<p>Whats up Stanford applicants!?!?!!?</p>
<p>One quick question and feel free to respond that way everyone else here can kind of see who else is applying... </p>
<p>Are you applying Early or Regular admissions. Feel free to post some of your stats such as...</p>
<p>ETHNICITY
TYPE OF SCHOOL
CUMMULATIVE GPA
AP CLASSES
SATs/ACTs
CLASS RANK
MAJOR ECs
MAJOR AWARDS</p>
<p>i've been kind of wondering this too so i guess i'll answer... this forum always makes stanford seem a little out of my league, but i'm cool with it :)</p>
<p>early
white
public high school
3.8 unweighted (but not recalculated)
ap european history, ap composition, ap environmental science, ap psychology
ACT: 31
no class rank
editor in chief of school newspaper, president/founder of photography club, varsity volleyball, i own my own photography business....etc
various state photo awards, had some published in magazines, NHS, natl spanish exam finalist
i'm also a legacy</p>
<p>haha now everyone else can embarass me with their stats :) good luck to you all!</p>
<p>Applying SCEA. I'm really not sure what to think of my chances...I'm somewhat optimistic, but then I just read CC and get scared!</p>
<p>ETHNICITY: white
TYPE OF SCHOOL: public, big, and uncompetitive
CUMMULATIVE GPA: 4.0 UW, about 103ish W
AP CLASSES: Junior year: AP Chem (3), AP Bio (4), APUSH (5) Senior year: AP Euro History, AP Physics, AP Calc AB, and AP English Lit
SATs/ACTs: 760 CR, 660 M, 730 W, 2150 total...retaking in a few days
CLASS RANK: 1/511 and praying to God it stays that way...I wanted some senioritis, too!!
MAJOR ECs: United States Senate page, internship at World Aerobics/Hip Hop Championship, extensive volunteering at my church for well over a decade
MAJOR AWARDS: Scholar of the Year from my school district, National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar, NHS, won some photography contests</p>
<p>ETHNICITY white
TYPE OF SCHOOL large public competitive
CUMMULATIVE GPA ~3.9 UW, W 4.3
AP CLASSES took eight so far including one self study, 5 on all except for one (4), taking nine APs this year (some are only semester courses)
SATs/ACTs 2330 SAT, no ACT
CLASS RANK doesnt rank, though probably top 1-2%
MAJOR ECs science olympiads president, research at various universities and institutions incl. summers, president photography club, editor in chief artliterary magazine
MAJOR AWARDS national photography awards, state/ hopefully some national research awards, many scioly medals, writing awards, national AP scholar (does this help?), various departmental awards</p>
<p>Early,
Chinese (junior),
top1%(10/1550)
SAT in October
we don't offer AP.
not too many awards,but really good ECs and work experience.
hard to translate them into english.</p>
<p>ETHNICITY: Asian American (3rd Gen.)</p>
<p>TYPE OF SCHOOL: Small, private, Ultra-competitive</p>
<p>CUMULATIVE GPA: ~3.64 (UW, grades 10-11)</p>
<p>AP CLASSES: 6 total: USH (5), CompPolitics (5), Euro (4). Spanish Lit, English, and Statistics senior year.</p>
<p>SATs/ACTs: (2270: 800 CR, 780 W, 690 M). Also have 750 in USH SAT II, taking Literature and World History soon.</p>
<p>CLASS RANK: N/A</p>
<p>MAJOR ECs: Black belt in karate, writer for town newspaper (unpaid, but took initiative to get position), a cappella music (solos), tennis.</p>
<p>Other:
-Legacy
-Paid job at tennis club teaching little kids how to play
-recs are great
-applying Early Action.</p>
<p>Chances please?? Thanks!!</p>
<p>ETHNICITY
Asian (drats!)
Low Income Student, first generation immigrant, ESL as a child
Applying early through questbridge provided I get accepted into program</p>
<p>TYPE OF SCHOOL
Public, small, noncompetitive</p>
<p>CUMMULATIVE GPA
3.97 (unweighted 10-12)
4.39 (weighted 10-12)</p>
<p>AP CLASSES
soph: Euro (4)
Junior: Eng Lang (4) Bio (5) USH (5)
Senior: 5 AP's: env. sci, eng lit, stats, civics, and span</p>
<p>SATs/ACTs
SAT1-1990 (M680/CR640/W670)
-horrible, first time with 1-week prep, will take again nov.
