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<p>hey i'm going to be a senior and im planning out what colleges to visit, wondering if its worth it to take the trek out to cali for stanford (i live in MA)
thanks in advance for any input :)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95+ i'd geuss by normal standards (we're on a weird 6.0 system) but all A's with a few A-'s and A+'s. and one B+ which was jr year in english </p>

<p>Courseload: most difficult I could take (I got that advice early) 9 APs altogether, everything else was honors (like frosh/soph years), debate, and an authentic science research class (do independent research etc.)</p>

<p>SAT: badd... CR: 730 math: 630 writing: 680 (retook, so i can give the new scores tmw which i hope will be TONS better)</p>

<p>SAT2's: also bad... ushis:720, bioE: 670 taking lit, math2, and french in the fall</p>

<p>ACT: 35-eng 32-math 29-reading 30-science >> 32 composite</p>

<p>ECs: Debate (9,10,11,12) have superior distinction from NFL
Math Team (9,10,11,12) hoping/expecting sr yr leadership
Science League (10, 11,12) ldership here as well
NHS (11,12) (11, 12) <vice pres
Field Hockey (9,10) had to quit from surgery so joined a less contact sport... lol
Crosscountry (11,12)
PeerLeader (12) can only do this as a senior- youre elected by the faculty
Math & SciencePeerTutor(9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Other:
*<em>summer going into my junior year went to russia and did an astrophysics based science research project/wrote a paper/got 9 college credits from university of moscow
*</em>this summer im interning at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the high energy astrophysics division/ getting published with potential co-authorship for the work im doing</p>

<p>Awards: </p>

<p>Robert McCannon book prize in creative writing (9)
Science Achievement Award (9)
Double Ruby Award for Debate (10)
Triple Ruby Award (11)
Colby book prize (11) <random lol?
Herbert Hahn Memorial Book prize for excellence in english and creative writing(11) <(weird i got a B+ in english then eh??)
Junior Scholar (11)
AP French Award (11)
5th in the nation for the National Young Astronomer Award(11) <(for my Russia stuff)</p>

<p>with all the astrophysics stuff can you tell why I like stanford?? lol thanks for reading through all this!!! :):):)</p>

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<p>Assuming you raised your SAT score to a 2200 or so, I'd say you have a very fair chance.</p>

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<p>new sat scores:
cr-800
math-660
writing-670</p>

<p>so best composite is 2140. lol not the 2200 darn. what are my chances with those scores?? (and i know its odd that im sciencey but i do much better in english on all my tests lol)</p>

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<p>2140 is Ok. Hopefully your new SAt2 are better than your first ones. You have a shot :D</p>

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<p>I live in CA and i have learned that Stanford likes to take people with a extraordinary ability. This one girl at my school acts and does voice overs all the time and she got in becuase of this, even though she took easy classes.</p>

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<p>hey i just got aps back as well</p>

<p>bio-5
english-5
ushis-4
french-3</p>

<p>will the bio grade semi-make up for the sat 2?</p>

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<p>how did u get your APs?</p>

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<p>ahaha you just got ur AP's back. ahaha right. Its not like we haven't taken any before and know that you cant get the score until at like July.</p>

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<p>You idiot...You can call in for them early. Check the AP Prep forum. A lot of people have their scores.</p>

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<p>lol... they came out earlier this year. chill the **** out.</p>