<p>Hi I'm a junior at a small Christian school in Texas and I will be applying to colleges this fall. I've bee looking into Stanford for a while now and want to know if I have a chance of getting in. </p>
<p>I have a 4.11 weighted gpa and have all A's except for one 89 freshman year. My school offers honors courses instead of AP and I have taken every honors course. I will take AP calculus next year though. I have taken the SATs and received a 1920(I know not very good) I'm taking it again in august and I am taking SAT 2 US history and math 2 in June. I log over 30 hours of community service every year and do a lot more with my church that isn't logged. </p>
<p>So, should I apply? Could I even have a chance of getting in? </p>
<p>It definitely doesn’t hurt to apply. Our daughter sounded a lot like you. She came from a small, rural school that only offered one AP class (English), only one honors class (junior year English), got 1890 SAT, 29 ACT, had about a 4.2 GPA (she did end up valedictorian). She was very active in dance and FFA (Future Farmers of America) with prepared speech, parli pro and leadership. Actually didn’t have a lot of community service, though was somewhat active in our church. She applied early decision and needless to say, we were shocked when she got her acceptance letter email. Until the actual acceptance package came in the mail, we thought maybe Stanford had made a mistake. But, Stanford didn’t make a mistake, she is now a sophomore and doing very well. It’s hard work, but right now, she has a B+ average. And she absolutely loves the school.</p>
<p>When we visited Stanford the summer before our daughter applied, we asked the admissions person how does a student from a small school with very limited advanced classes being offered compare to a student from a large school with many advanced classes and he told us they don’t look at the schools, they look at the student and how they took advantage of the opportunities presented to them. Stanford wants to see a student who took whatever advanced classes were offered to them and they want to see students with passion, not students who are involved in a million different activities, just to expand on their resume. </p>
<p>When we looked at the stats of incoming freshman, our daughter shouldn’t have even bothered to apply. How could someone from a dinky school, with very little to offer, ever be accepted to a school like Stanford? But, Stanford saw something in our daughter and decided she was worth admitting.</p>
<p>It maybe a bit late, but after reading ballerinas mom, i feel like making a standing ovation for her story. lol. You will not know if something was worth doing it if you don’t go for it. So just be positive about it. And by the way good luck. I know how stressful it is to decide to go for those top schools…</p>
But, Stanford didn’t make a mistake, she is now a sophomore and doing very well. It’s hard work, but right now, she has a B+ average. And she absolutely loves the school.</p>