SAT2- Bio-690, USH-700, Math2c-660
-again, horrible...</p>
<p>CLASS RANK
3/335</p>
<p>MAJOR ECs
Boy Scout (7 years); pos's held: patrol leader, senior patrol leader (300+ community service)
-Venture Scout; pos held: treasurer, VP
Clubs: American Heart Association, Kiwin's, Interact, CSF, and NHS (this year)</p>
<p>MAJOR AWARDS
Eagle Scout-highest rank
Venture Bronze
CSF seal bearer </p>
<p>I am a long shot and not very impressive, but one can dream right? I originally had my heart set on only applying and going to Cal and UCLA, but after learning more about Stanford, I'm in love... :)</p>
<p>you'll have a better shot at Stanford if you get those SAT's up. But for Cal and UCLA, you have a great shot as it is.</p>
<p>Thanks Steveo68. I'd chance you back, but I'm not too familiar with Stanford's admissions so my insights would most likely be unfounded. I can say that your SAT's are great though; wish I could get that.</p>
<p>I'm taken aback however, as the "typical" student that I've seen accepted in at Stanford are really, really impressive. The two that I personally know of were valedictorian of their respective classes and both got a 2380 (what a coinki-dink), although one turned Stanford down for Yale.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> admissions time is nearly approaching, yet it seems so far away because of the anticipation and anxiety...</p>
<p>are you guys/girls doing SCEA or Regular???</p>
<p>and by the way, what are your majors???</p>
<p>what are your future career plans???</p>
<p>Haha I feel so inadequate now</p>
<p>I'm applying to RD, because I want to send my mid year report in before they make a decision (which is a major major long shot...)</p>
<p>Ethinicity: Pakistani, but born in England, U.S. PR with very low income
SAT I: 660 (M) 660 (CR) 720 (W)
GPA unweighted: 3.8
GPA weighted: 3.96
Class rank: in the top 20%</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (here):
- Habitat for Humanity (2 yrs, president this year)
- Environmental Club
- Volunteer Tutoring
and some other things I can't remember right now</p>
<p>I know I have a very low chance, but I wonder if they'll take into consideration the fact that my rank is low for a reason. I moved to the U.S. junior year, from Brunei (where my school followed the British curriculum) so I had no AP classes there, and when I came, I could only enroll in Physics, as everything else was full.</p>
<p>And my ECs are two years at the most, because in Brunei there wasn't anything I could continue here.</p>
<p>I am thinking of sending in this toy project I made (to teach both the local language and English to children), which was commended by the chief examiner (when he came from England) and was displayed at the top hotel in Brunei. </p>
<p>I realize that my chances are still really low, but would it help if I wrote about my experiences living in 5 different countries, especially as I believe writing to be one of my strengths?</p>
<p>no, but my brother is applying: his stats:</p>
<p>Ethnicity:
Srivaishnava Bhramin(a special type of Indian . . . ancient) </p>
<p>Type of school:
Not so competitive . . . sends few grads to top schools</p>
<p>GPA:
UW: 4.0
W: 4.8</p>
<p>AP:
Soph: AP Stats(5), AP Euro(5)
Junior: AP Bio (5), AP Phys B (5), APUHS (5), AP Calc A/B (5)
Sen: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Calc B/C</p>
<p>Rank:
2 / 490</p>
<p>Clubs/Involvement: CSF Associate Member, Chess Club Starter/President, Biology Club Officer, Karate Shoto Dojo </p>
<p>Awards / Activities: Karate Special Seminars, United States Chess Fed. Member, AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-finalist, AIME qualifier, USABO Semifinalist, Eco-Hero Award, Volunteer at Ulistac Ecology land, Volunteer at Tech Museum (Also won Tech-Challenge), Signature Award, Member of Peninsula Chess Center and Takes private lessons with UCLA Chess champ</p>
<p>Volunteer at temple (religious) takes lessons with gramps for religious hymns</p>
<p>Intrests: Bio, Chess, Religion </p>
<p>Research/ Summer:
Soph yr summer: SuMAC at Stanford
Jun: SSP / Research at UCLA with another gramps (prof) </p>
<p>SAT: 2220</p>
<p>Now that I have to make a decision.</p>
<p>How do I look for Stanford Early?
