Any suggestions

College Search & Selection
1

<p>I don't know where to apply.</p>

<p>SAT: 2220 Math:800 Verbal:660 Writing:760
SAT II Math IIC:800 Chemistry:770 US History:760</p>

<p>GPA 3.7, A- (92.5) average</p>

<p>100 hours of community service - teaching English in China (I coordinated this activity myself)
Swimming team -captain- 8-11 hours per week, (48 weeks/year) (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Chinese Calligraphy - student - 5 hours per week, (24 weeks per year) (12)</p>

<p>Basketball - activity- (4 hours a week), (48 weeks per year) (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Guzheng - a special musical instrument - (5 hours per week), (25 weeks per
year) (12)</p>

<p>Baduk (Go, Weiqi) -student- 6-7 hours per week (25 weeks/year)(11, 12)</p>

<p>Compueter - student (Macromedia Flash and dreamweaver, adobe photoshop) - 8 hours per week (36 weeks per year) (10, 12)</p>

<p>homeschooled student</p>

<p>Lived in a very small city in China for last three years so I can emphasize diversity and perspective in essays - THIS IS A KEY! I KNOW SCHOOLS love people who have "opened their eyes." Please take this into mind, maybe it can boot my chances up a bit. I'm a good writer, so I probably can write a super essay on this topic.</p>

2

<p>what type of school do you want? Large, small? Urban, Suburban, rural? Public or Private? What major?</p>

<p>I will just throw a couple of names out there</p>

<p>UChicago - reasonable low reach
Cornell - good reach</p>

<p>UMichigan - safe match
Cal-Berkeley - high match (out of state)</p>

<p>UWisconsin - safety
UFlorida - safety</p>

3

<p>Well, I don't really care what kind of school it is. </p>

<p>But do you think I have a chance at HYPS with a strong essay on my China experience. I'm a US citizen, lived in Bay Area for 14 years, so I'm pretty well rounded in terms of life experience. I'm Asian though. : (</p>

4

<p>HYPS would be a major reach. You could lower on the Ivy rungs, some good LAC alternatives or some good Tech colleges. Some possibles:
Wash U in St Louis, Carleton, Macalester, Reed, Oberlin, Kenyon, MIT, CMU</p>

5

<p>look at the LACs that love and actively seek out diversity.</p>

6

<p>Erin's Dad, why is MIT not a major reach? MIT is almost an impossibility for anyone this year.</p>

7

<p>What are LAC schools?</p>

8

<p>liberal arts colleges</p>

9

<p>Jovenes132, You may be right about MIT being a major reach. I looked at the Math and Science scores and thought they were right in there for MIT (those are about 75%ile) but the verbal are a little low (25%ile). Certainly it is a reach. Still don't know what the OP wants to major in.</p>

10

<p>You can try for HYPS, but a lot will depend on pulling together an application that grabs their attention. I agree with Erin'sDad- based on what you posted, it is likely not going to grab them enough. U Chicago- yes, sounds like a fit. Cornell, yes. Hopkins, yes. Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia- maybe. Caltech- worth thinking about. Have you thought about finances? Can you afford these places without financial aid?</p>