so, what do you think?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>I pretty much just put Stanford on a pedestal, and have no idea what to expect. Definitely my number one unrealistic/reach choice. Nobody from my school, or that I have known, has ever gotten in. </p>

<p>any feedback would be appreciated :]</p>

<p>I (white upper middle class female) go to a techy magnet school, ranked 22 in the country by Newsweek</p>

<p>GPA: 4.780 w 4.000 uw</p>

<p>Rank: 1 / 85</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (36 W, 35 M, 36 R, 31 S)</p>

<p>Critical Reading: 800
Math: 710 (boooo, will retake because of this…)
Writing: 780</p>

<p>Chem: 780
Math II: 790</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
AP Psych-5
AP Chem-4
Chem Research
AP Language-4
AP Calc AB-5
AP US History-5

  • 2 college courses at UF (Honors Seminar on Medical Neurosci & Lab research)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calc BC
AP Stat
AP Bio
AP Lit
AP Computers A/AB
Multimedia (mandatory)
Planning to take Physics at CC second semester after apps are done with. </p>

<p>ECs:
Big Brothers Big Sisters (President)
Math Honor Society /Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President)
School Newspaper
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Speech and Debate Honor Society (Degree of Honor)
Academic Team</p>

<p>Awards and stuff: </p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist
Intel ISEF finalist – (Medicine & Health)
Various state and international level awards for engineering competition on hydrogen fuel cell technology
Exhibitor at several expos on renewable energy/conservation</p>

<p>Summer programs:
2 summers at Duke TiP
University of Florida SSTP-CPET
High school / college credit
Research w/ Professor (7 weeks 200+ lab hours)</p>

<p>Volunteering: 100 hours Big Brothers Big Sisters
100 hours as teacher assistant at local science center summer program</p>

<p>THANKSSSS</p>

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<p>You’re the most qualified applicant I have seen on the Stanford forum. As long as your essays are fine, I would bet good money that you’ll be accepted. Good luck!</p>

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<p>isef is nice…real nice. Im a semifinalist for siemens but a FINalist at isef is probably more highly regarded…sucks that my gpa is 3.85 tho…good luck…looks good.</p>

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<p>this is one of the few that I will agree will get into stanford, I’d love to see oprah debate this :P</p>

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<p>You are in :)</p>

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<p>wow.
if you don’t get in, there’s no hope at all for me. so i really really hope you get in.</p>

<p>isef is awesome… my school’s really into it and we have people place every year.</p>

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<p>wow, thank you everybody! I am really liking the Stanford forum haha. Good luck to all of you other '09 applicants :]</p>

<p>btw my commonapp essay is about the curiosity of the kids I have met during volunteering, and relating it to my own…not very deep, but upbeat</p>

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<p>yea you defz have a really good chance girl!</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance. :] Add some sprinkles of luck and you are in.</p>

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<p>intel isef finalist means a lot less than siemens semifinalist fyi. my friend does science stuff, and she tells me how ridiculous some of the projects at intel isef are. there are a lot of crappy regional fairs that just send crappy projects there. now if you won some awards there, that would be more highly regarded.</p>

<p>siemens is more legit, since every project passes through the same judging process.</p>

<p>i’d say ~50% chance.</p>

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<p>yeah, some projects were horrible. I don’t want to make up excuses, but my project didn’t really fit well in its category.</p>

<p>I’m sending in my research paper (50+ pgs…luckily there is a TOC) to most colleges which hopefully will prove mine was legit. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, I can not submit even an abstract to Stanford.</p>

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<p>holy doo doo butts!! you have international awards!!! thats insane, I am pretty sure anyone who has various international award(S)(holy crap more than 1!!) will definately get into whatever school that person desires, and my friends you will, and i mean WILL(most probably) get into stanford. congrats(lol early recognition of you being admitted)!!</p>

<p>and awsome with the intel thing!!</p>

<p>only thing that could(very very VERY small) lower your chances is the fact that your all over the place(medical, teaching, technology) but i dunno, in my opinion thats amazing.and no extra curricular sports(i personally think everyone should play a sport, lol i dunno if stanford thinks the same way). Again this could affect you or it could not, im just putting it out there.
again your amazing, ur sick, and your in.</p>

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<p>thank you for that very enthusiastic post! </p>

<p>on a side note, I actually view my hydrogen fuel cell activities/awards higher than ISEF. On my app I put all related activities under our team name as an EC, with 18 hrs per week, 5 weeks per year, 3 years. </p>

<p>if it makes any difference, I plan to mention water skiing(slalom is my specialty) somewhere in my app, probably in the why Stanford essay. As a FL girl, I need my beaches :]</p>

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<p>You’re in. Techy female from a top 25 school and amazing academics/ECs.</p>

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<p>9ball9, you seriously must be delusional.
she is obviously in; everyone and I mean everyone I met who has those stats are a shoo-in for stanford. I would bet my whole life that this girl gets in, and dont you doubt it.
Her stats are incredible and she has managed to compile a resume that I is many times stronger than most people on CC. If you have any doubts that she wont get in, please, be my guest.</p>

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<p>although i think this person is extremely qualified, i don’t think it’s possible for anyone to be a shoo in at stanford
sooooo we’ll see!!!
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<p>this one is.</p>

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<p>just wondering, but have you two ever agreed on anything yet? i swear there has to be at least one instance, haha
and yes, looks like a shoo-in. nice =)</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, what do you plan to major in ?
One thing I found rather strange from your profile is that your test scores tend to be lower on the math and science sides even though you seem to be a math/science-oriented student.</p>

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<p>llpitch: I’m not the techy, my school is ;]</p>

<p>and I find biomedical engineering really neat, soo I guess I would dobble in both biomechanical and biomedical computation at Stanford until we had to declare. </p>

<p>to be honest, I thought CR would be the impossible section of the SAT. I’m def not an avid reader…I’m lucky to actually read what is assigned for school.</p>

<p>Good thing CR skills come in handy for reading AP Bio the night before the test!</p>