My Chances and Fit at Stanford

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<p>I am a rising high school senior from Massachusetts who is completing my last two years of high school by taking a full college course load at Harvard University’s Extension School. I am a ballet dancer and dance professionally with a company in Boston. I am also a competitive figure skater and compete at fairly advanced levels in individual free-style and ice dancing. </p>

<p>My first year of high school was completed at a very competitive public high school where I took the maximum number of honor courses and received all As. In my second year I attended a well-respected arts conservatory (for ballet) with a very good college preparatory program and again received all As.</p>

<p>This last year at Harvard I completed a program that included Calculus A and B; a 300-level World History class; Expository Writing; a 300-level Conversational Spanish course; Bio-chemistry and Earth Science courses and a course in the English novel. My unweighted GPA is 3.75. </p>

<p>In addition to my ballet and skating, I have participated actively in a Model UN program for home-schooled students. In August I will travel to lecture at several Model UN programs in Puebla, Mexico. I also tutor 4 high school students in Spanish and participate regularly in 3 volunteer community groups.</p>

<p>This summer I have a paid internship as a research assistant in a highly respected molecular biology laboratory at Tufts NE Medical School, a position I held last summer as well. </p>

<p>My SAT score (first time) was 2100+ (700s across the board). I took the biology SAT II freshman year and received a 710. Recently I received at 760 on Spanish Sat II and a 690 in Math2. </p>

<p>I am beginning to look at colleges for the fall of 2008. I intend to enter as a freshman. There are few things important to me in a college The school should have excellent biology and language programs. It should also present me the opportunity to partcipate in either dance (ballet) or figure skating. A cohesive “school spirit would be great. The only school I've looked at to date has been Dartmouth, which has a great skating program and an interesing and flexible curriculum (the D-Plan). I am interested in both LACs and universities in the northeast and west coast.</p>

<p>I would like your feedback on the attractiveness (or not) of my application at Stanford with suggestions as to whether or not this a fit for me academically and extra-curricularly.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I'm sorry that I can't be much of a help, but I will point out that Stanford has an excellent biology program and a school spirit that is hard to find at other peer schools.</p>

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<p>...at one time I was going to do dance and biology too....</p>

<p>Balletgirl your background is fantastic. I researched the Stanford Dance
program closely and found it had all the right ingredients for mixing exactly what you are talking about -- Biology and Dance. </p>

<p>The
minor in drama concentration in dance has some fantastic options.</p>

<p>Another great school to mix dance and biology that I found was
[WUSTL[/url</a>].</p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://62center.williams.edu/dance/dance.cfm%5DWilliams"&gt;http://62center.williams.edu/dance/dance.cfm]Williams&lt;/a&gt;](&lt;a href="http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Epad/%5DWUSTL%5B/url"&gt;http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Epad/) seemed nice too though Stanford looked much more attractive.</p>

<p>Hope this is helpful :)</p>

<p>WoW, I am in A W E of your profile......WoW :D</p>

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<p>oh one more thing ....if you choose to apply to Stanford you should be aware that applicants to Dance Minor usually ahve to submit their portfolios and Form 7 (I guess Stanford will have it's equivalent this year) about 15 days in advance of the regular deadline.... :)</p>

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<p>Balletgirl,</p>

<p>I cannot speak for ice skating, but for ballet and the academic areas of interest you mention, Stanford is outstanding. Please be sure to review all the admissions info and submit your arts supplement on time and according to their specifications. The Stanford dance department will give your submission serious attention. My daughter, Stanford 2011, can vouch for that! Best of luck to you.</p>