<p>i really think that Ec-s like u have less then 1 % of applicants.</p>
<p>YOU ARE SO IMPRESSIVE AND IF U DONT NEED A FINANCIAL AID-EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY CLEAR!</p>
<p>i cant stop wondering!!!</p>
<p>best EC-s i have ever read!</p>
<p>i really dont believe that u are under 20.</p>
<p>u are probably 30 or older.</p>
<p>Addy, Stanford likes kids with humanity- that’s what you need to ensure comes across in your activities. Some vol work, beyond the founding something. Something that shows you can deal with the stuff that benefits others. A balance, I keep saying, of -what you do to pursue your own interests (eg inyour major or future profession.) -what you participate in in hs (clubs, projects.) -and what you to do benefit others. Along the way, look for more than titles. Show the impact of your efforts.</p>
<p>Actually, I’m 17. Why would you think I’m older? </p>
<p>So now I have to do community service? I mean I have been very involved in my charity in India and did tutoring. Not enough?</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments.</p>
<p>Sometimes, in the short format on CC, ECs can come across as calculated to impress. What I am suggesting is that, and I mean this kindly, you step back from pres, founder, captain, winner, take a breath from all that drive, and examine how you want to appear to Stanford, as a person. Right now, in the short format, it looks like “driven” is the primary adjective. Maybe, “Tiger Kid,” if you know the reference. </p>
<p>Since you live here, we dont know if you are hands-on with the people the Indian charity supports- or just doing something from the comfort of home. Are you tutoring underprivileged kids or ? Same with tennis. You have to take a look and see if there’s a balance between what you do that is really for YOU, accumulates honors for you and follows your own interests, talents- and maybe, connections- versus what you do for others because the need is there and you care. Just see if, when you examine it all, that humanity shows.</p>
<p>^now that’s golden advice. Well said.</p>
<p>I understand what you’re saying, thank you.
If I may elaborate, I take 2 trips to India each year to do some work for the charity and meet with my board of directors and organize cash flow stuff, etc. The objective of my charity is this:
When I was 14, my grandfather died in India because of a brain hemorrhage. We found out a day later that he had to be moved actually from the Agra hospital where he was admitted (lived in Agra). All the way to Delhi (5 hour DRIVE) because the medical staff was not trained enough to handle this emergency situation. They were poorly stocked as well and didn’t have the medical equipment to take care of this. Ultimately, we don’t know if he could’ve been saved had the Agra hospital been better equipped to handle the situation, but I realized this was a serious problem in India and other countries also. So I appointed a few other people to raise cash from their area and we raised about $12000 (bless the people that donated 
). We have used that cash to motivate people in idea to consider jobs in the medical field (ESP. neuroscience) and introduced a scholarship for top students that apply looking to train to become doctors. We also donated cash to hospitals around India, especially to the Agra one. The one in Agra is considering building a new wing in my grandfathers name (pretty cool) and… Yeah. Thats it, tbh. </p>
<p>Tutoring: I tutor anyone that asks, although I have tutored a few kids that were in difficult financial situations. Same with tennis, I didn’t charge the kids whose families couldn’t afford to pay but were eager about learning the sport. The cash I made went to the charity. </p>
<p>I won’t put the name of the charity here because we have a website and I don’t feel comfortable having my name known to all who costly the site from CC. Thanks again</p>
<p>Sounds really impressive to me but why wouldn’t you want to promote your charity?</p>
<p>Sent from my Vortex using CC App</p>
<p>When my kids applied several years ago, Stanford stood our as an outlier in who they accepted and rejected. DS and all of his friends with extremely good “conventional wisdom” credentials who had applied (about a half dozen from different schools, in fact two different states) were rejected outright; however, there’s a private school nearby which got four acceptances in a class of under a hundred with resumes that looked less impressive. Based on this anecdotal survey, we always felt Stanford had very different criteria.</p>
<p>Anybody have more insight as far as their criteria? </p>
<p>Perhaps in the future I will post the charity’s website and stuff, but I really don’t feel comfortable having my name out on CC. Not at this point, sorry. Thanks though.</p>
<p>An extracurricular is an activity outside of your school’s academic curriculum. Not every such activity is worth listing(don’t put “showering” on your application). </p>
<p>The problem is that you’re lumping irrelevant activities with important ones. You start out with 5 random school clubs(not impressive). The impressive stuff, like TASP, USAPhO, and the Android app are buried in a laundry list of less impressive stuff. It also seems like you have a lot of “one-time” achievements and then move on to a new challenge, rather than doing something you love on a long-term consistent basis.</p>
<p>I thought my physics and math and chemistry stuff stands out? I mean, I’m prez of physics and have gotten USAPHO honors. Then math and chem I’ve gotten some achievements. What more could I’ve really done?</p>
<p>This is a really good resume. However, you should have focused more on one topic rather than multiple. Colleges, esp Stanford, aren’t looking for the typical “well-rounded” student but a student who shows that he is focused on one topic (i.e. if you knew you were going into med, you would intern at a biomed research lab or if you were going into business, you win nationals for FBLA)</p>
<p>As a suggestion…</p>
<p>Since you are going to be using CommonApp, utilize the extra document they allow for you to upload. Use the 7 ECs as they give you to list your top 6 and then in the last space write “FULL RESUME ATTACHED.” Which will be the uploaded document. </p>
<p>On the uploaded document, organize all of those by category, and then importance between categories and then within them. </p>
<p>Professional Experience
- NASA Intern: Interned at NASA doing x, y, z, blah blah blah. Short description.
