Chances.....

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Chances....
Okay, so I admit I used to find these chance threads very annoying and it seemed like everyone posting just wanted acknowledgment of their amazingness and were fishing for compliments, but I am so sick of waiting that I'm wondering if someone could chance me for Washington University in St. Louis......okay, here I go:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2200
GPA uw: 3.87
-I don't know rank, but I go to a competitive college prep school in St. Paul, Minnesota and have taken the most rigorous course load available and plan to take another math class this summer (which I noted in my "additional information" section).</p>

<p>Varsity sports:
Soccer - 4 years (all conference 3 years, captain senior year, top GPA on team - academic excellence award)
Basketball - 4 years (captain 2 years, all-conference 3 years, about 1,700 pts. in career - all-time leading scorer @ my school)
Track -4 years, various awards, all-conference 2 years, hold 1600m record (but just for girls haha).</p>

<p>EC:
Math Club (club leader 11, 12)
Science Club (leader 11, 12)
MOSAIC Diversity Club (leader 11,12)
Environmental Club (Leader 11,12)
Amnesty International
Tutors' Guild</p>

<p>300+ hours of community service (including service trips to Mexico and Tanzania, wrote about Tanzania for CommonApp essay)
-various projects on my reservation; raise money and awareness at my school</p>

<p>Jobs:
US Soccer certified referee - grade 8 (since 10th grade)
job at German Christmas store since beginning of 11th grade</p>

<p>Essays:
I really liked all of them. As I said, main one is about what I learned in Tanzania.
IV: my math teacher in 10th grade (who is now part of the Peace Corps in Tanzania)
Roommate: About MOSAIC and my being Native American and what I have learned from both and how I have shared this at my school.
Why Stanford?: I love this one...I felt like it was personal, but also showed that I had seriously researched Stanford and discovered it as a perfect fit.
<--If you want to read any of these, just PM me and give me some feedback.</p>

<p>Other Factors:
American Indian and quite involved with my tribe. I've spoken with Stanford's "liaison" to Native applicants quite a bit, developed a quite good relationship, I don't know if this helps at all, but I'm pretty sure she is on the adcom.</p>

<p>Chance me for these schools as well (if you want to):
-Stanford University.
-Duke
-Northwestern
-Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Stanford and WU are my top choices for sure. Also, do you think I have any chances at getting invites to any of these schools "multicultural weekends" or a likely letter? I dunno.....any input is appreciated! Wado!</p>

<p>What do you guys think? And, honestly, I am not trying to fish for compliments, I'm just very anxious! Thanks for reading this and good luck to all!!</p>

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<p>Highly selective admissions are just so random, no matter what your stats are.</p>

<p>I'd encourage you to look at their average SAT ranges. Many schools look mainly at the SAT core and don't place too much emphasis on the Writing section, so look at your CR and Math scores more closely with regards to their average ranges. </p>

<p>As long as you've taken AP classes, gotten mostly As, good SAT/ACT, and have been involved... you stand just as good of a chance as anyone for any of the schools you mentioned. Which is good news, but probably not the most comforting of news either, I know :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, this makes sense JCool, thanks!</p>

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<p>Anyone else wish to give me their opinions? </p>

<p>Also, any current students, what's the Native community like on campus? I know that schools like Stanford really pride themselves in the presence on campus, but does WashU as well? From other students I have heard the presence is low, which I would like to change, but does anyone else have an opinion on this? Thanks again!</p>

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<p>For Stanford... if you're good at sports (or have some kind of unique talent), then you're probably going to get in.
I know 3 ppl who got in for early action.
One person got in b/c she is EXTREMELY good in music (a music prodigy one could say), another got in b/c she is good at EVERYTHING (under 4.30? -something like that - min mile, took calc soph year (usually we take it junior/senior year) b/c she took a math class in high school when she was in middle school haha, 4.0 unweighted, and number 1 in our grade basically)
and the other...I don't know/remember why...</p>

<p>your essay topics look good/interesting/unique. :P I think you'll/have a good chance of getting into Stanford. Dunno about the other schools b/c I don't really know how they choose/accept/whatnot (most likely though)</p>