MrPrez

*Moved from "College Admissions". Realized this is where I should post this.*

So uhm... I must say I am feeling a bit of worried right now. Since couple yars back I have set Stanford as the "dream school" (first choice, obviously)... and decided I should do SCEA. I felt like I was in complete control of what I wanted to do. However, after reading this thread...

How much does applying SCEA to Stanford affect the chances of a reach applicant?

I really don't know if I want to EA anymore. Yeah, I want to go there, but how it will affect my chances? Like everyone said in that thread, doing EA does mean I am competing in a better pool of applicants. Plus, a couple of my friends with pretty good stats straight up got REJECTED in the EA.

I am afraid that I might be wasting my EA on Stanford. I don't know. It sort of feels like I am wasting my EA on Stanford when I can try somewhere else safer, and just RD to Stanford.

I want you guys to take a quick look at my stats and give me some advice. To be honest, I have always thought I would have a decent shot at Stanford SCEA. I might be wrong though.

Btw I didn't intend this thread to be another bragging opportunity, as I already know the stats are pretty good. I don't like "2400 SAT 5.0 GPA CAN I GET INTO HARVARD, TELL ME NOW BUMP BUMP BUMP" threads either hahaha.

EA to Stanford? Or somewhere else + RD to Stanford?

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Large competitive public school (~2200 kids)
Male Korean-American

IB Full Diploma Candidate
GPA UW: 4.00 (1/613)
GPA W: Forgot the exact GPA, but ranked 3rd in my class.
Most likely National Merit Semifinalist
SAT I: 760 Math, 740 CR, 800 WR. 1500/1600, 2300/2400.
SAT II: 800 Korean w/ Listening, 760 Math 2. Taking Physics/History in Oct.

Courseload: (I won't include Freshman/Sophomore year since IB = Junior/Senior.)

Junior Year:
IB Econ
IB PCalc
IB Physics I
IB English I
IB History I
IB Spanish
Leadership

Senior Year:
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Calc
IB Physics II
IB English II
IB History II
IB Spanish HL
Leadership

Sophomore Class President
Junior Class President
ASB (Student Body) President
Korean Student Association President
Speech/Debate Secretary
Varsity Tennis (hopefully captain)
National Honor Society
Link Crew Coordinator [A program that helps out incoming freshmen]
Breaking Down the Walls Coordinator [A program intended to unify students]

Volunteer at OMSI (OR Museum of Science and Industry)
Internship at Congressman David Wu's Office (~150 hours over the summer)
Lots of tutoring experience in and out of school. [One of the before-school tutors at school helping out other students who need help]

KSE Mathematics Contest 2006 1st place, 2007 2nd place, 2008 2nd place.
AMC School Winner
Various tennis awards, such as Juniors Pacific West 1st place.

Heavily involved in church:
Multiple mission trips (Indian reservations, Poor rural communities, etc)
Youth Committee leader
Church band drummer for several years
State Representative for a national presbyterian youth conference

and most importantly...
USA NATIONAL STARCRAFT PLAYER! <3 SC:BW

MrPrez

oh FINE I feel no love hahaha

Hiyo_bye

Looks like you definitely got a great chance

I just wanted to say that Starcraft achievement is pretty cool.

MrPrez

haha I love SC..
it's getting in my way of writing college essays though
just played for 4 hours when I should be doing more productive stuff

thanks!

jellyfishjelly

dang. you are such a typical korean guy (no racism here, cuz i'm korean).
A+ student and great athlete by day, starcraft geek by night.
you are amazing.

i think you have an awesome shot at stanford.

GPAx213

pro gamer + straight A+ all-around student?

In anywhere.

Stanford (SCEA) - safety

But since you are korean...

Stanford (SCEA) - safe match

Therifleman62

Starcraft LOL. How are the Americans anyways? All I know is that fully upgraded zerglings will get you in anywhere. I also want to thank you for helping make the Korean SAT II curve impossible for me. Just kidding

mdcissp

Forgive my ignorance, but is being Korean considered to be an "under represented minority"? I think Stanford likes under represented minorities.

pyn

no Koreans are Asian :P

MrPrez

Woah! My old thread is back!

Yeah I am Asian
....damnit.


Life's been hard. I haven't been able to play SC for approximately 5 weeks. Longest stretch without SC in 5 years.
Thanks for the encouragement though guys

MrPrez

I guess I should make a small addition:
NMSF confirmed.

and I forgot to put Taekwondo black belt 2nd degree on here lOl
(it's one of my primary activities and I forgot it)

MrPrez

Therifleman62: Americans are actually doing pretty well in the foreigner StarCraft scene. World Cyber Games USA Nationals are pretty soon.

In fact, a guy who goes by the name of IdrA is currently in Korea on a progaming team, although he's not doing very well. I think USA has recently surpassed Germany and Poland in terms of skill, right behind Korea and China now.

Get this though - The best American/German/Polish player would be considered just above average in Korea. Korean progamers, semi-pros, and even amateurs can easily beat any non-Korean.

hmom5

While you are certainly a viable candidate at Stanford, you are far from a shoo in. A 1500 M plus CR is just average at Stanford. My son looked at Stanford with slightly higher stats and did indeed choose to ED another school where he had a better chance. In today's college admissions game you need to make hard choices. Do you want to use your one early shot on a school that rejects most with your stats/profile or use it where you have better odds? Only you can make that choice.

MrPrez

Stanford looks at writing too, so it would be 2300 instead of a 1500. I think that looks a little bit better. Thanks for the advice. I decided to go ahead and apply to Stanford (This thread was made in July)

Gotta hope for the best, I guess.

Recs: One from my math teacher who I have had for two years. He's an alumni at Stanford so I guess he can write some nice things lol.

Other one is from my IB english teacher, who is also the KSA advisor.

Essays: Should be good.