<p>SAT 2200 (800M, 690 CR, 710 W)</p>
<p>GPA : 3.7 (very hard public magnet, always sends grads to ivy leagues)</p>
<p>ExtraCurriculars-
Varsity Soccer Captain
Varsity Tennis
One Laptop Per Child Chapter Chair
Worked as a caddy
Worked at One Laptop Per Child Chicago Office
Did Cancer Research</p>
<p>applying SCEA</p>
<p>indian...</p>
<p>yikes?</p>
<p>also ping pong team founder
FBLA</p>
<p>I also play
SITAR
TABLA</p>
<p>two indian instruments</p>
<p>also ping pong team founder
FBLA</p>
<p>I also play
SITAR
TABLA</p>
<p>two indian instruments</p>
<p>FYI: kids with much higher gpa/hard classes, sat scores, activities, etc., got rejected this year.</p>
<p>awards? raise SATs.</p>
<p>You may or may not get into community college.
Reach- Stanford Community College
Denied- Stanford University
Accepted- At the Ping Pong Performing Arts School of California at Laguna Beach</p>
<p>wow that was a little harsh..</p>
<p>okay dude, first of all: yee!! indian pride!</p>
<p>secondly,
I have to agree that you gotta raise those SAT scores.. although a 1490 is great, you still want 2250+ for SATs</p>
<p>also, what are your subject test scores?
AP scores?
course load (specifically what classes)</p>
<p>and lastly,
everything people say won't do much because even if you have the best stats, your uniqueness is what counts
you seem like the typical indian boy, although you are great at sports other than cricket :)</p>
<p>GPA is too low for Stanford unless you have a major hook</p>
<p>I feel like some of the criticism so far has been kind of harsh. I wouldn't say you are in or out for sure so far with the info provided.</p>
<p>"kids with much higher gpa/hard classes, sat scores, activities, etc., got rejected this year." The opposite is also true so I don't think this comment helps anyone.</p>
<p>I don't know what level of commitment you have with your EC's but they definitely don't sound bad. Right now top colleges do not consider the writing portion too much so the major focus is still Math and CR so your combined 1490 out of 1600 is pretty good. As for your grades, normally a 3.7 is kind of low for an elite college but if your high school is a highly competitive public magnet like you say, it's not a prohibitively low GPA. Hopefully your transcript will boast very challenging courses and an upward trend in grades.</p>
<p>i got a 760 on SAT II Math </p>
<p>My course load is extremely challenging</p>
<p>Also I did not yet mention that I am the editor of the newspaper.</p>
<p>I think my essays can be great and my teacher recs are great (two amazings)</p>
<p>I just feel as though they will reject me right away without looking too much into the essays</p>
<p>no one will ever do that.. but keep in mind that they spend less than 2 minutes on each application so make you essay stand out</p>
<p>Nowadays, Stanford is very, very, very hard, as difficult as Harvard/Princeton/Yale. I'd say 25 percent chance I guess.</p>