Stanford Transfer Hopeful? Chance me please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello everybody,

As you can see by the thread title, I am a applying as a transfer student to Stanford University.

So here is a little about myself:

Right out of high school I joined the Army. For four years I spent my time deployed in Afghanistan as a medical infantryman with the 82nd Airborne division. For the previous two years after departing the Army, I have spent my time in college at Hamline University, a private liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota and I’m currently majoring in Biochemistry. But I have felt that this college isn’t fitting my academic standards nor is it allowing me the chance to do what I want which is researching cancer cells and infectious diseases.

So some stats about me:

Race: Hmong (a minority within the Asian-American community)
Personal Income: $250,000 +
Parent’s Income: >$30,000

High School
High School GPA: 3.21 UW

Nothing really extraordinary here

SAT I: 1660 (original score in high school)

College
College GPA: 4.00 UW (Summa cum laude distinction)
Current courses:

Honors Multivariable Calculus
Honors Advanced Organic Chemistry I
Honors Advanced Human Diseases and Infections
Creative Fiction Writing
Honors Advanced Cell and Genetic Biology

SAT I: 2310 (retaken during freshman year in college, and yes I felt really awkward while taking it)

SAT IIs:

Mathematics II: 780
Mathematics I: 800
Chemistry: 800
Arabic: 800

Applying for financial aid: Yes.

Extracurriculars:

I started a non-profit free mental health clinic in Minneapolis to help veterans suffering from PTSD and other traumatic experiences.

I founded a computer security and programming business here in Minneapolis. The company generates more than $10 million in revenue each year and is one of the fastest growing companies in Minneapolis.

As said before, I do my conduct my own research on cancer cells with the minuscule funding from my college and also from my income generated through my business.

I volunteer every weekend at a VSC (veteran service center) at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, tutoring mathematics, science, and writing subjects.

Special things about me?:

I can speak five languages fluently: English, German, French, Arabic and Spanish.

I am a avid charcoal drawer, my interest in this includes drawing hyper-realistic drawings of the human body and face. Some of my drawings have sold for $1,000+ at art shows.

I had a pretty rough high-school life, which I began working a full-time job at age 14 to help my parents pay for their mortgage, medications, and food.

I’m a black-belt in Taekwondo.

Also, from my military distinctions, I have earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart while in Afghanistan.

Thanks everybody!

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If everything you have said is true, then you indeed have a very distinguished resume post high school that few could compare to. I guess the real question is, why are you interested in transferring to Stanford if you already make 250k+ per year, and you are the founder of a company located in Minneapolis that has upwards of 10M in revenue per year? I don’t know

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Thanks for your input and yes everything I said is true. I really want to get my bachelor’s degree, it’s always been something that I have been meaning to do, and I really want to graduate from somewhere special, such places as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or anywhere that I feel would be a challenge. But also as mentioned, I want to be at a institution that has the resources and that would allow me to continue my research with faculty and other students on hopefully developing a cure for cancer.

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You have a unique CV, that said, much of the ability to transfer to Stanford is tethered to their attrition. Currently, that is at a little under 2%-similar to their transfer admission rate. So, actually much more difficult than regular admission–best!

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Why are you applying for financial aid when you are making $250K a year? A purple heart is given by the President to receiving one is worth more than getting into any school. That being said only 20-30 transfer students are selected from 1000-2000 applicants every year, and the majority of them have 4.0s. Good luck and thank you for your service to the land of the free.

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Don’t want to sound rude in any way but I just checked the database for silver star and purple heart recipients and I can’t seem to find anyone with a last name that seems like it’s of Hmong descent or any in the past 5-8 years? pls prove me wrong don’t think the site I checked was all that credible but ¯_(ツ)_/¯