Worth Applying to Stanford???

<p>I'm a rising high school senior at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, MD. I've got strong essays and I have a great optional reference, good teacher references and a strong musical supplement (15 minutes of classical piano). I have visited Stanford's campus. Any idea as to my chances? </p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 (unweighted) 4.26 (weighted)
SAT I: 2290 (total) 760 (V) 760 (M) 770 (W)
PSAT: 231 (total) 75 (M) 76 (V) 80 (W) National merit scholar finalist
SAT II: 800 (Math IIC) 740
AP Scores: 5 (Bio); 3 or 4 (Calculus AB); 4 or 5 (Psychology) (my scores have not arrived)</p>

<p>Junior year:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology
Honors English
Honors Japanese 3
Child Development</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP World History
Multivariable calculus
Honors Physics
Honors English
Child Development
PE
Honors Japanese 4</p>

<p>EC's: Mostly the piano. 12 years experience, DOZENS of awards and competition prizes. I also have done two service trips to Mexico to do charity work (with church). I have spent two summers as a summer intern in a diabetes laboratory at the National Institutes of Health. I have medical research published in scientific journals, the paper was presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting for 2006. At school I am a member of the Gay-Straight Alliance. During Junior year, I held down a job, 15~20 hours a week, at a organic food store. For child development class during the year, I volunteer to teach preschool kids for about 5 hours per week.</p>

<p>do you know alex imas or greg ihrie? they both went to your school and were debaters. ihrie graduated in 05 and imas in 06....</p>

<p>By all means apply. You're not a shoe-in, mind you, but you'd be competitive for sure.</p>

<p>Are you in the top 5% of your class?</p>