Stanford Chances SCEA!

<p>Hey everyone, I'm applying early to Stanford this upcoming fall. i go to a private school in Michigan, class size; around 170. here are my stats...
oh, i'm indian, male </p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted...school doesn't weight)
Courses:</p>

<p>9th Grade<br>
Honors: English, Biology, World History, Spanish II, Algebra II (H),
Beginning Programming and Web Design
Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>10th Grade<br>
Honors: English, Western Civilization, Spanish III, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, Pre-Calculus
Intermediate Programming and Data Structures
Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>11th Grade IB Baccalaureate Student (one of 15 in class)
AP/IB: World Literature, Spanish IV, Environmental Science, IB Contemporary
History, IB Physics, AP Biology, BC Calculus
Summa Cum Laude: </p>

<p>Schedule for Senior Year: AP Survey of Literature, IB Theory of Knowledge, Multivariable Calc, AP Computer Science (potentially), AP Physics C, AP Spanish V, Linear Algebra/Discrete Math, Leadership (a 1 semester course), Organic Chemistry (H)
-not all of this may fit in my schedule though</p>

<p>SAT:
-Cumulative (top scores from each section): 2380
800 Verbal, 800 Writing (10 essay), 780 Math </p>

<p>ACT:
35 (35 english, 36 math, 34 reading, 35 science, 11 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II's:
800 Math (took 11tH) 790 Chem (took 10th grade) 780 Bio (took 11th)</p>

<p>With a 235 on PSAT, I think I'll be a National merit finalist, and i'm definitely a semifinalist</p>

<p>AP/IB Scores:</p>

<p>10th grade:
AP Stats (self-studied): 4
AP Euro Hist (self-studeid); 4
AP Chem: 5
AP Psych: 5</p>

<p>11th grade:
AP Bio: 5
AP BC Calc: 5
AP Env. Science: 5
IB Bio-7/7
IB Hist-6/7</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>IB Diploma
AP Scholar w/ Honor (or something of the sort)
Harvard Book Award
Bausch and Lomb Science Award (best junior science student)
Top 20 in Michigan Math Prize Competition (11th grade) [most well-known state math competition]
AIME qualifier for past 3 years; got 7/15 on AIME this past year</p>

<p>Science Fair: Came 1st in Regionals in 10th and 11th
In 10th grade, came 3rd in states
In 11th, got a berth to go to the International Science and Engineering fair in Albuquerque</p>

<p>Junior Science and Humanities Symposium: 11th grade: came 4th in the region
, invited to attend nationals</p>

<p>USABO Semifinalist (11th)
Science Olympiad Medalist for past 2 years </p>

<p>Leadership/other EC's not directly related to math/science:</p>

<p>President of my Class (10th, 11th)
Head of Science Olympiad Club
Head of school AIDS walk team in 11th that helped raise >$3000 for AIDS awareness and research
On Peer Tutoring Board (11, 12)
Over 10th grade spring break, attended 1 week Civic program in D.C on poverty
Volunteer regularly at ER at clinic
Volunteer yearly at a youth Spelling Bee as a pronouncer, both regionally and nationally (in middle school, I was at the Scripps Howard national bee)
Varsity Soccer (10,11,12): Won States in 10th grade
-I tore my ACL mid-season in 11th...not that that means much...
Some award for National Spanish Exam</p>

<p>My Summers:
Prior to 10th grade: Did research at university of toledo for 3 weeks, and went to 3 week Northwestern CTD course in Chem</p>

<p>prior to 11th grade: Did research at 6 week program at university of Iowa (SSTP)</p>

<p>prior to 12th grade: did researc at 7 week program at MSU (HSHSP)</p>

<p>I play piano recreationally, but it isn't a big part of my life. I also am a black belt, too bad i stopped Taekwondo like...a while agoo haha</p>

<p><em>sorry for the tangent</em></p>

<p>Apart from that, I really believe my recs will be top-notch (like, really really good), my essays should be decent, and that's about it!</p>

<p>I always wanted to go to Harvard, but being such cool people, they dropped their Early Action program. Oh, and Stanford is absolutely amazing</p>

<p>Any feedback/chances posts would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks so much! Sorry for making this long!</p>

<p>Your grades, test scores, course selection - all are excellent. I think your chances are very good, but your Achilles Heel, if it exists, is your EC's. Don't try and overwhelm your application with sheer volume, make sure you clearly distinguish which ones are more or less important, both to you and in their overall significance. The fact that you were a varsity athelete for several years along with all the academic stuff you did I think is a big plus, but that's just my theory about Stanford anyway.</p>

<p>oh haha
i mean, i can't put all that stuff on my app anyway
i just found some of my "everything i have ever done" resume and started listing stuff
my bad, but thx</p>

<p>That's probably one of the best resumes I've seen on CC (which are basically already the top students in the country).</p>

<p>Accepted.</p>

<p>damn
yea accepted</p>

<p>you'll be fine</p>

<p>you make me sad...='[
agreed with the above two posters.</p>

<p>You have excellent chances. I'm a bit envious XD. Good luck! I'm sure you'll be happy once December rolls around.</p>

<p>Great chances, but you knew that already. :)</p>

<p>yay, thanks so much
does anyone else have any further comments and/or advice as well?
thanks again</p>

<p>most impressive. looks all good on paper</p>

<p>don't apply. cuz i want to get in.
haha jk. good luck!</p>

<p>agree with everything above. write good essays!!</p>