SCEA chance?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>General:
Sex: female
Race: Taiwanese/Chinese
Location: NorCal
High School: Fairly competitive. The school sends many students to the UCs and last year we had 5 Stanford applicants admitted.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 4.0 UW; 4.32 W
Class Rank: 2/400+
SAT: 2230 (770 M, 730 CR, 730 W one sitting) --plan to retake October
SAT II: 780 Math IIC, 770 Biology, 800 Chinese,<br>
APs (took all available): Biology (4), Chemistry (3), Statistics (3) yeah I know, not that decent.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Spanish
AP Calculus
AP Government/Economics
AP English IV
Psychology</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Swimming (4 years; my school team)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years; community team)
* Academic Decathlon (3 years; Captain, won most improved school '08)
* Junior States of America (4 years; President, Norcal EBR Mayor, EBR Senator, Asst Director of moderating, political fairs director, school has won chapter of the year multiple times,Montezuma Alum '06 (choose 60 from across the nation))
* Northstar Newspaper (JSA's) (4 years; Editor in chief)
* Japanese School (4 years; TA and self study)
* Young Artists Symphony Orchestra (4 years; Trombone 1st chair, toured China, Europe,and Australia)
*School concert band and symphonic band (4 years; Trombone 1st chair)
* Multicultural club (4 years, president)
* Certified Lifeguard</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 240+ at a senior citizen's care center</p>

<p>Summer:
*Stanford EPGY
*Took an intensive Japanese course in Tokyo, Japan
*Volunteered to take of aboriginal children in Southern Taiwan
*Generally visited schools
*Girls State 08 in L.A.</p>

<p>Awards
National Merit Semifinalist (most likely)
AP Scholar
Various local awards in swimming and trombone performance
various Academic letters.</p>

<p>Recommendations
Most likely would be great</p>

<p>Any feedback is greatly appreiciated!</p>

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<p>Hey i did Stanford EPGY too! You seem like a very strong candidate, I wish you the best of luck. Stay humble in your app and life, and you will surely succeed. There is a lot to be said for humility.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t re-take the SAT’s if I were you, you’ll look desperate and like you have no life, and that can lead into a mis-reading of your ec’s. I don’t know if AP scores can hurt you, though stats and chem are clearly some of the hardest AP’s. </p>

<p>Spend time developing a strong narrative for your EC’s/unique experience and what you’ll be able to contribute to the stanford campus. You have the academics you need–and from my experience, the majority of stanford students had stats in your range (which i’d call a 9/10) plus interesting personal stories and EC’s. But if you can put together a good narrative, you have a better than 50/50 chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>for your advice and honesty!
Any more feedback is appreciated as well.</p>

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<p>Haha, I did EPGY this year. What house were you in?</p>

<p>Yeah, you have very strong and focused EC’s. Your test scores are solid, but raising em’ is up to you.</p>

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<p>It was awhile ago, but I was in kappa alpha theta.</p>

<p>you?</p>

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<p>Screw EPGY! Go COSMOS!!!</p>

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<p>what’s cosmos?!</p>

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<p>Its in the hands of letters and essays, as it is for all typical CCers like you. I dont mean to shove you into that category, but… that’s what it is. I wouldnt be surprised either way</p>

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<p>Haha Triple Delta the Cowell Cluster.</p>