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<p>Upcoming senior, college class of 2013. </p>

<p>For some reason I doubt that I will make it into Stanford, but it is more or less my dream school. </p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 4.0 W: expecting 4.8 range by end of senior year</p>

<p>Course load: all honors/AP, 4 years of French
AP courses taken:
AP U.S. History (5)
AP environmental science
AP US government
AP macroeconomics
AP English language
-also took AP microeconomics test, studied on my own</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
AP European history
AP psychology
AP calculus (AB)
AP Eng. Lit
Yearbook (journalism) III
Dual enrollment anatomy
-also am completing dual enrollment state and local government through Boys State program</p>

<p>(will have taken every AP class, except art history, and every dual enrollment class offered at my school).</p>

<p>The usual XYZ academic awards, nothing I see as too special.</p>

<p>Class rank: 3/~225, expected to rise due to dual enrollment summer courses
School rarely sends students to elite schools (1 Dartmouth this year)</p>

<p>Athletics:
8th, 9th, 10th grade competed at the national level in fencing
10th grade: varsity track
11th, 12th grade: varsity cross country (county champions)</p>

<p>EC’s:
before moving to another state: speech and debate (10), french club (9, 10), model U.N. (10)</p>

<p>After moving: Interact club (10, 11: director of international relations, 12: expecting president and maybe secretary also), NHS (10, 11, 12), Boys State, Yearbook (11: sports section editor, 12: assistant editor), School bike team (10, 11: co-captain/organizer, 12:captain/organizer) Teen Court Defense attorney (11, 12), Mock Trial team member (11: won tridistrict championship, 12) 3rd place in division at NE Florida art show (10), compete in just about every running race in the greater Jacksonville area, job as YMCA kids camp councilor this summer, currently over 140 hours community service</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT (1st try): M:690 CR:690 W:600 (does Stanford consider writing?)
Just took SATII US Hist, World hist, Math I.</p>

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<p>I don’t see it happening with your current SAT scores. Make sure you retake it or take the ACT.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m reading both Barrons and Kaplan’s SAT 2400 books right now for the October SAT. I’ve seen a lot of people rejected from Stanford and Princeton with far better SAT scores, so I was kind of shocked to find that Stanford’s 25th percentile for accepted students SAT scores was around 670 in all sections.</p>

<p>Honestly, I’ve never taken the ACT very seriously. Don’t ask why. I guess I really should take a practice test and see if I get a favorable score, though.</p>

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<p>Definitely do that–from what I’ve seen, many students seem to do better on the ACT than they do on the SAT. So I would really look into that, 'cause you might not have to worry about the SAT if you can do much better on the ACT.</p>

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<p>I would say your def. competitive…so try to raise that SAT score…but also think about the person you want to convey in your essays ( there are several)…you want your essays to resonate and elevate you above the other insanely smart people in the Stanford application pool</p>

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<p>Thanks guys.
Yeah, I’m looking into how well I might be able to do on the ACT, and how those scores compare to my SAT scores.
Also, the essays will be interesting to write. I’m trying to put aside some time this summer (around mid summer) to draft all of them, and have a few very smart people that are well oriented with the college/admissions scene review them.</p>