Not too academically strong, but chances anyways?

<p>Gender: Male
High School: Public
Cumulative GPA (9-12):
W 3.913 (I know, really low, but our valedictorian only has a 4.15)
we only offer five AP courses: Spanish, French, Biology, Calculus AB, Eng. Language, and Eng. Literature. Also, you cannot take AP classes (except Spanish) until you are a junior/senior
Class Rank: 7/385 (Top 1.8%)
Ethnicity: Mexican American</p>

<p>High School Courses with Letter Grades (even the unimportant ones):
9th Grade:
Geometry A
*IC3 (computer class) A
Physics B
AVID I A
*Driver’s Ed A
*PE 9 A
Honors English 9 B
French I P A
*required by all freshmen </p>

<p>10th Grade:
Algebra II A
French II A
Chemistry B
AVID II A
PE 10 A
Honors English 10 B
World History A
Speech/Debate A </p>

<p>11th Grade
US History A
Art I A
Biology A
AVID III A
AP Biology B
AP Eng. Literature B
French III A </p>

<p>12th Grade:
Government/Eco.
Forensics P
AVID IV
Mex/Amer. Heritage
Senior Projects
AP Eng. Language
AP French </p>

<p>Community College Classes Taken:
Spring 2007
Intro to Psych. (3 units) A</p>

<p>Summer 2007:
Trigonometry (4 units) A
Intro to Sociology (3 units) A</p>

<p>Fall 2007:
Calculus (4 units) Hoping to get an A</p>

<p>SAT: 1540/2400 
(horrible scores, I know don’t remind me, I took these last year in Nov. for the first time so I should receive a higher grade this Oct. since I have taken more challenging classes since last year. I also plan on taking some practice tests as well.)</p>

<p>AP:
Spanish 4
Biology 3</p>

<p>Clubs/Extracurricular:
*AVID
-2005 Freshmen President
-2006 Executive Council
-2006 Delegate to Regional Leadership Conference
-2006 Spirit Award
-2007 President
-2007 Inspiration Award
-2007 Student of the Year
*M.E.Ch.A
-2006 Delegate to UC Davis Chicano Youth State Conference
-2007 Delegate to Cal Poly Chicano Youth State Conference
*Key Club
- Over 250 hours of community service in Key Club alone
*Students for Cultural Enrichment
-2007 President
*California Scholarship Federation
-Life Member
-2006 Vice-President
*Mu Alpha Theta
-2007 President
*Church Altar Server
-2005, 2006 Group Captain
-2005 Diocese of Fresno Serra Club Altar Server Award
*Church Lector
*A.C.C.E.P.T. (Academic, Community, and Cultural Enrichment Program for Triumph, it emphasizes going to college, doing community service and becoming culturally enriched)
-Founder
*Camp Royal (state wide rotary leadership camp)
-one of two of our high school delegates
*ASB 2007-2008
- Student Rep. to the School Board
*Will be attending Hispanic Youth Symposium next week</p>

<p>I REALLY ENJOY GETTING INVOLVED AND DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE, IT IS ONE OF MY PASSIONS</p>

<p>Employment:
Sept. 2006-June 2007 Tutor for Third Grader
June 2007-Aug. 2007 Tutor for Fourth Grader (this is my last week with him)
June 2007-Aug. 2007 Tutor for Fifth Grader (this is my last week with him as well)
Aug. 2007-June 2008 Elementary After School Program (ill be working with kids)</p>

<p>I ALSO ENJOY ENCOURAGING KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE, THEY ARE NEVER TO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF EDUCATION, AND I LOVE WORKING WITH THEM</p>

<p>In conclusion…
I love Social Sciences therefore, I am planning to go into Political Science, and later becoming a well-known, respected and respectable, noble Politician (might sound hard to imagine) in the future. The main thing on my agenda will be Education, and try to get members of communities who usually do not attend a four year institution, into one. </p>

<p>I may not be academically strong compared to many of other Stanford applicants, but my passion is doing unconditional community service to others. I am inspired to serve, to inspire others, (I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone). </p>

<p>Stanford is my dream school, I have been dreaming of it since I can remember. I am planning to do SCEA since it is my first choice. (by the way, do u recommend i do SCEA or regular?) I would really be bummed out if I didn’t’ get accepted, and I know it might be a huge reach for me, but I would like some of your thoughts? What do u think???</p>

<p>I'm sorry but there's absolutely NO WAY Stanford will take you with a 1540 SAT. None at all. You're overreaching A LOT. Unless you have documented test anxiety, nothing will hide a truly abysmal score.</p>

<p>Obviously, your best shot would be to apply early. But there's a 99.9% chance that you're going to get the little envelope back.</p>

<p>You have wonderful extra curricular activities. But being a good person isn't enough to get you into Stanford. At my school this year Stanford waitlisted a 2250+ SAT of a black girl with TONS of leadership and research. She had, of course, already been accepted early into Harvard, so it wasn't that big of a deal. If they didn't take her, why should they take you?</p>