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Do you think I could get into Columbia, Harvard, Yale, or Stanford?

I am a junior and am going into senior year with a 4.0. I have taken almost all AP and Honors Courses. I got 4′s on the AP Language, AP Literature, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Microeconomics tests and 5′s on the AP Calculus BC, AP US History, AP Physics C, and AP Chemistry exams. I got a 34 on my ACT and a 2280 on my SAT. I am a member of a church service group and have gone on a service trip to Chicago. I have been a member of the Science Club and Math Club. I have a part-time job at a supermarket. I have also founded a Robotics Club at my high school. I think my teacher recommendations will be very strong. I plan to write one of my essays on a trip to Costa Rica to help in a sea turtle conservation program. I have done research on the applications of Surgical Robots at a local college. I am planning on attending the LeadAmerica Robotics conference and Stanford’s EPGY this summer.

I think, for sure, you’ll get into Columbia.

The best way to get into Stanford: do something completely alternative and off-the-wall, and do it exceedingly well. Remember this is the west coast, and we like weird. Examples of Stanford material: Serve your senior year as a military officer in Afghanistan and study nuclear weapons, run four marathons throughout your high school career, join a travelling-global jazz group and play the trumpet.

So regarding Stanford. It’s an excessively picky school! And they like the oddballs. Here’s other considerations dramatically improving your chance of acceptance (some of these factors, sadly, are out of a student’s control):
#1-ALUMNI RELATION: If your parents went there, and your just a decent student, you’re going there!
#2-YOUR PARENTS PAY IN-FULL, for tuition. If you have $50,000 up front tuition, you’re highly desirable. Out of two high school students with similar GPAs, SAT scores, and competence, Stanford will choose the student paying in full. Stanford will provide financial aid for about 1,000 freshman–most cases are for top athletes and students scoring in the top 5 percentile on their SATs (basically it helps scoring in the 2300s or above).
#3-Geographical location (if you’re a very bright, motivated student from somewhere remote, like Mongolia, this helps).
#4-Non-white ethnicity, especially black, hispanic, and Native American since these groups are under-represented. Asian American slots are increasingly competitive.
#5-First generation student
#6-SAT scores over at least 2310

Also, if you’re especially talented in a rare niche, say the national winner of ballroom dancing, this helps. Consider talented undergrads, like Tiger Woods: a Black-Asian American golfer gone pro.

Here’s some more, rough, stats:
–2400 freshman slots available, and ~26,000 high schoolers will apply
–around 10% of the slots open to alumni-connected students

Also, the Stanford admissions committee doesn’t care about the number of activities you join. Anyone can join a club. They want to see the most talented and gifted students excelling in one or two extracurriculars. If you serve in an ELECTED position this is highly desireable–it shows a majority of students chose you as their leader. Example: Golf Team Captain, Japanese Club President, Student Body President, National Honor Society Head.

Here’s three students I know personally who got into Stanford:
Person A: Remember that movie “Alive.” Here’s an Oregon Episcopal High School student: This girl climbed Mount Hood in 1982 on a SPRING day with 5 fellow students. An out-of-season blizzard hit, and the students, stuck at a high altitude, were forced to dig a snow cave and hide from the elements. The temperature dropped dramatically and the students huddled together for warmth. They were isolated in this cave for three days. Two of them died, and the others got severe frostbite. When they were rescued, the girls’ legs were so frostbitten, doctors had to amputate them. This harsh reality, sadly, played a role in her college success. She got in!
Person B: This girl maintained a 3.8 GPA and was involved in several clubs. She’s was overachieving, but not necessarily Stanford material. Her dad, however, was an alumn. She got in!
Person C: This girl made Oregon’s “state player of the year” in soccer. She scored just less than a 100 goals during her high school career. She went to a competive, and tiny, metropolitan arts high school. She got in!

Yale and Harvard have a lower acceptance rate, but you don’t have to be an oddball superstar to make it’ you just have be a practical superstar. But apply to all of them! You’re a talented student:)

Also, here’s some other top schools to consider:
MIT, Cal Institute of Technology, Brown, UPenn, Rice, Cornell, The Naval Academy, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly

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