<p>It's possibly a reach school, I was wondering if I should even bother</p>
<p>SAT: 2200
CR: 740
M: 800
W: 680</p>
<p>GPA: 4.3 weighted</p>
<p>Taking 5 APs senior year, have already taken 3</p>
<p>Chem = 5
APUS = 4
BC Calc = 5</p>
<p>I have cool talents too like DJing and playing in HS musicals and stuff, but I guess thats not that special.</p>
<p>O and I'm out of state :(</p>
<p>If you would like me to post more information plz ask</p>
<p>thanks and be honest please</p>
<p>stats are good. but you need to give way more information if you want a comprehensive response. it's hard to chance you w/ such little information.</p>
<p>^agreed completely. SAT scores seem to be reasonable. But OOS already hurts. Tell a little more if you can.</p>
<p>Out of state doesn't hurt at all...in fact it helps, if you're from the East Coast. Stanford has been trying to discard that identity of being too selective of Californians, and its new policy may give an advantage to those who originally were at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>ECs? No organizations or clubs or awards?</p>
<p>You need to be a super hero. Harvard takes Stanford's rejects.</p>
<p>I'd say it's an almost definite NO.</p>
<p>Not only does being OOS not matter at Stanford, they are actively cutting the number of kids from CA.</p>
<p>^But if 40% of your incoming class is from one state, it does imply, at least currently, a preference for homegrown kids.</p>
<p>thank you ses, show that insolent fool whats going on.</p>
<p>I saw thepack88 trying to seduce his english teacher hehehehheheheheheh.......</p>
<p>Wow. That is really creative man. How long did it take for you to think of that clever joke.</p>
<p>This goes hand in hand with your "I slept with my teacher" idiocy. How old are you, chump, 10?</p>
<p>Yes, a part of the dominating population of Californians at Stanford has to do with preference. However, you also have to factor in aspects such as the possibility that not all the competitive applicants who apply to HYP on the East Coast want to travel across the nation for Stanford. The East and West coasts are the two main sources of strong applicants, and the Ivies divide a fair share of them among each other in the East. But, in the West, you have Stanford, and then UC Berkeley. Sure, UCB is good, but it pales in comparison to the 8 Ivies. So, a likely result is that all the kids from California choose Stanford. More applicants means more acceptances. (with an oscillating acceptanc rate around 12%)</p>
<p>Stanford was a regional school mostly up until a couple of decades ago. I don't think they have had a preference for CA kids, I think that's just who the legacies have been and the CA connected pool. They are now actively decreasing the percent they take from CA and this will effect kids applying heavily in the next several years as they come more in line with other schools of it's caliber. Also keep in mind the size of CA, whioch is why it look overrepresented at so many schools.</p>
<p>Sorry I wasn't more detailed (I was pushed for time during the OP), I'll post a little more about myself...</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian
School: In PA</p>
<p>Club and Activities: Piano, golf team, DJing, NHS, Key Club, UPenn Biomed Research Program (4 week summer program '06), PA Governor's School for Int'l Studies (5 week summer program '07), volunteerism at local science museum, table tennis club, HS musical pit orchestra, peer tutoring, class prez 1 year term</p>
<p>Yeah if I only did those two things I wouldn't post here.</p>
<p>O awards...nothing really special</p>
<p>Science Fair 1st Place 6th-8th grade
History Day State Participant 9th Grade</p>
<p>man I keep forgetting things...other grades</p>
<p>SATII Math (level 2): 800
SATII Chem: 770</p>
<p>Still forgetting stuff</p>
<p>HS type: Public Competitive
Rank: Percentile based which puts me around 10th-6th place in my class</p>
<p>bumping allowed? I really didnt get any definitive responses.</p>
<p>Science Fair 1st Place 6th-8th grade
Useless.</p>
<p>NHS.
Useless.</p>
<p>UPenn Biomed Research Program (4 week summer program '06)
If you had to pay for this, that only shows you have money.</p>
<p>And you're Asian from Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>REJECT at Stanford.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say he's rejected at Stanford. I'd say decent chances. You have the SAT scores and the grades, so it's just a matter of "coming alive" and standing out from the pack via essays and teacher recs. I'm not sure if your ECs are good enough because you listed them without listing the levels of involvement / time commitment... But, anyways, best of luck!</p>
<p>SAT: 2200
CR: 740
M: 800
W: 680</p>
<p>Last time I checked, your composite score was a 2220.</p>
<p>ses how could you say that without knowing his EC information. Just because he didn't post it doesn't me he doesn't have any.</p>
<p>anyway, after posting your EC's, i'm going to ahve to go with most posters and say your chances are slim. You don't stand out, and you don't really show much passion. your scores are all you have going for you and even those are outstanding or anything for stanford. Your only chance would be to write some amazing essays. Get goin!</p>