Transfer from Community College to Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Planning to transfer for econ major to Stanford
Already applied for UCB transfer
Highschool Unweighted GPA 3.95
College GPA so far 3.83 (will go up since i have one be, but should have half more classes accounted for, im thinking it'll be around ~3.95)</p>

<p>Main EX:
Founder/President of ECON club at CC (1 year (since only there 1 year))</p>

<p>other ex:
-i do allot of community work around the neighborhood, homeless shelter/streets,(5years)</p>

<p>-very involved in church, from playing mainly drums (6 years) guitar/piano (1 year) also preaching and Mens choir (2 years)</p>

<p>-small youth group leader (1 year)</p>

<p>-house building in Tijuana, Mexico (5years)</p>

<p>-A few tech jobs, in silicon valley,
-home ebay biz.(4years)</p>

<p>AP tests: Calc AB = 4 Chem = 3</p>

<p>My first impression on my chances:</p>

<p>Biggest dissadvantage: Their most popular major is, u guessed it, Economics, which i think is a bad thing for me, since im applying as junior i will probably need to state that</p>

<p>Second 2 fairly big disadvantages: Here are their SAT ranges,
-im good with the Math i got 720, but writting is at (560) (140 points below 25% range)
-and my verbal is struggling (at 520) (150 below the 25% range). Total SAT 1800.</p>

<p>SATII : Math IIC(~650) Physics(660)</p>

<p>Other than that im fairly in the range, with the requrements, and theres this thing that can put me at a small advantage. Stanford requires 26 semester units, and I will have 60.5 in one year, which is an advantage. My highschool background is also fair. I just dont know if community college is at disadvantage. Basically im finishing off a two year GE program in one year, since im transfering to UCB, is this a good thing?</p>

<p>Their transfer admission rate is 8% usually about 100 get excepted from 1200-1400 which apply.</p>

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<p>The statistics are that 8% are accepted, not excepted. You'll need to know that if you want to go to Stanford.</p>

<p>Your GPA is great, both high school and college, but the SAT test scores do not impress. Also, as you said, Economics is the number 1 choice as a major at Stanford--and usually it's people who want to go on to Stanford's graduate school of business or who plan to go pre-law who take this major--so competition is fierce. </p>

<p>Lastly, while I see volunteer work, I see no academic competitions/ awards/recognitions on your list. Without these you are unlikely to get into Stanford, although I consider your chances at UC Berkeley to be very good. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>