<p>His academics are undoubtably outstanding but, honestly, the ECs are not. Your friend has no leadership positions, doesn’t really show initiative and doesn’t really stand out from all the other brainiacs that apply to Stanford. From what you posted I can’t really tell that your friend does anything but study (proven by the SAT scores, academic and honors awards, and being top scorer in science and math leagues). As for fencing and debate since he has no leadership position (example Captain or something) how do I know that he does not just do the minimum so that he can put it in a college application? </p>
<p>If he is really passionate about math and science maybe he should drop something that he is not that dedicated to and start some research or club at school or something.</p>
<p>but i do not know your friend and don’t know how passionate he is about the things listed. I could be wrong. I’m just making a statement based on the stats.</p>