<p>I think your daughter has a chance at Stanford. I couldn’t quite make out from your post, but she was elected as Governor of Badger Girls State? If so, I think this is a great credential for someone coming from the middle of the US. It’s reminiscent of Bill Clinton being elected Governor of Arkansas at Boys State, and then President of Boys Nation.</p>
<p>I’d advise that she should write her essay about some aspect of her political involvement. That will make for a strong essay, most likely.</p>
<p>The responsibilities that she’s had at home would ideally be covered in the letter from her Guidance Counselor. There might be a spot on the application where she could mention them in response to a short question.</p>
<p>Since she’s had 5 years of science, I’d suggest that she obtain an ACT prep book from a local library, and work through the science sections. The overwhelming majority of the information that is needed to answer the questions can be found in the material in the science section itself. Not too much background knowledge is needed. The ACT science section tests heavily on graph reading (helpful in politics, too) and logical thinking (helpful in politics, too . . . or, well, maybe not). Then she could re-take the ACT in the fall. If she could push her ACT composite score up to 26-28, it would probably help her chances.</p>