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<p>Female/Born in Bangladesh/ came here 7 years old
Top ranked high school
Rank-no rank, top 25%-- 900 students in my grade
Average- 90
SAT- 750 MATH 700 READING 750 WRITING- 2200
SAT II- 750 math 2c, 800 american, 800 physics
Income-- less than 20,000
First generation college student</p>

<p>ap classes- world his, american his, physics b</p>

<p>senior year- ap environmental, ap eng, ap stats, calc honors, ap gov.</p>

<p>academic awards- honor society in school, service award, semi finalist in nasa dream comp., and several other awards from competitions </p>

<p>Extra- Working at pathology lab 25 hours a week as a research assistant for one year, ---- Volunteer at american cancer society 3 years and internship for one summer --organize the big events (walks etc)-- official advocator for my school
- Tutor disadvantaged children for one hour
-volunteer at hospital
-volunteer during science festivals in nyc</p>

<p>clubs--
School newspaper 3 years-- editor in chief
president of breast cancer fundraising club--organized a ball to raise over $2,000,created special bracelets sold through out school
model united nations--secretary 3 years
key club</p>

<p>I have very poor grades my first year of high school..I was going through a lot of personal/ family things
freshman year avgs- 75, 80
soph year -- 90,85
junior year- 93, 102 (last report card)</p>

<p>I was diagnosed with arthritis junior year, i don't think that matters. Working in the pathology lab, changed my life and made me a dedicated student and passionate--plan to write about it for essay</p>

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<p>chance me chance me</p>

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<p>for your situation, your stats are pretty impressive. However, you just sound a little (don’t take this the wrong way), boring. Maybe you can spice it up in your essays. Just step back and ask yourself, “if I were an admissions officer, would I want to see myself on campus, according to my resume?” You have to ask yourself if your application stands out–something exciting, unique etc. Your background probably helps, but above average academic stats don’t really separate you from the rest of Stanford applicants.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>^I agree with Colbs. You sound like the typical high performing HS student, but there really isn’t anything special about you that would make Stanford really really want you. Keep in mind that Stanford recieves thousands of applications from applicants like you, but they don’t have room to admit everyone. </p>

<p>However, there is something I disagree with Colbs: the fact that she immigrated here to the USA does not really influence her admissions situation, because I doubt that there is a English language learning barrier after spending 10 years in US schools, and admissions will treat her like any other US student.</p>

<p>That said, boopboop, I get the sense that you’re a very very hard working student, and you should be proud of what you’ve done in the past 3 years. </p>

<p>Chance: **Reach<a href=“Well,%20it’s%20a%20reach%20for%20everyone,%20considering%20the%20RD%20admit%20rate%20was%20something%20like%206%%20this%20year”>/b</a></p>

<p>Good luck on your college search!</p>

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<p>Isn’t it so weird to see these juniors beginning their college searches? Lol, I just think back to it and I’m like, “Gah, I am so happy to be done with this.” It’s definitely an exciting time, don’t get me wrong juniors, but it’s also REALLY nice to have it all over with. Just gonna say go for it, no matter what. I NEVER thought I’d get into Stanford, but when I got that acceptance email last Tuesday, it was the best feeling in my life. :D!</p>

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<p>^dpattz:</p>

<p>Yea I really can’t imagine how you felt that day. It must have been epic ecstatic-ness beyond words. (I felt like how 94% of Stanford’s applicant pool felt like that Tuesday night) </p>

<p>But … it is a little disconcerting to see how juniors are already starting to worry about their college choices. That’s a tribute to how competitive admissions is becoming … </p>

<p>Wow I wish I was born 10 years ago. Maybe I would have had a better chance at these schools :smiley: </p>

<p>(But then again, I wouldn’t have the Wii :frowning: )</p>

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<p>^^Lol. Yeah, was a pretty great feeling, but the funny thing was, my mom didn’t think it was really. haha. I was showing her how I could get into Axess and she was like, “Well, I don’t know what this means, but all we can do now is wait…” and then “Your Stanford Admission Decision” popped up in the right hand corner of my screen and I was like, “GAH!”, hesitated for a moment, and the opened it. All I saw was “Our sincerest congratulations to you!” and then I was like, “what??” I read the rest, and I got in! haha, that was crazy. My mom was like, “is this real, is this real?” hahahaha. That was so great. She finally believed me when I got the Admit Packet. </p>

<p>Anyway, regarding competitiveness, it truly has gotten so much competitive in the past 10 years…I searched acceptance rates and something from awhile ago stated anything below 20% was just crazy…lol, this year Stanford accepted 6% in RD…wow. </p>

