<p>I applied to Stanford SCEA and I just thought I'd see what my chances are.</p>
<p>I come from a very small high school in Wisconsin (only 125 in the entire high school).</p>
<p>Our school offers zero AP classes and has zero clubs (well...except pep club, but I'm NOT joining that). I exhausted our curriculum in both science and math after my junior year, so I'm taking indepedent calc and chem this year, both for no credit or grade.</p>
<p>*4.0 GPA (UW)
*5 credits of math (algebra 1, algebra 2, advanced math, geometry, calculus)
*5 credits of science (biology, chemisty, physics, anatomy and physiology, advanced biology)
*4 years of Spanish
*4 years of band (marching, concert, pep, etc...first chair clarinet for all four years...went to state solo/ensemble my soph. and junior years and most likely this year)
*4 years of varsity cross country (P.R. of 18:59...captain this year...our team went to state)
*3 years of varsity basketball (starting center...averaged about 10 PPG last year...captain)
*3 years of varsity baseball -counting this year- (3 year starting pitcher...2 year ace...around a 1.25 ERA last year...captain last year)
*3 years of NHS
*Went on Spanish trip to Mexico two years ago and going to Costa Rica next summer</p>
<p>*ACT - 33 (E-33 M-34 R-35 S-30 W-8)</p>
<p>I think that's about it. What are my odds?</p>
<p>Do you have any other ec's? Have you done anything distinguishable? Stanford looks at you in the context of your school, but when your school offers you jack you have to supplement that yourself. I think your ACT is alright, but it would have been a good idea to take some SAT IIs to put the rigor of your coursework in better context and to give them a better picture of you. What are your essays and recs like?</p>
<p>On a side note, your PR for cross country is 18:59? I did cross country my freshman year and I was running right around that, and my endurance is ****. Do you win with that?</p>
<p>I don't have many other ECs because sports and school keep me busy enough most the year. Actually, I did do volunteer work in the OR of a hospital for 3 years over the summer, helping show my interest in surgery. My guidance counselor is crap (he wants me to go to tech school) and I didn't really know about the SAT IIs until it was too late to prepare for them. My essays, in my opinion and my English teacher's opinion, are damn good.</p>
<p>And 18:59 averages out to about a 6:05 mile over 3.1 miles. It's decent, especially seeing that I'm not built like the prototypical runner and I don't process oxygen as fast as other people. I was the 5 runner on our varsity out of 7.</p>
<p>Well your situation is pretty unique, at least as far as CC goes. I don't think anyone can give you a legit evaluation of your chances unless they know people in your situation that got in or didn't... I certainly don't. I wish you the best of luck, hopefully Dec 15 will be a good day for all of us.</p>