Chance me stanford 2016?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Alright so basic stuff first I guess.
I’m a first senior in high school. I live in Los Angeles. I’m a first generation Catholic Puerto Rican (I received a National Hispanic Merit Scholarship thing too, I don’t know if that’s important).</p>

<p>Sports: Track and Field freshman year, Varsity lacrosse soph-senior year. Junior captain, hopefully senior captain this spring. I have a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I am beginning Brazilian Jui Jutsu.</p>

<p>EC’s: Church usher at 5:00 mass Saturday and Sunday fresh-senior years
Piano and Guitar (10 years). I compose my own music along with taking requests and arranging covers of songs.
I coach a local youth chess team at my library because the public schools don’t offer chess clubs. We travel and go to team/individual competitions. Several of my kids are actually ranked.</p>

<p>Community Service: 250 total hours of Community Service, mostly tutoring inner-city Los Angeles kids for standardized tests like the High School Placement Exam. I’ve fed the homeless and that whole deal too. I also have my senior project coming up where I’ll be a substitute science/sports teacher for a needy inner-city middle school. </p>

<p>Work Experience: Since the summer before freshman year I’ve worked as a camp counselor at a local summer camp. I coached sports, taught art and music classes, and helped in the nurses office. On occasion I help set up things for the shows etc etc. I’m somewhat a Jack-of-all-trades. </p>

<p>Research: From 8th grade to the end of freshman year I spent most of my weekends studying the DDT effects of the marine population in Long Beach, CA. My partner and I presented our results at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium science exhibit along with some Tufts undergraduates.
In junior year I was selected out of my AP Biology class along with 3 other students to do genetic research on Drosophila regarding the effects of introns on the circulatory system in pre-natal development. My team was published with UCLA undergraduates.</p>

<p>SAT I: W:740 CR:740 M:720 (this was my score from early junior year, I’m taking it again in a couple weeks)
SATII: Us History: 750 Chemistry: 710. I’m taking Math II and English Lit in November.</p>

<p>AP’s: AP World History 4, APUSH 5, AP Language 5, AP Biology 5</p>

<p>This year my courses are AP Art History, Theology (required), AP English Lit., AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Environmental Science.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19, school doesn’t rank but i know im in top 15% at least. From what my counselor has told me, I’ve taken the hardest possible schedule my high school offers.</p>

<p>I intend to major in neurology going on a pre-med track. I hope to somehow get maybe a minor in music, Spanish, or Italian. My dream has always been to be a doctor ever since I was six.</p>

<p>Am I within the realm of Stanford? Any advice for the supplements, personal statement, or interview? Is there anything I could add to my app like an mp3 of an original song or a video of something?</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch guys! I appreciate all feedback.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance. Your ECs and interests are really diverse. You should do the arts supplement for music, if you can swing the early deadline.</p>

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<p>thanks, i was thinking of uploading an original composition or an original arrangement as an midi/mp3 file or something</p>

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<p>bump… anyone else?</p>

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<p>Are you applying REA?</p>

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<p>no I don’t think so</p>

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<p>You have the stats, but then again Stanford is a reach for anyone.</p>

<p>It would really be to your benefit if you applied SCEA to them.</p>

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<p>^Sparxx, I think you’re incorrect. If I were ditalia, I would wait until the RD round because REA is difficult, because most of the spots are reserved for athletes, URM’s, etc…</p>

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<p>can I still submit an arts supplement RD?</p>

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<p>yes, i think the deadline is 12/1 for RD Arts Supplements, but you should check stanford’s website just in case</p>

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<p>thanks for the help</p>

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<p>you have an awesome chance. being on the west coast helps too</p>

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<p>alright thank you!</p>

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<p>personally, I don’t think you specialized enough :/</p>

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<p>hey man, could you chance me and maybe everyone else on this. Stanford has always been my dream school, but im not white, i dont live in the states, and im not rich haha. <a href=“Chance me: Stanford University (WILL CHANCE BACK) - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>Chance me: Stanford University (WILL CHANCE BACK) - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums; . I think you stand a great chance, you have great ECs and scores.</p>

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<p>@thehorndude, yea ive been afraid of that. Since 8th grade ive always heard that being well rounded is the most important thing, so i picked several things i love to do and i have dived into them. It wasnt until the end of junior year that i started hearing that colleges want depth more than breadth. oh well ):</p>