I am an Indian male kid attending a Northern NJ public school that sends bunch of kids to Ivies every year</p>
<p>Took most rigorous/demanding course curriculum including 10 AP courses over last 3 years</p>
<p>W-GPA 4.35 (few B's)
UW 3.8
school doesn't rank
SAT 1 2100 (Took again)
SAT II Math 2C 800, Chem 750, Bio 760
AP BIO 5 AP History 4
Won 4-5 science awards as part of school team, Semifinalist in Science Olympiad
Won 2 individual science awards at county and State level
Name published on a Pharm company's web page for research work
Did extensive summer research for 3 yrs, a co-authored research paper in process for publication
NHS Commended</p>
<p>congressional gold medal
Latin Gold Medal 9th grade
lots n lots of community hours
worked as a paramedic, lieutenant this year
have 5 varsity letters for 3 sports, captain this year
Featured in local News paper for Athletic Honor roll</p>
<p>Have other ECs in school newspapaer, clubs etc.</p>
<p>you guys can look up my chance post...
I'm going Early + fine arts supplement, so it's like early-early.</p>
<p>Early and Asian...ouch...plus it seems everyone from my school is applying to Stanford early. Oh well.</p>
<p>My stats: applying EA</p>
<p>First-gen Asian-American
Small, rich, suburban, predominantly white school in the northeast. Sends a few grads to top places every years.</p>
<p>W GPA = 4.5 (9-11), UW = 3.94ish? (Somewhere around there)</p>
<p>APs: World, US, Bio. This year: Physics, BC Calc, Chem, Eng, European history. (8 APs is the highest number taken at my school generally, with very few doing so.)</p>
<p>SAT: M 800, R 760, W 760.
SAT IIs: Physics 770, Bio 750, Math2C 800, World History 790</p>
<p>Class rank - none at my school, but probably in top 2%</p>
<p>Major ECs: Classical piano (since age 5; am submitting a CD), varsity soccer (11, I quit this year to focus on school and apps) and softball (10-12), Asian Student Union (officer), Vice President of the school chorus as well as 3-year member of Concert Choir, the chorus's audition-only subgroup, Co-captain of computer science team, math team</p>
<br>
<p>Spent this summer at a paid internship in a biotech company researching Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease Last summer took an intense course in Java programming language at Harvard for 8 wks</p>
<br>
<p>Major awards: Bausch & Lomb honorary science award, College of the Holy Cross book award, awards in history and latin, Scholar Athlete, High Honor Roll Scholar Athlete, etc.</p>
<p>Teacher recs: should be good. My history teacher gave me the department award last year and my chemistry teacher is infatuated with me.</p>
<p>Could people chance me please? -by the way, I realize that on paper I look sort of like a nerd but am quite good at the humanities and have a passion for history/law/politics so hopefully will reflect that in my essays.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>RD
ETHNICITY - SUCKS TO BE ASIAN AND FEMALE!
TYPE OF SCHOOL - Math/Science magnet in Texas, pretty competitive, although Stanford has shown not to like us very much... 1 or 2 each year. But about 10 out of a class of 160 get in MIT each year. (This year will most likely be way higher)
CUMMULATIVE GPA - 4.0 UW (11/12 - magnet school), 4.2 W (9/10 - different school, even more competitive)
AP CLASSES - Magnet doesn't offer APs :( We take college courses instead.
