Can taking Pre-Calc as a senior decrease my chances of Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Classes:
Freshman Year: Concert Band, Study Hall, Spanish 1, World History, PE, Geometry, English
Sophomore Year: PE, Spanish 2, English 2, AP Euro, Comp Prog, Biology, Algebra 2
Junior Year: Spanish 3 Hon, APUSH, AP Comp Sci, AP Environmental Science, Chem, Math Analysis, Honors English 3
Senior Year: AP Spanish, AP Comp/gov, Pre-Calc, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Psych (at community college)
So basically I took Bio as a sophomore and pre-calc as as senior, but eventually took harder classes.
UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.27
SAT: 2250
ACT:35
AP’s: 8
Three 4’s on AP test and five 5’s on AP tests</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service:
-Volunteer at Senior Nursing Home throughout all 4 years, have won various awards, and now work there for a job. Also was on the local newspaper for this
-Volunteered in Nicaragua over the past two summers
-Volunteer for Red Cross, and also hosted a blood drive (not sure how much money raised)
-Organized a run, for UNICEF, which I’m President of (raised over 1k)
-Organized various fundraisers in my local community or UNICEF (raised over 1k)</p>

<p>Sports:
-Tennis (3) years, many awards. Varsity junior year. And captain senior year.
-Club Tennis, went to state
-Nike Academy Tennis
-Went to Florida, Nevada, for tennis tournaments
-Won Northern California Section (NCS) with tennis team</p>

<p>EC’s:
-Acting, have won many awards such as youth acting major, AIC, etc.,
-I’ve been in many plays, auditions for small parts around my city
-Lead role in School Play
-Also went to SOCOPA (summer camp for advanced acting and performing arts)
-Creative Writing competition(s) because creativity is the world’s new leader
-Developed a passion for creativity
-Odyssey of the Mind
*I’ve also done History Day at Harvard, really fun!</p>

<p>-President of UNICEF club (3), President of Key Club (2), CSF (2)</p>

<p>-I’ve coded in different languages for Apps and put them on the App store
-Also have been in App development programs
-Young Entrepreneur competitions, for apps of course</p>

<p>Internships: I genuinely am very passionate for learning, which is why I might sort of have a “Laundry List”, thus, my internships might be all over the place (definitely applying as undecided)
-Intern at UC Berkeley for Computer Science (free)
-Summer programs in Stanford for medical research
-Shadowed many doctors
-Work with my Mom, who happens to be a psychiatrist in her office, and read about her notes on her patients and study her medicine
-Political Science Internships in UC Berkeley
-Law internship at Stanford</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this far peeps! Anyone think I can get into Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA?</p>

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<p>Calculate UC GPA: <a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;
You have competitive test scores and very good EC’s. Your GPA is in range for all the schools.</p>

<p>Stanford: Reach (it is for everyone)
UCB/UCLA: High Match
UCD: Match</p>

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<p>Thx @Gumbymom‌ but what are your thoughts on a senior with pre-calc?</p>

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<p>I think taking Pre-Calculus as a Senior will hurt your chances. I would imagine that the majority of Stanford applicants would have finished AP Calculus BC and probably have 1 community college Math class under their belt. What is your intended major? Based on your EC’s, you have no specific focus. I agree it is a laundry list. They may help in establishing that you are well rounded, but schools like Stanford want some kind of passion to show through with your EC’s. </p>

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<p>depends on major
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1685346-chance-me-for-the-csus.html?new=1”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1685346-chance-me-for-the-csus.html?new=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Agree with Gumbymom. Does precalculus even count as a credited course for a university? Most applicants have finished Calc BC by the end of senior year.</p>

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<p>You might get your mother in trouble for saying you learn about her patients. It sounds unethical to share patient information without patient permission, and the issue for a psychiatrist could be more serious than the issue for a podiatrist or allergist. Please check HIPAA guidelines.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>BUMP BUMP BUMPITY BUMP</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>bump like now
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<p>depends on what your school offers, do you have honors calc, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC offered at school? If so then it will hurt</p>

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<p>Well this is is a silly question: YES!!!</p>