<p>Remember if you apply ED you will not have any of your senior year grades available so projecting what you will have at the end of senior year is futile…get all As junior year and aim for 2300+ or 34+. You must do at least one of those summer activities you listed. Even if you accomplish all you hope to do, your chances are still less than 5%. Make sure you have a good list of schools you’d be happy to attend.</p>
<p>@Sdgal2 Thank you so much 
and right forgot about that ugh. I can definitely get all As this year and okay ill apply to all and hopefully get into 1 or 2 <em>fingers crossed</em> thanks again :)</p>
<p>If I might suggest something, I would personally be interested in seeing someone concerned with REAL medical ethics, such as euthanasia. A first-hand experience with such issues will be tremendously helpful and at the same time make one much more mature. You will stand out from the rest of pre-med if you have contact with these sensitive issues, and are not afraid to discuss it in your essays.</p>
<p>You have a pretty good shot. Make sure to write good essays!</p>
<p>Stanford is early action, not early decision. </p>
<p>I just calculated my GPA and its a 3.709. When I apply to Stanford it should be a 3.79 and when I graduate it should be a 3.84. 
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<p>It’s hard to judge because you haven’t taken any of the major standardized tests yet besides the psat. These test scores hold a lot of weight during admissions. But overall with the competitiveness of Stanford, I don’t think you’ll get in with all of those B’s. Just being realistic. Also with your psat score, you’re on track for a 25 on the ACT. A score like that would cause your application to be thrown in rejection pile without being looked at.</p>
<p>@exitsign15 Yeah, but I have taken another practice test for my sat prep course and I got a 2160 this time. My Bs are from 7th grade , 8th grade high school courses. freshman year, and 1 sophomore year. So the upwards trend won’t help at all? For example, I had a B- in a regular English class with this one teacher and now I have her again for her honors class and I got an A+. </p>
<p>@IWantStanford16 are you here to argue for your chances or hear honest opinions?? Don’t make any assumptions about your grades until your junior year is over. It happens to be the toughest year of high school. And btw, I don’t think Stanford will take anyone with any grades less than an A unless they have a legacy.</p>
<p>@IWantStanford16 3.7 GPA is too weak to get accepted by a school with a 6% acceptance rate. Take a look at this graph to see what I’m talking about. <a href=“Stanford University: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA”>http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/stanford-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm</a></p>
<p>@exitsign15 Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to come off as arguing. I just wanted to update you on my score and show you that I got a better grade with the same teacher thus showing improvement :/</p>
<p>@IWantStanford16
You will be happy to hear that stanford only considers grades earned in grades 10-11 (and 12 depending on when you apply.) I’m in the same situation: upward trend (cumulative gpa: 3.85 but 10-11: 3.92)</p>
<p>@austin11 that’s great because then I’d only have 1 b as of now 
. Good luck to you @austin23 </p>
<p>Good luck to you as well</p>
<p>IWS16: I’m going to be honest; I think you need to also find safeties. I’m saying this based on my son (and older sisters):
2370 SAT. 4.0 and 4.41 GPA’s
URM-Mexican-Amer.
Legacy
Waitlisted and then rejected by Stanford
So, just saying, right now, no one can say that you’re a shoo-in for admission. Have some backups.</p>
<p>IWS16: what do you like abotu Stanford, exactly? We can try and help you find colleges that share some of your favorite characteristics.</p>
<p>1) Probably the biggest reason of all: financial aid.
2) I’d be able to get away from the stress that I face at home since I’d be far away from my family. This way when I visit them, they would miss me and we wouldn’t argue all the time.
3) I noticed that my eczema gets better in the summer which is great because when it pops up it makes me really insecure.
4) The food there is very diverse. Also, they have healthy eating programs which I will benefit from since my diet is very unhealthy. Stanford donates leftover food to the community’s residents that are in need as well as host holiday meals for them too.
5) Suburban
6) I want to join a sorority.
7) The food there is very diverse. Also, they have healthy eating programs which I will benefit from since my diet is very unhealthy,
8) I feel that I’d want to exercise there to keep in shape (thus helping me with my health issues once again) since we do have to wear less clothing that covers up. Here in NY I can just hide my imperfections.
9) Biking is the #1 method of transportation which I love because I do love riding bicycles.
10) The diversity of people there.
11) How I’d be somehow forced to try new things since there aren’t many things to do in campus.
12) I’d be able to live in a co- ed freshman dorm.
13) the endless possibility of areas to study from: The Bing, Lane Reading Room ,Meyer Library (and how it’s opened 24 hours since I tend to do homework at night since that’s when my brain juices are flowing), outside which is beautiful and peaceful, and even at my very own dorm since they each have a lounge/ dining area.
14) The size per class is near to size of my entire school now, which I am comfortable with.
15) 650+ student organizations: I’d love the join the Greek life (Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, the Latino medical student association, project motivation, volunteer at the Haas center for public service, the student body, Barrio Assistance, Chicanos/ Latinos in Health Education, etc </p>
<p><strong>these aren’t ranked, except for #1</strong></p>
<p>I noticed that I repeated reasons, but it’s because this was a lost I came up with a long time ago and added onto, but didn’t have the chance to edit.</p>
<p>You do realize that Stanford is in the Bay Area and somewhat in Northern California?
In other words, it’s not in sunny Southern California. It is chilly and does get rain, so you might not see as much sun as you have created and imagined for yourself-that would be Southern California. </p>
<p>You also could be describing UC Davis UCLA, and Santa Barbara which have thousands of bikes which is a major mode of transportation.
Our state is a big world-wide agricultural producer, so a number of our universities have healthy food choices.
So you’ve decided Stanford is the only school that can get you away from your family? That’s a really poor reason for trying to get into Stanford. You need to assume that your chances are not good based on your GPA and SAT practice scores. Just being an URM and financially needed won’t get you in
You haven’t mentioned anything about the coursework, which I find troubling.
Get some back ups.</p>
<p>^AuntBea, you’re being too harsh. This is a first-gen kid who’s trying to find schools. I agree the description above would be a perfect description of UCDavis though! … except they don’t offer financial aid to OOS applicants, so that one’s out.
The “ideal school” description would help us present her with schools that offer good opportunities and aren’t such a crapshoot.</p>
<p>OP needs to have backups and being “harsh” wasn’t my intent, being informative was my intent. (My dh is a Stanford grad in engineering, so my children were/are legacies and, with their increased SAT’s and GPA’s EC’s and URM status, they didn’t get in, but they are/were in good schools because they selected a variety of schools). It is a crapshoot for Stanford, as it is for everyone, so OP should apply to some privates in CA and not have her heart “set” completely on Stanford if she isn’t one of the few admits. If OP wants to apply to the area schools around Stanford, she could try Santa Clara U, as they have private monies. </p>