what are my chances of getting in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>freshman: GPA 4.0</p>

<p>sophomore: GPA 4.0, 4.3 weighted</p>

<p>AP Biology (5)</p>

<p>junior: GPA 4.0, 4.7 weighted</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB, AP US History, AP English, AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>senior:</p>

<p>classes: AP Calculus BC, AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP Chem...</p>

<p>SATs: SAT I 2250 (740 CR, 750 M, 760 W), SAT II Biology 770 - took Math L2 and US History</p>

<p>Extra: volunteer at hospital 2+ hours / week, tutor club, mun, model congress, student council vp last semester, tennis team for sophomore + freshman</p>

<p>also last summer i went to oxford university for a month to take classes</p>

<p>ill take the SAT again at the beginning of next year... and its likely ill do better (last practice test i took 800 W, 800 M)</p>

<p>usually 1-2 people from my school get in to stanford a year w/ 5-6 others getting in to ivies</p>

<p>we abolished rankings... (!) but im one of the top 5 students</p>

<p>[-;</p>

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<p>Its a reach for everyone but i think u have a good shot</p>

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<p>nice gpa/SATs, but a little weak on the ECs. The Recs and the essays can make it or break it for you.</p>

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<p>ill probably run for tutor club / mun president next year (i ran for both this year and lost )-: ...i also lost senior class president - which btw was really unfair b/c only 20 ppl out of a class of 350 voted)</p>

<p>ugh</p>

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<p>If those 6-8 students aren't typically athletes you at least have a great shot at a top college. What are the 1-2 who get into Stanford normally like? Athletes? Academic superstars? Lots of ECs? Since you come from a school where there is a somewhat consistent number of students who go to Stanford each year your GC is probably the best person to talk to to figure out your chances. </p>

<p>EC-wise I think you're fine, you have about what I had </p>

<p>Essays and recs will be very important, as everyone always says. Make sure your essays hint at your personality and are really real. Your stats/ECs will be fairly common, so your essays are one of the few chances to interact on a more personal level with whoever reads your applicatoin. Choose carefully who writes your recs. I suspect there will be multiple profs who would write very strong recs for you so I doubt that's an issue. Once more, the more they help you come to live in the app, the better off you are. </p>

<p>Good luck! Try not to stress. It sounds like you'll end up at an incredible place no matter how this turns out.</p>

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<p>uh here's what i can remember - </p>

<p>this year</p>

<p>stanford: 2 ppl, one is really good at the violin... thats all... thats all he does... besides taking ap calc as an 8th grader and having a 2310 and 4.0, the other... almost nothing, she works at starbucks... and is in choir...</p>

<p>harvard: one of the people ^up there^ got in</p>

<p>princeton: the other person from ^up there^ got in</p>

<p>yale: here's the super overachiever of our class... varsity tennis team, band, editor in chief of paper and valedictorian</p>

<p>brown: he's just in band and is taking a lot of AP's...</p>

<p>dartmouth: 2 ppl, one in band valedictorian, the other is a football player</p>

<p>cornell: several people got in... i dont know who since no one is going there...</p>

<p>i think everyone had my SAT scores + or - 50</p>

<p>last year one person got into stanford, he was a page in the white house and started MUN at our school...</p>

<p>and i guess ill mention about 25 people got into berkeley</p>

<p>so it seems like most of the people who go to top schools from my high school arent that involved in sports - hmm so looks like ill be okay</p>

<p>i think im just @ the end of junior year and am beginning to stress about college - ah its so close and yet so far</p>

<p>ill try not to worry</p>

<p>haha - ah college - cant wait</p>