Stanford GSE ICE/IEPA MA...should I even apply?

[rockrmoose]

Hi everyone! 

I'm applying to International Education MA programs and from the Bay Area in California and planning to stay in the area for financial and family reasons. As a result, my choices are limited and I can only apply to University of San Francisco's International/Multicultural Education MA, Stanford's ICE/IEPA MA, and Monterrey Inst. of International Studies International Education Management MA. I think my chances into USF and MIIS are good, but I want to know if I should even consider Stanford. 

My GRE scores are really average. 155 Verbal and 154 Quant, yet my AWA was great, scored a 5! This was already my second time taking it and I don't want to take it again.

I graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2015 majoring in Language Studies with a concentration in Chinese and Spanish. Minored in Modern Chinese History. My major GPA was 3.69 and my cumulative GPA was 3.65.

I feel like my average GRE score and average GPA could made up for through my experiences the past couple of years.

I've been heavily involved in K-12 education - volunteered in a 2nd/3rd grade classroom for 2 years, taught ESL to adult immigrants for 1 year, TA'd in an Algebra 1 class, and taught my own Geometry summer school course. This past year I was a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan.

I have experience doing research, although in the humanities rather than the social sciences. I've done archival research at Stanford and Yale campuses after being awarded a Humanities Undergraduate Research Award by UCSC for a Chinese history paper. 

I was a leader for 2 years in a student organization known for community service.

I studied abroad in Argentina one summer doing intensive language study.

What do you guys think? Do I stand a chance or should I just apply to USF and MIIS?

Thanks 

[LFG]

You should always give it a try. If you do not try, your odds of getting in are 0, if you do apply, I am sure odds are much higher than that...

[COGSCI]

I think you have enough to compensate for your verbal and quant scores. Are you looking into other schools as well? I think you should definitely try Stanford and maybe schools around cali (UC schools) just to be safe.