Chance me! Stanford is my dream school!

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>What are my chances at STANFORD!!!, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, Jonhs Hopkins, Rice</p>

<p>STATS/ACADEMIC:

  1. GPA: 3.87UW 4.5W
  2. SAT 1: 2220 (CR 700 M 730 W 790) =(
  3. SAT 2: Math 2C 790 Spanish 680 =((((
  4. Rank: School doesn’t rank but top 5% for sure
  5. AP: 5, 4, 4, 3 (Awful, I know)
  6. Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
  7. Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honors, some school-level awards</p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULAR/ACTIVITES:

  1. Tae-Kwon-Do Instructor for 2 years: work with wide scope of people, but mostly children with disorders such as autism
  2. Tae-Kwon-Do Black Belt for 3 years & training for 11 years: Internationally ranked at three different tournaments in 2007, 2008, 2008
  3. Debate Director of school chapter of Junior State of America: Speech & Debae
  4. Treasurer/Publicity Chair of Leo Club: ~120 hours of community service
  5. Captain of Varsity Cross Country Team for 3 years: Went to CIF all three years, got several school awards
  6. Captain of Varsity Track Team for 2 years
  7. Member of California Scholarship Federation: ~40 hours of community service
  8. Member of Peer Assistance Leadership: Peer mentoring/tutoring
  9. Volunteer at local library: ~50 hours of community service, worked with kids
  10. Student Senator: School spirit team
  11. Summer visit to India: Performed ritual for deceased grandmother<3, personally handed clothing to the poor
  12. Paid work as a tutor for elementary school children $10/hr</p>

<p>WRITING/ESSAYS:

  1. Common App Essay: UHHMAZING. Worked super hard on it 9.5-10/10
  2. Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them, but one teacher LOVES me and the other does too. So one should be reallllly good and one should be good.
  3. Counselor Recs: Didn’t see it but it should be good
  4. Supplements: Worked really hard on all the Stanford stuff! Maybe a 9.5/10? Did good on all the other ones. Probably around 8.5-9/10</p>

<p>No hooks or anything =/ But my first cousin went to Stanford from 1992 - 1996. And income bracket is relatively high. OH & I’m an Asian-Indian male</p>

<p>Yeah I know my academics suck! Bad GPA, awful SAT’s, & mediocre AP’s. But idk if being internationally ranked in tkd is going to help a lot? Reallllllly reallllly wanna go to Stanford. And getting into an ivy would be awesome too. But STANFORD = DREAMMM SCHOOL!</p>

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<p>COME ON PEOPLE. I’ll chance you back!</p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me earlier!</p>

<p>So here’s the deal, yes, academics are al little weak, but they are certainly not sucky. Your
SAT is above 2200, and that’s perfect. 2300+ just fluffs up an app, imo. Anyhow, it al comes down to if the like you or not. And hey, you have some pretty good EC’s…two varsity sports plus leadership? That makes me jealous. That shows passion. Plus, volunteering is always good.</p>

<p>So decent chances, just like everybody else. Hope that those essays were good and just remember, not getting in is not the end of the world. You’re smart and talented, and you’ve worked hard. I know some amazing kids who have gotten rejected, and some equally amazing kids who have gotten in (and thats from a relatively rich MI town/city).</p>

<p>My only question, if it is your dream school, how come you didn’t apply REA? Isn’t that the Stanford version of Yale’s SCEA or any other private school’s ED?</p>

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<p>Very, very unlikely but you could still try. Decent academics aren’t enough to cover for your weak extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>^ What would a strong EC be?</p>

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<p>You don’t have a very good chance.</p>

<p>Maybe if you were Black or Latino…</p>

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<p>Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia: Very High Reach</p>

<p>Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Jonhs Hopkins: Could be High Reach </p>

<p>Duke, Northwestern, Rice: Possible</p>

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<p>What’s hurting you here is that the ECs appear to be a random collection of stuff you did just to fill in the blanks. Anyway you can create a commonality across the ECs? e.g. you did A/B/C/D because they all satisfied a need to help people, or they allowed you be physically active 'cause you can’t sit still. I think your grades test scores are okay you just need to kill the ECs.</p>

<p>Most importantly though: Don’t let the DREAM school turn into your NIGHTMARE. If you think your life won’t be complete unless you go to Stanford you are approaching this thing all wrong.</p>