Chances?

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<p>I'm a rising senior, and I really want to go to Stanford and am just wondering if I can get in.
I go to a really competitive school in texas and have a 95.2 GPA on 100 pt scale, but we don't rank.
SAT: 2270 (CR:710 Math:760 Writing: 800)
ACT: 35 (Math: 36 Science: 36 English: 35 Reading: 34 Essay: 8)
AP: 5's on Chem, US Hist, World Hist, Phys C Mech, Calc BC, Span Lang, Eng Lang
SAT Subject: Math 2 (800) Spanish (800) Chem (790) World Hist (780) US Hist (760)
Senior Year Load: Organic Chem, AP Govt (US and comparitive), Diff Eq, Linear Alg, Multivariable Calc, Economics, AP English Lit
Awards (National Merit (223 on PSAT), American Chemical Society Scholarship Exam 2nd Place so a $1500 scholarship)</p>

<p>EC's
Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band (sax in both) for all four years
Varsity Football (lettered 2 yrs) and Swimming (lettered 4 yrs, swim team captain, all state)
Also do Junior Olympic Water Polo
Did a Nanochemistry Internship for 2 months this summer, and I think I'm going to get my name on a published paper.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I think you would be a VERY competitive canidate at Stanford. Its really hard to predict your chances there though.
Some Advice

  • maybe send a CD of your Saxaphone
  • Work REALLY hard on your essay
  • Begin preparing for your Alumni interview. Dont be nervous!
  • Choose Teacher Recs carefully</p>
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<p>I think you’ve got a pretty standard chance. If I may ask, are DiffEq, Linear Alg, and MVC separate classes or lumped together in some combination like LinAlg/DiffEq etc? Either way, that’s a very impressive senior year math schedule, especially combined with the other courses.</p>

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<p>they’re not grouped together, but those three math classes plus econ are all semester long courses</p>