Please Give an Excellent Student Honest Chances for Stanford!

soadquake981
Tue, 26 May 2009 09:16:56 +0000

Hello,

Here is some information about me:

Graduation Year: 2010
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
State: Oregon

School: Small international school
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class rank: 1 out of 20
SAT: 2400, 12 essay
ACT: 35 composite, 8 essay (I think most schools will disregard this in favor of the SAT score?)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2, Chemistry, Biology (I plan to take these soon)
Courses: IB diploma candidate

* IB English HL

IB History HL

IB Biology HL

IB Math HL

IB Chemistry SL

IB Mandarin SL (I’ve heard that this makes my application unique… does it?)

(IB) Theory of Knowledge


Recommendations: At least good, probably pretty good.

Extracurricular activities:

* Model United Nations - 4 years - Founder, President/Ambassador all four years

Student Government - 3 years - Founder, Public Relations Officer

Boy Scouts - 7 years - Eagle Scout

Jazz Band - 3 years

School Newspaper - 2 years - Founder, Editor-in-Chief

Interact Club - 1 year - Founder, President


Awards:

* National Honor Society

Eagle Scout

AMC 10/12 school winner - 3 years running

National Merit Semifinalist (projected - PSAT 223)


This summer, I will be working at a renewable energy company. I will also be working as an intern at Portland State University, researching solar energy.

I know that Stanford’s admissions are not particularly quantifiable, and somewhat unpredictable, but please give me your honest appraisal of my chances. Thank you!