I cured cancer and won the nobel prize. Chances for Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello :) This is a bit long, but if you could read through it I would be extremely grateful!</p>

<p>Could you chance me for any of these schools? They are:</p>

<p>Stanford (This is my dream school. Dad went but I'm not a legacy; see below.)</p>

<p>Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Columbia</p>

<p>Duke
NYU Stern
Cornell AEM
UChicago</p>

<p>Emory
GWU
UMiami</p>

<p>Williams
Middlebury
Bates</p>

<p>+UCs (Cal / UCLA / UCD / UCSB)
+CSUs (Cal Poly SLO / SDSU / CSU LB / CSU Chico)</p>

<p>Background</p>

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[<em>]White caucasian male
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[</em>]I spent 9th and 10th grade commuting to a very reputable upscale public high school.
[<em>]I spent 11th grade in Utah.
[</em>]New 12th grade High school is very urban and predominantly hispanic (9% are caucasian). AP classes are offered but most kids end up at CC or no college at all. In the school there is only one classroom of about 30 for Calculus.
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[<em>]First-generation college graduate hopeful. Single mother household. Mom is widow.
[</em>]Income: $20K/year. No big assets
[<em>]European and Middle-Eastern background. Fluent in French and dual citizenship.
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[</em>]Permanent address is still in UT since my mom still lives there, but I'm currently/temporarily living back in Los Angeles with Grandma. My permanent address on applications is in UT, while my temporary address is the one in CA.
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<p>Academic</p>

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<p>[li]Rank: 25/435 (top 6%)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]"Cumulative GPA": 3.833[/li]This is the GPA that LAUSD reports. It's a mix between unweighted and weighted. This includes 9th grade through first quarter of 12th grade. It will go up to about 3.9 when my second quarter is completed.</p>

<p>I have had straight As since the summer after 10th grade, with the exception of one B this quarter in AP Calculus. My 10th grade was a difficult year so I had a couple of Cs and Bs.
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[<em>]SAT:
Take 1: 740M, 670CR, 670W (10 essay)
Take 2: 730M, 690CR, 680W (9 essay)
Super-score = 2110
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[</em>]Subject Tests:
French 800
Math IIC 750
Math IC 750
US History 730
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[<em>]AP Tests:
AP Euro: 3
AP US: 4
AP Psych: 5
AP French: 5
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[</em>]Senior year course load:
AP Macroeconomics (A)
AP Government (A)
AP English Literature (A)
AP Calculus BC (B)
AP Physics B (A)</p>

<p>I am taking the most rigorous course-load in my class. Total APs taken by graduation: 9</p>

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<p>EC Activities and Leadership</p>

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<p>[<em>] Cross Country (3 years) "MVP", Varsity
[</em>] Track (4 years) 1600m, 800m, long jump; "Most Improved", Varsity
[<em>] French club (3 years) (President, Treasurer) Organized events; in charge of coordinating dates, finances, trips...
[</em>] Service Club (2 years) We raised over $15,000 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Also was the "Respect Campaign Organizer", raised awareness for drunk driving, raised funds for leukemia, held raffles, assemblies, invited guest speakers.
[<em>] Debate Team / JSA (2 years) Oratory speeches; head defense attorney for Mock Trial.
[</em>] FBLA club (1 year) 3rd Place in State competitions
[li] Church youth leader (5 years) Organized camping events, movie nights, service opportunities...</p>[/li]
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<p>Awards and Honors</p>

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<p>[<em>]Questbridge Finalist
[</em>]Questbridge CollegePrep Award Recipient
[<em>]Cross Country: "MVP"
[</em>]Track: "Most Improved"
[<em>]3rd place in FBLA State competitions (UT). Team event: "Business Decision Making"
[</em>]High School Academic Letter I; and consistent Honor Roll.
[<em>]AP Scholar with Honor
[</em>]Nominated by high school teacher for "Keys to Success"</p>

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<p>Work Experience</p>

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<p>[<em>] Educated an autistic boy for a family (1 year) I educated a 9 year old autistic child, Spencer during all of 10th grade on my own time twice a week. I taught him how to speak correctly, write, think and express himself.
[</em>] Organized neighborhood project. (2 months) During the summer after 11th grade, I scanned over 2000 old 35mm picture slides to CDs for people in my neighborhood.
[li] Designed, created, and maintain the e-commerce website located at earthcrossroads.com.</p>[/li]
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<p>Essay and subjective matter</p>

