My chance to get in Stanford

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<p>Hi all. I did REA and just applied to Stanford. I really wanna get in (as you can see from my name...) and the result is about to come out but reading all the past threads on CC really made me nervous...(noticed all the crazy scores and achievements) I really wanna know my chance of getting in. Here's my stats:
SAT I: 2100 Breakdown: 800 M 570 CR 730 W (yea dont get startled by my cr score...I am an international student and English isnt my first language, so my CR score isnt very decent)
SAT II: 800 Math L2 800 Physics 740 Chem
AP: 5 Micro 5 Calc BC 5 Physics C
GPA: 4.12 (unweighted)
Grade: My high school grades are all above A (A or A+)
Class rank: n/a
TOEFL: 119 (out of 120, for those of you who dont know, it's a test for students whose first lang isnt English)
I have 3 leaderships, president of a student gov, director of a philosophy club, and class officer (or monitor?) and some several other ECs, and about 9 years of commitment to piano
I have about 4 school honors and awards, 1 international award
I think I have pretty good essays though, cuz i think i show some really big difference from other applicants in my country (yea i know how their typical essays look like)
Besides, I took summer courses at Stanford and got an A+ on one of the courses and a letter of rec from a professor. dont really know if it's good...</p>

<p>I dont feel very settled right now....I am worried about my CR score after i went through the applicants' profile...it's like all of them having scores of 700s...</p>

<p>Thanks for the answers</p>

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<p>There is a difference between domestic and international applicants. Your TOEFL likely more than makes up for your SAT scores (however they aren’t all bad either… the writing and math are very competitive domestically).</p>

<p>What scale is your GPA? Usually the scale for unweighted is 4.0, so to most of us, we don’t understand 4.12.</p>

<p>The international process makes it difficult to truly chance you. It looks like you are a strong applicant though.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>You are a strong applicant and definitely have a shot at Stanford. But the admissions process at Stanford comes down to your essays in the end, so if they were great then you will have a chance
Out of curiosity, how did you get an unweighted GPA above 4.0?
i was under the impression that only weighted GPAs could go above 4.0</p>

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<p>@crazymomster thanks for your response…well i took the dec SAT and indicated it on CommonApp…are they gonna defer me just because they wanna see how i did on the dec one?? the scale is 4.0 for unweighted in my school</p>

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<p>^ I really believe your TOEFL is very very strong and as an international student whose first language is not English, they will consider that more heavily than your SAT. </p>

<p>If the scale for unweighted is 4.0, how do you have higher?</p>

<p>Admissions at any highly selective school really is seemingly random, so it is difficult to accurately chance anyone. I do think you stand a good chance, but it is difficult to say (particularly because you are an international student).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>