I've been told I stand a shot at Stanford please ground me back!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Here it goes. </p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>cricket
*cricket commentary for 5 years ; Acclaimed and applauded by cricketing greats and featured on news channels, was a Part of junior anchor in IPL 3, the world's biggest cricket tournament.<br>
*regular feature in corporate cricket circles. Commentary in more than 350 matches over the course of 5 years.
*3 years varsity cricket.
* co-founder of a cricket related business
* master of ceremony of an Indian cricket board function
* conducted a cricket tournament as a fund-raiser and raised 40k
(great rec by an Indian cricket board official)</p>

<p>(this is probably going to be my main essay. About how I loved cricket, but how I couldn't play that we'll, and how I manifested my passion in different forms.)</p>

<ul>
<li>advertising
*worked as copy writer for a renowned city ad agency
*worked as copy writer city branch of nation's best radio station: Radio Mirchi. Penned ads for many top brands.
*Started an ad consultancy. Employed 5 people as of now. We are growing slowly. </li>
<li>doing a very interesting marketing related project with the food vendors of our city. Marketing products of small time business with potential for free. Featured in the newspaper.
*wrote jingles for the hawkers roaming around in mumbai locals. Also used a few basic principles of predictability theory to maximise their business.
(eg. A guy earlier used to sell 1 'samosa'(an Indian snack) for 6 rupees and 2 for 12 rupees. After my intervention, he started selling 1 samosa for 8 rupees and 2 for 12 rupees. BOOM. His sales increased.)</li>
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<p>-volunteering
*taught un privileged slum kids on behalf national level organisation for one year
* motivational speaker for the city branch of the same organisation for one year
*in the PR dept. of the same org
* raised thousands (of rupees) in fund raising projects
* have been organising an annual fashion show for senior citizens on senior citizen day.
* part of a save river campaign, We got the governments attention and it is actually being cleaned up.
* co-founder of a 300 people group which does random good deeds (blood donation camps etc) PR of the group</p>

<p>Miscellaneous stuff
*intern at a leading city daily
*written a novel, trying to get it published
* house captain and school head boy
* some theatre
* won lots of local debates and elocutions
* won a prestigious personality competition and became the youngest winner ever.
* won in Horlicks wizkids. </p>

<p>I'm on a gap year, so I have more time left. There maybe a few more additions to this list. Thanks again for reading this.</p>

<p>Now to the disappointing part. This is one area about which I'm concerned. </p>

<p>Are these academics going to get me rejected?
9th - 89% ; A grade ; top 5%
10th - 91.5 ; A+ grade ; top 5%
Changed my school. New school has horrible marking policies. 60-100 gets an A grade!!</p>

<p>11th - 90 ; A grade ; top 5%
12th - 74 ; still A ; top 5%
(got a doc's certificate recommending rest during couple of papers which got my percentage down)</p>

<p>SAT 1 - gave once without studying, got 1940. Studying hard for the October test. Expect above 2100. </p>

<p>I've been told by a couple of people that I should apply early to Stanford. Should I expect good news? Is there a smaaalll ray of hope?</p>

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<p>Also there’s one problem. Stanford’s last SAT testing date is October. I’m giving my subject tests in November :frowning: though stanford doesn’t need subject tests, I want to send in my strongest application. What should I do?</p>

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<p>Stanford I would say is a reach to high reach. Your grades are kind of low especially senior year and colleges like to see improvement over the three years. Also that SAT score is low. Did you take any APs or IBs? Advanced coursework? Chance back if you can. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1528664-questions-about-plme-hpme-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1528664-questions-about-plme-hpme-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Haha yes you have a very good shot at stanford and should definitely apply. Wait until regular admissions so that you have those sat subject tests. Try and get 800s on them and it will definitely help you more then applying early. In fact applying early may only have a negligable effect on your chances- since as they say the only reason that Early restrictive action has better percentages is because the student body that applies there is better as a whole. There are places in the common app where you can explain your grades.</p>

