My Chances..?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>hey, what's up guys. i'm a korean-canadian student living in vancouver. i'm EA-ing Stanford, and i just wanna know if i have any chance of getting in.</p>

<p>SAT I:
CR - 730
Math - 770
Writing - 760 (essay - 11)
TOTAL - 2260</p>

<p>SAT II's:
Math IIC - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry - 800</p>

<p>GPA/Ranking:
(school - an independent private school)
rank - 1/165
GPA - we have a different system. in our system, my gpa is 98.0%</p>

<p>AP's:
(my school doesn't provide AP courses, just like most of other Canadian schools, so i had to study on my own.)
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Physics B - 5</p>

<p>*note: this year, i'm taking 5 university courses @ University of British Columbia.</p>

<p>Academic Honors/Programs:
President's Honor Society - 1st place (05-06)
President's Honor Society - 3rd place (04-05)
2nd place in province on TRU Chemistry Contest (05-06)
Shad Valley International (summer 2006)
Best Overall Award at Shad Valley UNB (summer 2006)
School Champion on Euclid (05-06)
School Champion on Fermat (05-06)
Certificates of Distinction on Cayley/Hypatia (04-05)</p>

<p>EC's:
School Jazz Band (10,11,12) - Lead Saxophone / Gold Award at Musicfest Canada
Independent Jazz Quartet/Quintet (11,12)- 2nd place in BC Jazz Festival / Leader
Track and Field (10,11,12) - 3rd place in 400m at Zone Finals
Math Club (10,11,12) - Co-president in Gr.11 / President in Gr.12
STRINGS (science club) (10,11,12) - President
Student Representative Council (11) - drafted school constitution
Yearbook Committee (11,12) - Layout Department Editor</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Tutor/Coordinator @ an institution for ESL students (Sept/04 - Present)</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

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<p>Make sure to send a sax audition tape.</p>

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<p>oh i did, no worries. i think i played Autumn Leaves, Body and Soul, and O Grand Amor with my quartet on my recording. haha. but do you like what you see?</p>

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<p>Academically you look very good. Your ECs are not spectacular, but the musical stuff looks quite impressive, and I know that at least one key sax player is graduating this year...</p>

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<p>you seem like a typical asian student... your academics are sound but nothing really sets you that much apart. Did you do any american math competitions? Schools like Stanford tend to value those much more than the Canadian ones...</p>

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<p>I don't know if you're "typical", but I think you're good enough to get in. If your essays are good, then you should be fine.</p>

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<p>i did take AMC's but didn't do particularly well on them, although i qualified for AIME all three times. well hey, i'm no math wiz.</p>

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<p>If you qualified for AIME, it's pretty good (if you did well on AIME, it's even better). I hope you put that on your app.</p>

9

<p>You have very impressive stats! If Us go by numbers, then you'd be in, but obviously you need something to make yourself different. Your musical abilities and some of the comps you've won could do that. If you have good essays, I'd say you have a very good chance.</p>

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<p>what a silly application</p>

11

<p>pretty good shot. just hope for the best and it'll work out.</p>

12

<p>from Vancouver again?....</p>

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<p>what do you mean "again"? yes, i am from vancouver.</p>

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<p>lol......
i mean so many people from Vancouver are applying to Stanford.......</p>

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<p>well are you from vancouver?</p>

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<p>yeah, me from Vancouber,2</p>

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<p>wow, you are doing 5 courses at UBC? can you do that? i mean go to UBC as a senior at hightskool?</p>

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<p>yep, there is a program called access studies. currently i have only 3 legitimate courses at high school, so yeah, i'm taking those courses just for the hell of it. it's much harder than AP's though..</p>

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<p>um....sounds good.</p>

<p>btw, how many students from your skool or any kids you knokw are applying to Stanford?</p>

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<p>there are 3 guys who applied SCEA, but there are probably more doing the RD. what school do you go to?</p>