Stanford SCEA Chances

<p>My Resume includes
4.0 uw GPA 4.81 w gpa - Competitive Public School on Newsweek Top 100
SAT: 2290 CR 800 Math 760 Writing 730(8)
SAT II: Chem 780 World 770 MathII 770
AP Courses: AP US History: 5 AP NSL: 5 AP Psychology: 5, AP Calculus BC: 5, AP Lang and Comp: 5, AP World History: 5, and AP Chemistry: 5
Courseload for next year: College course at University of MD, AP European History, AP Lit, AP Biology
Top 1% at my school
Will stopping Foreign Lanuage after French 4 hurt me? Sophmore year</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Crew Varsity Team- Not Recruit Level
Senior Class Secretary
National Honor Society Treasurer
Science Honor Society and Student Academy of Science - Howard Hughes
Mu Alpha Theta
Civil Air Patrol- Mitchell Award recipient- comparable to time committment for Eagle Scout
500 Volunteer Hours
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Orthopedic Aide
Intership at NIH-NCI Neuroblastoma- Its not paid so i'm hoping that will show the dedication that I have to science
Debate Team County Finalist</p>

<p>Founding of a program similar to Link Crew at my school called Outreach, slight modifications added- I can submit the program proposal, outline, etc</p>

<p>In college essay I am stressing Leadership -how CAP helped me become a leader shown in officer positions and founding of the Outreach Program and tie it into my experience flying in the program as a metaphor. as well as my passion for sciencce, all of my jobs have been unpaid research or hospital volunteering as it has given me a view of both research and clinical and confirmed what I want to do with my life. </p>

<p>Safety, Match, Low Reach, Reach, high reach, impossible, etc?</p>

<p>I also can't decide between EA or ED at Dartmouth or Stanford. Is there high enough chance that I can get into both that i should apply EA to Stanford and RD to Dartmouth?</p>

<p>write the essay well and get it revised like a billion times and i think you're a match for both. good luck.</p>

<p>How did you manage to post twice in the same minute?</p>

<p>Which state are you from?</p>

<p>Top 1% at strong school, good scores (thry love 800 CRs) should put you into an ivy under HYP and the equal. You have a shot at Stanford but it depends on things like where you're from and who else from your school/area is applying. Worst case you're Asian from the West coast. Best is you're black from Alaska.</p>

<p>good sat scores</p>

<p>ivy under HYP? Does that mean Dartmouth or Stanford?</p>

<p>I'm from the East Coast and am asian</p>

<p>haha i would have thought the fact that i was taking a college course at UMD would show i'm an east coast student</p>

<p>Yes, but do you live in MD or Virginia?</p>

<p>If you're in MD, I can't think of which HS you'd go to unless it was Montgomery Blair. Which other good ones are there in this state?</p>

<p>Edit: Oops, I just looked at the Newsweek top 100 and it looks like there are like 4 good high schools in this state. =P I guess I didn't go to any of them.</p>

<p>uhh MD is one of the best states in the country for school.</p>

<p>I'm in Maryland. . . Montgomery County</p>

<p>Also does ED have that big of an influence on acceptance? I was thinking of applying ED to dartmouth because I dont think I can get in RD and its in my top two with Stanford. </p>

<p>i mean I know the stats indicate higher acceptance, but i just figured that was because of a stronger applicant pool</p>

<p>Sephiroth, I'd say you're at a reach, low reach with great essays and recs.</p>

<p>You have a better chance at Dartmouth than Stanford.</p>

<p>haha i guessed you were from moco. we have all the best schools in md :)</p>

<p>Stanford = Big Reach</p>

<p>Dartmouth = Low Reach, but early is a big boost there.</p>

<p>But don't game the system just to game the system. Make sure that you love Dartmouth before you apply.</p>

<p>I think you'd get into Dartmouth ED</p>

<p>You have decent test scores and a great transcript. You will have the academic nod of approval. Your ECs are pretty good, you're clearly involved with the starting of the Link Crew. I think you have a good shot at Stanford SCEA. Stanford loves "leaders" and good writers. So far you've shown you're a good "leader". Show you're a great writer and you should expect an acceptance letter in December. Good Luck.</p>

<p>Please chance me at:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Well it was clear to me that Stanford was a much higher reach than Dartmouth. I dont think i can apply early to Dartmouth because I want to compare financial packages even though i really loved the school when i visited but my question was whether my chances at Dartmouth are significantly different at Dartmouth ED or RD.</p>

<p>Also thanks for the advice on Link Crew-what i Call outreach. I am going to focus my essay on my passion of science and research with my experience in leadership and how i am trying to make it easier for others to reach their passion because i had some what of a bad experience involving that. </p>

<p>Anymore advice would be great thanks!</p>