<p>But, I’ve got a question for you…you know how we’re considered the “peak” year? Do you think acceptance rates will go up a little next year? Also, why did Princeton’s rate actually go up (slightly) this year?</p>

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<p>^dpattz: </p>

<p>You’ve truly done something special … you’re 6% not 94%!!! Anyways, we are one of the “peak” years … some people say it was us ('13) some say it’s '14 or '15. So we’ll see once the admission numbers start coming in. </p>

<p>And yes, Princeton’s admit rate did go up slightly (a few tenths of a percent) … the total number of apps went up by 2% and they also expanded the class this year … so it’s not gonna help their numbers this year.</p>

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<p>Not that I really care about USN&WR, but who do you think will be number one this year? What are those rankings even based on? Lol. Thinking about it, I am So out of the “college loop” compared to people on this website (and at my school). </p>

<p>Also, have fun at Michigan next year! I’m sure you’ll love it!</p>

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<p>^dpattz:</p>

<p>OMG the USNWR Rankings are so rigged. It’s like Princeton kept bribing US News to keep them as #1 again and again … perhaps this year Harvard offered more money to US News to snag #1 huh? :smiley: </p>

<p>I don’t even know what they’re based on … they claim it’s based on peer review (what other schools think about that school), graduation rates, admission rates, etc etc but the entire thing is so complex that they could sneak in 25% of unknown stuff just to screw around with the results. (I hate USNWR rankings!!!) </p>

<p>My prediction: Maybe Harvard. (I doubt it’ll be Stanford because it seems like the Top 3 ALWAYS goes to the Ivies) </p>

<p>I’ll be having “fun” at Michigan, and I’m more than sure that you’ll enjoy your time at Stanford. (Note that “fun” is being used loosely there)</p>

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<p>Easy to tell, judging by your constant posting and hyperactivity and enthusiasm since. And I don’t mean that negatively :wink: :D</p>

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<p>^Who wouldn’t be?</p>

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<p>uhhhh chances please</p>

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<p>^As good a chance as anyone…just work those essays!</p>

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<p>a bit typical, you need to a crazee essay to have a chance…</p>

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<p>Firrst: you definitely are impressive, although that may not suffice.</p>

<p>2nd advice: While doing your essays, ask yourself: Why am I me? Why am I special? What makes me unique? Would an adcom want to have me on campus? Answers to those may include quirks, intense passions about sth/intellectual interest on sth you want to pursue in college…</p>

<p>Finally, carve your application, the same way you would build an essay. Don’t stray in every directions. Show you are well-rounded, and are not single-minded, but then show you have to super-duper focus that separates you from everyone else.</p>

<p>Hope it helps.</p>

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<p>You do seem a bit typical but your stats are good. You really need to kill your essays. Show that you really WANT to go to Stanford, not just because it’s a good school but because you can see yourself there and feel you will fit in as a part of it’s community and be able to contribute positively. In my opinion, those admissions officers have an uncanny knack for knowing whether or not you really want to go to that school. My friends and I were wondering and laughing about that because the schools we got rejected from, (UPenn in one friend’s case, Harvard and Yale in my other friend’s case and Yale and Carnegie Mellon in my case) we really had no intentions of going to. We applied simply because they were really good schools and our reasons stopped there. I suppose that showed in our applications.</p>

<p>I also hope your teachers really really like you so you have some glowing recommendations. :D</p>

<p>But please don’t go on a whole bunch of forums on College Confidential for different schools asking people to chance you. Most of the people here don’t know exactly what admissions officers are looking for more than you or me. And in any case, what someone here says isn’t gonna make your grades better/worse or make you application spectacular. It all has to come from you in the end anyway. (And chances are there will be people on CC who, if you don’t have near perfect scores in SAT and an almost perfect GPA, will ridicule you and ask you why you’re bothering to apply to University X so I suggest that you ignore them and simply don’t ask anyone to chance you in the first place to avoid such situations.)</p>

<p>Sorry for making that so long.</p>

<p>Best of luck in your admissions process!!!</p>

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<p>^Yes, write good essays, but essays alone cannot save you unless they can accurately portray who you truly are based on your teacher/counselor recs. So don’t try to come up with something fancy because if it doesn’t portray who you are, admission officers will think that you’re trying to woo them into admitting you, and admission officers don’t like that. Instead, focus on your unique qualities … something that makes you stand out and something that your teachers and other classmates recognize as part of who you are … something that defines you.</p>

<p>To be honest, just try your hardest and look for other schools that you may be interested in. Stanford admissions is so tough that you really can’t predict chances for even the strongest of applicants.</p>