<p>For the record, I posted this in the Princeton forum, but would like some more replies. I won't post this anywhere else, so as not to spam the forums:</p>
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<p>I' m a white male from California and here are my stats.</p>
<p>Born in Ukraine, came to US when I was three, first in family to go to college in the US. I'm not insanely rich, but rich enough to not need fin. aid if I can get into a private.</p>
<p>School:
-Ultra competitive public in the Bay Area.
-About 18 sent to Stanford each year, about 10 of those with connections, I have none except for my senior year job.</p>
<p>Tests:
-Sat - 2040 (was sick)
-ACT - 35
-MathIIC - 790
-Bio - 770
-Chem - 770
-One point away from NMS cutoff, counselor said that she would write that in her rec.</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Chem (self studied, highest level in our school is honors) - 5
Bio - 5
Stat - 5
CS AB - 4
Spanish - 4</p>
<p>Grades:
GPA 3.96 sophomore + junior year, only one B+ from film lit Junior Year\
Had some B's freshman year, but they don't count for Princeton/Stanford
Top 4% of class of 450 people (soph + junior year)</p>
<p>Hardest courseload:</p>
<p>Junior Classes (4APs):
Analysis H
Bio AP
AP Stat
Honors English
Spanish 4AP
Engineering Tech (Robotics)
AP CS - AB</p>
<p>Senior Classes: (6 APs)
APUSH
Spanish 5AP
BC Calc
AP English
AP Physics - C
AP Econ
Engineering Tech (Robotics)</p>
<p>Intended Major:
Some sort of Engineering (probably Biomedical)</p>
<p>EC's:
-Robotics team (drivetrain) (11,12) - designed own drivetrain from scratch over the summer, 8th place regional, went to nationals. Our animation team got 1st place internationally, but I'm not on animation. Very huge commitment, stay there after school every day, writing an essay about it.
-Swimming JV (9,10,11,12) - Do this to keep in shape. I'm not a natural born athelete, what can I say? Haha.
-Science Olympiad (11,12) - Founder + Engineering Leader, a few medals at the regional level
-Saturday School teacher + Volunteer at Synagogue(10,11,12) - I teach third and fourth graders
-Job as Bioinformatist at Laboratory in Stanford (12)
-250 Hours from volunteering over 10th and 11th grade summers in the VA hospital.
-POSSIBLY I'll get into Silver division USACO</p>
<p>I speak fluent Russian and English, moderate Spanish, and am currently trying to improve my Hebrew which currently sucks.</p>
<p>I'm assuming really good - great recs and pretty good essays.</p>
<p>Chances for Stanford Early Action?</p>
<p>Chances for other schools?</p>
<p>Schools:
Princeton
Yale
MIT
Cornell
UC Berkeley EECS
UCLA
Brown
CMU
Columbia</p>
<p>THANK YOU!</p>