get into stanford

I really really really want to go to Stanford, and major in science or engineering or pre-med or something along those lines. I’ll be a junior in the fall, but my family’s moving. I spent frosh and soph years at a New England school, next fall I’m spending the semester at an outdoor school in Colorado, and then spending 2nd semester and senior year at a new school in Minnesota. I have a 3.7 GPA, and got a 204 on the PSAT, and would have been stage manager for a school theatrical production next year; but I don’t know how to get leadership positions at my new school if I’m only there for 3 semesters. Plus, I won’t know the teachers as well (bad for recommendations) but I’m going to try really hard.I’m taking extra summer classes and a summer camp volunteer job for girls interesting in math, science, and technology, and plan on continuing rowing on a varsity team, but I feel like I need to do something else, something bigger. But I will put in 100% and see what happens.

Classes Last Year: AP European History, Honors Algebra II, AP Chemistry, English II, Spanish III-IV Accelerated, Technical Theater

Classes Next Year: American Lit, AP English Lang, AP Spanish Lang, Honors Precalc, AP US History, Natural Science (elective), Biotechnology (elective), Intermediate Stage Technology

Summer: Volunteering at camp, summer pre-college program, maybe at Carleton or Vanderbilt or somewhere…

Classes Senior Year: AP Physics, AP Biology, AP English Lit, AP Calculus, Science Research(hopefully) and theater elective

I really want to go there

I’m only a freshman in high school. This is probably a longshot because I’m probably just one in a million. Here goes:

Classes:
H. Biology – A
H. Literature – A
H. Alg. II Trig – A
World History – A
French II – A
Drawing I – A
Design – A

Extra:
JV Tennis
Science Olympiad – 5th place in 2009 event
Art competition – Top 5 in state
Math League
Newspaper

This Summer:
Internship at a camp for kids
Johns Hopkins Chemistry Course
Art program at UPenn

Next year:
H. Lit
AP Chemistry
AP Calc AB
AP US History
H. French III
Watercolor
Photography
Acrylic Painting

This semester has flown by. It’s been a challenging semester. I promised myself that I would get a 4.0 semester average but it’s a bit harder than I expected. I’ve done some of the necessary steps in the college admissions process. I took the ACT and SAT and I was quite disappointed in my scores, and I just disappointed in general that I had a hard time handling everything. I’m up to a 28 and my SAT is a 1690, which wasn’t as high as I was hoping for.

I was on the verge of just giving up, but I knew that it was better to have a 14& chance of being admitted than a 0%. I’m taking the ACT again, and I can’t take the SAT because I have to take the Subject Tests. I still have my essays to do, but all I have left are my recommendations and my essays, in which I have all of them started. I’m counting down the days until the Regular Decision deadline, and from then on, I can at least rest and enjoy the rest of my senior year until I hear from them April 1.

i am 12 and realy wanna be stanfor when i am in UNİ.İam working soo much just for that

I fell out of the running way too early, but there are so many awesome colleges, everyone will find one perfect for them.

Even though I just finish my freshman year I know that I want to go to Stanford more than I want anything else right now. I think I have what it takes and I’m going to try hard. Guess I should start inventing some thong or start a company or charity….

I just got finished with my junior year of high school. My grades are good, thank God, but they are as follows. My school doesn’t offer many AP classes, so this is pretty much the most rigorous course set at my school.

1ST SEMESTER

1st Block: AP US History Fall – A; 102
2nd Block: H Advanced Algebra/Trigonometry – B; 91
3rd Block: H Psychology – A; 96
4th Block: H Spanish II – A; 95

2ND SEMESTER

1st Block: AP US History Spr – A; 101
2nd Block: H Pre-Calculus – B; 86
3rd Block: H Anatomy & Physiology – A; 93
4th Block: H English 11 – A; 94

SPORTS

Cross Country – Purple Heart Award
Tennis – Captain

CLUBS

Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Head Recruiter 2008, appointed Vice President 2008-2009
National Honor Society – elected as Reporter
Student Council – President

VOLUNTEER WORK
Relay for Life
Junior Volunteers

I still have to take the SAT and the SAT subject tests. I don’t know how I did on the AP exam until July. I took the ACT 3 times but I’ll take it again in September and October. My highest composite is a 27. Right now I’m just trying to make my application as strong as possible in several aspects.

Perhaps I’m shooting too high, but I’m always motivated by this quote.

‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.’

I found out i got in on Friday after going through being deferred early. It feels so good! I have literally wanted to go here for 7 years and have wished on stars, birthday cakes and random times (11:11) for this to happen. Usually i’m really unlucky so its amazing to for once have a dream come true. I can’t wait for September!!!

So I applied early decision there for the fall 08 semester and will find out sometime in December whether i am accepted or not, wish me luck! I really hope i get in, it has been my dream school since i heard my grandfather went there 12 years ago. Good luck to everyone else who applied!