Do I stand a chance at Stanford...?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi I am a high school student living in northern cali, and was just wonderin just how I stand in gaining admission to Stanford.....so plz leave comments/questions if you like.</p>

<p>GPA/Letter grades:</p>

<p>Overall weighted GPA: 4.2-4.3
10th and 11th grade unweighted GPA: 3.96
Class rank: top 2%
School: Public (Kind of competitive but not too many APs or honors offered... hence the low weighted GPA). Also, we are required to take 2 yrs of mendatory PE classes and do not have any social studies courses ( not solid courses; there are some electives) during freshman year. Our school has limited AP classes and just opened AP Bio and two Junior honors course last year.............so yeah my school is pretty bad in terms of academic opportunities even though it's not in a rural community or a ghetto(no offense). In fact, it was impossible for anyone to get weighted GPA higher than 4.2 or 4.3 until last year.</p>

<p>Freshman:
Vocal Choir III (Madrigals; our most advanced choir division): A/A
Creative Writing/Journalism I: C(later replaced by A earned in an equivalent course at a local community college)/A
Spanish I: A/A
Biology I: A/A
English I(9th grade): A/A
PCM II(Geometry): A/A
PE 9: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Vocal Choir III (same): A/A
Spanish II: A/A
PCM III(trig/algebra II): A/A
Honors Chemistry(one of two honors courses available to sophomores): B/A
English II(10th grade): A/A
PE: Weight Training: A/A
World History: A/A</p>

<p>Junior:
Vocal Choir III (same): A/A
Spanish III: A/A
Honors Pre-Calc: A/A
Honors English III: A/A
Honors US History: A/A
AP Bio: A/A
AP Statistics: A/A</p>

<p>Classes taking in senior year:
Vocal Choir III (same)
AP Spanish IV
AP Calc
Honors Physics
Honors US Gov/Honors Economics
Honors English IV</p>

<p>on a side note, I came to US from South Korea just when I was entering highschool.........but I had experiences living in US before and therefore am very much fluent in english(also US citizen cuz I was born here) Even so it's been pretty tough tryin to get myself settled into this whole new system of education. </p>

<p>You'll notice that I haven't got much AP courses....but the ones I took were virtually all that my school offers rite now. No other AP science classes, or any other AP history courses whatsoever.</p>

<p>SAT/AP Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2300
Verbal: 770, Math: 800 Writing: 730
SAT II: Korean 800/US History 730/ Math IIc 750/ Biology 750
AP: AP Euro:5 AP World History:5 AP Bio:5 AP Statistics:5 AP US history:5 </p>

<p>I've also taken number of community college courses (6 total) mainly in history and social science but also some in biological science and foreign lanugage other than spanish/korean. All A.</p>

<p>Extra Cir/Leadership:
VP of KEY club
Sec/tres (probably VP/assistant student director senior year) for Vocal Choir III(our most advanced choir class)
Sec/tres of American Red cross
VP for american cancer society
hopefully sec/tres or VP for either Junior Statesman of America or Model UN next year (maybe both)
Wrote/published a short book(about 50~75pg booklet) in Korean about korean international transfer students and guides to adjusting in US.</p>

<p>Volunteer/intern: Went over to Korea to work at a college/other institutions during the summer (assistant teaching, secretary, tutoring english etc)
120 + hrs from random community service</p>

<p>The idea of writing the book was inspired by my dad who asked me to share my experiences with other students in similar situations like mine......it was a very worthwhile project.</p>

<p>I know I am short on Awards or other ECs, but do I stand a good chance at admissions...? I will greatly appreciate any comments or feedbacks.</p>

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<p>i'm confused, how did u get a 2300 SAT score?</p>

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<p>PSAT....the new one. so im guessing the real one will be bout 2300+.
oh and the vocal choir group does a lot.........im planning to be in it for my entire highschool years. Does this help my chances? also, what can i do to have my ECs and other intern/awards more focused than having them all scattered around?</p>

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<p>IMO you definitely stand a chance. Your stats are great and you have an interesting background. You've got lot of leadership positions, that's good :D. You haven't got too many awards but that doesn't matter... i'd advise you to emphasize the fact that you wrote a book. that's really cool IMO ;) not many other applicants would have done that</p>

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<p>Of course you stand a chance. But you need to keep in mind that you are in a very crowded field of Asians from N. Cali who are high achieving and applying to Stanford. I would think you actually have a better chance at any other top college.</p>

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<p>aaah the amazingness of your post is blinding me! Dude, how did you ever get all that done??? Wow. Your grades, the number of ECs you take, and the book, will surely all conspire to get you into Stanford.
You're asian, however, and I've noticed a lot of you guys are outright geniuses. Still, you'd stand out, I think.
I say you're a shoe-in.
Then again what do I know I've been slacking off for 13 years of my life.</p>

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<p>same as jazzpiano. You have an okay chance, but you really are competing against a very strong pool of asians. How many copies of the book ended up selling in S. Korea? Also, what type of activities have you done with your leadership positions in the ACS and Red Cross? That information is important and should be included on your app.</p>

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<p>(tip: don't mention the number of books sold if it's under ten)</p>

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<p>btw, you wouldn't think that the one C i recieved during my freshman year is going to diminish my chances......? I replaced it with Comm. college course but it still shows visually on my transcript. my high school GPA's been raised, though.</p>

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<p>Wow you're worrying about one C? Is that like your worst grade, ever??
One C? Dude, it's fine. A unique C denotes unusual circumstances or difficulties you were going through at the time. if you conquered that and went on to get straight A's then there's nothing to worry about.
Wow if you're worrying about one C... I should start worrying about all the C's, D's and even F's I got so far (a few years ago.. in 8th grade and 9th, for example...got more A's than low grades, but still)...
I'm screwed</p>

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<p>The "C" will probably be a small blemish on your app, but I think your other stats are sufficiently strong enough for the ad coms to overlook that blemish.</p>

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<p>omg...stop worrying! you stats are GREAT! plus, the C in freshmen year doesn't count because they don't want to look at freshmen year grades...chill ur in good shape. I came to the US at the end of 6th grade..and I think that kinda helped my chances. My SAT scores were mediocre for Stanford (1450). But I think what did it for me was my essay and my recs...so DONT worry...you're in really good shape...dont freak out</p>

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<p>every1 stands a chance, i had a chance at stanford, 0.012% :) got rejected lol</p>

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<p>what's AP Spanish IV?</p>

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<p>AP Spanish?</p>

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<p>well there's ap spanish language and ap spanish literature...duno what ap spanish IV is</p>

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<p>AP Spanish IV is Spanish language.</p>

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<p>Anyone else have comments/feedbacks....? I will greatly appreciate them.</p>

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<p>I think you are in, apply early so you know as soon as possible.</p>

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<p>thnx anyone else?</p>