Am I On the Right Path?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey Guys!</p>

<p>My top college choices are harvard (my dream!), princeton, stanford, cloumbia, upenn, uchicago, umich........i doubt ill get into any of them though.......... :'( <em>SIGH</em> but a man can dream! Anywys, I would love to hear some of your advice with my stats and what colleges u think might be the best choice for me. </p>

<p>Im going to be a senior next fall and here are some of my stats, so far:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2290 (710 CR 780 M 800 W); retaking in fall
SATII: 800 Chemistry (taking US History, Bio, and Math II in June)
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted
Major Awards/ Recognition: Principal's Academic Scholar Award, 1st FBLA Regionals, Most Altruistic FBLA Club in North Central Region (certificate), NSHSS Ambassador- certificate (2 years), Altruistic Club Achievement from my Local Town- certificate, Key Club Early Bird Award, Key Club- Big 10 Award, Most Altruistic New Jersey Club- Key Club (certificate), NM Commended (218/240), and I'm competing in Siemens and Intel in fall</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

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<li><p>Inspire to Act- Founder; 3 years; a Learning Unlimited club; works with Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Yale, MIT to sponsor the ESP Splash program at high schools</p></li>
<li><p>Key Club- 4 years; Ambassador; Treasurer; biggest club in school; most altruistic club</p></li>
<li><p>FBLA- 4 years; Ambassador; Chairperson</p></li>
<li><p>SGO- 4 years; Executive Board- 3 years</p></li>
<li><p>Varsity Tennis- 4 years; Play in Red Division Athletics- highest in NJ</p></li>
<li><p>Academic/ Quiz Bowl Team- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>Science League- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>National Honor Society- 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish Honor Society- 2 years </p></li>
</ol>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>9th Grade- took Honors Chemistry at local community college (A+); took Algebra II course at local community college (A+)</p></li>
<li><p>10th Grade- Attended NYLF/MED for 2 weeks; took SAT classes; college visits; worked in father's cardboard warehouse- minimum wage</p></li>
<li><p>11th Grade- Summer Internship in Microbiology at UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ); Summer Internship at MORGAN STANLEY bank in NYC; college visits</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Extra Info: I live in NJ;
my income bracket is <50,000;
im the first generation in my family to attend college in America;
and im Asian (Indian) Male</p>

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<p>Oh and I forgot to mention, my class rank is in the top 5% (sorry my school doesnt report ranks)</p>

<p>and i have taken one AP test so far- 5 Chemistry; ill be taking 4 more (APUSH, Bio, Stats, English) this May</p>

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<p>You have as good of a shot as any average applicant… It could go either way. On the plus side, the fact that you’re low income and have such high SAT’s is pretty impressive, so maybe that’d help? (And I’m not sure on how much weight first gen in america has, or whether it even has a weight at all in admissions)</p>

<p>My only advice to you is keep up the good work and apply ED/EA to your top choice… (which seems to be Harvard)</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Harvard does not have early admissions.</p>

<p>You seem like a more-than-solid applicant for a place like UofM, a middle-of-the-pack applicant for the other places you listed. It’s possible you’ll get in, but you sure as hell better prepare for not doing so, because Harvard rejects on the order of 94% of its applicants. It’s just that brutal</p>

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<p>@IBfootballer Actually, Harvard does offer early admissions… They offer SCEA. They started it back this year.</p>

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<p>As an ORM from an overrepresented state, other than UM, these schools will be tough. Expand your list with more match and safety schools.</p>

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<p>UM is not a good school for you - they don’t meet need for OOS applicants. If your family income is low, there’s no way you’ll be able to afford 50k a year fees.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the input guys! Ill certainly take it into account. One more thing, do u think it would help with Harvard Admission if I can get a letter of recommendation from the HARVARD DEAN FROM THE BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL? Also, do u think it would help with Columbia admissions if I get a Letter of Recommendation from my UMDNJ internship advisor who was a Columbia Alumni?</p>