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How I Got Into STANFORD (at least what i think...) · Stats, ECs, Awards, Essays + Advice
- Major
- Computer Science
Accepted 2
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Stanford -
UC Berkeley
Stats
- GPA
- 4
- SAT · ACT
- 1580
- AP courses
- 9
Awards 6
- Top 5 in State – Classical Alto Saxophone
- 2nd in State – Jazz Alto Saxophone
- Congressional App Challenge Winner
- State & National Jazz Band Awards
- Regional & State Science Fair Awards
- Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication (Data Science Project)
Quest log 10
- Jazz Band (Section Leader) – Successful at state and national levels; organized annual charity performance raising $20,000+ over 4 years.
- Jazz Combo (Member & Performer) – Smaller, student-led ensemble; won several state awards; hosted Veterans Day and Christmas events.
- FTC Robotics (Co-Leader) – Led team to regional championship and state qualification; emphasized outreach.
- Girl Scouts Coding Program Creator – Developed and ran program teaching local troops to code.
- Middle School FLL Outreach – Assisted local middle school robotics programs.
- Congressional App Challenge Winner – Created disease-diagnosing NLP app; led backend machine learning.
- Science Fair Competitor – Developed cell image quantification program; regional & state awards; near-ISEF qualification.
- Internship at Local Non-Profit – Machine learning research internship stemming from science fair project; led to symposium paper and peer-reviewed journal publication.
- Collaboration with University Graduate Students – Advanced data science project development and presentation.
- Music Portfolio Submission – Submitted saxophone portfolio as part of application