<p>Chance me, dudes. Rising senior right here. Word.</p>
<p>Scores- 35 (ACT), 800/800/730 (SAT IIs Math II/Physics/Chem)
GPA- ~3.85 unweighted, 4.35 weighted
Rank- 28/206 (2nd decile)
School Info- competitive magnet, sends kids to good schools or something sometimes (generally a few Ivy Leaguers per year)
Awards- nothing worth mentioning, really (i.e. standard junk)
APs- Calc BC (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5); upcoming year I'm taking classes for Macroecon, Microecon, Physics C Mech + E&M, Psych, US Gov, Comp Gov, English Literature</p>
<p>ECs:
Academic Team- co-captain, ranked 3rd nationally, state champion, all that good stuff
Latin Club- treasurer/scriptor, state Latin Club of the Year
Math Team- Vice Pres, team placed 4th in state
Theater Club- I like to mix it up, I like to do stuff
Varsity Sport- oh wait I don't do one of those</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Local Filming- I'm a sound technician for local films (quite a few get shown at esoteric film festivals and whatnot)
Camp Counselor- I work as a counselor at this state camp for academic team kids</p>
<p>Other Stuff:
Intended Major- some kind of voodoo, unknown
Ethnicity- Asian
Gender- Male
Family Income- ~80k/yr
Other Other Stuff- uhhh 1st generation woop woop swag... Also I fully expect my two teacher recs (one history, one english) and counselor rec to be awesome possum and my supplements to be done minutes before the deadline. I'm probably gonna write about writing in my common app essay. It should hopefully be unique or something crazy like that.</p>
<p>You’re a cool guy, I say you’re in.</p>
<p>you need a sport. I see no hooks here, just garden variety stellar academics, which bazillions have who apply to Stanford.</p>
<p>@Francaisalamatt: Thanks, dude! Now I’m 100% sure I’m going to be a Stanford student!</p>
<p>@placido240: I have strong doubts about a sport being a necessity. That seems rather silly.</p>
<p>Yes, great explanation. Playing a sport isn’t a necessity because “it seems rather silly”.</p>
<p>I think this kid has the right idea; it is rather silly to think of sports–or anything–as a necessity, because that turns college into a laundry list. </p>
<p>You obvs shouldn’t be sure you’re going to be a Stanford student, Experiment, since there’s a ~90% rejection rate (that’s how my parents told me to think of acceptance rates). But, again, you have character a lot of applicants are lacking; try to spice up your essay with some of that humor, or at least show it in your interview. Just remember that too much spice makes a dish untouchable.</p>
<p>If you can put the character you’re showing here into your essays, you’ll have a REALLY good chance of getting in anywhere. Just by reading your thread I’d want to have you in my college, haha.</p>
<p>@statlanta: It wasn’t really an explanation, more of a side note. Cool your jets, mate!</p>
<p>But I agree with the whole “character being important” sentiment several of the posters seem to have.</p>
<p>Experiment: if you “agree with the whole character being important sentiment”, then why are you ■■■■■■■■? You claimed recently in another forum on this site that you’d already been accepted to Stanford and several other colleges in the last cycle. Please stop wasting people’s time and do something valuable with your own time.</p>
<p>Why should we do valuable things with our time? Whatever happened to spending it idly?</p>
<p>Colleges can’t see character on your application (except for essays and community service and recs). Test scores won’t score you on your character. All you have to do is put it in your essays since that is all you have left.</p>