<p>I have already apllied to Stanford and read on the booklet that SAT2 scores are recommended but not required.It got me thinking. Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Here are my Stats</p>
<p>SAT1:1390 (june) did it in november hoping for high 15
First place in class for 2 years at the #1 private school in trinidad. straight A average.</p>
<p>converted GPA: 3.8
6 grade 1s at cxc o’levels
High distinction at International Math Olymppiad </p>
<p>EC:
President of swim club
tresurer of junior jaycee(community action group)
Junior Bankers president
President of Intamural sports commitee.
President of DEbate/English club
Active church member
Speak 3 and a half languages English spanish french and a little japanese
Verse at Piano Forte</p>
<p>Sports
Soccer
Swimming: National champion at 100m breaststroke 1:07.56
travelled with national team to various regional and international competitions</p>
<p>Lots of communit service due to junior jaycee activity</p>
<p>So with my stats is it at all possible to get in sans SAT2 ???
Really concerned about this</p>
<p>I have often heard my classmates talk about how stressful school is and how hard it is to keep up with everything. When I overhear these things i can not help but laugh and wonder how they would survive if their life was like mine. Ninety percwent of the guys in my class get to school at 8 am and leave at 2:30 pm I wish my life was that easy.
My day usually begins at 4:30. I get to the pool at 5 am hurry to school for 8 o clock and get back to the pool in the evening. Doing this while carrying a rigourous academic load and still staying at the top of my class, and being able top balance all my other extra curricular activities, in my mind is an almost super human feat. I often sit and wonder how I am able to do all this, then I remember the words I’ve been hearing since the beginning “You can do all things through Christ”, Thats what my mother has been telling me fever since i can remember. Tose words have kept and encouraged me through my most trying times.
Not from a very wealthy family i have had t work extremely hard for everything that I have achieved and this is only the beginning of my life,I know that there will be numerous challenges, trials and tribulations on the road to my destiny , but, I believe, hearing my mother’s voice repeating those words over and over in my mind will keep me striving for excellence. Knowing that I have faced obstacles and overcome them has elevated my self esteem to an almost arrogant level where i know that nothing or no one can stop me from achieving success,k so long as those words replay themselves in my subconcsious and my angels keep walking with me.</p>
<p>actually no since im not US citizen I’m not a recruited swimmer yet… i wanted to go through getting accepted as a normal undergrad and then make the team whilst in stanford…does anyone know how i can go about getting recruited though. should i contact school. and i apllied regular cuz my teachers still havent sent up the recomendation forms…thats kinda getting me nervous lol</p>
<p>your essay makes you sound pompous… you might want to revise… stats look good, but try taking the SAT IIs if possible… they cant hurt if you take them, but they can if you dont.</p>
<p>Your essay is full of typos… and not very unique. I bet you that 90% of kids that apply to Stanford have had to balance a rigorous curriculum with ecs. I know I have… so I’d find something else about you to write about. </p>
<p>i applied EA here, im no athlete, but im published and won national awards for this paper, so thats my “hook” i guess… oh well… i still have doubts about my acceptance… its best to not think ill get in because then, ill either get what i knew was coming, or a pleasant surprise.
another comment on your essay - you can mention how running has helped give you confidence, or how your mother inspired you, or something, but make it focused, cleaner, tigher, and more human. also, answer the prompt, i think you are doing b, but i’d show how that quote inspired you, if you do want to do religion, but i would stay away from that topic, just in case your reader is athiest or buddhist or jewish or something… its your choice though, of course… make it your own - dont listen to me if its diluting YOU away from it… i guess that was more than one comment.</p>
<p>thanks a whoole lot for the help guys…I’m gonna rewrite that essay and post it back to see what u guys think. Even the really hard to take replies were really helpful …like coqui Thanks again…anything more. I’m from the caribbean</p>
<p>Eh, there are no high distinctions in IMO. Are you sure you don’t mean australian mathematics trust? There is a big difference between AMT and IMO.</p>
<p>lol. that essay wouldnt get you in EVEN IF you were IMO gold medalist or something. You sound very self-conceited and like someone who thinks that they are better than everyone else.</p>