<p><em>clap clap clap</em>
(oh and thanks for the bump)</p>
<p>I have a 10.0 GPA, and I got a letter from Stanford saying that “you are the worst applicant ever, please go die in a fire.”</p>
<p>You are pretty much screwed.</p>
<p>I heard there was another college in Palo Alto known as Foothill, you should check it out.</p>
<p>I hear McDonanld’s have openings, you should go check them out.</p>
<p>could anyone smell my sarcasm through the computer?</p>
<p>As SAT scores get higher the difference between two applicants becomes marginal at best because of the way the curves work. For example. The difference between someone who has a 2200 vs. 2350 is much less than the difference between someone with 2050 Vs. 2200. That is the reason Stonford will take an applicant with great ECs and a slightly lower SAT than someone with a perfect SAT who comes of as a robot.</p>
<p>One thing’s missing though…you should have replaced “sophomore year” with “seventh grade”, because I’ve actully seen a bunch of those threads, especially on the Harvard forum.</p>
<p>I know someone from my school who has been accepted through early decision (turned it down for San Diego State though - wanted to stay in-town). He had a 3.7 uw gpa, and a 3.9 weighted (i may be wrong.it might of been 4.0 or somethin like that). He played cross country, track, member of Spanish Honor Society and was a member of the key club. He had about 360 service hours (ill check tomorrow when I get back to school), and got a 2180 on the SAT. He wasn’t naturally smart but he was one heck of a hard worker.</p>
<p>@Luciferlied I hope you are kidding… </p>
<p>Colleges won’t care about a .02 difference as long as you have good activities and are well rounded you have a good shot! Don’t worry about that 3.98 it’s extremely good :)</p>