<p>Hello! Could someone possibly chance me? I do realize that chance me posts are irritating and that Stanford is very...unpredictable in its admissions, but I want to know whether it is worth it for me to apply to Stanford. I mean, it's definitely one of my dream schools, so I'd love to apply, but I don't know... Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Junior in a public high school
Weighted GPA: 4.63
Class Rank: 6 out of 264 students
SAT: 2090 (will retake, going for a 2200)
SAT II's: Chemistry 720, Math I 710 (will retake)</p>
<p>Junior Year Transcript:
AP English Language and Composition: A+
H Physics: A
AP Chemistry: A-
AP US History II: A
H Mandarin Chinese II: A+
H French IV: A+
H Pre-Calculus: A+</p>
<p>Classes that I'll take next/senior year:
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP English Literature and Composition
H Chinese IV or V (I'd be skipping either 1 year or 2)
H French V
H Introduction to Computer Programming and Java (or AP, depending if it's offered)</p>
<p>EC'S and etc.:
- played JV volleyball for 2 years
- played JV field hockey for 2 years (going for varsity this year)
- student pilot
- NHS member
- Interact Club Secretary, Chinese Club Secretary
- have been working at the public library for the past year
- have been working as a Russian to English translator for a Russian publishing company for three years, and before that, as an editor for the same company
- head editor of MABLE documentation for AL&FA BDI in 2005
- got into the advanced program at STARTALK, for Mandarin Chinese after only 1 year Chinese (I was in a class with all 4 year students)
- Received a double Faculty Award in World Languages, French and Mandarin Chinese, 2010
- 2nd place in my high school science fair
- 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo
- Fluent in Russian
- Member of the following clubs at school: Chinese Club, Interact Club, Yearbook Financial Club (used to be part of International Club and French Club as well)
- Member of the Task Force for Global Education, a teacher board at my school that has 2 students on it
- Am of Tatar ethnicity, born in Uzbekistan, Russian citizen, and currently residing in the US</p>
<p>Ok, I think your extracurriculars look pretty strong because they’re not traditional activities. Your high school schedule looks acceptable as well. Definitely retake the SAT and subject tests, maybe take some foreign language subject tests?</p>
<p>I think you have as good a chance as anybody else. Please, be yourself in the application!</p>
<p>Asain/10 generally means your at a loss due to your race. While its a horrible thing to say, it is true that most Asian’s are rejected. The majority of universities are Asian. Universities want to diversify, to be able to say they fostered the latest and greatest minority scholar.</p>
<p>I don’t see how this applies to you though, “Asian” really only applies to Chinese applicants ( as well as Japanese, etc, those kinds of “Asian’s” ). Born in Uzbekistan in my opinion would make you a rarer catch. Good luck!</p>
<p>I think by majority those posters meant they are overrepresented relative to the general population. It is true that at some of these schools, there is a greater percentage of Asians than the percentage of Asians in America in general. And so because the Asian applicant pool is so competitive, the standards may be higher regarding certain factors of an application for an Asian applicant (like SAT scores, as a possible example).</p>
<p>No one really knows how the Stanford admission process works except Stanford admissions officers. I think you should do the best you can and just apply. There are times when Stanford accepts people without the stats you have and there are many people who have been accepted with similar stats to yours, which aren’t bad at all btw.</p>
<p>Privet! I won’t give you a chance, but I do think you’re amazingly unique person for knowing Russian and Chinese while coming from Uzbekistan. Let that stand out, and show the admissions officers who you are through your essays and teacher recommendations!</p>