<p>My friend wants to go to Stanford but I am worried that his stats are no where near the level that they should be. I do not know all of his stats but here are the ones I know:</p>
<p>He is applying for Engineering and is White and will probably need financial aid</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 (790 M 730 CR 650 W)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 uw, 3.8 w (We are at a very competitive high school in the Northeast that sends 30 students out of the class of 300 to Ivy Leagues a year)</p>
<p>Classes: All Honors and APs,</p>
<p>APs: Physics, Calc, US History, World, Euro</p>
<p>Clubs:
Math Team President
Science Research
Math Research
Latin Club</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Volunteering at local hospital +100 hours
Works with a researcher over the summer</p>
<p>Awards:
Science Olympiad winner
Math Research Competition Bronze Medal</p>
<p>Do you think he has a viable chance? If not, where do you suggest?
Also, no one from my high school has ever gone to Stanford in the last 15 years. Would this affect his chances?</p>
<p>Probably not going to make it.</p>
<p>It is odd that no one made it to stanford if 10% go each year to Ivies.</p>
<p>What is his rank.</p>
<p>My high school does not rank, and only releases the top 10% which he is in.</p>
<p>And its not that no one gets in there, its just that very few people apply.</p>
<p>You may want to check with your college counseling office, because those numbers are not accurate. There aren’t any schools in the West that send 30 graduates per year to Ivy League colleges without sending a single student to Stanford in the past 15 years.</p>
<p>OP said “northeast”, not “west”</p>
<p>Yes we are in the northeast not the west, and that is counting everyone who was accepted to Ivy Leagues and not necessarily attended. That is also counting the recruited athletes, and actually I just found out that someone was accepted to Stanford this year but is not attending. I was just giving an approximation.</p>
<p>SAT and gpa wise your friend is solid what I would recommend to your friend and to anyone is to work diligently on their essays. Everyone that applies to Stanford has around the same grades and to a certain extent the same awards but it’s what you write about and how you convey yourself as a person is what really gets Stanford to buy into your application.</p>
<p>Also, have your friend be able to convey how their ECs impacts them. Stanford wants students who are passionate. They don’t want people who do a bunch of different clubs just to look good</p>
<p>Source:</p>
<p>Stanford student</p>
<p>As a future Stanford student, one of the biggest things, in my opinion, if he wants to get in is how your friend presents himself to an admission. Stanford, as far as admissions, is more variable than the Ivy’s for a few reasons, counting that Stanford considers a wider amount of factors (athletics, passion, etc.). As a pattern, though, most admits to Stanford have some basis in “serving their fellow man” and show bastions of intellectual creativty and innovation above all else. If I were your friend, I would tell him that he has the criteria thanks to his research. The only thing he REALLY needs to focus on is showing his creativity and passion for science and math.</p>