Is SCEA for me?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>How are my chances for SCEA? Regular?
Stanford professor willing to write me a recommendation. </p>

<p>Want to do pre-med
Potential Majors: Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, etc</p>

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<p>My STATS</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 freshman, 4.33 soph, 5.0 junior = don’t know total [all weighted]
Class rank: 2/450~
SAT I: 2260: 73 V, 74/75 M, 79 W
SAT IIs: 800’s on Math II, US History & Chem… a lowly 690 in Bio </p>

<p>AP’s (AP Scholar w/ Distinction):
5’s - Chemistry, Euro History, Eng Lang, Environ Sci, Physics B
4’s - French Lang & Us. history </p>

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<p>EC’s [weak, i know]</p>

<p>Clubs:
-Red Cross, CSF for 3 years
-key Club freshman year</p>

<p>Sports:
-track 9th-10th
-raised over $140 my freshman year during lap-a-thon for our track team
-raised over $80 my sophomore year in same event
-tennis: 9th on jv, 10th on var, 12th var
-ACCAL league champions</p>

<p>Other stuff:
-main activity listed as tutoring my younger sister in Chinese, English, piano, etc
-volunteered more than 150 hours at the Library, for my clubs, as a tutor
-Asian American Donors Program, worked in their offices last summer, contacted potential bone marrow donors
-2 summers before this one, took science courses at community colleges, and volunteered</p>

<p>Work/research experience:
-this summer: worked at Stanford inside a immunology lab with a professor, under the guidance of graduate students on their new project… got $8/hour, worked 40 hr/wk, 9 wks total
-paid tutor for more than 5 months</p>

<p>Awards:
-National Merit Semifinalist at least
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-NIDA $3200 Research Grant (see work experience)
-Honor Roll, haha</p>

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<p>Not sure if these can be considered hooks:
-came to U.S. when i was 8, didn’t know a word of english
-my parents don’t know how to speak english very well, but they are educated
-research?</p>

<p>OTHER STUFF: ASIAN FEMALE </p>

<p>Also, any essay readers, pm me your email addresses :D</p>

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<p>ur summer work at immunology lab looks good, but ur other EC’s are not impressive, since you stopped track junior year. not club presidencies (not required), but you need leadership qualities.</p>

<p>and you’re asian, although it’s easier for asian girls than guys.</p>

<p>I’d suggest you go regular and not early</p>

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<p>Why would going regular be more favorable?</p>

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<p>because during early, almost all the exceptional and very highly qualified students apply. And they might reject you then and there where they might have accepted you in regular.</p>

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<p>Yea, but I heard that if you were rejected early, then it is very likely you would not have survived regular either.</p>

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<p>^That’s also what I heard. From a lot of people and DIRECTLY from the admissions officers there. So, I’d apply whenever’s best for you.</p>

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<p>But what if I don’t know what’s best for me right now? </p>

<p>How are my chances for both?</p>

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<p>bump? …</p>

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<p>I say go regular decision - perhaps you can apply somewhere early where you would have a better chance (but that is not binding), and then apply to Stanford come January 1st. Good Luck, this will be a tough year for all of us!</p>

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<p>If location is not a major issue, I strongly suggest that any Asian student considers Ivy league, MIT and CalTech first. The main reason is that there are too many high-achieving Asians in the vicinity of Stanford who wants to apply for it and as a results Stanford has to limit the number of these students to achieve diversity.</p>

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<p>I know that for MIT EA is around 30% admitted, but I want to do pre-med. Is MIT good for premed? I mean, it just seems like such an engineering school.</p>

<p>Ivy league- except for Yale, all have ED. I really cannot do ED, because I am not sure i can get enough financial aid to go. Also, i have not visited any of the ivy leagues. As for Yale, i’m not so sure that it is easier to get in than Stanford</p>

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<p>While your profile may not be all that unusual for Stanford, I’d urge you to apply early. It’ll come down to you making a strong case for yourself in your essays. You have a great progression in your GPA, good APs, respectable SATs, work experience in a Stanford lab with a recommendation from a Stanford professor. What’s not to like?</p>

<p>Having said that, by all means look at schools like MIT, Brown etc.</p>

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<p>WHy would applying early be good? My essays are no way NEAR done. It’s so hard to find readers. ahhhhh.</p>

<p>Haha, i love how you chose “respectable” to describe my SAT’s… I know they are not spectacular! :expressionless:
i used to get so mad whenver i talk about my SAT score with people. But i’m not like that anymore…</p>

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<p>I completely agree with ProjectStanford…</p>

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<p>I’ve decided on Regular. Essays not ready.
if anybody cares LOL</p>