Stanford Reject needs school list help!

lolcats4
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:47:04 +0000

I was rejected from Stanford SCEA. I just want some advice on my school list, and whether it’s too top-heavy or not, and if so, if people have any good college suggestions for me. (Intended Major - Political Science/Economics).

School: Homeschooled. I take full semester loads at the local community college, and have exhausted the math, physics, and chemistry course offerings available. I also take honors courses there, which usually involve an extensive research project.

GPA: 3.9 (College GPA) - only one C in Calc II

Courseload: Calculus II (taken as a sophomore), calculus-based Physics (also as a sophomore), Honors Organic Chemistry, Honors English. I will be presenting my research that I did for my Honors project in my Shakespeare class at the community college’s arts symposium.

SAT Reasoning: 2320 (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W) Superscored

SAT Subject Tests:

800 Literature
800 Physics
800 Chemistry
780 Math II

Extra-Curriculars:

-Website + Online Journalism
*I have been an administrator for the world’s largest fan website for Real-Time Strategy games for more than 3 years. This is a major EC of mine, and takes a LOT of time to keep running!
*Experience in online journalism, website creation and management, international volunteer staff management, international tournament running
*Invited, and paid by Electronic Arts to fly to their studio to preview one of their games and write a set of articles for my website

-Game Design
*Extensive experience in game balance and design; I have coded a major game modification
*Helped design balance patches for EA’s games with an international team of very skilled players and freelance game designers
*Beta tested several of EA’s upcoming RTS games

-Assistant Community Manager for Electronic Arts, Los Angeles (EALA)
*Run several tournaments, a few with prizes upwards of $5000
*Written a weekly e-sports column for their website

-Violin
*12 Years of playing
*Member of State’s top youth orchestras for 7 years, 2 years as Concertmaster

-Boy Scout Venture Crew
*7 years of Boy Scouts/Venture Crew Combined.
*Nearly Eagle Scout

-Swim Team (I train and compete with the local high school)
*4x Region Finalist, 2x State Competitor, 2x Varsity Letter
*Senior: Team Co-Captain

Awards: National Merit Semi-Finalist, Honors student at community college (not many awards for homeschooled kids :P)

Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UPenn
WashU of St. Louis
Georgetown SFS
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
USC
ASU - Barrett Honors College
Duke - Legacy here

Thank you :)