Transferring to Stanford or other top tier school? Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm considering transferring to Stanford for 2012+, I was there over the Summer and really enjoyed the creative atmosphere. I know they rarely accept transfers (1% I believe?), but I figured I'd give it a shot.</p>

<p>I'm currently attending University of Washington.</p>

<p>I had a 2.8GPA~ in Highschool, and currently a 3.2.</p>

<p>I've taken SAT's twice, the first time I scored 1,660, the second time I scored 2,290.</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: 770
Chem: 750
Literature: 760</p>

<p>I was not a stellar student in highschool, I took the bare minimum classes because I considered the majority of our curriculum boring.</p>

<p>Anyways, a little bit about myself.. I've been programming for nearly 12 years (Since the age of 7) and have a very strong understanding of theoretical/applied CS, systems, etc. </p>

<p>My first job (And still current) was as a Senior Backend Engineer for a major SaaS (Software as a Service) company in Washington. I was offered the job & started prior to entering college.</p>

<p>I've been offered numerous internships over the summer by companies located in California.</p>

<p>At the age of 16 I started my first legitimate company that dealt with helping automotive performance shops around the US sell their excess inventory. It was successful, but I was forced to abandon it after 8 months of running due to my parents believing it was affecting my school work. It grossed 4 figures while it was active.</p>

<p>I built a full scale global networking website (A different type of social networking) called The SocialCork my Senior year in Highschool. Welcome</a> To The SocialCork The site has a few thousand members (probably more now, it's been a while since I checked the member count) and is active, it is currently in the process of being sold to a private party. </p>

<p>I created a media search engine while I was down at Stanford. It is fairly popular, [url=<a href="http://www.cabloo.com/%5DCabloo%5B/url"&gt;http://www.cabloo.com/]Cabloo[/url&lt;/a&gt;] </p>

<p>Prior to Facebook's launch of it's supported video chat, I created a 3rd party website called VuniA that allowed for group chat between you and any number of Facebook friends. The site supported group chat, and non-Facebook video chat. When Facebook launched their video chat, the site pretty much lost traction, so it's no longer online.</p>

<p>There's more, but I figured I'd leave the calculation of possibility of transfer relative to the items listed above.</p>

<p>I wasn't a great student in highschool, I did my own thing mostly during those years as you can see above. </p>

<p>Anyways, what are my chances?</p>

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<p>Oh, sorry - make that 5 figures for the gross. Sorry, I’m tired. It’s 5am… lol</p>

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<p>Nothing? No chances over a 8 hour period?</p>

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<p>I’m gonna be really honest with you, your EC’s are really good, and you seem to have the SAT score. However, you’re GPA is really killing you. Also are you a Sophomore or Junior transfer? Do you need financial aid? Although, Stanford really looks for the creative types, and I think you definitely have the personality of a Cardinal.</p>

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<p>I’d be a sophomore transfer. I would need financial aid. </p>

<p>Yeah, I really focused on my projects and outside of school activities during Highschool, college I’ve been a little more attentive, but none of my classes interest me enough to maintain complete focus. It’s the lack of focus that’s obviously been detrimental to my gpa.</p>

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<p>I see that all these EC’s might be spreading you thin. The problem I could see is the admission counselors at Stanford asking themselves: " How is this kid gonna do academically at Stanford while running his own company."</p>

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<p>Wow would almost seem like a shoe-in with a 4.0 gpa. You have a poor chance with your GPA, but good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I should have been more attentive in school… I’m just hoping my ec’s offset my gpa.</p>

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<p>Additional input would assist me in coming to a decision for attempting to transfer or not.</p>

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<p>Well…it never hurts to try. You need to face the statistics (very rarely accept transfers) and apply anyway but don’t let it get you down if you don’t get in.</p>