- Next professional experience</p>
<p>Charity Experience
- Your India fund, etc</p>
<p>Publications
- Assisting research for X
- Author of X, in the editing stages
- Regional essays, etc, etc
- NaMowhatever writer (+1 for doing it, I tried and bailed after 200 words)</p>
<p>National Recognition
- USAPhO Semifinalist
- TASP</p>
<p>Technology
- Creator and programmer of X app on the Android market</p>
<p>Clubs & Activities
- Debate Prez
- Tech Prez
- Blah blah blah</p>
<p>Sports
- Tennis instructor</p>
<p>Give years and positons for each. Don’t worry about the length. When I did mine for college, it was four full pages. Adcoms didn’t seem to mind!</p>
<p>@Monoclide, thanks, that’s really helpful! I should start my essays LOL. </p>
<p>@E’eryone else- Thanks for your opinions. I really appreciate your help and if you don’t mind my asking, what more could I do at this point to profess a love for engineering?</p>
<p>Actually, you know reading resumes can be optional? Many schools state on their web sites that they cannot guarantee non-required supplements will get attention. (IME, when you have only a short burst to read through an entire app, extras can be aggravating.) And heavens, don’t focus on one thing. That’s no evidence you are multi-faceted or likely to add to campus vibrance. And, IMO, no- Stanford isn’t looking for “typical well-rounded.” They are looking for well-rounded with evidence of something more. I called it humanity. It can be going the extra mile for something that doesn’t directly benefit you or having an unexpected interest (eg, you’re STEM but lead hikes or act in school plays,) etc. And, last year there were more than 7 slots on the EC page- a dozen?.</p>
<p>Addy, as you now explained your charity, I believe it might make a great essay. You explained your personal concern and motivation. (You’ll want to tailor it to the concept of a “personal statement.”) </p>
<p>You have to realize that, when thousands of top performers are reviewed, there is a sameness to their ECs and pursuits. Yes, some of this is necessary- eg, math club, competitions, some internship or research, etc, for a STEM kid. But, it’s always wise to show another dimension to yourself. Addy’s charity is her golden EC, in respect to its generosity of purpose. One reason it would be wise to consider local vol work is that when kids found something big- beyond their usual expertise and involving fundraising- one can wonder how much parents helped- providing guidance, opening doors, donating and getting friends to give. So, it can help to also show something where you, aware of need around you, get involved in common, every-day work that benefits someone else. </p>
<p>Addy is tutoring- if you take this ability to a comunity center or after-school program, it shows you’re willing to regularly commit some of your own time to community kids who need it. As a tech kid, she could make a wonderful impact, even at the local library, this summer, getting kids excited about science or helping with math. You can also do regular mentoring/tutoring at your local middle school, during the school year. There are lots of good ideas, you just have to be open to them, be a little creative. The better your ideas, the better the impact. Th idea is to be able to come across as a multi-dimensional kid in your CA. Not just the same-old, same-old.</p>
<p>So I’m getting that the general consensus is that I’m a STEM guy… Here’s that Multi-faceted thing you might be hinting at though: I love literature and have received recognition for a national essay writing contest and won a bunch if state and regional essay contests related to literature and history. I also am litmag editor but I’m not putting that on my app (or Should I?) but yeah, I mean, I’m a STEM guy but I’ve also shown that I’ve got an interest in writing, correct?
Thanks again, by the way, I’m a male</p>
<p>Sorry I got the guy thing wrong. Of course you should put lit mag editor on the list. The value of winning a contest depends entirely on the org behind it, the standards and how competitive it really is.</p>
<p>2 of them that I won (Hispanic and black history month, LOL) were sponsored by the NBC local news station. Is that credible?</p>