Feasible to consider Stanford..rather...Stanford consider me?!

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<p>So i'll simply do the usual I suspect....I'm a now a Senior at one of the most competitive high schools in the Bush state. I would like to major in either biomedical engineering or economics...or both if possible!!</p>

<p>So Here it goes:</p>

<h2>Basic "Number" Stats</h2>

<p>SATI-- 720 Math/660 Verbal.....i know....this kinda kills my chance(and a lot of other things), but I'm hoping my ACT score will make up for it
ACT -- june 21st scores come out....
SATII's-- Chem-- june 20th scores...but i think high 700's
Math IIC-- " "high 700's
Physics--" "high 700's
GPA-- not too sure maybe 3.7 or 3.8? don't know yet...but I got a 4.0 this semester...that <em>should</em> help
Class Rank: top 7 or 10%, 40 or 50 something... again, don't know yet
AP-- chem and csci still awaiting...
Courses: all AP's...all A's these past two semesters with 7 AP's</p>

<h2>EC's</h2>

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<p>-President of Robotics -- 3 yrs.
-Co-President of JETS -- 3 yrs
-VP Chess Club -- 3 yrs.
-Mu Alpha Theta - 3yrs.
-Philosophy Club -- 2 yrs.
-President Science National Honor Society....one of the few honor societies that doen't require service hours...rather, volunteering for the sake of volunteering -- 1 yr...just started
(As you may note... I can't truly put four years given that I haven't really started senior year.)
Non-School Stuff
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-Japanese Style Karate-- 11 yrs (started at the age of 5) third degree black belt
-Electric/Acoustic Guitar -- 5 yrs going on 6, lead guitarist in my band
-UIL Science Team...took first in state this year!!-- 3 yrs
-Orchestra -- 6th through 10th
- Science Olympiad Team Captain-1 yr
-USA Computational Olympiad- 2yrs
-Peer Tutor in Physics and Chemistry</p>

<h2>Awards and Honors</h2>

<p>-Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist -- 10th
-Siemens Westinghouse Regional Finalist - 11th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Best Robot – 10th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Most Elegant Robot – 10th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Best Engineering Notebook – 10/11th
-State BEST Robotics Competition: Most Robust Robot – 10th
-Houston Science and Engineering Fair 2003: 3rd Place in Physics – 9th
-American Society for Quality Award – 9th
-American Physical Society 4th Place – 9th
-One of five students in region invited for a research internship with Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Curl – 9th
-Invited by Rice University to complete research with the Condensed Matter Group – 10th
-American Physical Society 2nd Place – 10th
-Overall Best Physics Project in the Region – 10th
- Silver Team Invitation in USA Computation Olymiad
-Rice University Award for Creativity and Ingenuity in Scientific Research – 10th
-MIT Lemleson Group and The Partnership for America’s Future: I was one of six students across the nation chosen as a Student Board of Director – 11th
-Invited to attend the Quarknet Program – 11th
-Accepted to complete research at the Texas Center of Superconductivity on thin film coatings for protective coverings – 10th(summer)
-I have over 40 awards in UIL Math and Science competitions – 9/10/11th
-Texas ATM math competition: 6th place in Power Team Competition and 4th Overall- 11th
-I was personally invited by the head of Jet Propulsion Laboratories to present my research on tactile actuators in an International Smart Structures and Materials conference sponsored by SPIE – 11th
- I was recently accepted as an intern at IBM Labs in NY
- Junior Academy of Sciences Second Place Engineering
- Bunch of sci. olympiad awards in regional and state level...but not nationals </p>

<h2>Research Projects -- a.k.a , my life....hehe</h2>

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<li>A Self-Induced Generator based on Non-Radiant Mediums- 7th - 9th</li>
<li>A Comprehensive Study on Expedidtive Acoustic Cooling - 10th summer</li>
<li>A Novel Approach to Degradative Chemical Clean-Up using Acoustic Cavitation - 10th</li>
<li>Development of a Tactile Actuator using Dielectric Electroactive Polymers -11th summer</li>
<li>Image Definition and Enhancement through Machine Learning and Psychophysics -- 11th...this project attracted the attention and ultiimately a publication by Prof. Bill Freeman a computer vision researcher at MIT --11th</li>
<li>Definite Information Holding Risk Management: A Minimalistic Approach to Risk Aversion-- 10th-11th...this project was a simple theory i developed and tested in the field of game theory and ultimately economics
-I am about to start my research at IBM this summer and it should be something quite interesting!!</li>
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<p>I hope to do a lot more research in college .....!!!
Yea...so I'm thinking that my class rank and sat I numbers will be the death of me...but assuming I do well on the SATII's and ACT's...please evaluate my chances.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this guys. I truly appreciate those of you who put time and effort in actually writing laudable responses!</p>

