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Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I transferred between semesters of Junior year and as a result hated school enough for my grades to be a lot of b's... also you know the whole parents divorce deal going on my freshman-now deal. There's just a lot of emotional stuff that my guidance counselor is willing to explain in my recommendation.</p>

<p>gpa UW: 3.6 (mmm... near 4.0 for senior year)
gpa W: 4.4
sat: 2090
sat 2: bio m- 770, ush- 750, math 2- retaking w/ 750 goal
act: 32 ---> trying for 33/34
class rank: eh... 2 diff. schools. Rank top 5% estimate. It's unofficial.</p>

<p>-Very rigorous schedule
-10 AP's sophomore and junior year--> going for 7 tests this year. 4's and 5's on all tests. National AP Scholar.
-Dual enrollment- 3 classes at university
-Accepted to a math and science magnet school upon moving. 60-70 per grade.
-I don't know if this matters but my guidance counselor was going to hand me my diploma in January but I said I'd stick out the rest of the year even though I hate it here.</p>

<p>Senior year:
At university: Philosophy, Western Literature, Western History, next semester 3 more classes
At math and science center: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Organic Chemistry--> Biochemistry, Evolution of Scientific Thought--> Bio-ethics</p>

<p>EC's: Lots and lots of music. A ton. Involved in many different concert bands throughout the community and state. Section leader, solo clarinet at the university... you know the deal. It's what I'm highlighting in my app. because I'd like to pursue a music major/minor.</p>

<p>NHS, Community service around town, Volunteering at different hospitals
Tutor for children and Mentor for Girls program
Science Olympiad since Freshman year, Science Bowl
Tennis and Cross Country and Track, though it was JV
Musical Pit
There aren't too many clubs where I'm from... as in rural Midwest.</p>

<p>Again, EC's were effected by randomly just leaving in the middle of the year.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>Eh. High reach. Your music is nice I’m sure, but it’s not going to be a huge pull factor unless you’ve received attention on a national level. All-state band/orchestra just isn’t enough.</p>

<p>That said, your GPA and test scores are killers. If you can get a 34, I’d say you’re more in range, but damn. You need to find a better way to reconcile your GPA. Just telling the ad com that your parents divorced/you “hated” school isn’t enough.</p>

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<p>Well, my parents aren’t divorced yet… so I didn’t really mention that. Just talked how junior year grades were affected from transferring. GPA is low because of first semester of junior year. Other than that it was always a lot higher. For first semester this year I’ll probably get all a’s and a b. But I’m not sure how much that would change my gpa. Probably not by much.</p>

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<p>well my gpa was around yours a little higher weighted.</p>

<p>My SATs were about 200 higher.</p>

<p>I got rejected, but you extra-curriculars and the rigor of your schedule seems awesome.</p>

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<p>Oh no! I’m so sorry. Honestly I have no idea what Stanford wants, so I’m not getting my hopes up AT ALL. </p>

<p>I’m retaking the SAT but I’m very sure I won’t get a 200 point increase.</p>