Stanford transfer possible? Please help!!

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<p>Ok..so i'm a 17yr old college sophomore.
Fully AFrican. I currently attend a small state university in the US.</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 GPA
A's on all the college grades i've taken
Honors student</p>

<p>President of two clubs and treasurer of one other.
Wrote a best seller on Environmental Sustainability research
College ambassador
MANY academic awards
stellar grades in SAT and subject tests.
volunteer 20hrs a week at orphanage
own small business
basic fluency-self tutored french
Track gold medalist (local )
Environmental science internship program
Peer tutor
I did'nt take any AP's in my high school because they were not available. Extra curricular activities were not available either It was a small school and did'nt qualify for national competitions so that's out too. However, i took the most rigorous courses available (4 consecutive years of math and english, Physics,Chemistry,Biology,Geography,Economics and Food science for the last 3 years with fairly high grades). I am a member of the Unveiling Africa Foundation ( assists less privileged african teens). I myself am a 'less privileged' student.
I graduated high school a month before i turned 15 but had to stay at home for one year due to severe financial hardships.(scholarships at universities in my home country are like politics- you have to know someone on the board)
I plan to major in Environmental science
Do you think my age or lack of AP's will be a serious disadvantage to me? should i take AP exams now?Thanks for your answers in advance.</p>

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<p>Don’t bother with APs; I would assume that with the general yet detail lacking info you provided, you are within the ballpark of URM applicants.</p>

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<p>For the love of god ignore etg2013, what he indirectly means is, if you didn’t post you were a minority that you should show them the challenge ivy’s are looking for and take the exam’s like most applicants have. I am confident you will get in and imagine you will get 5’s on about every subject you decide to take since all you do is excel academically.</p>

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<p>^Assumes that URMs are all low-performing students. Wow.</p>

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<p>I don’t see why they would ever expect a current college student to take AP exams. That just seems silly. You can ask admissions if they would consider it but it seems like a bizarre thing to do, especially if you’re doing so well at an actual college.</p>

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<p>^this. 10char</p>

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<p>Except I never said that though you clearly have. I suggest counselling.</p>

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<p>Good luck, Vee2013. Stanford wants to see passion. Transfers into Stanford have a very low acceptance rate, but with your stats there is definitely reason to apply. Don’t worry about AP tests. Good luck!</p>