Chances for Stanford + Other Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've been looking through these forums forever and I'm finally a senior and want to get my post in ;D</p>

<p>My dream school since I was a little kid is Stanford. My room is red. My hair is streaked red. I have a thousand Stanford merch. Stanford Summer Session 2012 were the best days of my life. </p>

<p>And I would LOVE you if you could chance me for it. </p>

<p>I am also applying to:</p>

<p>UC Berk (My sister goes there)
USC (both my parents are alumni)
UCLA
UC Irivne
Caltech (they've emailed me about playing volleyball for them)
UPenn
Yale
Harvard (Mostly a "applying just to apply" situation, doubt I'll get in)
Johns Hopkins
Cornell</p>

<p>I'm not applying EA...mostly cuz I'm terrified of doing it. </p>

<p>Okay on to my stats... I guess. LOL. Sorry if this isn't the right format or information...I'm new to this :P</p>

<p>** Background**: Senior in an international school in Indonesia. Upper middle class, don't need financial aid. Asian. </p>

<p>** GPA*: 4.47
* Ranking*: School doesn't rank
* SAT*: 2330 (one sitting; Math: 800, Writing: 750, Verbal: 780) Probably retaking it though.
* ACT*: 33, retaking it.
* AP Classes I've Taken**:
AP Biology, 5
AP Computer Science, 5
AP Calculus AB, 5
AP Microeconomics, 5
AP Macroeconomics, 5</p>

<p>** SAT II*: 800 Biology E, 800 Math II, 760 English Lit
* College Classes*: Took Chemistry, Biology, and Math class at Stanford, 2 As 1 B+
* Senior Load**: AP Psychology, AP English Lit, AP European History, AP Statistics, Sustainable Earths, Forensic Science, Band II, Vocals II</p>

<p>** EC's**:
Student Government all four years, was an officer last year
National Honor Society all four years
MUN
GIN
Yearbook Copy Editor
Varsity Volleyball for 5 years, Captain for three years
Varsity Badminton
Varsity Swimming
TONS of volunteer work, including:
Coordinator of Habitat for Humanity
Coordinator of World Vision (teaching impoverished people how to use technology and giving them diplomas)
Coordinator of Cleft Care
Coordinator of Pelayan Gratia (Last year sent 60 children to school. First time this was done in my school and I did this entirely on my own)
Coordinator of Athletic Council
Coordinator of Malnutrition
Coordinator of Big Brother/Big Sister
Coordinator of several other projects dealing with orphanages
Coordinator of Klumprik – teaching English to native Indonesians
Coordinator of Recycling Committee – completely revamped the recycling system of my school
CIA – Like geek squad, school wide.
Internship at biopharmaceutical company where I helped in every step of the process of making medicine for Cancer. Went to tons of lectures and got tons of experience. Will get like four amazing recommendation letters from them, probably</p>

<p>** Awards**:
Global Citizenship Award – internationally recognized by EARCOS
Presidential Award – Grade 10, 11
California State Award for Academic Achievement
Certificate for Recognition for Achieving High Honors – every semester in high school
Certificate of Recognition for getting the highest grade in basically every class I'm in
All-Star Volleyball Player of South East Asia
MVP of Volleyball team twice
Most Improved Volleyball Player
Most Spirit Volleyball Player</p>

<p>** Teacher Recs**: From my Econ/History teacher, Calc teacher, English teacher, and Science teacher. Pretty sure all of them will be awesome. </p>

<p>** Counselor Rec**: Our counselor is new but I'm pretty sure it'll be a good rec. </p>

<p>Umm, my essays are still a work in progress. I want to make them as offbeat and unique as possible without coming off as superficial, and it's going on pretty well. </p>

<p>I don't know what else to write...LOL</p>

<p>SOOO. Chance me and I”ll chance you back. Thanks! :) </p>

<p>BTW: Want to major in biomed or cog sci as premed.</p>

<p>thank you! <3</p>

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<p>There is no point in retaking your tests. In the two key parts of the SAT, you scored 1580 - a mere 20 points short of perfect. Your ACT isn’t even needed in your case. Your multiple 800s in the SAT II reinforce your resume.</p>

<p>So many applicants can’t seem to stop testing when the rewards of a slight improvement are nil, and the stress/expense of yet another test are greater then nil.</p>

<p>Work on your app, practice your badminton and swim. Enjoy your time and spend the time on stuff you love to do.</p>

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<p>You have very impressive credentials! I’d say you have a very good chance of getting into Stanford. You’re really well rounded. Stanford is oh-so-picky, so I’m not 100% sure, but I really think you’re a highly competitive applicant for any of those schools!</p>

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<p>I’ve been wondering whether I should take the SAT again, but I guess I shouldn’t :P. The ACT I took in grade 10 so I really want to retake it :P</p>

<p>And thanks daria :)</p>

<p>Should I apply REA? :S</p>

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<p>You did not mention your unweighted GPA. That is important because Stanford (and all of the selective colleges) will unweight your GPA; then some of them weight it again using their own formula. Some schools weight so highly that a student can have over a 4.0 and NOT have all A’s (eg schools that give a 6.0 for an A in an AP class). i’m assuming that you have all A’s, or close to it, but I’m not sure. this is key because most schools place GPA and choice of courses taken even above ACT l(or SAT) scores. Besides not being clear on your grades, though, your stats look GREAT and I think you have a better chance than most applicants to get into Stanford.</p>

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<p>@kcwijaya- just curious, where did you end up getting in? :)</p>