Do I even have a chance?

skittlescutie
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:13:51 +0000

Please help me fulfill my dream of going to Stanford?
Hello everyone,

First of all I would like to thank you in advance for coming to my thread and taking time to read and provide advice. This is beyond helpful and I am very grateful for this community.

In short, I am a rising high school senior, beginning to look into colleges. I am interested in majoring in most definitely sciences. Most likely biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, psychology, or the like. As of now, like many other young inexperienced people, I see medical school in my future, so I would like to keep that in mind during my college search. However, it is also very important for me to go to an university with a wide variety of colleges, just in case I discover my passion for another subject. However, I am focusing on sciences because I am almost 100% sure that I will NOT major in literature, history, agriculture, etc etc.

STANFORD: I am a NorCal girl at heart. Growing up a mere 20 miles away from Stanford, it had always seemed to be a given that that was the school I would later attend. Unfortunately, I later moved all the way to the East Coast… and quite frankly my Cali girl spirit has never meshed in here. Going to Stanford would be my one chance to return to California, back to my true home. Of course, killer academics and prestige, as well as fulfilling a childhood dream would be my main reasons to choose Stanford. I realize that at my present position, Stanford is quite a reach for me. I just really can’t portray my longing to be accepted, it would mean the world to me.



My Stats:

GPA Weighted: 3.94
GPA Unweighted: 3.63

SAT I (Super Score)- 2020
780 Math
640 Reading
600 Writing
8 Essay

ACT- 33
32 Writing
33 Math
33 Reading
34 Science
7 Essay

SAT II-
740 Math 2
740 Biology E
750 Chinese

Course Schedule-

Middle School
Honors Algebra I
Honors Geometry
Honors Spanish I

Freshman
Honors Algebra II
Honors Biology
Honors Language Arts
Honors Spanish II
American Gov/Health
Band

Sophomore
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Chemistry
Honors Language Arts
Honors Spanish III
AP World History (5)
Band

Junior
AP Calculus AB (first semester had a 79 unweighted and 86 weighted, worried about this)
AP Biology
AP Lang
On-level Physics
On-level US History
Band

Senior
AP Stat
AP Chemistry
AP Lit
AP Micro/Macro
PE/Internship
Band

ECs-

Club (# of years in by graduation)

Student Council Representative (4)
Beta Club (4)
Marching Band (received varsity letter) (4)
Tutors in Action (2)
Winterguard (1)
Science Olympiad (1)
Pep Band (1)
Medical Society (1)

-regular volunteer at local library
-peer education at a local AIDs center
-part time job as of summer 2011