Potential Stanford Applicant - feedback please!

<p>hello all. i'm a current high school junior who just visited stanford on spring break and absolutely fell in love. it's a total long shot for me, but i just wanted to get the opinions of some of the people on here to see if i have any chance at all. alors. my resume is as follows:</p>

<p>academics (hanover high school, in new hampshire - highest ranked public school in the state and one of the highest in new england)</p>

<p>NOTE: our school doesn't offer ap courses. all ap tests are almost entirely self-directed and for that reason are not commonly taken by anyone in our school, even the elite students. there are seven periods in a day, and about 90% of the school chooses to take one free period.</p>

<p>freshman classes: french 2H, gym (required), civilizations, bio H, chorus, english 9 (required), and algebra 2H.</p>

<p>freshman gpa: 3.5 (i know, it's pretty bad. i had a serious world of warcraft addiction. not kidding.)</p>

<p>sophomore classes: french 3H, health (required), later american literature, u.s. history (required), chem H, chorus, and pre-calc H. </p>

<p>sophomore gpa: 3.85</p>

<p>junior classes: french 4H, german 1H, geopolitics (required), calculus H, physics H, chorus, and philosophy. </p>

<p>junior gpa (first semester): 3.96</p>

<p>NOTE: all GPAs listed are unweighted.</p>

<p>total credit breakdown (after senior year): 4.25 fine arts, 4 math, 4 history, 4 english, 6 language, and 4 science. </p>

<p>list of extracurricular activities: </p>

<p>boy scout for four years - ranked star, unfortunately didn't have the time available to get eagle. this is the place from which most of my community service hours come.</p>

<p>tennis - varsity tennis for three years, but did most of my playing outside the high school season with the usta. i was ranked top 100 in new england in the 16's, and currently top 40 in new england for the 18's. i was number one doubles as a sophomore, and am number one singles and doubles for junior year and likely senior year. tennis is the thing to which i devote the most time, usually coming close to 20 hours a week, if not more.</p>

<p>work experience - have worked as a tennis coach, and have been the assistant to the director of music at a local church for multiple years. i have applied and been accepted to work on a farm this upcoming summer.</p>

<p>music - have played piano since fifth grade, and am in the all-male a capella group at my school. </p>

<p>socccer - played for the local, very selective club team as a freshman and then stopped to pursue tennis. i have played for our low-key winter indoor soccer team since fourth grade and am a founding member and current high scorer. i will likely be playing soccer this fall, and should make varsity. </p>

<p>standardized test scores: </p>

<p>2230 on the sat (740 crit lit, 780 math, 710 writing). i'm taking the sats again in april and should do considerably better, given that i had done no studying prior to taking them the first time. </p>

<p>780 on math level 2 satII
740 on chem satII</p>

<p>standardized tests that will be taken before graduation: ap calc, physics satII, french satII. possibly some others, currently unsure.</p>

<p>hm. i think that's about it. if you have any questions, i'd be happy to answer them. i appreciate everyone looking over this novel of a post and thank you all in advance for your responses and feedback.</p>

<p>You’re a pretty standard applicant for Stanford. Sorry, but at this point it’s just impossible to know. Go invent the new Facebook or write a Pulitzer prize-winner. Then you’re a shoo-in.</p>

<p>Josh’s right, pretty standard stuff in your write up. There’s nothing there that really stands out as to what you are really into. Were you doing all this stuff just 'cause it was easy to do and accessible? It would be easy if it was all about scores (like MIT/Caltech) but Stanford is much more confusing; your scores are probably okay but you really need to convey, to use that dreaded word, passion for something. They love the student athlete at Stanford, so tennis is good. Do something this summer that ties in to your career path. Maybe simplest way to put it: quality not quantity. Good luck</p>