Stanford and Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am only a sophomore in highschool, but I am interested in the following colleges in this order:</p>

<li> Stanford University</li>
<li> Ivies (Maybe Brown, Cornell)</li>
<li> MIT</li>
</ol>

<p>-Male
-White</p>

<p>-School Type: Public
WA</p>

<p>-GPA (4.0)</p>

<p>-Have taken hardest classes possible (AP not available to sophmores at our school)</p>

<p>Clubs-</p>

<p>Jazz Band, FBLA, DECA, Key club, National Honor Society, and Pep Band.</p>

<p>Sports-</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis (will be all 4 years)
National Tennis competitor (outside of school)</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements-</p>

<p>No national or state awards yet, however-</p>

<p>Academic student of the year (honors pod)
Top 5% student in the country
A lot of minor awards
(I have at least 6 more)</p>

<p>Planning to Take 3 AP’s Junior Year </p>

<p>Planning to Take 3 AP’s Senior Year with College Enlish</p>

<p>AP classes offered at our high school that I am even considering:</p>

<p>Government and Politics
US History
Environmental Science
Biology
Physics
Calc. AB (I am doing this)
Calc. BC (I am doing this)
Stats
Computer Science</p>

<p>Have over 150+ hours of community service</p>

<p>I am lookin at attending 1 or 2 summer programs this year (esp. SuMAC)</p>

<p>Please suggest anything that I can do to reach my dreams! I have lots of dedication and I am welcome to ideas! Also, do I have a chance?</p>

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<p>its way too early to tell if you have a chance, but youre definitely not out of the running. youre only a sophomore dude enjoy high school while you can cuz next year's gonna be a *****</p>

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<p>I would prefer you to guide me with advice in the following areas other than predict chances (which is impossible at this point):</p>

<p>-What should I focus on
-What leadership positions should I try to obtain
-What programs do you think would be interesting to look at (math field)
-What AP's would be best</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Try to get presidents of clubs. Perhaps nationally recognized math competitions?</p>

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<p>Leadership positions you should try to obtain? That's a terrible attitude and the completely wrong way to look at things.</p>

<p>Go for positions in areas that you are comfortable and enjoy being a leader in. Don't ever force something for the sake of padding your application into Stanford, or Harvard, or whatever.</p>

<p>Take the APs that you enjoy and are truly interested in. Don't do it to please Stanford.</p>

<p>If you spend four years of high school being someone you're not (but rather someone that Stanford likes), and you go to Stanford, you're going to discover that four years of misery lies ahead for you. Be yourself in high school, and maybe in two years we can tell if you if you really belong at Stanford.</p>

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<p>If you really like math, here are some popular summer math programs:</p>

<p>The Ross Program - 8 weeks
<a href="http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) - 6 weeks
<a href="http://promys.bu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://promys.bu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) - 6 weeks
<a href="http://www.hcssim.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hcssim.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Canada/USA Mathcamp - 6 weeks
<a href="http://www.mathcamp.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mathcamp.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMac) - 4 weeks
<a href="http://math.stanford.edu/sumac/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://math.stanford.edu/sumac/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And some forums to discuss these programs:
<a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php?f=136%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php?f=136&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The first two, Ross and PROMYS, are devoted entirely to number theory. And from what I've heard, the students work on their problem sets for like the entire day every day -- so it's pretty hardcore. At the second two, the students are exposed to a much broader range of topics, but of course don't go as in depth as Ross and PROMYS do with number theory. There's also a lot more time for fun and leisure, which is not to say that there's not some serious math learning either -- there's plenty of both. I don't know much about SUMaC, though I have heard good things about it as well.</p>