<p>Hey guys I was wondering if i had a chance to get into stanford, vanderbilt, emory, or any other elite college. I have a 4.3 gpa and a 33 on the act. By the end of my senior year i will have taken 8 ap courses. I am involved in some extracurricular activites but not a lot. I was wondering if my involvement in excs would kill my application or not. Also, would it help if i did some volunteer work my senior year before i apply or is it too late.</p>
<p>^It’s too late for the volunteer work, colleges know your just doing it for admission. No you have a chance at elite colleges, but apply to some matches and safeties too. Compile a good college list with a variety of colleges. What’s your unweighted gpa, class rank, etc.?</p>
<p>my unweighted gpa is 4.00. However, I do help my parents run our family business, so that is why im not really involved in excurriculars. Does it help that I am from a small town in Alabama and I am a minority. and my class rank is 3 out of about 300 students</p>
<p>stanford isn’t exactly on the same playing field as emory or vanderbilt, and for stanford you will definitely need some type of hook. However, you have pretty good chances at emory or vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Also, if I were to apply early action to stanford would my chances increase of getting in?</p>
<p>No, it wouldn’t, SCEA at Stanford (and Yale) is just as competitive as RD, if not more competitive.</p>
<p>Of course you should try.</p>
<p>If I started volunteering Summer before Senior year, is that considered “too late”? I’ve been consistant since late June.</p>
<p>No one here knows for sure, but it cannot hurt you. If you base your decision to volunteer based on whether it will help you, you are a fake anyway.</p>
<p>If you don’t try, you’ll never know.</p>