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how do i look for stanford? (ea)

asian male
750 math, 690 verbal
680 us history, 710 writing, 760 math iic
3.95 gpa
7 ap classes: european history (3), us history (4), calculus ab (4), chemistry (3), english lit, calculus bc, biology

ec's:
-high school soccer, earned letter, offensive mvp, (9,10)
-high school baseball (9,10)
-varsity academic league captain, earned letter (11,12)
-high school tennis, all-league first team honors, earned letter (11,12)
-outside of school, ten years of soccer, nine years of baseball, and eight years of basketball
-ASB student government interclub commissioner (10,12)
-class council (10,11,12)
-link crew student ambassador (11,12)
-opinions section editor, school newspaper, 14 published articles (10)
-member of CSF (10,11,12)
-key club (10,11,12)
-ap math/science tutor (11,12)
-seven year reflections art program school finalist and district finalist, in both visual arts and literature
-westview high school, north county times, and san diego union tribune scholar athlete (11)
-took a course in the theory of relativity at a stanford university summer program (11)

i am also the co-ceo of a teen-owned clothing company that two friends from school and i established in december of 2002. we've been featured in three different newspapers, have sold hundreds of items of merchandise, and have had response from all over the nation, and even from places like brazil and turkey. we were invited to spyfest on the queen mary, we have an official business plan published, ficticious name license, all that jazz, its been crazy. and its something unique.

do i have the numbers, ec balance, and overall unique enough of a resume to get into these places? with three varsity letters, two in athletics and one academic, as well as experience in student govt, school newspaper, tutoring, community service, etc etc, is that enough to boost myself past all the 1600-er's and 5.0-er's out there?

By Firebird12637 (Firebird12637) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:38 pm: Edit

"is that enough to boost myself past all the 1600-er's and 5.0-er's out there?"

I doubt it...scores average. But i dunno...don't take my word for it, just make sure u have good essays.

By Farmmom (Farmmom) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 03:15 am: Edit

You objective is not to "boost myself past all the 1600-er's and 5.0-er's out there?". Stanford will tell you that it rejects many 1600s every year because stats are not the only thing they are looking for. Your stats have to be good enough to get you in the ball park and show that you are capable of doing their level of work and keeping up with your peers there. Given that, (IMO) they are interested in well-rounded, multi-dimensional people who will bring diverse experiences, skills and ideas to the community.

By Nngmm (Nngmm) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 11:41 am: Edit

There are a lot of students that look just like you on the paper. Adding another 100 points to you scores will not change that. You'll have to make your application stand out in some way to have a chance.