<p>Also i disagree that your sat is too low- if you do get 2100+ thenthat is perfectly fine. A 1940 is a bit low though. As for ap and ib classes- im not sure how it works where you live in regards to this so i cant really reply to it. My biggest piece of advice is to make sure that in your essays you show a passion in cricket or whatever instead of falling into the trap of listing accomplishments.</p>

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<p>Are you not in the us? Out of us aps don’t really matter lol</p>

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<p>Jtarps: I’m new to the admission game. Can’t really gauge other’s chances :slight_smile: but I’m sure you’ll get in wherever. </p>

<p>Lemondragon: thanks for the encouraging words. I’m most probably applying early to wharton. </p>

<p>Yes I’m an international applicant from India. Don’t need aid.</p>

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<p>^^You are aware that if you do get into Wharton ED…you HAVE to attend…and you will have to withdraw all other applications and will NOT be able to apply to Stanford, Yale, etc…in the regular round…</p>

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<p>Though there is a “smaaalll ray of hope,” you certainly shouldn’t “expect good news.” </p>

<p>Admission to Stanford (and HYPM) isn’t really something that most applicants “expect”…a vast majority of admits did not expect much when decisions came around but ended up getting accepted. </p>

<p>To “ground [you] back,” I’ll remind you that Stanford has the lowest admission rate of any major research university in the US. About 17 out of every 18 applicants are rejected. 5.69% admit rate.</p>

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<p>Gravitas : you are so sure i’ll get into wharton? That’s sweet :slight_smile: jk. Yes I’m aware of that. I still haven’t made up my mind between Stanford and Wharton. </p>

<p>Aleia: yep, that does it. </p>

<p>Anybody else?</p>

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<p>OP: No. For you to be asking questions on the Yale and Stanford chance threads leads me to believe you are not CERTAIN about Penn-Wharton. I am philosophically against students applying ED to any school because it BINDS the students hands from applying to any other school that they may genuinely want to attend…</p>

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<p>OP, you are an international, correct?</p>

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<p>Yes. From india!</p>

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<p>As an international then, your test scores seem a bit low. Congrats on the outstanding ec record and even the grades though. Let me put admissions into perspective. With regard to the SAT, according to this years common set data, the admit rate for 1800-2100 sats is about 4 percent. For 2100-2399 it is about a 8 percent acceptance rate.
The good: Stanford is one of the more understanding schools with regard to class rank. I’m attending under the 10th percentile, with a 3.8 GPA. Yeah…pretty horrible. Then again, I had a boatload of AP and a college class or two and recieved all my bad grades in unimportant classes, like civics and art. I don’t know how it is for international students, but when I explained my schools GPA system (we include a charter school that inflates grades and subsequently pushes down students in our rank calculations, complete lack of weighted grades, and the fact that we had 12 or so 4.0 valedictorians this year) it really seemed to help. Plus your class rank is actually good. Top 10% in their class have a 5% admit rate! That’s encouraging…I guess.
Finally, stanford has a plethora of essays and short answer questions that are very important to the entrance process. If you absolutely crush them, you stand a decent chance of getting in. Then again, a decent chance is probably less than 20%, even with outstanding stats.
Just temper your expectations by putting it all into context. You may be one of the top students wherever you are from, perhaps top 1%, but you aren’t applying and competing with the other 99 anymore. You are seeking a 5 percent chance within an accomplished and intelligent subset.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hmmm… I don’t think your chances are as good then. You will be competing with the strongest applicants from India and around the world. Especially since your SAT is rather low. Grades seem to be ok, if you are in the top 5% I’m not sure what you are worried about there.</p>

<p>But your EC’s seem to be extremely numerous and varied. Not sure if this will help you or hurt you; probably depends on how you spin your essays about them.</p>

<p>Anyways, best of luck</p>

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<p>Thanks for your replies! I recognize that my SAT score is pathetic so I’m giving the test again this October. I’ve brought a ton of books, joined a prep class and self studying like crazy, so I expect a huge improvement this time.</p>

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<p>Bump X 99999</p>