<p>Okay, so basically, here’s a bit of background.</p>
<p>I have struggled with a learning disorder basically my entire life and so my freshman year I wasn’t placed in any honors courses because my mom specifically requested an easier schedule for me. I know it’s extremely dumb.
I didn’t start opening my eyes to the college process until my sophomore year, and by then I realized how screwed I was. I took every AP I possibly could since then, but without having taken honors math, honors bio, etc. as a freshman, I was still far behind.
So I self studied for 2 APs (psych, got a 5, and AP Comp Sci) and took both precalc and calc outside of school during the school year. I literally overloaded myself in order to make up for my stupid freshman year. Ugh.
My counselor doesn’t count outside courses so the ‘most rigorous’ box won’t be checked. ***.
If my stats are OK and if I have 7 legacies. do I still have a shot at Stanford?</p>
<p>As a parent who has done a reasonable amount of absorbing info here for a while, I think that the answer is absolutely possible. You are evaluated based on the totality of your application.</p>
<p>As a general guideline I think that you would hope to be in the range of a school’s SAT and GPA, and then go from there and apply. </p>
<p>I personally think that interest in a school, generosity and character may have more value than is often given credit. Upward trending is generally considered as well regarding grades.</p>
<p>I would visit, get on a mailer list, and possibly try to do a summer program or even weekend Splash type program if you like a school.</p>
<p>Any school with low percentage admissions should be approached with that in mind. There are dozens of great schools for anybody and I suggest that most people are well served to cast a wide net.</p>
<p>I think that the ‘kids’ who post on cc sometimes overanalyze. I think if your scores and gpa are in range, definitely apply to a school. I think that you don’t need a laundry list of ‘successes’ . Work hard, be nice to people, follow your interests and go to a school that is smart enough to appreciate you.</p>
<p>Explain the learning disorder and the counselor rec in an essay, and do not sweat it after that because you have done what you can do. 7 legacies should help especially if there is an Aerobug library at Stanford (lol).</p>
<p>Actually there is a building there with my last name…no idea if I’m related to the person it’s named after but its one of the more famous buildings in Stanford</p>
<p>Would it help if my grandfather taught there and there is an award named after him?</p>