<p>Any Mexican Americans that are attending or have attended Stanford University??? If so, what were your highschool stats (GPA, AP, SAT, Activities, Rank, Sports, etc) as an incoming freshman? </p>
<p>What are or were your majors?</p>
<p>Any Mexican Americans from the highschool class of '08 thinking about applying? If so, what are your stats?</p>
<p>What is "good" enough to get into Stanford for an URM (mexican student)?</p>
<p>i am not mexican, but i have a friend who applied there who was. he had a 4.15 weighted GPA, took 5 aps his senior year along with many others in previous years, was ranked #3 in his class, had around a 2000 SAT, and was a National Hispanic Scholar award winner. He was accepted at Berkeley (attending), UCLA, Georgia Tech, and Notre Dame, but was denied at Stanford, his dream school. hope that helped. oh yeah, he was captain of the varsity football team and also ran track, as well as being involved in several honors societies.</p>
<p>not that scores are everything, but a 2000 is low for stanford</p>
<p>yeah, i know. i think he was sort of banking on the fact that he is a minority and so that makes it a ton easier to get in most places. obviously that didn't work, but berkeley was his second choice, so he's happy.</p>
<p>I was planning to apply to Stanford but not anymore because I have realized that even though I am hispanic, I doubt I could get in. Anyways, I am not Mexican but my father is Venezuelan and my mother is Honduran and I lived in Spain for three years (English was my second language). I got a 1320 SAT (2030) and weighted gpa of about 3.93.I have a lot of volunteer work that ive done especially in the Church and not any standout EC's (cross country and track 2 years, drama 2 years, speech and debate 2 years). That' about it. I thought I had a chance, but the truth is, Stanford is still Stanford even if you are an URM and you still have to be an excellent student.</p>
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<p>GRADE INFLATION !!!</p>
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<p>^ not necessarily, calm down.</p>
<p>you'llsee...
sorry, truly.
please, explain the not necessarily.</p>
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<p>obviously I'm not you'llsee, but it could be that the student is a poor (standardized) test taker.</p>
<p>actually i have a 2200 sat( 1st time soph). just b/c i defend something doesn't mean that i am defending myself as well.</p>
<p>You can't cry grade inflation - those are WEIGHTED GPAs, you have know idea how their systems work.</p>
<p>I had a 2300 and a 3.3, I'm not crying grade inflation either.</p>
<p>Two numbers cannot determine the grading policies of a high school</p>
<p>So, just because someone isn't good at the SAT it doesn't mean they arent good in school or as smart as someone who is.</p>
<p>Exactly, but to the OP:</p>
<p>At Stanford especially (partly because its location) you'll need extraordinary numbers even if you are a URM</p>
<p>^^not really, I know someone with less than 1400 on the SAT (out of 1600) and a straight "B" student, and he got into Stanford. He wasn't a URM or an athlete, either.</p>
<p>OK. Your "friend" proves nothing. Just take it at face value: you aren't going to get into Stanford with straight Bs URM or not.</p>