<p>I mention my experiences tutoring an autistic child during 10th grade. I juxtapose this with how my father helped an autistic child when he was a teenager, but how I didn't know about this until afterwards. I compare the autistic child's obsession with a train set to my obsessions of helping him.</p>

<p>I briefly mention that my father committed suicide at Stanford before I was born. He was married to my mother and she found out a few days later that she was pregnant.</p>

<p>During 10th grade I slept in family friends' houses, and in our car with the family for a couple of times. 11th grade was stable. Then during the beginning of my senior year, we spent 3 weeks with no running water. We sustained ourselves by filling containers with the neighbors' hose water, and used that to shower etc.</p>

<p>My essay is however extremely optimistic and I don't dwell on negative things at all.</p>

<p>My counselor and my two teachers wrote very good recommendation letters.</p>

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<p>nope ur subpar
sorry man</p>

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<p>Ok alright thanks.</p>

<p>I also want to mention that I’ve already applied to these schools, so the list is long but I’m all done. I just have to do FAFSA and fax some tax forms in the coming couple of months. I’m mentioning this because some people go crazy when they see my lengthy list. :)</p>

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<p>“I cured cancer and won the nobel prize. Chances for Stanford?”</p>

<p>-Is that you Barack?</p>

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<p>Bump… .</p>

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<p>Hmm 180 views… anyone else want to comment? Put a link and I’ll chance you back if you want</p>

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<p>stanford is tough to get into, I think a 50/50 chance good luck!!!</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances w/ your unique background and essays!
Stanford looks more holistically so your SAT scores aren’t going to kill your chances. </p>

<p>Chance me back?: & add Stanford to my chances. I changed my dream school from P-ton to Stanford lol. It seems like a better fit
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816397-chance-me-i-really-hope-you-dont-know-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816397-chance-me-i-really-hope-you-dont-know-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks funnypunjabi and xAAAx</p>

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<p>I hope you don’t come across as too much of a “sob-story” to the adcoms.</p>

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<p>Stanford -reach (30-40%)</p>

<p>Brown - mid reach
Dartmouth -mid reach
Penn - low reach
Columbia - low reach</p>

<p>Duke -high match
NYU Stern -match
Cornell AEM - high match
UChicago - low reach (need excellent essays)</p>

<p>Emory- not sure
GWU - not sure
UMiami- not sure</p>

<p>Williams- not sure
Middlebury- not sure
Bates- not sure</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/825524-chance-me-i-will-definitely-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/825524-chance-me-i-will-definitely-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>sorry about your dad.</p>

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<p>I think you have a really unique story and when they see your GPA along with all the hardships you’ve endured, (assuming you tell them everything you’ve posted here) I think they’ll be very impressed.
Go for it, and put your all into the essays! You have that unique background that all Stanford students seem to have.</p>

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<p>I see what you did there.</p>

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<p>thanks for the comments guys!</p>

<p>fireshark: what do you mean by “I see what you did there” lol?</p>

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<p>Idk if Stanford accepts out of guilt… but you are competitive.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/818816-chance-me-recommend-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/818816-chance-me-recommend-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Stanford- After all the applicants that had gotten rejected this year, I’m sorry, but I’m going to give a “reach” here. I wish you could get your scores a bit higher and then it’ll be a higher chance. </p>

<p>Brown - Low reach
Dartmouth - Low reach
Penn - Reach
Columbia -Reach</p>

<p>Duke - Match/Low Reach
NYU Stern - Match
Cornell AEM - Low Reach/Match
UChicago - Depending on essays. Good - match, mediocre- Reach</p>

<p>Emory - Match
GWU - No clue sorry
UMiami - no clue sorry</p>

<p>Williams
Middlebury
Bates</p>

<p>Don’t have experiences with any of these sorry.</p>

<p>+UCs (Cal / UCLA / UCD / UCSB) - A good match
+CSUs (Cal Poly SLO / SDSU / CSU LB / CSU Chico) - Don’t know sorry</p>

<p>Make sure your essays don’t become a sob story. Higher test scores would be nice. Extraneous circumstances = good in your favour.</p>

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<p>For some reason I have a feeling you will get into every school you applied to.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies! I really appreciate it</p>

<p>Bumping this up again</p>

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<p>oh, it was

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