What are my chances of getting into Stanford?

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<p>What are my chances of getting into Harvard, my number 3 school?</p>

<p>I have a 3.6 unweighted and a 3.8 weighted,
I'm in the top 10 percent of my school
I scored 226 (80 Cr, 68 M, 78 W) on my PSAT
I scored 2150 on my SAT but I'm planning to retake it in January (I'm expecting a 2300 because that has been a consistent score for me on recent practice tests)
I've taken 2 APs so far (4s scored on both Bio and World), and by the end of this year (junior) I will have taken 5, and by the end of high school I'll have a total of 9.
I'm in my 3rd school play and got the lead in the fall production of Our Town.
I am in a highly selective award winning jazz choir at my school
I have over 200 volunteer hours
I've taken 3 years of French, and, by the time I graduate, 4 of math, 4 of science (2 science labs), 4 of english, 3 history, 2 fine arts, and 6 performing arts.
I've won second place in an LAUSD spelling bee, gotten a science fair award from CSUN and had an abstract published in a national science journal, participated in Model United Nations, was on the Superlative Picture Team for yearbook, had a poem published in a collection of poetry,and won a presidential award and a certificate of special congressional recognition.</p>

<p>The thing is, I don't even know if any of this matters because my grades and test scores aren't stellar!
Do I have a shot??
Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Don’t rest on score and grades if you are applying for top schools, be yourself. We have guys who scored lower than you got admitted and guys who scored higher than you got rejected. It’s no indication.</p>

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<p>(I just realized I wrote Harvard at the top, my bad! I meant Stanford, my number 2 school)</p>

<p>Thank you! I got such negative replies when I posted the same thing for Brown (first choice) and Harvard (3rd choice).</p>

<p>I’m really hoping my extracurriculars can help me.</p>