low critical reading

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I know that we'll prolly hear back from Stanford less than two weeks from now, but i just have a few questions concerning my low critical reading score.</p>

<p>I scored 2260 on SAT 800M 780 W 680 R. As being an Asian, I know that my reading score is low, but the thing is i came from china when I was starting my freshman year here in the US. I attended a chinese public school(Yupp, not an internatioinal school) before then, with chinese being the instruction language. This is my 4th year living in the United States. </p>

<p>For my grades,
I took 9 APs + multivariable calc/ linear algebra(from a community college) during my sophomore and junior years. As a senior I am taking 5 APs + another college math course. I have two B's during my freshman year(in English, and I sucked at English, I still suck at English tho lol), but I heard that Stanford doesn't look at freshman year grades and my school doesn't rank students. And a B during my junior year second sem. So for my 10-12th grades so far it's 3.97 UW 4.65 W. 9th-12th, its 3.94 UW 4.43 W</p>

<p>I mostly scored 5's and 4's on my ap tests (scored a 4 on ap lang test if that kinda helps me idk..)</p>

<p>I have done a few researches so far, have participated in the california state science fair for winning a regional science fair. Have a paper presented/published (co-authored with my mentor) at an international conference supported by US EPA, ASME, AIChe etc.. and a few other EC's: Youth symphony and a few string competition awards(violin) that are not major. Volunteering, club tennis etc...</p>

<p>I think i rambled too much.. but do you guys think that my low critical reading score will ever be a deciding factor/deal breaker that will get me in or out based on my personal background??</p>

<p>P.S Not sure whether this info can be useful or not but I've gotten into all of my UC's: Berkeley Regents candidate. UCLA Engineering Open House Invitation, and UCSD.
Thnx!! :D</p>

<p>BTW Good luck to everyone on their admissions and anyone else from NorCal?? :)</p>

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<p>I legitimately doubt the admissions committee/board/however they do it is going to sit down and say, “Well, she got a 680 on the SAT Reading. She can’t come to Stanford,” and then ignore all of your other accomplishments, grades, etc.</p>

<p>As Stanford has said, they have a holistic view of your application. There is no single deciding factor that will make or break your application.</p>

<p>I would assume that in one of your essays or in the additional info of CommonApp, you would have mentioned that you moved to the US 4 years ago and adapted to a new environment, etc.</p>

<p>But from what I see in a majority of “chance” threads, the admissions process is a total crapshoot. Some people with perfect SAT scores don’t get in, and some people with below 2000 SAT scores get in. It all depends on the “holistic view” of your application.</p>

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<p>Thnx for the reply :)</p>