<p>hahaha... my XC coach has run marathons, but he's nuts.</p>
<p>So what are you doing to try to get in Stanford besides running? What other ECs? And would you mind sharing your GPA/SAT scores? :)</p>
<p>old sat 1590
(had to take new for nat'l merit finalist consideration)
new sat 2400
satii's
phys 800
mathii 800
spanish w/ listening 790
world hist 790
ap's
calc ab 5
phys b 5
english lang 5
spanish lang 5
world hist 5
us hist 5
class rank 10/350 (band/jazz band brought me down, counselor basically called me top in class in rec)
4.0 UW, weighted = too lazy to try to calculate</p>
<p>ec
Band
Trumpet (9-12), Flugelhorn (10-12), Jazz Band (9-12), Marching Band (9-12), Basketball Pep Band (9-12), Volleyball Pep Band (12), Load Crew (11-12), Marching Band Rank Leader (11-12), Band Council Trustee (elected) (11), Band Council Secretary (elected) (12), Band Varsity Letter (10-11), Jazz Varsity Letter (10-11), Private Lessons (9-12), Brubeck Institute (jazz improvisation) (10), Trumpet II Jazz Ensemble I (10-12), Symphony Winds (10-11), School Assembly/Talent Show Funk Band (12)</p>
<p>Skateboarding
city skatepark volunteer 3 years, city skatepark summer skatecamp counselor/instructor 3 yrs, school comm serve award</p>
<p>XC/Running
school team 2 yrs, two half marathons (one i got 7th 15-19 age div)</p>
<p>Honor Society/tutoring
NHS 2 yr, tutor 2 yr, currently tutoring: physics 1, ap phys b 2, ap english lang 1</p>
<p>Amnesty Int'l
cofounder/vp 2 yr</p>
<p>PhysBowl
Team Founder this year (not a club, but a team to compete in a test)</p>
<p>Math club
1 yr (lame)</p>
<p>Work:
2 yrs Group Health Cooperative clinic volunteer (4 hrs/wk during school, 300 total)</p>
<p>Awards/academic stuff:
natl merit semifinalist
ap scholar w/ distinction
ap diploma
one ARML/NCTM minor award
Independent Prep: ap phys c e/m senior year
two minor math/science school awards
(taking amc12, phys olympiad, probably make aime and semis respectively, but never know)</p>
<p>senior schedule(counselor called "most rigorous of class" in rec)
jazz band (630 am every day), ap comp sci ab (skipped a), ap span lit, band, ap gov't, advanced calc (bc + some), ap phys c mechanics, ap english lit</p>
<p>MAJOR WEAKNESSES: no research, no major national math/science awards (yet, tho my amc/phys olympiad may be too little too late)</p>
<p>pm me if you want a link to the pic i used in my stanford essay, or the essays for that matter</p>
<p>i've wanted to go to stanford for so long...april 1...</p>
<p>please get involved in stuff like amc and olympiads early unlike me who was an idiot and waited till last minute...i feel like i'm gonna be very close but in the end not make it...</p>
<p>also #1 (2400),#7 (1600+750w) in SCEA at my hs, #2,#4,#6 rejected, #9 deferred (1600+760w)</p>
<p>treewannabe, are you the guy in that one picture on the skateboard? or maybe that was someone else.</p>
<p>haha yeah...
...</p>
<p>Haha. I think you have a really really strong shot for Stanford. Good luck.</p>
<p>i find it funny to be randomly recognized on cc as "that guy in that one picture"...ahh truly i have made something of my life</p>
<p>Well, I wouldn't label you as "that guy in that one picture" unless I knew your name (which I don't know).</p>
<p>like that will persuade people...</p>
<p>haha i think i posted on the wrong thread...whoops</p>
<p>yeah i figured it was worth a try...my friend at school who got into stanford SCEA rescinded all his apps to places like penn etc. cause he knew he wasn't going</p>
<p>You should've applied SCEA for Stanford. I don't see why not.</p>
<p>early year = super busy for me</p>
<p>it's marching band and xc season and i still had to take the new sat, also i think my midyear grades will help b/c i should have a 4.0 in 6 ap's + 2 music classes</p>
<p>Oh, I see. Well, either way, you have a really good chance.</p>
<p>you apply to stanford?</p>
<p>I'm a junior. One more year of suffering.</p>
<p>in my opinion...even tho i took 5 ap tests last year...senior year is way harder...you become a leader in everything and ppl depend on you to be everywhere/do everything plus the stress of apps and extra work of essays...sure it's rewarding but also exhausting (i'm randomly on cc right now at 2AM and have to get up for jazz band at 5:30AM)</p>
<p>Yeah, you're the 3253423rd senior to say how senior year is harder than junior year... whoever said that senior year was easy - whatever.</p>
<p>It's 2 AM for me as well, and I have to get up at 6:30 AM for school. I play in an orchestra, but that is outside of school.</p>
<p>Oh wow, treewannabe... if you don't get into Stanford, WHO DOES???</p>
<p>Wow, I'm amazed. <em>runs into the corner and feels inferior</em> :D</p>
<p>i just took an sat II (subject testing) for bio e/m. can someone please tell me how many sat II's i need to submit to say berkeley? also, what would be a 'good' score for that school. i would love to get in!</p>