What are my chances of getting in?
SAT superscore: 2240
CR: 680
Math: 760
Writing: 800
SAT subject tests: 780 biology M, 710 math level 2
GPA: 3.98/4
Class rank: NA
Extracirriculars:
Volunteer at soup kitchen
Volunteer at local hospital
Shadowed a nutritionist for a summer
Cross country captain and varsity runner
Hostess at restaurant
Volunteer for a youth running organization
Member of Autism Awareness and Amnesty International clubs
Traveled to 11 different countries
Mentor disabled students
Awards:
Excellence in English, AP Bio, AP physics, chemistry, Spanish II and III, physical science, global religions, 20th century studies
National Honors Society member
High honors throughout high school
Local conference champion for cross country
Senior course load:
AP stats, AP calc AB, AP spanish, psychology, humanities, human anatomy, photography
Best chances go to recruited athletes (Nationally recognized), Legacies and URM with high stats. Most Stanford candidates have higher SATs and have a WOW factor (think Malala).
Saying you’ve been to 11 countries is presumptuous, and they don’t like that.
Stanford is extremely picky. You need a lot of safeties.
Saying you have been to 11 countries could be considered presumptuous because typically that would require that your parents have a decent amount of money. It is less under the control of the student. It is potentially akin to talking about a fantastic expensive vacation that you took as a family.
Now that said, you may have a specific reason to talk about it. I am just explaining where the other posters are coming from.
To be honest, even the people who are totally qualified for Stanford are not guaranteed. That’s how selective it is, so it’s really hard to judge anyone’s chances.
You seem well qualified, but as @paraguas and @Dndaniell16 said, you still have a low chance of getting in. Remember, Stanford is the hardest college in the country to get into and they are looking to fill only about 1700 spots (about 1550 of which will be US students).
Think about that for a second. There are about 37,000 public and private high schools in the US (see http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/hs/hsfacts.html) So, statistically speaking, Stanford is not trying to draw the best student out of each US high school; they are seeking to draw the best student out every group of 24 US high schools. (My own high school, which had over 4,000 students, saw a student admitted to Stanford about once every 7 years.)
Similarly, there are probably 13,000 or more students with 2240 SATs or better (plus many more who scored as well or better on the ACT). A substantial percentage of those students are going to have perfect or near perfect grades too.
I think it is worth applying, but as the saying goes, if there is only a 5% chance of rain you shouldn’t walk around in your rain coat all day.
But once you get to Palo Alto, you may not need a raincoat in your closet, either.
Stanford is amazing for reaching outside of the box, but I will have to go with JustOneDad on this one about your extracurriculars. Give it your best shot, and remember that travel which “expands your perspective and horizons” is a hackneyed idea. Can you flesh it out?
Soup kitchen, Autism Awareness and Cross-Country captain look good.
A couple more things - in posting your stats, realize that a small minority of people are getting into Stanford based on an academic hook. As this post explains pretty well, those people have nearly perfect stats plus some major regional, national or international academic achievement: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17848258/#Comment_17848258
That said, you still need strong academics as a threshhold to get into Stanford, but that’s different from saying if you have strong academics you will get in. Fortunately, you have strong academics so you are in the running.
From that point, the question is, how do you fit into the class Stanford wants to build? My favorite extracurricular on your list is your being a hostess. It is a real job in which you are given the responsibility to positively represent a business to the public in repeated social interactions. It rounds you out, especially when combined with the fact that you seem equally comfortable interacting with disabled students. Further, you are strong in AP Bio, Physics, and Chemistry; volunteer at a hospital; shadowed a nutritionist; are taking anatomy. Pre-med, right? If so, you seem to have a great combination of smarts, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills. Sounds like a wonderful doctor to me. And I don’t know what your international visits involved, but if your interests include worldwide health policies then even better.
In any event, whether your journey begins at Stanford or somewhere else, I predict you will have an opportunity to build a wonderful career for yourself.
good luck