Stanford offered me a half ride!

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<p>Just kidding! :) What do you think my chances of admission are at STANFORD?</p>

<p>SAT CR: 660
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 710
SAT Total: 2050 (will be taking once more. predicting a composite of 2100)
SAT II: 800 KOREAN, 700 Biology E, 690 US History
ACT: --
AP taking/taken/scores: Euro. History 3, US History 4, Biology 4, English Lang. 4 (currently taking 7 more AP's: Calc AB, Enviro Sci, Comparative Gov. Human Geo., Am. Gov., Macroeconomics, English Lit). Total 11 AP's by graduation. Took 8 classes sophomore and junior year, and every class senior year is an AP class.
GPA weighted: 4.45
GPA unweighted: 3.75
Rank or % estimate: School does not rank.</p>

<p>Subjective: I don't think I have top grade academics but I think I am pretty well-rounded in terms of extracurricular achievements and leadership.
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good</p>

<p>Location/Person: Southern California
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public (top 100)
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: Sorta. Named as a candidate of scholarship at University of Rochester (yes i know, nothing big)
Important ECs:
1) Co-founded club in sophomore year to raise awareness and funds for North Korean human rights crisis and North Korean refugees. Held major community events and hosted North Korean refugees to speak at my school. Was awarded recognition by my school for this and have been named as a candidate for the Frederick Douglas/Susan B. Anthony Humanities Scholarship at University of Rochester.
2) Serving as Lieutenant Governor over service clubs at 7 different schools. I represent these schools when the District (which consists of 10 divisions throughout Calif., Nev., and Hawaii. My constituency consists of several hundred students in my region.
3) Have started my own business and collaborated with others on business ventures. Business is my intended major and have taken a handful of community college courses in areas of small business entrepreneurship, business law, and international business
4) Served as a lobbyist for my school district on a trip to Sacramento to lobby legislators to allow for increased flexibility in categorical spending and other measures. Was interviewed and handpicked for the position.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Member of National Honors Society, California Scholarship Federation, and Model United Nations. 600+ hours of community service, church praise band leader, and recipient of AP Scholar award.</p>

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<p>I'd say you're a decent applicant, not one that is down at the bottom of the pile or one at the top. Probably a 15-20% chance of admission. (Remember the acceptance rate is 10%).</p>

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<p>toomuchpressure is being way overly generous. You have two SAT I scores lower than 700 and a really low writing score. and a low 700 and 690 SAT II. Korean language doesn't help much, since you're Korean and 800 is like 50 percentile anyway.</p>

<p>Top this all off, you're asian, Korean. I would say bottom of applicant pool. Sorry.
I would say you have better chance at Normal</p>

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<p>"Stanford offered me a half ride!"</p>

<p>haha</p>

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<p>Thanks for your insight SADFACE.</p>

<p>You are absolutely right. toomuchpressure was being really generous. i laughed when i read his comment, though at the same time want to believe what he was saying.</p>

<p>haha. thanks for your opinion!</p>

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<p>hmmm your stats are very similar to mine. I'm predicting 2100+ for SAT retake as well but I have better SATII scores and but not really better AP scores. i also got 500+ hours of community service.
Prediction: Defered for us both :) if you do early</p>

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<p>Um does Stanford actually have a business major? I couldnt find one :)</p>

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<p>Not for undergrads, but you can take classes at the Graduate School of Business</p>