Chances Please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Stats:
SAT:CR: 740 M: 640 W: 2000 ACT:30
SAT IIs: Just tested in January waiting for scores
GPA: UW: 3.64 W: 5.3
Rank: Top 4% 30/900 Huge School, and I am in the IB Program
Other stats: AP Scores: AP Italian(11): 5, AP Spanish(11): 5, AP Psychology(11): 4, AP World History(9): 4, AP Lit(10): 3 IB Scores: IB Calculus: 4, IB Chemistry: 4. </p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
IB Italian IV
AP Calculus BC
IB Physics
IB Physics-Lab
IB Contemporary World History
IB Design Technology II
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB English IV</p>

<p>Junior Course Load:
AP Psychology
AP Italian
AP Spanish
IB Chemistry
IB Calculus
IB English III
IB History of the Americas
IB Design Technology I</p>

<p>I have taken the most rigorous course loads offered at my school all four years, and have maintained an A average. I am also fluent in both Spanish and Italian and wrote my Extended Essay in Spanish on Spanish Literature. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent, all my teachers thought it was great as did my counselors
Teacher Recs: One Excellent, one pretty good, and an additional one from my Scoutmaster which was also excellent
Counselor Rec: Don't know but I expect very good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Intended Major: English/Italian
major strength/weakness: Eagle Scout, strong course load, lots of Community Service / Low GPA, Decent SAT but not stellar, lack of sports</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Awards
Honor Roll 10th,11th
Academic Letter 9th
NHS Member 10,11,12
Mu Alpha Theta Member 9,10,11(Secretary),12
Phi Beta Chi Member 9, 10, 11(Secretary), 12(President)
National Technical Honor Society Member 10, 11, 12
English Honor Society Member 10, 11, 12
National Hispanic Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>ECs
Boy Scouts for 7 years and obtained rank of Eagle Scout, along with doing ALOT of community service (Hands on Miami, Habitat for Humanity, Baynanza etc.) I'm also Order of the Arrow and wrote my essay about Scouting.
Red Cross Learn-To-Swim Program: Every summer since I was 13 I have taught kids how to swim for the whole summer. I am a certified Water Safety Instructor Aide and Lifeguard.
Church Community Service: Altar Server and Assistant Catechist all four years of high school.
[[All of this community service added up gives me over 1000 hours.]]
Swimming 9, 10
Tennis (Team Manager) 10, 11
Model U.N. 12
Asian Culture Club (I'm learning diversity =P) 10, 11 , 12
Italian Club 9, 10, 11</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any comments =)</p>

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<p>You should have a decent chance at getting in due to your strong academic courseload, your dedication in your wide variety of ECs, and affirmative action helps some too. But since college decisions are so arbitrary nowadays for students who don't manage to win multiple international math olympiad awards, none of us really know what the decision is going to be. just don't stress about stuff too much. you've worked too hard to burn out in your last year! :D</p>

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<p>You have a very good shot. I'd say 50-50.</p>

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<p>I'm just wondering, what is an IB Calculus?
I am enrolled in the IB Diploma Programme, and I am currently taking Mathematics HL. Never heard of an IB Calculus.
And I don't really understand how you obtained a 4 in IB Chemistry and Calculus; I thought the scale was from 1-7 and 4 was below average?</p>

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<p>IB Calculus is IB Mathematics SL, and the scale is 1-7 and 4 is the minimum for passing the test, but these two were my worst subjects and I was forced to test in them my junior year. at my school 4 was the average for both of these tests as its the first year the schools offered either of these courses.</p>

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<p>Honestly I think those 4's will drag you down a lot...</p>

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<p>^^ I don't think there's a place on the application to put IB/AP scores...</p>

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<p>^^ From the common app, under standardized tests:</p>

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Please self-report your test scores below. The official scores from the testing agencies must be submitted to each institution as soon as possible. (Please include any AP or IB scores in the Academic Honors area of the Academics section.)

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<p>I'm not sure if those scores play such a huge role in admissions, as when I had both my dartmouth and yale interviews, they both admitted to having gotten 3s and 2s in some of their AP exams.</p>

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<p>Oh, forgot Stanford's on the common app now. LukasLunacy -- AP/IB scores don't play such a huge role.</p>