College Help

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey, I'm wondering whether it will be worth it to do Stanford ED - since it's binding, right? It's definitely my top choice, but it means I can't apply EA to Princeton, Caltech, MIT, Cornell, etc - right?</p>

<p>Anyways, here are my stats</p>

<p>SCHOOL
GPA UW - 3.81ish, Weighted - 4.58
Rank - 15ish/600
Recs - 4 year Academic Decathlon Coach, and EITHER 1 year Stats teacher and AD Assistant coach OR 2 year Chemistry Teacher (Honors and AP)
Fairly competitive Public High School in Katy (near Houston), Texas.</p>

<p>TESTS
SAT - CR/M/W = 800/740/790 = (1540/2330)
PSAT - CR/M/W = 79/75/76 = 230
ACT - E/M/R/S = 36/34/35/34 = 35. Essay =11, E with Writing = 35.
SAT IIs - Math, US History, Chemistry - all 800 (taking Physics in October, maybe Bio, maybe French).
APs - 9 tests, 6 5s, 2 4s, 1 3. (National AP Scholar)</p>

<p>ECs
Academic Decathlon - All 4 years of High School - approx. 200 hours/year - Team Captain, 3 years, State Champion (individual and Team) - leader on the team. I'm going to emphasize this in my essay. I'm also 85% certain that my score last year was the State Record score in my category, but yeah... I'm not going to put that until I confirm it. (I also have ~4700 dollars in Scholarship money from my AD successes).</p>

<p>UIL Mathematics and UIL Number Sense - 3 years of high school - approx. 75 hours a year, State Championship winning team in both events. (Here, the mere fact that I qualified for state means that I am eligible for a couple thousand dollars in scholarship money - unfortunately it only applies to UT)</p>

<p>Junior Statesmen of America - 2 years - I should be president next year, and I'm already working towards making the chapter very successful - I should know more about this in Nov/Dec when I apply.</p>

<p>Piano - 10 years, 1-2hr/week - 52 weeks a year (I still suck, though :P)</p>

<p>NHS, NFHS, Honor Roll, High Honor Roll, NMSF (I should be), National AP Scholar, National Achievement Scholar (I think).</p>

<p>Volunteering - not much ~50hours of random volunteering (including consistent library work)</p>

<p>The top 2 are really my 2 biggest ECs, and are the ones that I care most about and will emphasize most on the application.</p>

<p>I'm applying to....
Reach - Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Princeton (in order of Preference)
Match? - Cornell, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, UCB, Columbia, Rice
Safeties - UT Austin (automatic), Georgia Tech</p>

<p>....as an URM.</p>

<p>So I guess this is 2 parts - chance me please, and also give feedback on whether or not I should do ED for Stanford.</p>

<p>Thanks, very, very much!</p>

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<p>First off, congrats on the Acadec success. I'm a former decathlete myself. Secondly, I may be wrong, but I think Stanford only offers Early Action, not Early Decision. Check this: Stanford:</a> Applying to Stanford | Freshman Applicants | Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action and Regular Decision
And I think you definitely have a shot. I would apply early action if it really is your first choice, as it probably will help your chances.</p>

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<p>b-b-b-bump!</p>

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<p>Stanford does not have Early Decision. It has Early Action. Early Action is not binding. However, since Stanford is a Single Choice Early Action school, that means you can not apply early anywhere else. </p>

<p>While no one can really say with certainty what your chances are at any school that admits so few applicants, I would say you have a shot at Stanford. If you are certain it is your top choice, go for it! Good luck!</p>

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<p>carolyn - thanks. anyone else?</p>