Stanford-Chance Unique Applicant

pebatty
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:33:51 +0000

S is rising Junior. Attends school that requires 7-8 academic classes per year, ranked in top 5 in Newsweek/Washington Post. Grades are unweighted and beyond rigorous. This year, 9 of the 25 seniors were NMS, accepted to HYPS and equivalent. Highest unweighted GPA is about 3.75. Virtually no on campus ECs because no sports or other typical HS facilities. Students attend academic classes 7:40 am to 4pm.
Here is relevant info on S:
8th grade: AP Comp Sci AB - 3
9th grade: AP US Gov’t - 4
10th grade: AP English Literature - 5
AP Biology - 4
AP Macroeconomics - 4
AP Microeconomins - 3
AP Calculus AB - 3
AP European History- 3
One of about 420 sophomores in the US to earn AP Scholar with Distinction
Johns Hopkins CTY - Java Programming, Anatomy & Physiology
Attended Stanford EPGY Summer Institute this year - took Artificial Intelligence
2010 and 2010 volunteering in competitive HS volunteer program at The Mayo Clinic.
Athletics: Martial Arts

The best GPA that he will be able to achieve by the end of Junior year at this extremely rigorous school will be 3.6. UC 10th/11th weighted GPA would be 4.4.
PSAT(sophomore year) CR=71, M=71,W=63 (205)
Assume he will be NMS based on his sophomore PSAT score
Presently scoring in mid-700s on practice exams for all SAT Reasoning sections, so
assume he will have 750-800 on CR, M, W

His Junior year courses will be:
AP Calculus BC
AP English Composition
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science or Environmental Science
Honors Physics
Spanish IV
Fine Art

No Stanford legacy.

Desired Major: Computer Science

The big question is: how badly will he be hurt by the rigorous grading and compulsory double academic load at such a young age and very limited school ECs?
What does he need to do in Jr year, and if he does it, please give a percentage likelihood of Stanford admission assuming he applies EA?
Thanks