<p>Hey guys i just wanted to know if i have any shot of getting into Stanford.</p>
<p>-I am African American Junior, and my dad went to school at Stanford.<br>
-I have a 3.7 unweighted and a 3.8 weighted.
-I go to Gunn High School which is very close to Stanford and extremely rigorous, and consistently ranks in US news' top public schools.
-I have a 2040 SAT, 710 on French SAT II and 700 on Math 2 SAT II. (I know my stats are lagging a bit. Had some iffy English and history teachers freshman year...)
Junior Year APs/Honors- French and Stat, English11/12H. Senior Year APs- ABCalc, Econ, PhysicsB, English11/12H
-I will be a 2 year Varsity baseball player next year.
-I have slightly under 200 community service hours. One project included working as a summer school teachers aide for kids who were struggling with math at my former elementary school.
-I am part of Youth Community Service, geology club, and the frisbee club
-I am planning to apply early next fall. Let me know what you think!</p>
<p>Does legacy really help that much?</p>
<p>Well the URM helps more than the legacy. If you were not a URM or a legacy i am very confident that you would be rejected. You might get in and that makes me irritated ;D</p>
<p>I would think that being a URM would be very helpful; might you be recruit-worthy for Stanford baseball?</p>
<p>I just never understand why kids from Gunn and Paly want to go to college, less than a mile from home. Go far and have an adventure, maybe?</p>
<p>nahhh not recruit worthy. Ive been going to stanford football games since i was a toddler, and its such a beautiful place, though i agree, adventuring would be a nice experience too!</p>
<p>Legacy doesn’t help much, but being a URM does. But URM Legacy helps a butt load. You will probably get in because Stanford knows how hard Gunn is, that you are URM. Also, Stanford prides itself on diversity so, I think they will accept you regardless of your SAT scores. Good Luck!</p>
<p>You’re in. It’s not fair at all, but you’re in.</p>
<p>what does URM mean??</p>
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<p>There are plenty of unhooked applicants with similar profiles who get into schools like Stanford–and many more applicants who look great on paper get rejected. It’s called holistic admissions.</p>
<p>To the OP: Make sure your essays are solid.</p>
<p>Actually, ghostt that isn’t true. I am not trying to be rude (sorry if I seem that way) but here are actually very few unhooked applicants with similar profiles. For instance, OP stated that he received a 2040 on his SAT. However, according to Stanford’s entering class data, this score would put him at the bottom of Stanford’s accepted applicants. If he received ~680 (=2040/3) in every category (reading, writing and math), these scores would put him in the bottom 25% in every category for the SAT. Nevertheless, the percentage of students who have scores within the bottom 25% is even lower, putting OP below the bottom 25%. Moreover, most of the lower end scores at Stanford are made up of students majoring in fields like art, music, etc. that do not require higher SAT scores. His SAT subject test scores would also place him at the lower end of Stanford students i.e. ~35% of total test takers score a 700 or above on Math 2. OP also has weak ECs and not a particularly rigorous class schedule. You, however, are correct that there are some unhooked applicants with similar profiles that are accepted; I would just hesitate to say that there are “plenty” of them. The other posters are correct in saying that OP’s primary strength is that he is a URM with legacy. I actually think OP has a rather high chance of getting into Standford solely because of his URM with legacy status.</p>
<p>nobody - Stanford does nt admit by major, thus the low scores being tied to liberal arts majors is not correct.</p>
<p>Stanford does have a huge division I athletic scholarship program which will definitely accept people with lower scores who can fall into the bottom quarter (although there are athletes with really good resumes too). Then some can be URMs or first generation etc who may not have done well due to their circumstances. It does sound like he had the advantage of having a Stanford educated parent which means he should be overperforming rather than underperforming which is usually the case with a lot of legacies that have been turned down at Stanford. So as a legacy, he may not stand a chance but as an URM, who knows.</p>