How About Me Getting into Stanford, Cornell, Carnegie, or WPI?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Because why not. </p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
5.45 Weighted (6 scale)</p>

<p>Class rank: 6th out of about 450</p>

<p>Class schedule: Pretty much as hard as it can get in my school.</p>

<p>SAT (Probably my weakest link, though I recently took it again)
2130
CR: 720
M: 750
W: 660</p>

<p>SAT II
Chem - 760
ML2 - 790</p>

<p>I'm hispanic, born and raised in Mexico (moved here when I was 12).</p>

<p>EC/Awards:
-Robotics: hugely involved. Started in middle school, and when my high school restricted the opportunity I started my own team (just me and a friend). Several major awards and competed globally ranking 5th at the world championship. Founded 3 additional VEX teams and I individually took charge of a new FRC program at my school, which I am currently running successfully. I put a lot of time into mentoring middle school robotics students and have volunteered multiple times as a competition judge and now as an event organizer. When I'm not competing, I enjoy electronic prototyping and am a casual Arduino enthusiast.</p>

<p>-Visual art enthusiast interested in abstract design. Actually first person from my school to have scored a 5 on the AP 2D Design Test. Also big on graphic design.</p>

<p>-Hugely interested in computer science. Taught myself much of the subject, including the AP curriculum. </p>

<p>-Patent applicant </p>

<p>-Interned last summer at the virtual drug screening lab of UT Austin</p>

<p>-President of International Club (which I also completely renovated after it died under poor leadership freshman year)</p>

<p>-President National Art Honor Society</p>

<p>-President SkillsUSA chapter, contestant receiving awards in technical drafting, mobile robotics, and extemporaneous speaking at district and state levels. In charge of leading an annual food drive. </p>

<p>-Public Relations Officer of the engineering club</p>

<p>-Secretary of Defense of the Environmental Club (looooong story, but officially recognized)</p>

<p>-School based awards: Teacher merit (x3), Pursuit of Excellence (x3)</p>

<p>-National Hispanic Scholar</p>

<p>-AP Scholar w/ Distinction (I think)</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Spanish Language: 5
WHAP: 5
Chem: 5
Stat: 5
Comp Sci: 5
Studio Art 2D Design: 5
APUSH: 4
Eng. Comp: 4</p>

<p>Current recommenders: AP Chem and WHAP teachers (share a sense of humor, and I never fell short of perfect scores in either class). Middle school robotics coach who I work with. I may add more but these are all I have for at least Stanford. </p>

<p>Essays: Quirky yet thoughtful.</p>

<p>Top choice is Stanford. Otherwise WPI is starting to really grow on me. </p>

<p>Two parts of me are fighting over major options. I either want to study materials/chemical engineering or robotics/mechanical engineering.</p>

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<p>My roommate and I give you a 35% chance. We go here <3</p>

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<p>This post makes me think you’re a ■■■■■. Dude, if you don’t totally butcher your essays/recs, then “Welcome to the freshmen class of ____”… any school you choose. Yes, even Stanford. I mean, dear god, your application is superb.</p>

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<p>@DenisRS stop talking about things you blatantly know nothing about</p>

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<p>@DenisRS I’m not sure what to think of that response. I’m not trolling, I just wanted to get a better idea of where I stand from people with experience, especially considering my SAT is not that high for the schools I’m aiming towards. But thanks for the encouragement, I guess.</p>

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<p>Hey! I do FRC too :slight_smile: What team are you on?</p>

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<p>This is my first year doing FRC on a team I just started.</p>

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<p>“I’m hispanic, born and raised in Mexico (moved here when I was 12).”</p>

<p>This alone might get you in, LOL.</p>

<p>You are in, for the most part. Don’t stress out! Write good essays!</p>

<p>Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1564865-chance-me-will-chance-back-emory-ed.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1564865-chance-me-will-chance-back-emory-ed.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>See I know it’s considered advantageous to be a URM in college admissions, but does it really give that much of an edge when getting into Stanford?</p>

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<p>Fellow URM here: my understanding is that URM helps, but my no means will get you in on its own. It just makes you stand out in the pool. My best guess for Stanford for you is Reach, which is as good as it gets for anybody.</p>

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<p>Excuse me?</p>