what are my chances to get into my dream school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I am a junior Indian male on Long Island that wants to do pre-med</p>

<p>I have taken 7 AP's(all 5's)
World History
Statistics
Biology
Computer Science
US History
Physics
English Lit</p>

<p>will be taking (and expect to get 5's on)
Calc BC
Chem
US gov and politics
Macroeconomic</p>

<p>I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA (4.2 weighted)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
PSAT:240(80m,80cr,80w,)
SAT: 2360 (800m,780,cr,780w)
ACT:34(dont remember breakdown)
SAT II's: Bio(m)- 800 Math I- 800 World History:800 Chem- 780</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/achievements:</p>

<p>Starting middle linebacker and captain of Varsity Football(11/12)
Varsity Basketball(11/12)
Award for top 2% in SAT in 8th grade(dont remember name of the award)
Made AIME for AMC 10
Gold medal for Congressional Award: Congress' Award for youth
National Merit Scholar
Shadow an orthopedic surgeon at SUNY: Stony Brook
Shadow my aunt who is an attending surgeon at Washington in St. Louis
Have 500+ hours volunteering at a the local nursing home
Make sandwiches for a soup kitchen in NYC 2 times a month
Perform dances at Gold Water hospital in NYC
Worked at FONAR as a construction worker summer into 10th grade(dont know if it helps)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Great rec from bio and geometry teacher
great counselor rec</p>

<p>Essay:
Will be good</p>

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<p>wow, your captain, 2300+, and aime, so much for dumb jocks. I think you have a VERY good chance.</p>

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<p>you are very qualified. whether you will get in is something completely different that people on CC can’t tell.</p>

<p>also, side comment. while your 240 PSAT guarantees being a National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist (and judging from your list of activities, you will almost definitely receive a National Merit Scholarship), you probably shouldn’t list National Merit Scholar yet.</p>

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<p>yeah sorry i just kind of made that assumption</p>

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<p>sadly, no we have come to the Long Island championships 3 times since ive been on varsity, 1 time when I was captain and we lost every time =[</p>

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<p>No one can tell you if you will get into Stanford from these board, but we can say that you are a very balanced and competitive applicant. Personally, I think you have a very good chance.</p>

<p>Now just don’t screw up Senior year :P</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>I believe you have a very good chance. Not only are you great academically but your ECs are good and the fact that you are an athlete will be very appealing to Stanford. Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>We have pretty similar stats, not often you meet a fellow football player on here!
I applied SCEA this year: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1043618-official-stanford-university-rea-decisions-class-2015-hamba-harambee-knaves-xd-7.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1043618-official-stanford-university-rea-decisions-class-2015-hamba-harambee-knaves-xd-7.html&lt;/a&gt;
Post number 96
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>@bobleman300</p>

<p>sorry you didnt get in! hopefully I can do better, this time! just a question if you dont mind answering, where did you end up going?</p>

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<p>I actually just finished applying so I wont be hearing back from my other schools until April.
Judging by your activities it seems as if you would be interested in some of the same schools as me, I applied to Duke, Penn, Yale, Northwestern, Michigan, Georgetown, Cornell, Vandy, and UNC. </p>

<p>Right now Duke is my top choice but that’s after Stanford which was by far my dream school, they were really rough this year so oh well…</p>

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<p>wow. that’s an extremely impressive resume. way better than mine, and I got in.</p>

<p>tip: don’t answer the optional ethnicity question.</p>

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<p>Yeah wow I’m pretty sure you’ll get in, any possibility to be recruited?</p>

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<p>no unfortunately im too small (6’1) and only 215 to play middle linebacker anywhere =[. thanks for the chance though!</p>

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<p>btw, the name of the SAT in 8th grade award might be the Duke TIP program.
but you can’t put it because the awards section is only for 9th grade on.</p>

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<p>Everyone’s stated it, I’m just reinforcing it</p>

<p>You have a very good chance (:</p>

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<p>^and to be honest, it doesnt matter</p>

<p>(but it could also be JHU CTY-related)</p>

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<p>yeah it was Johns Hopkins CTY but oh well, just thought i would throw it in their at least on CC right? =]</p>