<p>Hi, I was wondering if you guys could chance me! I know it's pretty early but it doesn't hurt to know what I should improve on. Thanks!</p>
<p>Name: KB24yo
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
State : CA
GPA : 3.65 UW / 3.7 W
SAT : 2280 ( Math-760/CR-800/Writing-720)
SAT2 : Chinese - 800 / Math 2 - 800
AP - US (5) / taking EURO and Psychology this year
*Received 2 C+'s the beginning of sophomore year (mother contracted breast cancer)
*Will probably receive another C+ this semester</p>
<p>School Related Activities:
- Student Council (4 years)
- Model United Nations Club (secretary)
- Kiwins Club (co-treasurer)
- Mock Trial (lawyer/witness)
- Rooftop Tutoring (president)
- Fiddle For Fun (president)
- IMPACT team leader (mentor for incoming freshmen)
- In 2 School Musicals
- Started recycle trash bins at school to raise money for school (+$3000)
- JV Basketball (1 year) & Varsity Wrestling (1 year)</p>
<p>Music - Viola:
- School Symphony Orchestra (4 years)
- All-State Orchestra (4)
- All-National Orchestra (3)
- Performed at the White House
- Composed sheet music used in a video game
- Invited by the Chinese government to play in the Beijing Olympics
- Traveled to Argentina/Africa to teach less fortunate kids how to play a music instrument
- Toured France, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, and China playing with local orchestra(s)
- Organized local music fundraisers to raise money to buy instruments for less fortunate children in 3rd world countries (+$5,000)
- Played in the pit orchestra for 2 school musicals</p>
<p>Extras:
- Published a children's book
- Organized a jog-a-thon at local elementary school to raise money for school supplies
- Church choir member/audio recorder/hymn leader/orchestra member
- Volunteer at soup kitchen (+100 hours)
- Private math tutor for elementary kids
- Work : Part-time @ Hollister (5 hours a week)
- Intern for law firm with sports attorney, Leigh Steinberg</p>
<p>If I had to give you a % a would say 20-25%
Your stats are good, but not great (especially GPA, but I see that you have extenuating circumstances so that will probably be fine, what is your rank?-ish)
Your ecs are good (especially your Viola, I would definitely write one of your essays about this), if you can really play up your viola I would say that you have great ecs (the rest are kind of average for a stanford applicant, which is definitely not a bad thing =D, though they won’t help you)</p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are very nice and your extras could be amazing, the adcoms would just need more info (is the children’s book sold? nationwide? how many copies? etc., same thing w/the internship, how much time? what did you do?)</p>
<p>Stanford is a crapshoot, but good luck, you definitely have a chance!</p>
<p>My thread is above yours if you’d like to chance me ;)</p>
<p>This is exactly what colleges are looking for–that determination you show with your viola EC.
And the rest of them too…wow!
You have incredible extracurriculars! Nice job.
A couple of C+s shouldn’t ruin that but yeah, Stanford’s a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Hey, i was wondering if you guys could chance me as well.
I’ll probably be applying regular decision as i’m not content with my SAT scores so far and i’ve yet to take the ACT. I’ll be visiting stanford this summer so hopefully i’ll get a clearer picture if this is really my dream school and hey, maybe it’ll help me write the essays which from other threads seem to be a major component in decisions. i realize my gpa isn’t the greatest but i’m hoping to get a 4.0 next semester. and ranking wise it’s really hard to rank because my grade is pretty superior like the kids in my grade are probably going to get into any school they want with their grades and e.c’s because our international school gives you the opportunity to be well rounded. </p>
<p>Name: fruitsalad33
Race: Asian
Gender: Female
State : International - Asia
GPA: anywhere from a 3.9-3.9 depending on finals results.
SAT : 1980
SAT2 : taking next week - French, Literature, Math
AP - will be taking AP Psych next year.
