At schools that require an application to a major/school, I'll apply to electrical engineering. Other colleges I'm considering: MIT, Princeton, Northwestern, Rice, Penn, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Cal, GA Tech, Johns Hopkins (biomed engineering). I know I'm not an applicant that flies off the page in terms of academics but Stanford is definitely my first choice. Įssays: I think my essays will be excellent (hopefully) and will stand out because I have some special stuff to talk about (big goals in life, colorful past). Optional letters: Have letters from employer and community service. Teacher recs: from teachers who like me, should be pretty good.Ĭollege counselor rec: should be pretty good since I go to a private school and the counselor knows me pretty well.
National Merit Commended (was sick on the day of the test, did bad)ģ summers during high school, about 2 months every summer, ~20 hours/week I think my ECs will be allright because I've been pretty involved in all of them.Ĭlub soccer, 3 years (Captain), won State Championship 1 year.
Vice-president of Young Investors Club at my school, member for 4 years. I'm Pakistani so I don't think that's going to help in the race category.Ĭommunity service as a tutor for 2 years in high school, ~150 hours. Hopefully the score will arrive at Stanford before they review my application. I will be taking the test again in November and am confident that my score will go up ~50 points. I have the hardest course load in my school. Up till senior year, I've taken 8 honors classes and 3 AP classes. I've made As in all of my classes except for 2 Bs. This roughly translates to about a 3.8-3.9 on a 4.0 scale. AP and Honors courses are given weight to. Like I said earlier, my school has a very strange GPA system (12 point) that takes into account + and - when calculating GPA. I guess I'll post my stats just so others can have a more objective view. Is it true that a student with extraordinary essays who might be a bit less qualified in terms of academics (wondering about my 2 Bs) still has a decent change to be admitted? I've heard that essays can be deal makers/breakers. Īlso, my second question is about essays. I have a bunch of ECs (sports, volunteering, leadership, work, and clubs), so I'm not really worried about that. If I do wait to do regular decision, I'll take the SAT again and I think I can bring my score close to 2300. Sat score is 2260 and I have a few 750+ Sat 2s. My school isn't on a 4.0 gpa scale (we have a strange 11-point scale) but I've made all A's throughout my high school career with the exception of a couple of B+s (AP History, really hard teacher, and sophomore Spanish honors). My stats aren't too shabby, but I think I can raise my GPA with my first semester senior grades. I've also been told that if you don't make it in early, you wouldn't have gotten in regular decision. I've been told my many that if Stanford is your first choice, you should apply early. I'm going to be applying to Stanford this year and am in the process of deciding whether to apply early or not.
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