Stanford SCEA chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey...i just wanted to know my chances at stanford - both scea, and regular.</p>

<p>indian (asian) male, senior from very competitive maryland high school (800+ senior class)</p>

<p>Academic:
-GPA 10th-11th: 3.723 UW/4.538 W
-GPA all years: 3.78 UW/4.541 W
-our school doesn't rank, but i'm in the top 10%
-SAT old: 1500 (800 m/700 v)
-SAT new: 2290 (760 m/750 v/780 w [80 mc/9 essay])
-APS: Comp Sci AB 5, Calc BC 5, Bio 4, AP Lang 4
-SAT II: 780 math IIc, 680 bio (i'm retaking in oct.), also taking physics in oct.
-classes have all been honors, except for health (one sem.), journalism, newspaper and piano
-ap courses i took: ap language, ap world history, equivalent of ap comp sci, equivalent of ap calc bc
-now in multivariable calc, ap psychology, ap physics</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
-online school newspaper (silver chips online, one of nations best) - managing editor. 11th and 12th
-other school magazine - managing editor. 11th and 12th.
-other very small school publication - co-manager. 9th - 12th.
-national honors society - chaplain. 12th
-envirothon - team captain. 9th - 12th
-web design club - secretary. 10th - 12th
-american computer science league. 6th - 12th, went to all-stars (national) in 10th, qualified for all-stars in 9th.
-physics team - secretary. 11th, 12th </p>

<p>Awards/honors:
-maryland distinguished scholar finalist
-ap scholar with honor
-county national history day - best use of oral history
-american computer science league all-stars - high individual short-answer score
-honor roll all years</p>

<p>Other stuff:
-i did an internship at stanford u. this summer for 8 weeks in the Cell and Molecular Biomechanics lab.
-i went to stanford's epgy program and did an expository writing course there the summer before last.
-i've done a leadamerica leadership conference
-from 3rd to 10th, i was part of a religious youth group
-i've played piano for one year, and piano on the indian scale for a few years in middle school</p>

<p>oh, and i'm also applying to cornell, columbia (fu), northwestern, u. maryland - college park, and mit. i'm thinking of applying to u penn, wash u, swarthmore, brown, uc berkeley, or dartmouth</p>

<p>any other advice?
also, would my chances increase if i applied SCEA versus RD?</p>

<p>thanks everyone - i really appreciate all the help.</p>

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<p>anyone? please?</p>

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<p>I think you have as "decent" as a chance as many applicants, which isn't very reassuring. One question: I have signed up for a "piano short course", do you think it would be possible to learn to play in 30 minute sessions weekly for about 8 weeks?</p>

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<p>^bump^
any other opinions?</p>

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<p>What are you MOST important EC's? Tell me what you are going to put on your application since you cannot send in a separate resume or any extra info.</p>

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<p>definitely my school newspaper; i've worked harder in that one activity than anything else</p>

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<p>your chances are slightly better scea; i think the acceptance rate is 19% early vs. like 12% regular.</p>

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<p>what do you guys know about stanford's admission on a school-to-school basis? would my chances decrease if a more qualified candidate from my school applied alongside me?</p>

<p>to uvajoe-
it all depends on your definition of "playing the piano." i learned "how to play" by myself, on one rainy day (literally), before i took my piano course at school. i had piano for 45 minutes every day at school.</p>

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<p>How have past students at Blair done with Stanford?</p>

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<p>whoa...how did you know i go to blair?
and well, our track record is similar to the stats given for stanford's acceptances. our average accepted gpa has been 3.93; average accepted sat 1548. both stats are slightly higher for early action.</p>

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<p>decent chance...</p>

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<p>high five Maryland Distinguished Scholar lol. I got semi-Finalist Did you actually go to the recognition thing? Lt. Gov. Steele was actually pretty funny (his son goes to my school.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'd say you've got a decent shot.</p>

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<p>haha yeah, I went... he is a funny guy</p>

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<p>lol good luck... i'm doing SCEA too</p>