URM, Do I Have A Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I'm a junior. Black, male, first-gen status. I also reside in VA.
Sophomore Year: 3.57 GPA, 2 Unweighted Honors Courses.
Junior Year(Current): Business/Finance A, Spanish 3 B, Physics Honors A. AP Macroeconomics B, AP Microeconomics A, AP English Language A, PreCalculus Honors B+, US VA History A
Unweighted GPA:3.714 Weighted GPA:3.857 My school doesn't weight honors.
Cumulative GPA: 3.714
I've heard Stanford doesn't look at your freshman year.</p>

<p>EC's: National Business Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America (Vice President), Science Honor Society, Freshman Basketball (Captain), JV Basketball (Co-Captain), Winter Varsity Track & Field, Spring Varsity Track & Field, DECA, Junior Math Team, Senior Math Team, AAU Basketball, Travel Soccer. Teach Kindergarten Sunday School every week. Volunteer at local library. I will probably gain more leadership positions as a Senior.
I have excellent recs, from the hardest teachers at my school. </p>

<p>SAT's: 2100 (going to improve to at least 2200) Math:720, WR:710, CR:670. I still have to take Math Level 2, Physics, and maybe Literature.
I will probably major in Economics or Management Science.
Schools I plan on Applying to: Stanford, UVA, UPenn, VTech, James Madison, William & Mary, Boston U, Northeastern, Cornell, Boston College, Fordham. I got a letter from a group of schools including Stanford, so I thought I should consider. Should I Apply? Thanks</p>

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<p>Getting letters from schools does not mean much. But unless you apply, you'll never know if you could get in. My estimate is your chances aren't great.</p>

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<p>Not bad. Good job with your high school career and I can see that you've done quite a bit. I'd say apply and make sure that you are you in your interviews-if that makes sense.</p>

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<p>you can't know if you'd get in without applying, so just apply. Be yourself in your essays...etc. you could definitely get in (everyone has a chance of getting in).</p>

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<p>to be honest, your GPA is a little low...but you def. have a chance. You'll never know if you don't apply, right?</p>

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<p>Btw, are those GPA's counting or disregarding Freshmen year?</p>

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<p>there are no interviews mercruz (sorry, i couldn't help noticing in your first post)
GPA is a bit low...you need to push all parts of your SAT into stanford's 25%-75% range...being a URM only goes so far...how do you already have recs though? </p>

<p>Chances aren't too bad, but not really good either. Apply and hope for the best.</p>

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<p>Needless to say, Stanford and Penn are going to be hard. You probably wont get into those two.
But I think you'll be accepted at every other school on your list.</p>