Chances BIG reach!

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>I realize that getting into stanford is a big reach but tell me what you think.</p>

<p>Location: Ohio</p>

<p>Caucasian Male</p>

<p>Act Score: 31 Composite (English: 35 Math: 25 Reading: 34 Science: 29)
SAT II’s I took in November and don’ have my scores yet (U.S. History
Literature and Math Level 1)</p>

<p>Small public School
GPA: 3.9 unweighted
Class Rank: 3 of 132</p>

<p>My school offers only 1 AP class-English</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Cross Country 4 years
Art Club 3 years
Varsity/ JV Baseball 3 years
Student Council 2 years
Science Club 2 years
Ski Club 2 years
DECA 2 years
National Honor Society 2 years
Candy Striper 2 years
Media Club 2 years
Bowling Club 2 years
Freshmen Basketball 1 year
Prom Committe 1 year
Varsity Track 1 year
School Newspaper Writer/ Editor 1 year</p>

<p>Honors and Positions Held</p>

<p>Student Council Community Service Committee Chairma
Bowling Club Team Captain
Placed First in Business Law and Ethics category at DECA districts
Hugh O’Brian Youth Ohio West Ambassador (HOBY)
Hugh O’Brian Youth World Leadership Congress Ambassador(HOBY WLC) Scholar-Athlete Award
Highest Honors
Running Redman Award (most dedicated athlete)- Cross Country
All North Central Conference Honorable Mention Cross Country
National Honor Society President
DECA Vice President
Governor’s Show award of excellence in Mixed Media
Buckeye Boys’ State Representative
Placed third in Business Law and Ethics category at DECA state Competition
Junior Class President
Art Club President</p>

<p>Essay is Pretty good, still revising.</p>

<p>Also:
Applied UNC early action Out-of-State
Northwestern University
Ohio University Honors Tutorial College
Colgate
Case Western Reserve</p>

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<p>BIG reach (as you already know…)</p>

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<p>What about Northwestern?</p>

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<p>For Northwestern it would depend a lot on their [annoying] essays (how creative/insightful you are). You would probably get a more reliable response on NW forum though…</p>

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<p>You have great chances, especially as NHS pres, art club pres, HOBY rep, Boys’ state rep, XC awards, etc. Definitely apply–you have an excellent shot. Just cut out all of the fluff on your EC list…take a look at the Stanford app, they have VERY little space for Extracurric’s so you need to really crystallize that list.</p>

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<p>your ECs are pretty decent.</p>

<p>go apply.</p>

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<p>Give it a shot.</p>

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<p>your ACT is low
Stanford- high reach
UNC- reach since you’re out of state
northwestern- low reach/ high match
ohio- match
colgate- slight reach
case western- safety</p>