<p>Here is the stats for my D who is currently a junior. She is aiming for a premed major. Thanks in advance</p>
<p>GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: Dont know yet, but currently having all A+ in all AP classes
Class Rank: N/A</p>
<p>SAT:
(1st): CR 740, W 800, M 800, Total 2340
(2nd): CR 800, W 760, M 800, Total 2360
Superscore: 2400</p>
<p>SAT2:
Math level 2: 800
Biology: will take in May 2011
US history: will take in May 2011
Literature: will take in May 2011</p>
<p>APs:
Calculus AB
Biology
US history
English
Will take Calculus BC, Physics in senior year</p>
<p>ECs:
President of a club that helps lending funds to entrepreneurs in third world countries.
Member of Red Cross, UNICEF
Intern at Stanford Institute of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR ) 2011
Tutor Math and English at local tutor learning center</p>
<p>Voluntary works:
200+ hrs at local hospital
100+ hrs at Sacred Heart Community Service</p>
<p>It’s just sad when parents are doing chance threads for their children. Nothing wrong with wanting to be involved to give advice, but this is just excessive. </p>
<p>There’s no “right track” to follow to get into Stanford. If you’re trying to follow a track, you won’t make it to Stanford; focusing on the goal will cheapen the journey, when it’s the journey that’s special in life.</p>
<p>So, just let your daughter live. </p>
<p>Oh, and you’re welcome.</p>
<p>First, let me thank Francaisalamatt for being presumptuous.
As a parent, I was the first person confronting my daughter about wanting to choose medical as her hopeful career since I know it is pretty challenging and stressful. But the final decision is not mine but hers to decide. And I respect that decision and am just trying to support her as much as I can.</p>
<p>Hey Davev,</p>
<p>For context, this is a recently accepted Stanfordian who plans on matriculating.</p>
<p>Your daughter’s objective scores are evidently extremely high. Her passion for medicine is evident, but not necessarily unique. Definitely use your essays wisely to build on that (ex. talking about how memorable of an experience the hospital volunteering has been and why). </p>
<p>Also, personally, I was drawn to the microfinance club most of all - it gives your daughter an additional dimension which makes her interesting. If she has time senior year, she may do well building on that a LITTLE bit just to make it a very relevant point of interest, and not seem like a one-off thing. For example, she could develop her microfinancial strategy and then set up an idea for a related company and submit that for an entrepreneurship competition (random thought, because I did something similar with a sustainable energy idea I had).</p>
<p>I hesitate to “chance” anyone when it comes to schools like Stanford, but your daughter is definitely in a very good position to apply. I wish her the best! And if you have any other questions, feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Thanks Brownboy for a couple of great advices. My D does realize that her weaknesses are her ECs. And she is trying to improve on that. Hopefully she could build on your entrepreneur idea to make her unique.</p>
<p>By the way, congratulations on your recent Stanford admission.</p>
<p>Dave</p>