<p>I have somewhat of an unusual situation (well, however unusual it may be, on a national level, I have not a clue).</p>
<p>I'm sixteen, and currently work for Microsoft. I've been offered numerous jobs with Apple, Google, Amazon and PayPal, and receive anywhere from one to five full-time job offers per week.</p>
<p>I'm part of a fairly small team of world-class designers, and have been acclaimed by Microsoft as among the best designers in the world. I consult for Microsoft (while working on their bellwether suite of products, Microsoft Office), and a large portion of proposed designs are approved by yours truly (ha). Also have a four-page r</p>
<p>are you kidding…Stanford would give its left nut to have you. </p>
<p>Make sure you submit your resume. I’m assuming a LoR from Bill Gates is out of the question, but you should be able to get some glowing ones regardless lol.</p>
<p>“acclaimed by Microsoft as one of the best designers in the world”? Really? I find that hard to believe at 16, but I’ll accept it at face value for the purposes of this thread.</p>
<p>With a 2000, your chances aren’t as great as they could be (maybe 30%). If you can get like a 2200 you should be in, with a ~70+% chance. Hopefully when you say “mostly As” you mean “3.8+ GPA”? Because if so, you’re probably in. Good luck!</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, how did you acquire credentials that would get you jobs at all of those places? I’m assuming you don’t have a Computer Science degree or anything (which is why you want to go to Stanford), but do you have some amazing certifications or something?</p>
<p>My overall GPA is a 3.7, but freshman year brought it down a bit — sophomore year I had a 3.9.</p>
<p>In response to the bit about Microsoft’s acclaim, fabricating fictitious testimonials would hardly be constructive; I assure you this is entirely factual. And I was approached based solely on my portfolio (I’m reluctant to share for the sake of anonymity).</p>
<p>Hey dude, thanks for that clear proof! Those blackened lines really describe your consummacy in designing! The subtle grayness induced into the hues is an obvious testament to your abilities!</p>
<p>Thanks for the proof, I am now *absolutely certain your above post isn’t a ■■■■■!</p>
<p>@Koharvard: Sarcasm just a bit over the top, no?</p>
<p>To the OP: if you can get that SAT up to a 2250+, you should be perfectly fine, provided you have great essays/recs. And honestly, I don’t doubt you- one of the kids I went to school with last year works with Apple and had a salary of $35,000 by his senior year. (He was also notorious for constantly hijacking the school network haha). There ARE computer prodigies in high school, people–don’t be so quick to cry “■■■■■.” ;)</p>
<p>Honestly, I’d say that given your impressive resume and decent grades, you’d be in. Won’t hurt to get standardized testing scores higher though, since you never know what’ll happen, but you’ve got a great shot nonetheless.</p>
<p>As someone in the industry, I’d truly advise you to postpone college and stay on course. Top students are graduating with no job offers, college could not possibly increase your opportunities at this time in history.</p>
<p>You’re in 100%, no problem. The only thing I’d worry about if I were the OP would be to make Stanford confident that you will be fully committed to your studies there. They don’t want to feel second-fiddle to your computer-genius activities, and they certainly don’t want you dropping out and hurting their stats.</p>