Chance me - Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Ivies, etc

Chance Me / Match Me
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Stats
36 ACT composite, 4.6 gpa weighted out of 5, 3.9 uw,
SAT subject tests - 800 Math 2, 800 Chem
APs - Spanish Language (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Spanish Lit (5), APUSH (4), AP Lang (5), Physics C EM (5) Mech (5), Stats (5), taking Econ Micro/Macro, AP Lit, as well as various post ap courses next year as a senior

Background
Hispanic, first generation American, legacy at Stanford

ECs
Playing violin over 8 years, concertmaster school orchestra, play in county philharmonic orchestra, President/founding member of strings club at school, over 100 hours in community service playing at retirement homes etc.

Member of school Mu Alpha Theta club, competed in Precalc, Calc, and Stats teams, attended state convention all three years so far.

Member of Science National Honors Society club, represented school in Physics Unlimited Explorer Competition

Founding member of school mathematical modeling team, meritorious award HiMCM 2017, one of 25 teams in the US competing in 2018 IMMC,

Software team member of community FRC team, attended regional and national competitions.

Interned for a local business and built them a new website.

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Looks great, wish I have your resume. Good luck.

BTW, you cannot claim first generation and legacy. If your parents never went to school how did they go to Stanford?

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OP wrote “first generation American”, not “first generation to college”. Only the latter would be contradictory to being a legacy at some college.

Those schools are all reaches for everyone*. Be sure to have safeties.

*Yes, legacy or URM may matter at some schools. But applicants should not be overconfident about that. Perhaps, from the applicant’s point of view, it may move a super-selective school from high reach to “merely” reach, but that is still a low probability of admission.

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You are a very competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Your URM background will probably help your application. Write amazing essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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Thanks, I’m just trying to get an idea for how to divide up my apps between reach, target, and safety. The ones I listed are obviously my reaches, but I just want to know what to expect. Looking at forums like CC makes everything feel a bit intimidating. :slight_smile:

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You’re definitely a really strong candidate and you have a good chance at any of the schools you listed. Your accomplishments are great, so I would encourage you to focus on demonstrating that you enjoy improving the world around you.