<p>another chances thread:
SAT I: Math 760 CR 760 WR 770
SAT II: Math 2c 800 PHysics 780 CHemistry 750
GPA 4.84 (my school does this thing for honors classes)
All As through 4 years
Senior Year
Calc BC 97
AP physics 97
AP chemistry 97
Ap government 98
English 95
Advanced Math topics 94 (surprisingly hard class dealing with discrete math, matrix calculus and physics etc.)</p>
<p>APs taken Calc AB 5 Stats 5</p>
<p>ECs: lets not go into that</p>
<p>Essays: coming to the usa, taking chances stuff like that.</p>
<p>Rec: hopefully really good from my math teacher and decent from humanities teacher.</p>
<p>Applying to GT, MIT, COrnell, CMU, Stanford
Accepted to GT</p>
<p>Your numerical stats are good, but "ECs: lets [sic] not go into that" makes it really hard to make a valid judgment. Extracurriculars are very important as they show who you are, what your interests are, whether you take initiative, if you are a leader, and if you have shown dedication to something. No numbers or class listings will reveal information. So, I will refrain from judging your chances until you decide to post your ECs. I'm not telling you to - it's definitely your choice to release that information to us - but I am trying to emphasize their importance.</p>
<p>I have found the people at Stanford to be amazingly intriguing with diverse interests and personalities. I think that Stanford seeks to admit people who are passionate about something and have pursued that deep interest for a period of time and made some sort of accomplishment. This could mean being in a wind ensemble all throughout high school and finally making it to first chair, or pursuing biology research, or volunteering extensively at a homeless shelter, or entering many math competitions and doing well. Students here didn't just sit passively in school and get good grades without doing much else. Life here is vibrant and eye-opening :) People are active and self-directed, and again, grades can't show whether you are like that or not.</p>
<p>thanks celestial605
ECs: Math modeling two years, captain senior year
lincoln douglass debate 3 years 2nd place state tournament, 2nd speaking
Model UN outstanding delegate
battle of the brains TV team
4 years participation in Virginia Junior Academy of science (state science fair) junior year, 1st place Statistics, Outstanding best paper in statistics
Vice President Science Club
99th percentile chemistry olympiad
AMC participant
Over 300 community service hours with the Alzheimer's association, Retirement center, habitat for humanity etc.
some other awards, its not very much
Also, my major essay was about coming to the United States and how I am willing to take risks etc. I also wrote about math modeling, my volunteer work at an eye hospital for the underprivileged in India etc.</p>
<p>and also, my junior year statistics paper was about using Risk modeling and calculus to predict gasoline prices based on geopolitical, meteorological events as well as supply and demand variables.</p>
<p>Ah :) Very interesting. It looks to me like you're interested in debate/public speaking, science, and reaching out to volunteer. I would say that you're a strong candidate. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Pretty good chances -- as long as your essays are awesome and demonstrate accurately the person you are (as supported by your other stats and such).</p>
<p>However, essays on "coming to the US" tend not to be very "distinguishing." An essay on math also isn't too unique.</p>
<p>kyledavid80, whatever your name is, you sir are mean and I for one believe.... oh im just kidding. Yeah, I know that they aren't too distinguishing but I wrote what I knew, so whatever</p>