Doing full IB diploma at the moment. </p>
<p>School Related:
- Student Council (4 years - 2 year class VP, 2 years - executive council [i was president/vp during those 2 years]
- National Honor Society (VP in executive committee right now, inducted at earliest admission possible)
- Tri-M (2 years)
- Habitat for Humanity (3 years - 1 year i was secretary)
- Varsity Soccer - (3 years so far, captain for one of those years, represent school in regional conference)
- Varsity Swimming (3 years so far, captain for this school year, coaches award, represent school in regional conference)
- Varsity badminton (1 year)
- Varsity track and field (1 year, represent school in regional conference)
- Global Issues Network team (one of 4 selected students chosen to represent the school in a regional conference)
- Varsity Council (4 years)
- Regional Leadership Conference
- Prom Committee
- A few academic awards in different departments
- Peer Helpers
- Work with administration in a special committee that deals with school goals, mission statements, long term projects, nutritional issues) (only 3 students total are involved in this)</p>
<p>Outside of School/Extra
- Working with refugees in a local UN sponsored shelter (i can get an official letter for my applications)
- Represented the state swimming team freshman year
- Worked at the school summer program last year and taught middle/elementary students swimming and soccer, paid.
- Qualified life guard
- Ran a half marathon
- Does some charity work here and there at different fundraisers (environmental, health)
- Doing college credits this summer in the US.
- looking to start up a photography portfolio online (continuation from the class i took) this summer</p>
<p>Others
- i am going on a field trip next school year to visit a group of indigenous people in the country and i am writing a dissertation on them. Even though writing a dissertation is part of the curriculum requirement, we get to choose what we focus on and in college i’m looking towards the social sciences so do you think this would help? do you apply to stanford itself or the specific departments?
- i am young for my grade, skipped a year in elementary school.
- there have been so family problems over the past two years -health wise, including a death in my immediate family - yet i’ve managed to maintain my grades
- my gpa went down significantly this semester because i became easily distracted and i was double scheduling myself sacrificing grades/work quality for sleep (yet i still felt exhausted) and e.c’s but i managed to pull myself together to bring it up to a decent, but not my usual GPA from a pretty low point, i sacrificed a lot of stuff for that so maybe i can talk about my determination/ability to somewhat overcome obstacles somewhere.</p>
<p>if you want to major in music, why stanford?</p>
<p>Me next!
Name:mfederman
Race: Native American/ White
Gender: Male
State: Oklahoma
GPA: 3.97 UW
ACT:34 (Eng. 31/Reading 36/Math 33/ Science 35/ Writing 11)
SATII: MathII-730, U.S. Hist.-750, Lit.-700
AP- Environmental Science-5, English Lang.-5, U.S. Hist.-5</p>
<p>School Related Activies:
-Class President for 3 years
-Family Prefect
-StuCo member
-Latin Club President
-Latin Club Senator<br>
-Native Pride Club President
-Chess Club President
-Varsity Soccer (4 years, 1 year captain)
-Club Soccer (7 years)
-Varsity Swimming (1 year)
-Varsity Cross Country (1 year)
-Honor Roll
-In Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society)
-In National Honor Society
-Pep Club Officer</p>
<p>Out of School Activities:
-Boys State Delegate (elected to several high offices, and served as an alternate for Boys Nation)
-Youth Leadership Award
-Participated in Oklahoma County Youth Leadership Exchange
-AP Scholar
-Volunteered as a Camp Counselor for underprivileged kids
-Taught at a soccer clinic for younger kids
-Organized Political fundraiser
-Organized Voter Drive
-Worked at a law firm
-Started my own recycling company because my small city does not offer recycling service and I was so successful that the city asked me to help them develop a program (if you can’t beat them join them!)
-Featured on the local news for my recycling efforts
-Worked at a local Jewish Federation (filing and organizational work)
-Master SCUBA diver
-Very Well Traveled
-Mastermind/driver behind the locally infamous Pirates o’ Penn Ave float for rivalry football game.</p>
<p>Course Rigor:
Excellent (I’m taking the hardest classes my school offers) </p>
<p>Teacher Recs:
Amazing! </p>
<p>Outside Rec:
From the former Governor (also my mentor and close friend) </p>
<p>Essays:
I feel were very good (I recently saw that I used the British spelling of some words by accident. Oh Well!)</p>
<p>native american means you’re in.</p>