Chances

<p>I feel subtly used by posting one of these, but hey... I'm impatient, and the next best thing to getting an actual decision is having many people who actually can't say for sure guess about your chances :D</p>

<p>I'm a white Canadian coming from a family of relative privilege (both parents have university educations - one is an investment manager, one is a doctor).</p>

<p>GPA: 4.7 (weighted I guess, my school's Canadian and the way they do GPA is a little weird)</p>

<p>My school is an extremely rigorous private school in Canada that is grants the IB diploma, and requires the diploma's courseload of every student; it doesn't offer APs or any of that stuff.</p>

<p>I am top 10% (possibly 5%, my school doesn't truly rank, I just know that I'm in the top 10% based on a prize I received).</p>

<p>Courses (and scores):
IB HL Math - 6
IB HL Physics - 7
IB HL Chemistry - 7
IB SL English - 7
IB SL Economics - 6+
IB SL German - 6+</p>

<p>All predicted. Predicted 3 diploma points.</p>

<p>I am a full diploma candidate, and this courseload is generally considered the hardest you can take as a diploma setup in the IB.</p>

<p>SATs:
1: 2280 (780m, 760r, 740w)
2: Math 2 - 800; Physics - 800; Chemistry - 800</p>

<p>Academic Honours/Prizes:
General Proficiency (6 or higher in all subjects)
Principal's List (top 10% of school)
Pascal and Cayley Math Contest Certificates of Distinction
Hypatia Math Contest Silver Award</p>

<p>I was going to write the AMC12, but was very ill on my school's contest date (apparently there are 2 I've since heard... not at my school). I'm relatively sure I would've qualified for the AIME at least, so that was quite a shame.</p>

<p>ECs:
Provincial/national level competitive squash player in Canada.
School varsity squash team - #1 seed & captain.
Run a ~100 person peer tutoring program at my school, and also tutor in it/run organisation workshops for younger kids at my school, etc.
Tutor Grade 3 students at an inner-city school once a week.
Head of Computer Programming Club at school for 2 years - club sends teams to the various team computing competitions in Canada, and we always place well.
Member of Investment Club.
Member of Math Society.</p>

<p>This summer I attended Shad Valley, an engineering/technology entrepreneurship program. It's quite selective. I was co-leader of my campus's (there are 12 campuses across Canada) winning team for the final project competition (which came 4th nationally). It was a business proposal, which the team has since had several CEOs say it should be turned into an actual business. We've had an offer too, but there are lingering IP and other issues regarding the way income gets split given that this business was fostered by the program, etc... </p>

<p>I also worked as an IT Developer in Applications Management at a major Canadian bank for the month of August.</p>

<p>My essays are quite good (wrote about tutoring, and epistemology, among other things), and my recs are spectacular (teachers/counselor let me read them). I also got an optional rec from the teacher who I work closely with on the peer tutoring program.</p>

<p>...</p>

<p>So, what do people think about my chances SCEA?</p>

<p>What you're doing outside of school seems fine, but I'm not really sure how Stanford's Admissions Office holds IB up to AP. (I'm saying this out of my own doubt, as an IB student, so perhaps it's not all that trustworthy.) Not bad though. And I never knew that so many Canadians applied. :)</p>