Stanford EA chances ? Would i have a chance ?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stanford is my top choice and I was thinking of applying early there since statistics suggest that would improve my chances of getting in. but do i really have a chance ?</p>

<p>Here is a brief summary of my profile -
Scores -
SAT - 2110
SAT subjects - Math - 680 , Phys - 730 (underestimated them :/)
Grade 9&10 - Combined CGPA 9.2
Grade 11 - 75% (i know it looks poor but in my school these marks aren't counted anywhere so our teachers try to be tough on us. class highest is 79%)
Currently studying in the 12th grade.</p>

<p>Achievements</p>

<p>Non-academic
Class 9
1. National Science Olympiad – school rank 2
2. National Cyber Olymiad- school rank 1 (gold medal)
3. International Maths Olympiad- school rank 2</p>

<p>Class 10
1. National Science Olympiad- school rank 1 (gold medal)
2. National Cyber Olymiad- school rank 2
3. International Maths Olympiad- school rank 2
4. International English Olympiad- school rank 1, state rank 12 (gold medal)</p>

<p>Class 11
1. National Cyber Olymiad school rank 1 (gold medal)
2. International Maths Olympiad- school rank 5
3. National Science Olympiad- school rank – 1 (gold medal)
4. International English Oympiad- school rank 1, state rank 2 (gold medal & silver medal from state)
5. Problem Solving Assesment (PSA)- Language- 99.3, Maths- 99.4, Reasoning- 99.7(percentile) highest in school
6. Australian National Chemistry Quiz- Certificate of merit
7. School SpellVocab challenger- class rank 1 in Geography competition
Have won numerous inter school IT competitions.</p>

<p>Extra-curricular
1. Lead role in Rabindranath Tagore’s musical play in school’s Annual Day
2. Represented school in numerous IT competitions, won many.
3. Represented school in workshops at the World Wildlife Fund center in Delhi
4. Created my school's official website on headmistress' request.
5. Shot and edited a documentary showcasing the 15 years of my school, which was shown in the school’s raising day celebrations.
6. Co-Founded school's Noida’s IT club.
7. Organized the intra-school IT competition.
8. Developing a voting app for my school's annual presidential elections.
9. Developing a web application for the alumni of my school.
10. Know numerous programming languages, including HTML5, CSS, Java, Javascript, C++, C, SQL, and Visual Basic, python, XML ( learnt most of them online )
11. Played football for my school team
12. Being featured by a national daily in an article covering all my works ever since I started programming.
13. Participated in an event organized by AISEC to encourage under privileged children to take up activities like painting etc. to help them discover their creative talents.
14. Volunteered at an event to raise funds for women empowerment.</p>

<p>Work Experience
1. Founded an online song sharing website (2011)
2. Founded a social network (2011)
3. Co-founded a Tech review website,(2012)
4. Created an IT company.</p>

<p>Under the IT company banner -
1. Created a web browser,(2012)
2. Created an HTML editor (2012)
3. Created a website for a client for $50 / year (2012)
4. Created a website for a resort company for $70 (2013)
5. Assumed control over my clients website (after his one year term expired), and a team of about 5 authors (2013)
6. Sold epl-banter for $1000
7. Created a football news website (2014)
8. This website has registered more than 75,000 views in 3 months
9. Creating an E-commerce website for another client. ( ongoing )
10. Currently have about 20 authors working under me at the football news website.
Anyone wanting to take a look at the websites I have mentioned, message me for the links.</p>

<p>So, overall i believe my ECs are my strong point. i can give either SAT 1 or SAT 2 in October. So i could be applying to Stanford with either a 2250 SAT 1 and 730 & 680 SAT 2, or with a 2110 SAT 1 and 800 & 800 SAT 2.
What would be better ?</p>

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<p>Looks good. Although schools may be inclined to take an out of state or country student due to diversity, class mix, finances, etc, there is also pressure for schools to accept local students.
Your EC is very strong.
Your SAT s are strong.
Your special strong points are the computer and high tech accomplishments. </p>

<p>Apply and make sure your essays are good. </p>

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<p>Interesting EC but your scores are below average among the pool of applicants.</p>

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<p>If you have time then you should take both, cause being honest your standardized test scores are not up to scratch for these elite American Universities. SAT 1 is a little low, show aim at least higher then 2250, and your subject test scores are notmhigh enough as well (>750 at least), and as the two other guys have stated, your ECs are interesting, however I’m not sure the Olympiads you mentioned are prestigious (never heard of them here in QLD). Have you got accomplishments in the other Australian comps such as the AMC, AMO and the UNSW assessments? They could help. </p>

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<p>@billcsho‌ I’ve been told that by many people on here, but I I mean the class highest was an 81% and i ende up with a 78% so i’m not sure how I can put that across. Our school is very tough with these internal exams you see. Anyways, I should be getting much better predicted grades, so I’ll hope for the best. </p>

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<p>@blu5959‌ Yeah OK. So I can’t be applying early anywhere. :confused:
These Olympiads are the biggest things in my country, which is in itself pretty big (India) . Almost every school participates. Mate i don’t live in Australia so I don’t really see how I should be giving those comps. :hushed: </p>

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<p>Look at this page:
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<p>hm, so how does stanford get to know my class rank ? :confused: </p>

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<p>Your ECs are very strong and very interesting, so much so that they might help to make up for your comparably poor test scores. Your GPA situation makes it hard to tell whether you match up, however, I would say that Stanford is more obtainable for you than other people. Still, it is an Ivy League school, and isn’t really a “match” for anyone. </p>