<p>I want to go to Stanford university since I was in 9th grade. That's dream Collegue. I don't know what to do. I'm planing on doing the early action thingy so they can see how interest am I. </p>
<p>Any advice ?</p>
<p>sat/classes/ecs/gpa…etc…??</p>
<p>My GPA is 3.6 but I expect a 3.8 by the end of this school year. I been taking AP classes since I was in 9th grade. I haven’t take the SAT, this is my junior year and my PSAT score hasn’t arrive yet. I was part of the student government for 2 year. I took guitar classes, dance, karate, capo-era, swimming. I’m seven day adventist so I have extra volunteers’ hours. I’m the first to enter and the last to leave the school, I have good letter of recommendations 
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<p>What else do I need ? How can I make it better? Ohh and I have like 12 reward and missing some from last year</p>
<p>You may want to consider other options! While I think you have a chance, your GPA is a little low right now! But if you work really hard this year I think you can do it! Good luck and I hope it works out!</p>
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<p>I totally understand how you feel dude but I think you need to try to begin to understand that Stanford is exceedingly difficult to get into. Regardless of how strong of an applicant you are, there is still a chance you may get rejected because of how ultra competitive Stanford admissions is. The best advice I can give you is to try to be perfect. Your margin for error is so small that the smallest weakness will be magnified because all other applicants are the best this country has to offer. You need to essentially be perfect from here on out to have a realistic shot. If you can get your GPA to 3.9+, 2300+ SAT, amazing recs, amazing ECs, with lots of leadership positions, and amazing essays, you maximize your chances. Of course even then there is no guarantee. I’m not going to tell you to give up your dream because that would be extremely stupid on so many levels. Pursuing a dream provides the strongest motivation possible. I advise you to give everything you got, this way at the very least you will not have any regrets in the event you are not admitted. You don’t want the nagging feeling of “I could have done better” to haunt you for a long time. Going to your dream school is possibly the best feeling in the world and getting that acceptance letter after working extremely hard to achieve it is one of the most rewarding feelings in the world. I say all of this from first hand experience.</p>
<p>Like @anthonyxy21 mentioned, the Ivy League schools/Stanford want an extremely high GPA and SAT score. Currently, your GPA is a bit low for Stanford’s standards. And if I were you, I would start worrying about taking the SAT junior year and then retaking it Senior year if you don’t go well. Remember, if you take it senior year and you don’t like your score, it might be hard to retake it, if you can even retake it. </p>
<p>— EC’s: when it comes to extracurricular activities, make sure you choose 3-5 things that you like to do and stick with them. Don’t do 20 different things throughout your high school life. Colleges want to see you passionate about something. (spend at least 2 years doing them)</p>
<p>— SAT II: Your SAT II subject tests are also really important, if I’m not mistaken you need to have taken at least 2-3, however, the more you take the better. (High scores though)</p>
<p>— Challenging Course-load: Make sure you take the most challenging courses your school offers. AP for example, take as many as you can without feeling overwhelmed. IB courses are also an option. So are honors classes.</p>
<p>— Summer: Colleges expect you to do something useful with your summer. Find an internship, get a job, participate in an academic program. Find something that meets your academic interests. </p>
<p>— Leadership: Again, showing leadership at you school or in clubs is a big must for colleges. Join a club, or a sport and if you want, slowly move your way up the rankings until you make officer. </p>
<p>— Volunteer/Community Service: This again is incredibly important. Nowadays, many applicants have over 200hrs + of community service. It’s not that hard. If you spend around 2 hours once a week for a year, you can have near 100 community service hours. </p>
<p>When it comes time to apply, your essays must be incredibly well written. And you have to have amazing teacher recommendations. Find two-three teachers who know you well and ask them politely if they can write college recommendation letters for you. (choose teachers who you know will write only good things about you)</p>
<p>Hope I helped, if you need anymore tips, message me!</p>
<p>Thanks both of you guys :). </p>
<p>I’m taking AP classes since I was in 9th grade and over the summer as well and like I said before, I was in student government for two years. I’m a leader in and out of the school I don’t have problem with that. And I think I have over 2,000 hours of Comunity service. </p>
<p>What happen if I got a 3.9-4.0 GPA, great letters of recommendations, an amazing essay/personal statement but I got like 1,500 on my SAT? Does that matter ? How much can that affect me ? Do they look at my regents ?</p>
<p>over 2,000 hours…really.</p>
<p>Yep yep. </p>
<p>A lot of students ask me if I live in the school. I’m the first one who enter and the last to leave. I’m been doing that since I was in 9th grade. Only in my school I have about 1,00 hours I’m deadaas. Plus I’m seven day adventist I been working as the sound system director at my church for mire than a year. Thats community service as well. Plus every summer since 2010 I’m been working as a staff of the GNYC and every Sumer we have Summer camp that last 11 days that’s Community service too, I don’t get pay. Plus a lot of more things I can’t remember right now. I’m pretty sure I have over 2,000 hours of Comunity service. Isn’t it ?</p>
<p>My bad, I just have 1,000 and something not over 2,000</p>