Do I have a chance of admission?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Do I have a chance of getting in any top-ranked college, preferably Stanford? Please, serious and honest answers only. :)</p>

<p>I'm a junior in California.
- Minority= East Indian
- Trilingual
- GPA= (10-11 grade)= 4.17 Weighted, 3.75 Unweighted
- Current GPA: 5.0
- Rank= 17/429
- SAT= 1570 (Only took them once, going to take it again)
- ACT = Haven't took them yet.</p>

<p>All The Honor's I've took so far:
- Honors Geometry
- Honors English 1, and 2
- Honors Algebra 2
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors Biology 2
- Honors Spanish 3
- Honors Pre- Calculus</p>

<p>AP Classes
- AP World History
- AP US History
- AP English</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
- Link Crew Leader for 2 years
- Friday Night Live Mentor for 3 years
- American Red Cross Officer/ Member = 3 years
- National Honor Society Officer/ Member= 3 years
- Upward Bound Student= 3 years so far
- Speech & Debate Team(Varsity) Member/Officer= 3 years
- Going to start a FIDM Fashion Club this year.
- Volunteer at the library every other Saturday
- American Cancer Society = 2 months.
- Sports= Cross Country for 2 years</p>

<p>I would really appreciate your answer! :)</p>

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<p>First of all, this belongs here: [What</a> Are My Chances? - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/]What”>Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>Secondly, if you received a 1570/2400 on your SAT, then no you don’t have a chance at any top ranked college.</p>

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<p>Unless it’s a 1570/1600, which is much more consistent with his GPA/grades. </p>

<p>Regardless, this belongs in the What Are My Chances forum.</p>

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<p>^ My initial assumption is always heavy grade inflation/… HS.</p>

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<p>Hahahaha stanford yeah right</p>

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<p>^^Still, a 3.75 GPA UW is hardly sketchy.</p>

<p>The 5.0 is usually due to a HUGE curve. My school does that (add 5 points to honors and 10 points to AP classes when calculating your weighted GPA).</p>

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<p>his rank & SAT & extracurriculars are horrible though</p>

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<p>^ His rank is in the top 5%, which definitely isn’t horrible.</p>

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<p>you usually have to be in the top 10, or even top 5, to get into any top college though.</p>

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<p>Top 5 in a class of 50 isn’t as impressive as Top 15 in a class of 400.</p>

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<p>what school has 50 people in a graduating class?
but anyways, most of those accepted at stanford were usually #1 or #2…
plus being in the top 5% isn’t enough for him. it’s pretty low and not enough to balance out his SAT and it pales in comparison to his extracurriculars, which are really spread out and shows no commitment</p>

<p>oh and the fact that he’s indian too</p>

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<p>^ You obviously havn’t seen the wide range in class sizes of CCers. The kids accepted to Stanford from my school this year were ranked 3rd and 11th. I’m not saying top 5% is enough to guarantee admission, I’m just debunking your claim that his rank is horribly low.</p>

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<p>yeah i guess i went to far with that statement which i seemed to have made on an absolute basis. but what i meant was, on a relative basis compared to his other stats, it’s not that good.</p>

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<p>Your somewhat low-GPA and extremely low SAT score will most likely keep you out. Average ECs. And course load isn’t rigorous enough to compensate for your GPA. I’d probably say no.</p>

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<p>If that is 1570/2400 give up now</p>

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<p>I think its a 1570/1600 for Reading and Math combined. If it isn’t, yeah…</p>

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<p>But then again, he wouldn’t mention having to take it again it it were a 1570/1600.</p>

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<p>I feel like he’s either ■■■■■■■■ or it was a 1570/2400, because he hasn’t responded yet. lol.</p>

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<p>There’s only one way to find out…</p>

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<p>Well it is possible for someone to have really good grades and get a low SAT score. But I guess we’ll just have to wait for him to tell us if it’s out of 1600 or 2400.</p>