I speak French fluently and I am the first person in my family to go to college. I have a weighted GPA of 4.12 academic GPA 3.7 . By the end of my senior I would have taken 13 exams passing 7 exams. I was the president of the French club and this year I am the president of the European Club. I played in the advanced Jazz band my junior year only because it was difficult( I played the piano). I took two other foreign languages at school. spanish 1-2,3-4,AP Language, this year AP Span lit.(only non-native in class), also took german 7-8 got a B both semesters(studied a lot over the summer). Language and music are my hobbies. However I was not in sports. I have a lot SAT of 1630 and ACT composite 23. I did 50 hours community service. Volunteered 150 hours as teacher's aide and outside work. I also went to Long Beach City college in the summer of my sophmore year to take Intermediate Algebra and Spanish 3. As a result I am in AP Span Lit and AP Calc this year. So will I be accepted ?
2006-12-27 07:15:53 · 4 answers · asked by avalentin911 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
University panels will *always* look at grades first, so all your (very useful) social experience is irrelevant if you don't have the required grades.
Once your grades have been approved, your personality and character will be assessed. On this point, you seem to be a good candidate.
But those grades are essential!
2006-12-27 07:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your socio-economic status? Single parent home?
On stats alone, I'm afraid your chances don't look the greatest. GPA, SAT, and extra currics. You're in an area (assuming from the LB CC comment) where there are quite a few kids with better stats. So, you're gonna have to show you came from a non-privileged background (or some other disadvantage beyond simply being the first to college) to explain why your stats aren't quite as good as the other kids. I'm not saying you don't have impressive stats, just that Stanford is VERY competitive to get into. It can be scary seeing the resumes of the kids who get in.
2006-12-27 19:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by Linkin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a low to decent chance. Colleges LOVE applicants that are first to go to college, so they tend to overlook lower scores of those who are first to go to college. However, that might not always be the case. I assume that you're from California, so I hope you applied to the UCs as well! The UCs also love applicants that are first to go to college.
With a 4.5 weighted, 1560 SAT (old), a few 800s on the SAT IIs, National Merit Finalist, California Governor's Scholar, seven 5s on the AP, etc, I didn't get into Stanford.
Good luck.
2006-12-27 17:53:46 · answer #3 · answered by bigpinkkahuna 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your chances do not seem good.
Good luck!
2006-12-27 15:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