<p>Sophomore, highly competitive high school gifted program. Taking full IB diploma a year early. We sleep after 3 am consistently. </p>
<p>SAT: 2330 (750 R, 780 M, 800 W, 12 Essay)
ACT: 32 (8th grade)
PSAT: 222
AP: World (5), Comp Sci (4)
IB: Projected scores
Mathematics SL: 7
ITGS SL: 6/7
Chinese SL: 7
Physics HL): 6/7
English HL: 6
History HL: 6</p>
<p>GPA: 3.95/4.71
Class Rank: Top 5% / ~400 Students</p>
<p>EC:
DECA - Written: State Qualifier, 2nd Place State (International Qualifier)
Role Play: Area 2nd, State 6th (International Qualifier)
Future Problem Solving - Secretary, 1st State, 9th International, Designed website
Math - 4th State Mu Alpha Theta, 6th/11th State Math Championships
Newspaper - Vice President
Track - Varsity
XC - Varsity</p>
<p>Awards:
Microsoft Hunt The Wumpus - 1st Overall, Best in Show, Best Graphics</p>
<p>Schools (roughly in order of pref):
Penn Fisher M&T (Wharton 2nd)
Stanford M&E
Princeton ORFE
NYU BPE
Columbia
Northwestern
MIT?
UW - Safety</p>
<p>Stanford and Princeton will be iffy because of the fact that they admit some ~7-8% of applicants. Otherwise, I like your chances everywhere else. I would say Penn Wharton you’ve got a great shot, the Fisher program is slightly less likely, but still quite probable.</p>
<p>Thanks Bopo! Yeah, Stanford this year was really weird for our school.
Is a 3.95 low? It’s a 3.95 UW and 4.71 W. It’ll probably go down this year with 2 B’s :(</p>
<p>Well pretty decent looking application all round, I like your SAT score and also the Award you won from Microsoft. Princeton, Stanford and MIT are all pretty unpredictable but you have a decent shot at everything else including Penn, Columbia and NYU. I guess just make yourself interesting in the application process which is the essays and supplements, they make up a big part of your admissions, they want to be “dazzled” - reference from the movie 21 if you’ve ever seen it. GL :)</p>
<p>Sorry, I was reading the GPA as 3.95 out of 4.71. You do need to do some service work though. Not just volunteering but identifying something you are trying to alleviate in the society.</p>
<p>@bon Thanks! definitely the hardest part haha - and I absolutely love 21.</p>
<p>@Texas: Ah, no problem. But, yeah, that’s true. I am a member of NHS and I do have ~80 hours already. My service work comes mostly as part of Math club and FPS. Thanks for the insight, I’ll definitely be working on that.</p>
<p>Stanford and Princeton are pretty much unchanceable, but your app looks extremely solid and you’ve got a great shot at the rest of the list. I agree with bopo that Wharton is slightly easier to get into than Fisher, but I’m not terribly familiar with Penn…</p>
<p>From what I hear from top schools, they prefer you to take an initiative (another parent whose kid got into brown mentioned the samething) do something on your own instead of what the school picks for you. If you are trying to finish early, it may prevent you from developing some of these programs if you only have one more year left and you start applying by October/November timeframe.</p>
<p>I’d say you’ve got a decent shot just about anywhere. It’s great to see the commitment to the IB, plus the extracurriculars and noted acheivements. And the track/XC looks good as well.</p>
<p>@Strange: To my knowledge, Wharton is significantly easier than Fisher (though that speaks more to Fisher’s selectivity than about Wharton)</p>
<p>@Texas: Yes, that’s what I’ve heard too. I’m running an environmental action kind of program in the school, hopefully that will be good. My senior year (seeing as IB is completed by then), my school will set me up with an internship - hopefully a bonus there too.</p>
<p>@easterner: Definitely, thanks IB is fun when it’s not a pain.</p>
<p>Well, you’re certainly fine in the GPA department and your SAT/ACTs are great as well along with a solid extra-curricular list, and besides you’re still only a sophomore so you have time to really dazzle(as somebody said earlier).</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with the other people in this thread. I think that you have a good shot at all these schools, bu some of them are just unpredictable.</p>
<p>Solid ECs, GPA, and SAT score (which, seeing as you’re only a sophomore, you have potential to retake and get that 2400 or 36 for ACT).</p>
<p>Penn Fisher M&T (Wharton 2nd) - match
Stanford M&E - low reach
Princeton ORFE - high match
NYU BPE - match
Columbia - high match
Northwestern - match
MIT? - low reach
UW - Wisconsin? In</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for the chance! I think those are probably a bit too kind to me (M&T a match? sweet!) And UW is University of Washington, I’m instate.</p>
<p>Hey, you’ve got great scores and ECs, as well as won some awards in the field you’re interested in! Penn is definitely selective, but its acceptance rate is about the same as that of NU nowadays.</p>
<p>Since it seems to be your preference, I’ll talk about your chances at Penn (Wharton).</p>
<p>I think you’ll get in fairly easily with good recommendations and essays. However, if you want to secure your spot at Wharton, I would suggest that your really go overboard with your EC’s in one area (maybe Computer Science/Web Design?). </p>
<p>My friend got in to Wharton last year, and he had a similar transcript to yours minus the fact that he started a web design business to serve local small businesses in the area. He designed the websites and then gave the small businesses the knowledge and tools to update the information on the websites. He didn’t write his essay about this, but I think it would have been a really good topic. You’re only a sophomore, so maybe that leaves the door open for you to do something similar.</p>
<p>If ur applying to stop school, ur stats won’t hurt you, and u’ll be a competitive applicants. Beyond that, it depends on many other subjective factors that we’re unable to chance you. It depends on ur essay and how unique ur candidacy/how desirable you are to a college ur applying. gl</p>
<p>You have a huge whole in your list–it jumps from highly selective schools to UW. Unless you’d be perfectly happy at UW, I’d look for some schools to fill that gap.</p>
IB is fun when it’s not a pain.</p>