<p>I submitted my Stanford application a while back, and I still get the jitters by merely thinking about it. My parents really want me to go there even though I personally do not believe my chance there is high, but I gave it a shot for their sake. Any guesses on possibilities? (admit, defer, deny)
Asian Female
GPA= 90.5/98 (uh, I took hard courses...ish; National AP Scholar)
SAT I = 800 M, 730CR, and 700W =2230 overall
SAT II= 780 on Math II, Physics and Bio M (hehe, I know)
Not much to say about ECs aside from violinist, and that I play chess quite well, and founding the Diversity Club at my school.
Recs= decent/poor
Essays= decent (I'm not the greatest writer; 8 on SAT essay T.T)
No work experience
No significant awards really -_-;
I'm also applying to Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UPenn, UCLA and Berkeley.
Talk about a bland application. Any feedback would be much appreciated :)</p>
<p>Eh....lack of distinctions may be the fatal flaw. I mean, it's great that you are solid in all aspects, but you seem to be missing something that would separate you from other applicants. Hmm...it's still a crapshoot.</p>
<p>By the way, the SAT essay in no way determines how well your college essay will be. I got an 8 on my SAT essay too, but my college essay is a lot better because I spent time on it. The key point is that what you write over a period of a couple, or in my case 40 haha, hours will be of a different quality than what you write in 25 minutes. Besides, the SAT graders are inflexible and critical of any format aside from your basic 1-3-1 paragraph structure.</p>
<p>why would you have poor recs? are you just saying that "relatively"?</p>
<p>Kongqi,</p>
<p>You seen to know the answer yourself. If you don't see a compelling reason for Stanford to take you and you don't offer thEm extra-curriculars that could benefit the Stanford community, then.....</p>
<p>What is most important is what you want, not what your parents want. Are there places you would like to go, where you think you could get in and where you feel you can make a contribution to the community? </p>
<p>All the best.</p>
<p>you seem like a great fit at berkeley too, if you don't get in to stanford</p>
<p>I supposed lacking anything 'special' is a bad sign. Eep.
Ah, recs. Let's just say I don't really like talking to teachers. They all just see me as someone who does really well on tests and neglects homework...occasionally <<; I'm also OOS for Berkeley so it'll probably be a tough college to get into, as if they don't have enough Asians applying there.
Truthfully, I have no "dream" college, nor do I think that I'm a perfect fit for any particular school. This is all a very ambivalent matter to me, yet I worry. I guess the idea of being rejected just doesn't appeal. X(
Thanks for everyone's input so far!</p>