p>What do you think? Do i have a good shot?</p>
<p>Where are you from? What race/ethnicity are you? Did your parents attend college? Aprox income level?</p>
<p>-from the northwest
-white
-both parents attended college
-middle-income </p>
<p>none of these factors really help me much unfortunately. </p>
<p>additional info that might help:
-i have volunteered at my church
-i am a key club member
-i was a leader in my school’s freshman mentoring program
-i was a presenter at a local student environmental confrence
-the student paper i wrote for recieved a local award for creativity
-i have work experience</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I do not think your odds are very high at all. Good GPA/rank yes, but the SAT is on the low side for Stanford and you don’t really have anything exceptional for ECs either.</p>
<p>You are a good applicant for many schools but Stanford is just very elite.
I would not think that the $90 would be worth it.</p>
<p>honestly, while you’re not a complete “no” your SAT score and your extracurriculars are kind of weak. your GPA and your rank will pull your chances up but most of stanford’s applicants are of this caliber and also have more leadership positions in more extracurriculars that are coherent with a certain passion. however, you should still apply anyway because schools like stanford are very hit-or-miss. good luck!
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<p>Great rank, not overrepresented state–I’d try the SATs again or ACT and apply.</p>
<p>don’t think you have as good a chance as others with those stats. nothing exceptional in ec’s either.</p>
<p>Stanford is highly unlikely unless the SAT score goes up about 300 points. Even then, you may not have the activities and accomplishments necessary. Your newspaper activity is nice but will not be substantial enough (any details on what you wrote? How hard is it to get selected to write?).</p>