What are my chances of getting into Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to apply to the following colleges:
Stanford
MIT
Caltech
Carnegie mellon
Harvey mudd
Harvard
UC berkeley
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia
U penn</p>

<p>But i would love to go to Stanford</p>

<p>My background:
I'm hispanic
i had a very tough upbringing. I have had to change schools every six months for the past 8 years. I have 6 different schools on my transcript. My gpa is trending upwards starting from a 3.7 and going up to a 4.0 junior year (the first year that i had home stability).</p>

<p>My schedule junior year:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>College in the HS Pre Calc</p></li>
<li><p>AP english 11</p></li>
<li><p>Biology</p></li>
<li><p>AP statistics</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish 3</p></li>
<li><p>AP US History</p></li>
<li><p>Physics</p></li>
</ol>

<p>ACT- 36</p>

<p>GPA unweighted- 3.88
GPA weighted- 4.17</p>

<p>AP exams:
Language comp - 5
US history- 5
Statistics- 5</p>

<p>SAT ll subject tests:
Math 1- 800
Math 2- 800
Literature- 780
Biology- 800
US history- 790
World history- 790
Spanish- 780</p>

<p>National Merit finalist
(215 PSAT)
2300 SAT</p>

<p>I passed the AIME math test</p>

<p>I am fluent in 3 languages: english, spanish, and french</p>

<p>EC's:
Varsity Basketball (conference champions)
Varsity Football
200+ hours community service
FBLA
President of Math club ***
Key club
NHS
Summer basketball program ***
Summer math program ***
Started an ACT Prep class that earns me about $6,000 per year</p>

<p>I'm going to major in either Computer Science or Software Engineering</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into Stanford? What are my chances of getting into at least one of these colleges? What can i do to improve my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any replies</p>

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<p>Honestly, I think you’re a pretty strong candidate, but I’d definitely work on the GPA. Other than that, all you should do now is keep up with everything and start doing what you love… That mythical passion ;)! I’m only a sophomore, so don’t take everything I say wholeheartedly. I’m just basing my reply off of what others have been saying.</p>

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<p>I hope you have a safety college, because none of the colleges on your list are safeties. </p>

<p>That being said, your biggest weakness is having kind of generic ECs. Despite that, I believe that you have a lot to offer to each college. Because basically each college on your list seems to randomly give out denials and acceptances, giving you something like “Harvard - accept, Cornell - reject” would be pointless. </p>

<p>So instead, I’ll predict that you’ll get into at least 3 of them. Your most likely acceptances will be CMU and UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>Predict back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1628065-the-ultimate-chancing-thread-with-real-life-incentive.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1628065-the-ultimate-chancing-thread-with-real-life-incentive.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i definitely think you can get in. althought you have generic ECs. your URM + amazing grades and act</p>