Stanford Chances...

<p>Hi! I am a male asian junior right now from Michigan. I have a 3.76 gpa now. I have had an interesting set of courses. Freshman year: Honors Precalculus, AP Physics B, Honors Spanish, and all regular classes not including spanish which i keep moving on up in levels ( i just started at spanish 200 instead of the normal 100)
Sophomore year: AP Calculus AB with a 5 on the exam, AP Chem one semester but next semester took Honors Chem because it was too hard, spanish 300 then all reg. classes
Junior Year: AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Economics, spanish 400, then all reg.
Senior Year: Strong classes</p>

<p>Test Scores: I am taking the new sat and am currently around 2300. I have a 32-33 range on the ACT.</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>I am in a club called Building with Books, a charity association devoted to raising money to build a school in a developing nation. I am very involved in this club. I do about 12 hours of community service every month thru this club by teaching in an elementary school for underpriveliged kids who are below their normal grade expectations and have no real hope of catching up. I help the kids learn how to do their hw because their parents are also uneducated and cant help them out. Our building with books club is the only one in michigan that can afford to do this so we are the children's last hope. I also went to this small community that has had a bad voter turnout rate for the past few elections thru BWB and helped set up voter stands and raise voter turnout for like 8 hours one day. I helped sell season packets for the Detroit Lions through the club for community service and to help raise money. (we got part of the amount we sold). I also participated in a classroom exchange to witness how school functions in underprivileged school districts that don't have enough money to pay the teachers properly.</p>

<p>This summer i gave tennis lessons to little kids.
I am also on the varsity team for tennis this year but last two years on the jv team</p>

<p>I will have been playing piano for 10 years when i apply. I practice around 2-3 hours a day, but senior year i will practice around 6 hours a day, because I really love piano. I have played at nursing homes. </p>

<p>For the last two years i have been in our school's orchestra, where i played the cello. This year unfortunately i could not because of a course schedule mixup. Last year in the spring break our school was invited to play in the annual Easter Parade in Edinbugh, Scotland, which i went to.</p>

<p>I had also been out of 2000 nominated to join the US Physics Olympiad team, which test i took in my freshman year but did not get in.</p>

<p>I recently founded our school’s first stand up comedy club, where I am the co- president ! We write skits and perform them! We perform in random school events, where one of the members of the club does a short skit. We are planning currently to start the school's first talent show in its history!</p>

<p>My biggest ec's are building with books, the charity club, and piano. I want to perform piano around the world and raise money for charity. It is a combination of both interests, and will remain as my most important hobby for the rest of my life.</p>

<p>I will have good recs, im sure cuz im well liked by all my teachers. I helped stop a notorious drug dealer in my school, lol, so my counselor will probably write me a good rec!</p>

<p>I also took summer school in the summer before my sophomore year at an advanced program for "academic scholors" at University of Michigan and a summer school program in the summer before my freshman year at Northwestern. I took a number theory class at U of M and a precalculus class at Northwestern that helped me prepare for precalc honors freshman year. </p>

<p>I am also in the process of starting an FBLA chapter in my school with a friend, which is going to be really cool!</p>

<p>Based on these circumstances, what do u rate my chances of getting into Stanford EA? BTW I have a legacy at Stanford.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading all this stuff! What are my chances, anyone?</p>

<p>Gah... too many sentences. Try and bullet it next time. Plus what does 32-33 range mean?</p>

<p>Sorry, it is a lot to read. 32-33 means I get 32 or 33 on each practice test, its my range.</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

<p>Yeah, yeah, you're fine. I hope you're not posting this just to brag. =P</p>

<p>Your GPA is a bit low for Stanford...but everything else looks good. Legacy will definitely help. Overall, I think you're in a category (like most everyone else) where essats/recs will make or break you. Good luck...and enjoy Junior yr!</p>

<p>Will my courses help make up for my low gpa? Its a pretty competitive public high school, one of the top 3 in michigan.</p>