SCEA Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Ethnicity:Black
High School: Sends like 2 kids to top schools per year
GPA: UW=3.5ish and W=4.0ish
Rank:Around top 10%, I have to get my official rank at the beginning of next year
Household Income: ~$20,000
NCP Income:like $100,000+
SAT: 2280(800M,740CR,740W)
SAT IIs: Math2 800/Physics 800/USH 740
APs-5 on USH and CSAB,4 on Psych(self studied with my brother)</p>

<p>Senior year courses
Calc BC AP
Phsyics C AP
English IV AP(Literature)
Eco/Gov AP
Human Geography AP
Current Events course</p>

<p>ECs
-Helped with research on structure formation in plasmas this summer, main thing I did was write a data visualization program that my mentor uses, and he's publishing a paper with information gathered using my program(Strongest point of my ECs?)
-Work close to 15hrs a week
-Tennis
-Ping Pong Club
-JA
-Volunteer at Hospital(Mainly last summer) ~200 hours since I started high school though
-Math Club/Mu Alpha Theta
-Computer Science</p>

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<p>Your stats are great! If you don't get in with those, an extra bump from your ethnicity will!</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>looks fine to me. present yourself well on the application, write strong essays and get good reccomendations. good luck.</p>

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<p>hold on a sec. i don't know about your gpa. it's definitely low for stanford...</p>

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<p>What is NCP income? I apologize if that is a stupid question.</p>

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<p>Non-Custodial Parent aka Parent you don't live with</p>

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<p>Great test scores, rigorous courses and a wonderful research activity. With great essays you have a great shot in my opinion. Give a lot of attention to the short essays on the Stanford Supp.<br>
Will the prof list you as an author or at least acknowledge your contribution in the published article? Good Luck.</p>

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<p>@curious77
I'm not sure, and I didn't want to ask because I thought it might sound presumptuous lol. I think I'm going to get him to write the supplementary reccomendation for me though.</p>

<p>Another thing, do yall think I should apply SCEA to Stanford, or some where that I would have a better chance? I know it probably feels really good to be accepted somewhere early, but Stanford is definitely my first choice.</p>

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<p>You need to ask your mentor. It is hard to do, but it will help you to know so you can list it accurately in your applications. You can ask him at the same time you ask for the rec.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/531757-how-much-does-applying-scea-stanford-affect-chances-reach-applicant.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/531757-how-much-does-applying-scea-stanford-affect-chances-reach-applicant.html&lt;/a>
This thread discusses pros and cons for SCEA at Stanford. As for whether you should use your one early shot on Stanford, that depends on where else you are applying, what you plan to study, etc. Check out that thread though, it is quite long-winded and goes off point but provides interesting opinions.</p>