My Chances for Stanford?

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<p>I am senior from Texas and I was wondering what are my chances of getting into Stanford. Thanks!</p>

<p>SAT I : 2400
SAT II : Math II: 800, Chemistry: 800
PSAT: 2250 (finalist)
GPA: U: 4.00 W: 4.50
Rank: 1/250ish
AP Scores: 5's on 5 APs.
Took most rigorous courses school had to offer.</p>

<p>Some Awards (not all):
Duke Talent Search
Board of Trustees Award for Oustanding Uil Mathematics Performance at State
Presidential Academic Excellence Award
Uil/TMSCA Number Sense (done it since 7th grade) - 3rd (state), Couple of 1st in Regional and District.
Mathcounts state lvl
Various other important awards that I can't think of right now</p>

<p>EC:
Basketball (4 years)
-Freshman, JV, UIL Varsity League, Varsity (we won some district and couple regional awards. I've been playing BB since 7th grade and made the team every year. We were former semi-state champions.)
Student Council (4 years) - Vice President
National Honors Society- Vice President
Founder of Chess club - 2 years
Principal Advisory Committee
Chosen as 1/10 to go on a Dinosaur dig at Big Bend National Park, where we helped professional Archaeologist dig up a real dinosaur skeleton that was exhibited at various museums.
Some other ones I can't remember.</p>

<p>Volunteer :
Boys & Girls Club 2 years ( 4 hours per week , 30 wks per year)
Grace Museum - 20hrs.
Lots of others</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>whoa. i think you have a very.good.chance. if your personal statement is as good as ur resume!</p>

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<p>isn't mathcount a middle school thing?
your app is strong</p>

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<p>Are you applying EA?</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help guys! I want to go to Standford with EA, but my dad wants me to go to UPENN. So i'm kind of in a dilema atm.</p>

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<p>wow nice stats, i think you are competitive</p>

<p>but isn't Duke talent search and math counts middle school?</p>

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<p>middle school accolades won't count, they are looking for your high school career..... presumably you are building up to higher levels in the areas you are strong at.</p>

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<p>Gender and ethnicity?</p>

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<p>Male and Chinese :)</p>

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<p>nice.........................</p>

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<p>quicksandslowly,</p>

<p>how do you know if your a finalis for National Merit? Finalist status doesn't come out until February, only semi-finalist are out now.</p>

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<p>I'm just guessing :D I'm pretty sure I can get Finalist because my friend had similar ECs and score like me and she got Finalist.</p>

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<p>I think 15,000 of the 16,000 semi-finalists make it to Finalists. (I've never understood why they bother with this particular step)</p>

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<p>quicksandslowly,</p>

<p>I'd be careful about listing "finalist" becasue college adcoms know that the decision isn't made until February. Just in case, it may be best to be completely honest.</p>

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<p>guitars is absolutely right - you aren't a finalist yet, and even though chances are very high for every semi- to become a finalist, you're not one, and can't list it. It's not a grey area.</p>

<p>It's also the case that the top colleges like Stanford really don't look at National Merit semi- since it's so common in their pool, and tells them nothing they can't tell from your SAT, but that's a different issue</p>