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<p>honestly, if you do not break a 1400, your stanford chances are "killed." Stanford could fill the entire class with kids 1500+ and your accomplishments are great. However, that "low" SAT score for Stanford will hurt, however, I have seen kids with lower scores than you get accepted. However, the odds are against you.</p>

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<p>so a 35 on the ACT won't make up for it??..i hope it wil...</p>

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<p>Your academic stats are weak but your extra-curriculas and awards are outstanding. With better academic stats I think you have an excellent chance.</p>

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<p>Your research, is to say, the least, stunning and EXCELLENT. Get some of your mentor types to write you glowing recommendations and brag about your intelligence--that might cover for the SAT. </p>

<p>Your rank and GPA are well below average but if you truly got all A's junior year with 7 AP classes, then that's impressive. Especially if you go 4-5 on all of those tests. </p>

<p>You have a reasonable, but small chance. Go EA and see what happens. Your science stuff is very impressive but it doesn't make up for the lackluster academics.</p>

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<p>"-Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist -- 10th
-Siemens Westinghouse Regional Finalist - 11th"</p>

<p>"You have a reasonable, but small chance. Go EA and see what happens. Your science stuff is very impressive but it doesn't make up for the lackluster academics."</p>

<p>If those were biomed eng. projects, I'd say you have a good chance. I didn't even make it to semifinalist, and I got in...(CS)</p>

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<p>well...thanks for being honest, really. Well, throughout this process so far, the thing I have learned is that things I once thought were once my "awesomeness" are truly not. This helps a lot in the essay process because I now understand that the kids who get accepted to Stanford type schools are soo amazingly balanced that it's hard to comprehend. ....At least I can try better in college...wherever it may be. And again...thanks for being straight-forward</p>

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<p>10th grade project was on cooling in vibrant media...and 11th grade was a biomed eng project about touch...</p>

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<p>"the kids who get accepted to Stanford type schools are soo amazingly balanced that it's hard to comprehend"</p>

<p>Does that mean I was accepted by mistake? LOL</p>

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<p>hahah....I don't think Stanford would have accepted you if you were not...sooo, not it wasn't a mistake</p>

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<p>what are you majoring in tanonev?</p>

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<p>Computer Science (click on my name to visit my web page, with my CS "Projects" lol)</p>

<p>But yeah, I had no balance whatsoever...no sports (school or outside), no ASB, no clubs, basically no life...my parents were actually quite shocked that I got in, to be honest :p</p>

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<p>Q.Basic.....awesome!!
I haven't actually experimented with it too much...but I didn't see anything in C/C++.....on that note...have you played around with C#...wow. Sure, it isn't as controllable as C/C++, but hey, what is?
Plus, it allows mostly the same functionality with little drawback.
I'll probably end up ranting about this later after I compare the speed differences, though I expect them not to be too huge.</p>

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<p>To Agrophobic: I actually competed as part of a team...Siemens only lets seniors do individual projects. And Intel is a different different competition altogether. Intel is the competition reserved only for seniors. And "why are you taking only 2 AP exams when you have gotten A's in 7 APs," is there truly a purpose to take & AP's, it costs a lot, and I'm not exactly rich.</p>

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<p>What state are you applying from and, if you don't mind me asking, what is your ethnicity?</p>

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<p>"honestly, if you do not break a 1400, your stanford chances are "killed." Stanford could fill the entire class with kids 1500+ and your accomplishments are great. However, that "low" SAT score for Stanford will hurt, however, I have seen kids with lower scores than you get accepted. However, the odds are against you."</p>

<p>Uhm, that is so not true at all. I got in with a 1360. I didn't do S/W like he did either, but that NIH grant and RSI did help.</p>

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<p>I'm from texas...and my ethnicity...I was hoping you guys could talk about chances without knowing. But since you asked, i'm indian male.</p>

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<p>Ah, an ORM (is that a valid acronym?)...just means you have to work harder :p</p>

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<p>Ah, I see. Well that's going to make it quite a bit harder. Still a good chance though.</p>

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<p>haha...ORM...nice.</p>