Realistic Views on Chances, Please!

myriadp
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:02:27 +0000

Here’s the thing, I would just like some realistic views on my chances because people at school seem to feel that getting into Stanford is an easy feat, while people on CC have shown me that this is far from the truth.

I am looking at: Stanford SCEA, Duke, Rice, Brown (possibly PLME), Harvard, Yale, WashU, UCSD, USC, and UArizona (I realize this list is top heavy, some suggestions would be helpful, especially in terms of schools with good pre-med acceptance rates)

I am a senior at a large public high school in Arizona
Female/East Indian
GPA: 3.8UW/4.6W
Rank: 3/600 something
SAT: 2200 (720M, 720V, 760W)
SAT II: 720 USH (I will be taking Literature, Biology, and Math IIc in October)

Senior Year Classes:
IB/AP Statistics
IB/AP English 12
IB/AP Calculus BC
IB History of the Americas
IB/AP Spanish 5
IB Biology 2

Thus far I have taken AP tests in Human Geography (5), US History (5), Psychology (4), and Biology (4)

ECs -
Volunteer at Hospital (8,9,10)
Volunteer at Hospice (10,11,12)
Shadow/Volunteer at a Doctor’s office (10, 11, 12)
Science Research at ASU (11, 12) - Conducting a study on the effect of water mediation on the interaction between Acheta domesticus and Hogna carolinensis, will be furthering this study with the use of stable water isotopes this year
Public Forum Debate (10,11,12) - Varsity letter each year; few regional awards; Captain for 2 years; more importantly, responsible for increasing involvement and interest in PFD, while turning our school into a leading PFD competitor for our state
Key Club (9,10,11,12) - Organized various service projects (i.e jean drives, reading buddies, holiday cards); Vice President; Committee Head
Spanish National Honor Society (11, 12) - Founding Vice President; organized service projects with neighboring elementary schools such as school supply drives, art immersion for children learning english as a second language, tutoring
National Honor Society (10,11,12) - Induction Chair

Currently, I am combining pretty much all of the skills I have gained through these EC’s into organizing a benefit concert to support a cancer foundation. This involves getting sponsorships, raising community awareness, publicizing, putting together presentations to encourage donations, and of course, recruiting entertainment in the form of some local bands and hopefully one or two more known bands.

Awards: Few debate awards (have made it to quarterfinals in PFD at almost every tournament), 1st place at local science fairs, nothing too extraordinary

Recs: One from my 11th AP English teacher, also our Debate coach; One from sophmore Adv. Chem/senior IB Biology 2 teacher, also Key Club advisor