xanthom

I would apply to more than one school and have done more research on universities (can't blame me though; didn't have much time).

Cycospaz2

SAT and ACT scores. Definitely.

stressed0ut

MY SAT's!!

I desperately NEED a 2200 + to get into the schools that I'm aiming for

CATennisPlayer

Definitely my SAT scores. If I got a better score, I probably would have gotten in to Stanford. Instead, I was defered, but I'm happy anyways.

Anniushka

Well, I did get into Stanford... but I've always felt insecure about my ECs:
-I've never won any contest... though I've advanced to the semifinalist stage in both of the only two I have entered, the Young Playwrights Festival 2006 National Playwriting Competition and National Merit Scholarship.
-I can boast no athletic talent or accomplishment, besides being one of the founding members of a now-dissolved community fencing club. Unless being the worst varsity XC runner in Western Washington counts for anything... which it doesn't.
-I'm not, nor have I have been, an elected officer or founder of any school organization. I've never run for office--ASB is a joke at my school. I am Drama Club Treasurer, but that's only because the Drama Club Dictator (the adviser) has mandated that everybody in the club is either treasurer or secretary.
-Drama is among my top 3 ECs (along with foreign languages and creative writing), but even there I've only acted in one play and was a volunteer stagehand in a second. After I submitted my Stanford EA application I became the head audio technician for another play and secured the lead role in yet another, but Stanford never knew about those.
-I haven't done a significant amount of community service at all, though I do enjoy volunteering a great deal. Me enjoying it doesn't matter though; actions are what count.

...So I said I'd change my ECs. Not that I guess I needed to.

karot

I'd wish I were taller.

Or get a better GPA but the tallness would be the first to be changed.

420

test scores

RandomStudent

my gpa--3 cs, 6 bs.....yuck

meow360

I would become a URM

darkhope

I would have never taken honors and ap english...what a waste...most schools don;t even accept ap credits for english and taking these courses basically ruined my gpa =/

flong

I'd be a god damn golf professional so i can get into Stanford while still being in Alg 2 as a senior. damn Michelle Wie.

anyway, I'd have to change my GPA as it is my biggest flaw...

Kenzen

GPA:
- No Honors Chemistry-would've helped so much
- AP Statistics instead of Precal- Again a boost
- Pushed harder freshman year

ECs:
-Started wrestling freshman year
-More clubs
-More committments to community service

qwilde

Freshman year, but ultimately I wouldn't change it because it might undo the fabric of the person that I am today.

betterday55

I would've started studying ACT/SAT as a freshman

betterday55

And i should've drop that stupid spanish 3 class, costed me two Bs