Do I even stand a chance? Go ahead, be honest.

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<p>Asian Male
GPA: 3.815(weighted)
SAT: 2240(780 Math, 700 CR, 760 Writing)
SAT II: Math Leve IIC 760, Chemistry 780
Junior AP: Calc BC(4), US History(4), AP Eng(3), Comp Sci(5), French(4)
Senior AP: AP Literature, AP Biology, MacroEconomics, Statistics
Activities: FBLA, Math Honor Society(VicePresident), Academic Team, National Honor Society
Sports: no school sports
Volunteer: Local Hostpital, Library and Church
Rank: High school doesn't rank,very competitive high school(Princeton, NJ), class of 600(def top 10%)
Recs: 1 Decent(AP Bio) and 1 Stellar(AP Calculus)
Essay: Very good, but nothing memorable</p>

<p>What are my chances for Engineering? Maybe mechanical engineering?</p>

<p>--Ray.</p>

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<p>gpas kinda low, sat scores are perfectly in range, good average activities. I feel that stanford is kinda unique in admissions and ur personality has a tremendous amount of wieght to it. u dont SEEM to stand out much but many people dont stand a tremendous chance...even the most brilliant. who knows man...just hope for the best if ur gonna apply.</p>

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<p>how is her GPA low??? 3.8 is pretty darn good</p>

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<p>oo wait..3.8 weighted is actually kinda low..if it's UW it's ok</p>

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<p>it says weighted; its almost like mine....</p>

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<p>i say nopez</p>

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<p>oprah, you say that to anyone who doesnt have 1337 gpa, ignore him, although having low gpa and nothing else awesome kind of sets you at a low probability region</p>

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<p>My S had the exact same SAT and GPA. He was rejected as a * legacy.* So, it doesn't look very promising.</p>

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<p>Using one person and applying it to another person is not an accurate method of determining whether someone will get in or not. Stanford is huge on personality. Your scores are in range. Just worry about showing who you are. If they like you, they'll accept you.</p>