SATs/ACTs - 35/800 Math2/790 Chem
CLASS RANK - No rank
MAJOR ECs - Violin, Art (Submitting art and architecture portfolios), Mu Alpha Theta, Research in Physics under college professor
MAJOR AWARDS - All-State Violinist, AIME qualifier, Texas State web design award (for educational website)... yeah. :(</p>
<p>HOOK (MAYBE) - My essay will be about Rubik's cubes. And my "intellectual vitality" associated with the obsession... blahblahb</p>
<p>You have nice research, echang :)</p>
<p>Wow, everyone here has such QUALIFICATION! Insane!!</p>
<p>(applying Early Action)</p>
<p>ETHNICITY: 1/2 Asian, 1/2 Caucasian.. 7 races total among those two groupings, not sure which to put, seeing as both are somewhat detremental nowadays..</p>
<p>TYPE OF SCHOOL: suburban, public school, low funding, bad district, (semi) rich kids, made Newsweek's top 1000!</p>
<p>CUMMULATIVE GPA: 4.0 unweighted (school doesn't do weighted)</p>
<p>AP CLASSES: (9 total)</p>
<p>Sophomore year: AP US History (4)
Junior year: AP Calculus AB (4), AP Government (3..yikes), AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics (didn't take either test)
Senior year: AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP English, AP World History</p>
<p>SATs/ACTs:</p>
<p>1st take: 2000 (660 CR, 700 M, 640 W) 10/12 essay
2nd take: TBA.. but hoping for something better
SAT II: US History: 620, Math II: 650, Math I: 720
ACT: 30 composite, 34 combined English/Writing, 12/12 essay</p>
<p>CLASS RANK: 1/300-something</p>
<p>MAJOR ECs: </p>
<p>4 years tennis: 4-time varsity letter-winner, #1 ranking since frosh year, undefeated sectional champion, two-year district semi-finalist, two-year state qualifier, Team Captain Senior year
4 years swimming: 4-time varsity letter-winner, consolation champion, district finalist, two-year state qualifier, Team Captain Senior year
President: 3 clubs: Young Democrats, Mixed Doubles club (tennis captain/coach), Interact Club (community service club - treasurer junior year)
President of youth group associated with the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League)
Work (3 years): Lifeguard, Swim Instructor, Head Swim Team Coach, Diving Instructor
11-year piano student, Syllabus Exams, published composer for the OMTA
Mock Trial (3 years) 2nd place in regionals, 6th in state
MUN (2 years) delegate/general assemblies
Senior Editor, school newspaper (national recognition/all-american paper)</p>
<p>MAJOR AWARDS</p>
<p>AP Scholar
3-time Most Valuable Player (tennis)
3-time Scholar-Athlete Achievement Award
Junior Class Science Representative for the American Association of University Women</p>
<p>that's all I can think of</p>
<p>Not really sure what my chances are or if my applicaiton will be a total crap shot. I basically just want to be happy and at a respectable school.</p>
<p>probably applying regular</p>
<p>ETHNICITY
Asian Male (oh noes!) </p>
<p>TYPE OF SCHOOL
Public, Large, Competitive, lots of students in Ives and UCs and other elite schools every year. about 4-6 accepted to Stanford each year.</p>
<p>CUMMULATIVE GPA
3.77 (unweighted 10-12)
4.38 (weighted 10-12)</p>
<p>AP CLASSES
Bio (5), Calc BC (5) US Hist (5), Eng Lang (5) Physics B (5)
will take, or will consider taking:
World, Euro, Stats, Lit, Chem, Comp Sci AB, Comparative Gov, Art Hist
which makes 14</p>
<p>SATs/ACTs
SAT I - 2250
ACT-34 (retaking since my mom signed me up for december)
SAT2- Bio (750), USH (800) Math IIC (800) Physics (780)</p>
<p>CLASS RANK
school does not rank at all</p>
<p>MAJOR ECs
Quiz Bowl, National Ocean Sciences Bowl, Science Bowl, Destination Imagination, Track and Field, Journalism, Astronomy Club, Physics club, Juggling Club, yea....science heavy, i know</p>
<p>MAJOR AWARDS
CSF Gold Seal?, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, Scholar Athlete, Lots of Track awards, Lots of Quiz Bowl awards, Ocean Science Bowl 3rd, Science Bowl 5th</p>
<p>my gpa is gonna drag me down isnt it</p>