High school junior wondering if theres anything else i should be doing to increase my chances?
Gender: F
Race: African American
Home state: FL
Freshman:
Bio H
English H
Geometry H
Latin 2H
Anatomy/Physiology H
AP World History
Sophomore:
DE Chem H/Physics H
DE Algebra 2H/Pre-Calc H
Latin 3H
AP U.S History
AP Computer Science
English 10H
Junior:
AP Bio
AP Physics 1
AP Latin
AP European History
AP English Lang
Senior (expected):
AP Chemistry
AP Micro/Macro
AP English Lit
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP Scores: World (5), APUSH (5), Computer (5)
SAT: 2350
ACT: N/A
EC’s:
-Editor in Chief for multi-award winning newspaper and award-winning literary magazine
-Co-President of Pre-Med Club
-Captain of Varsity Volleyball team for 2 years
-Starter on volleyball team that placed in top ten in Junior Olympics, top 5 in Nationals
-Selected for Team USA Volleyball team
-3rd place winner for Biochemistry in Ying-Expo Science Fair, placed top 5 at national level
-Completion of Brown medical summer program, recently selected to attend summer medical program at Stanford
-Multiple superiors in District/State Thespian competitions for Solo Musical, Small Group Musical, Monolouge, and Large Group Musical, received Best in Show for Large Group Musical
-Attended international performing arts competition and placed 1st in Gospel singing category, and 2nd in comedic acting
-80+ hours interning at FL Hospital
-Volunteered at Nemours Children Hospital for 150+ hours
-Shadowed Chief Surgeon at FL Hospital for three weeks over the summer
Extra comments: My father graduated from Stanford in 1988, so I’m a legacy for Stanford.
Hoping to major in Human Physiology or Human Biology.
Any help will be much appreciated!!
Write a good essay, and you’ll be set. Hard to see you rejected at any of the ones you listed.
Thank you so much for commenting I really appreciate it!
You are considered the SUPER COMBO by the people who hang often around here. I will eat my word if you don’t get accepted to ALL the schools you listed! Would you keep us posted this time nest year?
hahahaha thank you! I don’t know what a “super combo” is, but I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Yes, I will keep you posted!
4.00 UW
School doesn’t post Unweighted but I’m assuming 5.00 W, no classes below AP level
God, your good, but find the one thing you love, and emphasize that every where! Good Lcuk!
Saying it’d be shocking if you didn’t get accepted to all is a bit much. I’d say you have very good chances at Stanford and really any of them. Very likely you get into at least one on those schools. Don’t get too complacent though, keep doing what you’re doing and focus on a a select few Ec’s intensely.
If you applied to all the ivies I think you might get into them all. Stanford should be easy admit for you
@sgopal2 Stanford isn’t an easy admit for anyone that isn’t a recruited athlete/ child of a celebrity/ child of a huge donor. While you are definitely a competitive applicant for all schools you should temper your expectations. The above posters aren’t helping you by saying you’ll definitely get in. While I agree you are certainly qualifies for any school that doesn’t mean you’ll get into them. You could do everything perfectly and still be rejected from these schools because they’re so competitive. Do I think you’ll get in to some? Absolutely but saying you’ll definitely get into all like the above posters have is not doing you any favors. Best of luck and congrats on all your hard work thus far you’ve put yourself in a great position just don’t get your hopes too high.
@hssenior27 do you have any recommendations I could do to increase my chances further for senior year? I’ve decided to take AP Calc AB instead of Micro/Macro, by the way.
Just keep doing what you’re doing. Work hard, get good grades and I would suggest starting essays over the summer so they are as good as possible. If you start your essays over the summer then you’ll have time to show them to teachers to have them go over it with you. Make sure you’ve got good letters of recommendation. The reality is applying to schools as competitive as you are is a crapshoot. Kids with perfect scores, and GPAs get rejected from these schools. You are definitely competitive as your profile is very impressive. I think you could get into all the schools but just don’t get your hopes too high because they’re so competitive. You are in a great position! Congrats!
@hssenior27 thank you so much, i really appreciate it !!!