Another Chance Me Thread

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Hey, any thoughts/ideas/comments/questions/remarks are appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Objective: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2000, retaking this weekend
[</em>] ACT: Taking in Oct.
[<em>] SAT II: Not submitting
[</em>] Weighted GPA: Almost 95
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6.5 IB (3 HL, 3 SL, .5 TOK), 1 AP, 1 Honors
[li] Early or Regular: Early Action[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Chapter Founder, Elected President), Student Council (Elected President), Crossbearer (extensive church activities), Leadership Seminar (The only one selected by faculty from whole class), Interdisciplinary Competition Team (Founder, received state-wide honor), Lacrosse (received two honors), Math Team (team honors)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: After-school program at local elementary school, General store cashier/team leader
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer counselor in training at Summer Day Camp (3 summers, about 300 hours each)
[</em>] Interview: Not able to schedule one[/ul]</p>

<p>Other: [ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle-Eastern, European
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Unknown
[</em>] General Information: Have lived in many states, two countries, son of Air Force veteran, divorced parents and deceased father
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Your profile seems to be slightly on the weaker side of the applicant spectrum. However, at a school like Stanford, anything can happen. Good luck during SCEA :)</p>

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<p>You’re definitely going to want to strengthen your SAT scores to place them in a range that is more easily admissible. From what I can tell from just a list, your extracurriculars are extensive but don’t display depth (granted this IS just an online forum) but you’ll definitely want to convey some sense of depth and uniqueness in that aspect as well as in your essays to be considered despite routine academics (they’re great, but this is Stanford where everyone applying has great academics.)</p>