Chance Me for Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me
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My “dream” school is Stanford, although I would consider Yale, Georgetown, Princeton, and others. If anyone is familiar with the Cameron Impact Scholarship and can chance me for that as well, that would be appreciated.

Demographics:
I am never certain how to answer this question; I am Sephardic-Jewish on both sides of my family, both parents mutually raised in South America. My mother is partially of German, Croatian, and Russian lineage. My father of Moroccan and Argentinian Jewish descent. Upper Middle Class.

Intended Minor and Major Options:
Major options include International Relations and Political Science.
Minor options include Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Economics.
If worth noting, I am interested in Diplomacy, Law, or Politics.

Academics:
Valedictorian out of a class of 120 students; Summa Cum Laude
12 APs, all 5s, scores in the 99th percentile
Perfect score on the SAT
Honor Society
Previously of currently president of History Club, Amnesty International, Girl Up, Model UN, Diversity Club, Chess Club, Philosophy Club, editor in chief of school newspaper, particularly “specializing” in satire.
National Merit Scholar
Student Body President
YoungArts Finalist in Writing
U.S. Senate Youth Delegate
Top 5 debaters on national level

Athletics:
First Degree Black Belt
Varsity tennis team, captain (aspire to play at Wimbledon next year, albeit unlikely, but possible…!)

Arts:
Violinist, attended Perlman Music Program and played at Carnegie Hall
School courses in Ceramics and Painting, do so as a hobby

Non-for-profit endeavors:
Begun a 501(c)3 on female empowerment, with 5,000 members and a 50 youth leaders, all volunteers. I am afraid that if I give too much detail, I will be identified, so that is all I will say.
Founded three other, high-profile endeavors whose details I will not disclose due to concerns listed above.
Congressional Youth Award, Gold

Miscellaneous:
Freelance Journalism for variety of notable publications
Senate Page
International Master in Chess
Lead in School Play
Wrote two books published by top 3 publishers

Leadership:
Regional President of a youth group
25 under 25
Volunteered for political campaigns, phone banking, canvassing, etc.
Trained Lobbyist
Likely not mentioned in my application, I also volunteer weekly for various charitable causes with my family as a bonding, and grounding, experience that also contributed to accruing community service hours; volunteering at a local hospital, organization for kids with terminal illnesses, running a few marathons for charity, etc.
Congressional Youth Cabinet
Partook in leadership efforts of Women’s March, MFOL, March of the Living, etc.

Languages:

  • French
  • Spanish
  • Hebrew
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Portugese
  • Croatian
  • Sign Language

Interests:
Well-read in philosophy, a possible minor.
Fervently interested in Classics, versed in Latin and Greek.
Certified in CPR, First Aid, Snorkeling, Lifeguarding, and Parasailing

Summers:
Mouratoglou Tennis Academy
School of New York Times
Youth Group Summer Program, in which I held leadership positions
Summer Senate Page, as previously mentioned.
Perlman Music Academy
Intern at a Immigration Law Firm
Development of 501(c)3 and other non-for-profit endeavors
Girls State and Girls Nation
Telluride Association Summer Program

If you have read this in its entirety, thank you profusely. If anyone can also provide pointers on how to present this within my application, that would be greatly appreciated. Best of luck!

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Please clarify a few things.

First, to be valedictorian, you would already need to be a senior.

So how were you a Summer Page, since you would have had to have done it last summer, when the program was cancelled because of COVID 19.

How are you National Merit Scholar? In order to be an National Merit Scholar, you would have to be registered for college this fall, not looking to be “chanced”.

How could you participate in both Girls State + Girls Nation and TASP, since for both there is a requirement to be a Junior, and TASP is a summer-long commitment?

Freshman to Senior - 3 summers. How exactly did you participate in 4+ summers’ worth of activities in those 3 years, AND do an internship?

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As stated, this is the intended plan that I know I can fulfill by next year, as a junior. I am using my cousin’s account :slight_smile:

If you have any guidance, that would be greatly appreciated.

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With this, I am trying to gauge my chances of admission and if this the right track for me to fulfill my goals.

Thank you for your solicitousness.

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CC rules: you have to have your own account.

Not differentiating achieved and anticipated is not helpful.

Remember also that there is a point at which AO’s will look at a long list of high-commitment activities and wonder about just how plausible it is that any one ~17 year old would have the time to do all these things well. For example, you list 8 or 9 student groups that you are/have been head of- but in a class of 150 they can’t all be equally weighty. When we lived in Brazil we used to talk about the ‘thump’ factor: you go into a meeting and drop your files on the table and the other person does the same, with both people looking to have the biggest ‘thump’. Your list is kind of like that: throw everything and the kitchen sink on to it. Some editing and ranking will help with that.

Cameron Impact takes up to 15 people/year, so it’s hard to ‘chance’ anybody for that. You have as many fancy words in your post as most of the finalists that I have known, but obviously we don’t know much about the impact elements of your non-profit, and how all the pieces come together into a cohesive whole. That matters.

Written things can come across with a different tone than you mean them, but to me that reads as arrogant.

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Sharing of CC accounts is not allowed. Please open your own account. Also do not present things as fact until they actually have been achieved.

Closing thread.

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I am new to this forum and website. Thereby, I was unaware of that being the rule; thank you for letting me know. The quotations surrounding the word dream are due to it being subjective, and I find acceptance plausible and, as such, see it as not solely a dream, more so a target school.

Your advice is very helpful, thank you so much.