Please chance an artist/environmental activist for her dream school!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I am currently a junior from Connecticut and will be applying for the Class of 2016. Thank you in advance!</p>

<p>I know that Stanford is a reach, but is it at all feasible?</p>

<p>I plan to major in Environmental Studies.</p>

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<li><p>Objective:
Superscored SAT I: CR:770 M:710 W:750 TOTAL: 2230
ACT: 35
SAT II: Biology: Literature:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.65
Rank: School Does not Rank</p></li>
<li><p>Course Load:</p></li>
<li><p>Freshman Year
Algebra 1: A-
Honors Ancient History: B+
Honors English 9: B+
Physical Science: B
Spanish 2: A
Fashion and Design: B
Gym/Health: A/A</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore Year (No AP's offered)
Honors Civics/Honors Modern World History: B+/B
Honors Geometry: C
Honors English 10: A-
Honors Spanish 3: B
Honors Biology: B+
Health: A
Public Speaking/Current Events: A/A</p></li>
<li><p>Junior Year
U.S History- A-
Honors English 11- A- (No AP course is available for juniors, but I scored a 5 on the AP Lang. & Comp. exam)
Chemistry- B+
Algebra II- A-
Honors Spanish 3- B (Completely different than the course I took at my old school. We rarely spoke Spanish in my previous classes.)
Theatre 1- A
Concert Choir- A</p></li>
<li><p>Senior Year (So far)
AP English- A
AP Environmental Science- A
Honors Spanish 4- A
Pre-Calculus- A
AP European History- A
Poetry & Playwriting/Bioethics- A/A</p></li>
<li><p>Graduating with 4 AP Exams/3 AP Courses</p></li>
<li><p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Literary Magazine Editor; Art Magazine Editor; Youth Sustainability NGO Outreach and Media Relations Work...also a national and international delegate. I have made presentations at the U.N and at biodiversity and climate change summits/conventions in Japan, Mexico and the Netherlands; I have completed sustainability projects which benefited my school, city and state; Theater (2 leads); Girls' A Cappella Group; Dance Team; Improv Group
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered with special needs children (60 hours)
Summer Activities: Unpaid intern at a television production company (9), Unpaid intern with my city's recycling/waste department (10), Literary/theater trip to England/Wales/Scotland, attended climate change conferences around the world (11)
Awards and Honors: A bunch of writing, photography and sustainability/environmental awards
Other: 3 years of guitar, 2 years of piano</p></li>
<li><p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
School Type: Public for freshman & sophomore years, Very rigorous private for junior & senior years (it's an "Ivy-feeder")
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper middle-class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p></li>
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<p>You’ve already taken SAT1 twice at the beginning of junior year? Well, I’d have said resit to try to push it up to 2300 or something, but I don’t know how the schools will look at it if you take it more than twice…</p>

<p>Otherwise your GPA might be a little low compared to what I saw on other CC threads, but you look strong on the ECs; I don’t know what you mean when you write that you spoke in front of the UN, but you certainly have some solid material there. What I would recommend (and that’s general advice), focus around the ECs with leadership, or ones that are particularly meaningful/you are most invested into (in the best of worlds, you should have leadership in your meaningfuls ECs). Write your essays on them; but you have time. Just focus on your studies for now :wink: And apply when time comes!</p>

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<p>Oops - I copied the format from another poster and failed to replace ‘junior’ with ‘senior’. I’m a senior!</p>

<p>In terms of the U.N thing… I have worked with a sustainability-focused NGO since the spring of my sophomore year. The organization is connected with the U.N and I have been selected, multiple times, to attend climate-change/biodiversity conferences for world leaders at the U.N and around the world. At times, I have been the youngest participant.</p>