<p>Okay so hopefully by now you know not to listen to SAT128…</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think schools care about stats. I mean, obviously they do to a point, but I don’t think they see a difference between a 34, 35, or 36 on the ACT. They probably don’t care about the difference between a 7, 8, 9, 10 APs. I’m going to be honest and tell you that your stats are by far not the strongest I’ve seen; in fact, they’re probably about average for Stanford’s pool. But you know what? In all honesty, that doesn’t matter. Stanford isn’t trying to build a school of 2400s and 36s and valedictorians. What appeals to me about Stanford is that they are so holistic, that they believe a school should be not just a place you go to get an education, but also a community, a family, a place you go not just to learn, but to make friends, try new things, explore, enjoy. And it’s not going to be the test scores or GPA that makes or breaks you. It won’t even be the ECs, which are also approximately average, maybe even a touch below, for Stanford.</p>
<p>It’s about the essays, if you ask me. One hundred and ten percent. Essays. Stanford wouldn’t ask for over a thousand words worth of essays if they weren’t going to use them. They want to know WHO you are, not WHAT you are, and I hate to use the cliche, but a person is much more than a statistic. They want to know the person, statistics be damned. These chance threads can’t tell you your chances, they can only tell you if you’re a shooin regardless of essays (meaning Andrew Luck…), absolutely not good enough no matter how great your essays are (meaning a 2.5 GPA…), or, like the rest of us, in limbo.</p>
<p>You are in limbo. Write those essays, and write them well.</p>
<p>If you need help, I’d be willing to possibly lend a hand.</p>