does it look good for Stanford, If I did the following in high school?

Question

-I went to city college in summer to take Spanish 3 and Intermediate Algebra.
- I work freshman year at a restaurant as bus boy.
- did not play sports at school but took private tennis lessons.
- I speak french fluently and I am currently taking AP Spanish Lit. I took German 7-8 my junior year with 2 B's.
- I am president of two clubs (french and European)
- I am the first person in my family to go to college
- I am in AP calculus, AP Chem, AP Physics, and AP Span Lit.(being the only non-native speaker as stated in the letter of recommendation).
-weighted GPA 4.12 unweighted GPA 3.7
-SAT 1580 out of 2400 and ACT 23 composite
- went to France 12 times in summer
- I improved from Middle school having a 2.89 GPA in 8th grade to a 4.12 GPA . It's a sign of improvement right?
So is there anything that looks good there that college admissions might like from me?

Answer 1

> went to city college
Pretty good

> I work freshman year at a restaurant as bus boy
Neutral. Might mention it in the interview.

> did not play sports at school but took private tennis lessons
Negative, unless you're good enough to be on a sports team at Stanford.

> speak french fluently and I am currently taking AP Spanish Lit. I took German 7-8 my junior year with 2 B's
Pretty good

> I am president of two clubs
Pretty good. Are you members of other clubs of which you're not president?

> am the first person in my family to go to college
Neutral. Mention it in the interview

> I am in AP calculus, AP Chem, AP Physics, and AP Span Lit
Good if you're getting As in these courses.

> unweighted GPA 3.7
Adequate

> SAT 1580 out of 2400
Sorry, bud. You need to do better!

> went to France 12 times in summer
Neutral. Remember, there's a lot of anti-France sentiment in the USA.

> I improved from Middle school having a 2.89 GPA in 8th grade to a 4.12 GPA . It's a sign of improvement right?
No. It's a sign you were once a bonehead. Don't put that on your application. You'll be asked about it in your interview. You might explain that you had difficulty in class sometimes due to an incomplete understanding of English; that you've worked on it since, and now consider yourself to be proficient (maybe... I betcha it's your English scores on the SAT that are low, right?).

> might like from me?
They're going to want glowing recommendations from your teachers. See if you can find a teacher you've had who actually went to Stanford. Recommendations from alumni count for more.

Answer 2

Don't want to discourage, but I think your SAT and ACT will sink you. Colleges look at grades first, and if they like how they look, they will move on to character, personality, etc. As for going from a 2.89 to a 4.12, at least in Ohio, middle school means almost nothing in terms of college. Considering that the Avg. high school GPA of entering freshmen is 3.90 for Stanford, your weighted is fine, oyur unweighted isn't the best. Universities can be strange however. For example, one cousin wasn't accepted into University of Chicago, but lo and behold, went to MIT. Another cousin wasn't acceted into Brown, went to North Western, top of class, now at Stanford. One person at my school had a 3.8, and somehow is at Harvard now. American by the way. Colleges can be picky, and you must remember, different things must play in besides grades and whatnot. Overall, if I had to rate you from a 1-10, you would be a 5, 6 at best. It's the ACT and SAT that will sink you. But anyways, good luck! You never know.

Answer 3

For the classes you have taken you have very poor test scores. You have to get those up a lot to have any chance at admission. Also, you don't play any school sports or a musical instrument which may hurt you. Other than that everything looks fine. Good Luck.

Answer 4

Well, most ivy league schools would like a high GPA. Maybe 3.7 or 3.8 and higher would be preferred. But, nowadays, most colleges aren't just looking at your grades.Extra curricular activities that make you stand out will definitely help. Sometimes, if you do enough extra things [leadership, volunteer, etc.] a low GPA, like 3.5 or 3.6, won't really matter. Most colleges want a well rounded person! Make sure you do tons of extra things [sports, music, tutoring etc.] Hope that helps! =]

Answer 5

Not trying to shot you down but that doesn't seem quite enough for Ivy Legue, especially your standard test score.

Answer 6

you should raise your SAT but the rest sounds fine
that school loves volenteer work i live close to them so i hear what they want all the time
hope you get in