Will the direction I'm going in, raise my chance of getting into Stanford?

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<p>Hello guys, I have finally decided to make an account here. Always have been reading your forum though. And I'm making this post, because I just want to know if I'm going in the right direction. FYI I know top students around the country get declined from top university's, so I'm just interested in hearing if I'm going in the right direction. </p>

<p>First I will give you guys some basic info about me:
1. Sophomore in high school.
2. 3.96 cumulative.
3. Ranked in top 4% of my class.(decent size high school class, not big but not small either)
4. Not a lot of service hours done.
5. Biggest weakness, is english. Biggest strength is computer science, mainly programming.
6. I'm projected to get a 30 or higher on the ACT(if i get my english better by then, then the score will rise)
7. For the SAT, I believe my projected score from the PSAT was 1900-2000.</p>

<p>Now onto what I do. I'm hoping to get into Stanford through programming. So far I have taken ALL but one computer science related class. Gotten 100% in all. Last one is AP Java which is a junior class. Here are my EC's: I contributed to the building of an app through a college for a local museum.(I was in the credits) Now I'm the lead developer for another project that will be put into a very popular zoo here in America. I'm also the lead developer of an app for the mentally challenged.(for a competition). Lastly, I have been contacted by business men lately, asking me if they can meet with me to help them build their apps. And that's pretty much it for now, and of course I have been in many competitions and I was the only one to win the programming award in my High school.</p>

<p>So with this info, do you believe it's worth my time to keep building apps for company's and organizations? Will it raise the likely hood of me getting into Stanford? Because don't get me wrong I enjoy programming, but I just don't know which app building offers I should decline. So should I keep making as many apps as I can or would a few apps a year look just as good? I really appreciate you guys taking your time to read this, and hope you would help a confused teen out, thanks. </p>

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<p>Your GPA is good but you’re gonna need at least a 2250/32 on the SAT or ACT to really be considered. Your ECs are really good because they show you are passionate about a certain thing and more importantly, have experience in it. Work on getting some leadership positions though. </p>

<p>My thread (chance back please): <a href=“Chances for Vanderbilt, UNC, NYU, UF, and Duke? - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me. But your response brought another question to my mind, why does lead developer not count as a leadership role? I pretty much organize everything for my team. </p>

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<p>Aim for 2300/34+ on SAT/ACT for Stanford</p>

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<p>Your ECs are very strong. I agree, you have shown leadership, experience and competition. First, I would say, try to improve your grades WHILE programming as much as you can for the businessmen. During SAT studying time, though, study a little more. You’d be surprised what score you could achieve if you focused all of that programming energy into getting a much higher score for the SAT. Honestly, with a strong SAT (even without great grades) and your programming experience, you would get into Stanford. I’m sure they will understand that programming takes up too much of your time. That said, it would be much more impressive if you were able to balance both programming and school well enough to get good grades and still program nearly as efficiently as you do now. Good luck!</p>

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