<p>I am applying to UW and Stanford. I am pretty sure I can get into UW I have a 3.53 gpa, i am in calculus senior year and I am a tutor for my school. The thing is I am lacking in EC's but thats because I have been fighting a cancer brain tumor I was diagnosed with when I was seven and have struggled with it since. It is kind of hard to be captain of varsity track or go to national debate tournaments when your in and out of the hospital every couple weeks. I was just wondering do I have any chance with stanford even with very littler EC's but a good story.</p>
<p>You have an excellent story to play an angle off of. Don’t hesitate to use it to the best of your advantage, and see where it leads. I don’t know if it will be enough, but it’s definitely worth a shot.</p>