Please chance for stanford and harvard!

<p>This is my first post on college confidential and i hope it goes well! :slight_smile:
I am currently only a freshman. My ultimate dream university is stanford. Next to that is harvard. I am canadian which means that i am going to be an international student applying, significantly lowering my chances :frowning: but here are my stats etc. please leave a comment below. Constructive criticism is appreciated!</p>

<p>I go to the top high school in my province which in fact, is a prep school</p>

<p>Rank: 1 or 2 / 102
SAT: (anticipated) 2250+
SAT II: (anticipated) french 750, math level 2 750+, chemistry 750+
APs: biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, french, computer science, world history, psychology, music theory, microeconomics (for all these APs i am aiming for 4s and 5s)</p>

<p>GPA: 95% (canadians dont have gpa lol)
Courseload:
Freshman year : 3 honours classes (math, french and mandarin)
Sophomore year: 2 honours classes (french and math) along with a program my school offers called Challenge 10 which practices leadership skills
Junior year: AP computer science, AP Biology, honours english, honours math
Senior year: ap french, ap calculus, ap world history, ap literature, ap chemistry and ap physics</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:
In school:

  • peer tutoring
  • varsity badminton (5 years; team captain for one year)
  • varsity volleyball (1 year)
  • track and field (2 years)
  • student council (3 years)</p>

<p>Outside of school:

  • piano (finished all levels, including performance training level with first class honours)
  • badminton (6 years)
  • ballet (6 years)</p>

<p>Awards:

  • national essay contest (runner up)
  • over 10 piano awards from major piano competitions (gold, silver and bronze)
  • national music competition (piano: provincial finalist)
  • university or waterloo math contest (scored in top 25% of participants)
  • math leagues contest (4 years in a row: highest score in my school)
  • ballet (one bronze and one silver)
  • represented my school in a provincial math contest two years in a row
  • kumon north american gold honour student (3 years)
  • scholarship from the province for $1500
  • 2009 badminton tournament, silver
  • 2012 provincials, singles quarterfinalsit and semifinalist
  • expected to get silver at provincial badminton next year
  • independent schools volleyball tournament (gold)
  • independent schools badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
  • provincial school teams badminton tournament (2 years; gold)
  • duke of edinburgh awards program (completed all 3 levels; gold)</p>

<p>Summer programs:

  • EPGY (educational program for gifted youth at stanford university)
  • SIMR internship at stanford university
  • SSSEC internship at stanford university
  • rustic pathways medical certification and service trip (received cpr, first aid and other medical training certification)</p>

<p>Volunteer and leadership:

  • student council for 3 years
  • expected to be valedictorian
  • i was a young superhero for my province’s children’s hospital and received a letter of service excellence from the house of commons
  • i was a young ambassador for my province’s children’s hospital for 3 years (leadership)
  • 2 service trips with my school
  • aiming for at least 600 service hours</p>

<p>Other:

  • was interviewed by a major tv station about the importance of children’s education. It was aired for an hour
  • my artwork was selected to be featured in the independant school’s art show (10 + schools participated)</p>

<p>Thank you guys so much!</p>

<p>I’m tired and will give you a more complete chance later, but I don’t think SIMR takes internationals. At least, when I registered for my Stanford ID through the program they required a Social Security number. I think they get some kind of federal funding or something. </p>

<p>You need to work on the ECs (more direction, less of a laundry list), but luckily you are young enough that you have time. I’ll give more advice later :)</p>

<p>SIMR doesn’t take internationals. Get out of cc kid while you still can. Enjoy your high school years. Get some sun and relax.</p>

<p>Btw EPGY doesn’t mean ***** on an EC list. It is well known that it is only a way for stanford to bring in summer bucks. If you become a robot you will never get into stanny</p>

<p>Come back in 2 years, when your SAT score doesn’t have the word “anticipated” beside it. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>Till then keep your grades up and work on those ECs! Good luck!</p>