<p>haha yeah NASA internship 07!! right…</p>
<p>anyway…anymore feedback? Would anyone like to read my essay and then judge? I’m pretty sure my essay will be the factor which makes or breaks my application…</p>
<p>bump…ehhhh</p>
<p>Stanford SCEA deadline is coming up! ahhh</p>
<p>anyway, so I got my SAT II’s back… I’m FINALLY done standardized testing (what a relief). So here’s what I got:</p>
<p>Math II: 800
U.S. History: 720</p>
<p>And I had a Bio E 740 in June. </p>
<p>So I know a lot of people have said that I should nail the SAT II’s in order to compensate for a weaker SAT and mediocre ACT at a school like Stanford. How will these scores affect my chances? =</p>
<p>Also, I got my two teacher recommendations:</p>
<p>One was very average; it was from my Intern/Mentor teacher, who manages an in school internship related program, and I’ve only had her for 6 months, part of which was over summer break (I emailed Stanford and they said it was okay to use her rec). The rec itself listed me in the Top 5% for all checkmarks except one in Top 10%. The letter basically restated my extracurriculars and said I was personable and creative.</p>
<p>The other recommendation I had was from my Biology teacher. I plan to major in biology (2 essays of mine are on biology, including my main which talks about insects) and she wrote extremely nice things about me. She’s a great teacher and I loved the class. I got Top 5% in mostly everything except Class Discussion, Respect by Faculty, and Integrity, which were marked “Best in Career”. Her letter was even better; it explained how I was often a leader in class discussions and labs, how I am high achieving and able to face any difficulties, and how I can balance activities without sacrificing academics. </p>
<p>I’m still waiting on one teacher recommendation, which won’t be used for Stanford so there’s no rush. I expect it to be even better than my biology teacher’s…we’ll see. =</p>
<p>So I’m about ready to send off my first application. I would just like to know what anyone thinks my chances are at Stanford and other schools with these new updates!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ll do fine. Better than me since I’m scrambling to get my stuff together for the Stanford SCEA deadline! Well, actually, I just have to fine tune most things and double check everything. But I’ll never kind of procrastinate again. Anyways, good luck.</p>
<p>Why did you not waive your rights to see your teacher recommendations? Not doing so is viewed negatively by colleges…</p>
<p>The fact that you are an asian male also doesn’t help</p>
<p>I did waive my rights to see my recommendations. My teachers chose to show me a copy regardless…</p>
<p>Also, thank you for informing me about something I can’t change. I’m sorry I’m an Asian American. Now what would you say I do about that…?</p>
<p>Anyway, I know being Asian will not help my chances. I guess I’m just going to give it my all and see how things turn out. Anyone else want to give a shot at my results in April? :)</p>