nervous nervous nervous!! SCEA :)

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<p>im so stressed out about this college stuff. so far stanford has my heart, so i think i'm going to try my luck 4 SCEA :) Chances?</p>

<p>African American female, Tenn., father is a US veteran, mother is an immigrant, etc. etc.
GPA UW: 3.807 (97.012%), school does not weight
Rank: around 9/409..i've taken the toughest courseload</p>

<p>SAT: (practice tests fall in 2050-2200 range) aiming for at least a 2150, possibly higher.
ACT: 32
APs: ehh..5 Human Geo. bio & gov were pretty bad..it was around the time i found out i had PCOS. (this may hurt me?)</p>

<p>EC’s </p>

<p>+National Forensic League (3 yrs.)
-Outstanding/Superiod Speaker--numerous awards
-Public Forum Debater, Policy debater, 4th ranked team in state.</p>

<p>+Mayors Youth Council (3 yrs.)
-President (2008-2009)
-Vice Pres. (2007-2008)
-Works directly with Mayor, yadda yadda. I help coordinate the city wide youth summits we have.</p>

<p>+Teens for Humanity
-Founder, President
-Group of around 30 kids from my area. We work with children whose parents are deployed, volunteer around the military base, and help get other kids involved in the community. this is def. one of my most passionate EC's (will write essay on this)</p>

<p>+Future Business Leaders of America (3 years)
-President (08-09)
-Vice President (07-08)
-Region Secretary
-Global Business, 1st place (state)
-Advertising, 3rd place (state)
-FBLA Outstanding service/member award of the year (2008)</p>

<p>+Student Government
-Elected Representative (frosh., soph., junior)
-Student Body Vice President (2008-2009)</p>

<p>+Mock Trial (3 years)
-Prosecution Lawyer</p>

<p>+African American History Bowl
-2007 & 2008 district champions</p>

<p>+BETA
- Junior Representative (07-08)
-Lots of community service stuff</p>

<ul>
<li>Youth Leadership (my towns name), Class of 2008</li>
<li>National Honor Society </li>
</ul>

<p>Awards & Stuff
-The Presidents Volunteer Service Award (3 years)
-Mid State Science and Engineering Fair, First Place: Microbiology (08)
First Place: Biochemistry(07)..i'm not really a big science person though.
-Academic Awards Recipient
-HOBY thingy
-International Training in Communications award..
Plenty more..i’m just too lazy to type.</p>

<p>Misc:
-Rotary Youth Exchange Student to France (Summer 2007)
-Girls' State (one of 15 senators..nominated for Girls' Nation)
-Governors School for the Humanities (6 college credit hours for the Philosophy class I’m taking & the English one) (Summer 2008)
-Taught English to kids in Northeast Africa (Eritrea/Ethiopia border)
-Samford Debate Institute grad.
-tri-lingual</p>

<p>i'll have amazing recs. and (hopefully :D) amazing essays.</p>

<p>Schedule for next year.
-AP English Lit.
-AP Calculus AB
-AP USH
-Contemporary Issues
DUAL ENROLLMENT @ University
-Advanced Anatomy & Physiology (i'll be working/researching with doctors/professors)
-Latin, Vergil (will take the AP test)</p>

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<p>I think you look great. Just remember I don’t work for admissions and I can’t gaurantee that somebody is in or not. However, I think that if you present yourself well on the application, you have as good a shot as any. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>you got a shot. Test scores are a tad low, but URM will help that.</p>

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<p>there were ORMs on a Stanford facebook group that had 1700s and 1800s & still got in…so what constitutes a low/mediocre SAT score?</p>

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<p>Most people like to get in the 2200+ range to be safe, for a place like Stanford.</p>

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<p>ah, ok. thanks :slight_smile:
I also have one SAT II & the score is pretty good.
would that hurt me also?</p>

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<p>^ would a good sat2 score hurt you? no … </p>

<p>i think you have an excellent shot, 70% ish acceptance due to your URM (well , your EC’s are outstanding)</p>

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<p>although i don’t agree with it, you probably have a pretty good shot considering you’re a urm. your test scores are mediocre but your ec’s are impressive.</p>

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<p>If you’re a low-income student, I would recommend you check out QuestBridge.</p>

<p>[QuestBridge</a> Home Page](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org%5DQuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org)</p>

<p>On your own, you’re a strong applicant, and I’d say Stanford is a slight reach (50-50), but I’d be leaning more toward accept than reject. SCEA is very unpredictable.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’d say you’d get in with your combo of URM, ECs, and first gen college (are you)?</p>

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<p>yes & no. my father is getting his degree next May, so (obviously) he wont have it by the time i apply.</p>

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<p>also, does your regional admissions officer have the greatest influence when reading your application? does he/she have the final say of whether you get in or not?</p>

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<p>No, no one single person has the “final say” as to whether you get in or not. Your application is read and then, hopefully, taken to committee. That’s where the decision is made.</p>

<p>Whoever reads your application, though, acts as your advocate to the committee, so the more reasons you can give them to go to bat for you, the better.</p>