Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi
I'm applying to Stanford SCEA and was wondering what my chances were:</p>

<p>Public School in South Florida, sends some kids to Ivies
Interested in pursuing medicine as a career</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White(Jewish)
GPA: 4.0 uw/4.9w
Rank: 1/850
SAT: 800 CR/800M/730W
SATII: 800 Math 2/780 Chem/760 Bio/720 Hebrew(took to place out of language in college)
AP: 5 on Calculus BC, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, US History, European History, Statistics, Psychology
4 on English Language, Physics C Mechanics</p>

<p>Clubs
Mu Alpha Theta(9-12): Vice President in 11th, Pres in 12th
National Honors Society (10-12)
Science Honor Society (10-12)
Key Club (9-12)
Physics Club (10-12): President 11th, 12th grade
English National Honor Society(11-12)</p>

<p>Academic Events
Captain of Statistics Team, placed at regional competitions
School Scholar's Bowl Captain
AMC 10 School Winner in 10th- no AIME though
University of Miami David Essner Examination School Winner(11), County Superior Score (10,11)
Regional Science Olympiad- 3rd place Mathematics</p>

<p>Out of School
-Cancer Research for past two years at University of Miami- going to do Intel/Siemens this year- found genes that act as prognostic factors to treatment for patients with HTLV-1(leukemia type) among other things-will get published in scientific journal </p>

<p>Community Service
-"Learn to Swim" (9-12)- swimming instructor for underpriveledged kids- 300 hours
-Special Olympics "Hugger" (9-12)-30 hours
-Kids in Distress (10-12) volunteer spending time with abused kids-50 hours
-Random Tutoring -100 hours</p>

<p>Athletics (Not Stanford worthy so no Recruitment)
Club Swimming since the age of 6
4 Year Varsity Letter in High School Swimming (captain next year)
District Runner up 100 back (9/10)
5th in the Greater Miami Athletic Conference 100 Back
Will be MVP this year, led team in points sophmore year</p>

<p>Awards
National Merit(at least commended)
National AP Scholar
Harvard Book Award From School
Top Mathematics Student in School (9/10/11, will be in12)
Essay Contest Finalist- "Do the Write Thing"
Other awards from my school for GPA/EC/CS
Will hopefully be Semi-Finalist at Siemens/Intel</p>

<p>Other
Speak/Read/Write fluently Hebrew, Russian English
Born and Lived in Israel for 8 years</p>

<p>Recs: Excellent
Essays: let's say 7/8 out of 9</p>

<p>Also the following schools please
Columbia (General Studies)
Wash U St. Louis
Duke
Brown (7 year med program)</p>

<p>Thank You</p>

2

<p>better chances than a lot of people, but i think its cool that you tied your athletic EC with community service</p>

3

<p>you're a typical competitive applicant. Very typical though with long distance running, high scores, and other average awards.</p>

4

<p>let's see......</p>

<p>4.0gpa...valedictorian......1600sat.......500hrs volunteer......cancer research......great EC's.......plausible awards.....</p>

<p>you do the math.</p>

5

<p>.........thats the damn problem, you'llsee...the fact that you're treating him with his stats shows that he's the typical great student applying to top-tier school. You're giving nothing spectacular</p>

6

<p>Why are you applying to GS at Columbia? That's usually for returning or older students.</p>

7

<p>First off, you have got an amazing resume to say the least. Congratulations. Now, in my opinion, these are your chances:</p>

<p>Stanford (SCEA)- reach
Columbia (General Studies)- reach
Wash U St. Louis- match (you may want to try the university scholars program)
Duke- high match
Brown (7 year med program)- not too sure, probably low reach since it's the most competitive in the nation</p>

<p>I don't mean to be harsh, but Stanford is a reach for everyone unless you have a hook (urm, legacy, athlete, celebrity). However, you have as good a shot as anyone. Also, I would suggest some more match schools and 1 safety school (probably U of Florida where you will get a full ride). Have you looked into Northwestern's HPME program (direct admit to med school)? Also, I would say that you are a shoo-in at Cornell and a very high match for Penn. Good luck to you.</p>

8

<p>yea I have safety schools
These schools (other than Stanford) were some that I considered possible matches.
And I mean SEAS not GS for Columbia- mixed the two up.
Any more input?</p>

9

<p>^SEAS isn't that popular of a program so as long as your app is good, you've got a decent shot.</p>

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<p>Stanford:reach
Columbia: reach
Wash U: High match
Duke- high match/low reach
Brown (med program): high reach-these things are EXTREMELY competitive only 5% or so of the applicants are admitted</p>