Saturday, August 6, 2011
My Mother Really Wants Me To Go To Stanford, But Im Not So Sure I Have A Shot?
reading up on what it takes to get accepted into this extremely prestigious school has only lessened my hopes. My mother thinks i'm special, and Stanford material, but I don't see what is so special about me. Im ALMOST top 5% in my class (6%), My Unweighted GPA is about 3.6 or 3.7, though i haven't seen updates from this semester. weighted I believe, is about 4.1, and i've yet to take the SAT's but i plan on getting at least a 2100 on them, if less, ill take it again until time permits (because ill be a senior). My mom believes i have a chance because I am going to be president of my schools Math Honor Society, VP of the orchestra, member of the National Honor Society, and Beta Club, was a member of the Jazz Band, a Varsity Wrestler for 3, maybe 4 years, will be in 3 plays, 2 of which are musicals next year, an avid member of my school's theatre workshop group (where we build sets and do lighting and sound for plays and productions), I Tutor every week for free, I am a member of my schools Advanced Show Choir (which is quite prestigious in my school), and i play piano, violin, viola, guitar (my specialty), and i sing. and along with all this, I have taken 4 AP classes in my high school career, have traveled to Iceland to learn about my heritage, and I want to major in Biochemistry. I'm Passionate about what i do, and i can write a good essay, but i'm not valedictorian, or student council president, and I haven't written any books, or invented a new software, or anything that stands out like in other applications. Do you think i have any sort of chance? I would love to go, and it would make my mom SO proud, but i just don't believe i'm good enough. My college that i chose outside of her influence was Clemson, because of all of the in-state scholarships, and friends that would go there, but her, and everyone else i know thinks that i am too good for Clemson, solely based on the information i have provided you here, and considering i want to go to a college that would be good for Biochemistry or medical, and have music (minor), which college do you think i would be good for?
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