Do I look like a good candidate for Stanford

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<p>This is the one that that is going to kill me. My first semester freshman year i had a C in English due to missing a project grade, and had b's in pretty much every other course. Overall I got a 3.3 weighted for that semester. The next semester though, I had a 4.1 weighted, and a 4.0 unweighted. After that one damned semester, however, I got straight A's throughout all my other semesters. Is there still hope for Stanford ?</p>

<p>Race: Hispanic
Religion: Jewish
Hook(s): Extremely low income(sub 30,000), First Generation College Attendee, I have to work as much as I can to support my family.</p>

<p>Freshman Schedule:
Algebra 1
Latin 1
English 1
Biology Honors
Healthcare Careers
Gym
Religion
3.7 cumulative GPA, 3.6 unweighted </p>

<p>Sophomore Year
AP World History (5)
AP Psychology (5)
Honors Chemistry
Geometry
English 2
Art
Latin 2
Religion
4.5 weighted, 4.0 unweighted</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Chemistry (5)
AP Biology (5)
AP English (5)
AP History (5)
Honors Algebra 2
Latin 3
Mandarin 1
Biomedical Ethics
4.9 weighted, 4.0 unweighted </p>

<p>Senior Year (going to take)</p>

<p>Animation
AP Physics
Neuroscience
AP Calculus
AP Macro/Micro Economics
AP History
AP Latin
Religion</p>

<p>(estimated) 5.0 weighted, 4.0 unweighted</p>

<p>Took college courses in Organic Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Spanish.
Took summer courses for BioTechnology, Genetics</p>

<p>Self studied for AP Computer Science (5)</p>

<p>2300 SAT
800 Math
800 Reading
700 Writing</p>

<p>34 ACT</p>

<p>SAT II</p>

<p>750 Math 2
770 English
790 Biology
760 Chemistry
750 Physics
760 Latin </p>

<p>4 years of Track and Field
3 years of SRLA
2 Years of NHS (president)
3 Years of CSF
4 years of mock trial (attorney)
3 years of speech and debate (founder and president)
4 years of Latin Club (founder and president)
3 years of Model U.N. (president)
3 years of Robotics
3 years of chess club (founder and president)
3 years of cycling club (founder and president)</p>

<p>Founded Technology Repair business
Attended Pittsburgh Stem Cell research camp
Attended USC Medical Camp
Interned at USC Medical Center
Interned at Local Hospital
3 years in boy scouts (Eagle Scout)
1000+ Volunteer hours
600 Medical Service Hours
Free-lanced as a web developer
Real Estate License
Part time job at Staples
Microsoft Certification
IT Certification </p>

<p>Able to play the
violin
guitar
bass guitar
piano
drums</p>

<p>Black belt in Tae Kwon Do (Instructor (8 Years)
8 Years of Tennis
Multiples marathons, half marathons, 5ks, 10ks
4 years of AIDS Walk
4 years of AIDS Lifecycle
Started Band</p>

<p>Fluent in Spanish, French, and of course, English.</p>

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<p>Obvious ■■■■■. Your stats don’t add up.</p>

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<p>If you are a junior now, how do you already know that you earned 5s on your junior year AP tests? Or your junior year, second semester grades?</p>

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<p>lololol
“i have to work as much as i can to support my family”
…
…
“1000 hrs of community service”</p>

<p>good laugh thanks</p>

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<p>Come on man. Hahaha that was TOO funny.</p>

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<p>You lost me at Hispanic Jew. Then again at “weighted GPA: 5.0.” LOL</p>

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<p>Hispanic jew lol. But honestly I’m sort of sick of people posting joke chance threads.</p>

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<p>This is why people hate CC…</p>

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<p>30 seconds I will never get back. You owe me.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance at Stanford…you have good stats…</p>

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<p>So you plan on going from Algebra 2 to AP Calculus in one year? Good luck with that. Also, congratulations on teaching yourself Spanish and French fluently between your “1000+ hours of community service”, your 4 part-time jobs/businesses, the 6 clubs of which you are president/founded, and your spare time as the track and field/tennis/marathon king. Although, it’s a shame to hear that this is your 3rd year as a supersenior because that is only conceivable way you could have done even half of the stuff you’ve mentioned. Well, either that, or you’ve stolen Hermione’s timeturner.</p>

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<p>Sure you have a real estate license… lul</p>

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<p>Stanford doesn’t consider freshman year grades, although they do see your class rank which consists of freshman year.</p>

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<p>O haha didn’t finish the post, obvious ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>Ahahahahahha, @jrftkd you just made my day. :)</p>

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<p>No. You have absolutely no chance at Stanford (or any other private, for that matter); your stats are abysmal. I think you might want to look into community colleges.</p>