<p>Well, I'm applying EA to stanford, and I recently got my ACT scores back.</p>
<p>I got a 33 ACT with an 11 essay..
some other stats: </p>
<p>SAT II:
Physics- 800
Math 2-800</p>
<p>ranked 4/189</p>
<p>I'm hispanic (born in mexico)
president of NHS
VP of math tutoring club
math competitions throughout the state (texas)
have done research internships in summer (2)
over 100 hours of comm service
4 years of guitar
took 7 APs last year,
my schedule this year:</p>
<p>Cal BC AP
Phys C AP
Chem AP
Gov AP
Macroeconomics AP
English Lit AP
Stats AP
PE :D</p>
<p>anyways, I was wondering if you all think I should re take the ACT (i got a 34, 36, 34, 30)
so I think I could get a 34 maybe even a 35.. is it worth it, though? should I even take the time and money to re try, or with my stats would it even matter?</p>
<p>please give me your thoughts, since last day for ACT is tomorrow!!</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>there’s no way to “chance” anyone without seeing a completed application.</p>
<p>everyone who posts on this site to be chanced is missing (at least) one very important thing: their essays</p>
<p>everyone who chances other people on this site is also missing (at least) one very important thing: admissions experience</p>
<p>One point more on your ACT won’t change things- it is good enough. Assuming your recs are excellent, you have an above average chance. Make sure your essays are superb. Spend time on every single portion of the the S supplement.</p>
<p>@ big mike, not really what I was asking. I was wondering if I should retake the ACT to try to get a 34/35.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should retake the ACT. Your score is good enough and does not need to be perfect. However, I do agree with BigMike3541 in that there is no way to chance somebody. I know two people who got a 36 on their ACT, 2400 on their SAT, 800 on all of their SAT IIs, 5’s on all of their APs and they were both rejected, even with 4.0s and a bunch of extracirriculars. I don’t mean to scare you though. On a more encouraging note, I also know people with scores that were impressive but not nearly as perfect as they would’ve liked and they were admitted. Actually their scores were lower than yours. Despite the fact that their scores were not perfect, what I did notice is that they were both very passionate about their fields of interest. One was into physics and the other was into art. Stanford really has a thing for passion, be it in a certain field, subject, or particular interest so really try to focus on that in the supplement. Don’t fake it or make up a passion. Just truly try to elaborate on your particular strengths and interests in your essays. I think that this is actually the characteristic that makes it somewhat more difficult for some people to get into Stanford than the Ivies. The girls who didn’t make into Stanford both got into Harvard, Dartmouth, and MIT. So as you can see, it’s really impossible to chance anyone without their essays. With that aside though, you’re a highly qualified applicant and i wish you luck!</p>
<p>thanks for your response, rachel.</p>
<p>I realize that test scores arn’t the whole application, so I was just making sure my score won’t ‘weigh me down’. The rest is up to the admissions officers, whether or not they like my essays or feel that I posses whatever it is they want. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>you’re welcome! and believe me, despite the fact that the higher your score is, the better, your score is not going to weight you down. i suck at standardized tests and would kill to have your score.</p>