<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2200 [1480]
[li]SAT II: Math IIC - 800, Physics - 800[/li][</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.95W [44/45 IB Predicted]
[li]Rank: I'd predict 1st or 2nd out of 200 [School doesn't officially rank][/li][li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/ul]Subjective[ul] IB - 44/45, AMC12 - narrowly missed AIME (about 2 marks), still came 4th in year[/li][</em>]Essays: Very emotional and strong
[<em>]Recs: One exceptional, one really good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I am thinking about sending in my Extended Essay, but since its 4000 words, I am not sure whether it is a good decision
[<em>]Summer Activities: Taught 10 young children English as a second language for 8 weeks [350 hours], no assistance from adults/professionals, also shadowed a multimillionaire CEO for 3 weeks - These are my work experiences
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul] The business or the cloud chamber possible?
[<em>]Location: Hong Kong
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]
Extracurriculars:[ul]
[<em>]Founder/President of Revision Club
[</em>]Founder/President of Guitar Club (the most popular student led club in school history)
[<em>]Represented school in golf tournaments after just 3 months of playing [played with people who had 9 years of experience - ESSAY TOPIC]
[li]Started a proper business [No mainstream glass recyclers in Hong Kong so we take glass and create furniture, keep some money as income and rest goes to charity] [/li][li]2 consecutive years on student council [/li][</em>]Built a cloud chamber observing muon decay and cosmic ray collisions [use of technical jargon to impress adcoms]
[<em>]Going to build particle accelerator
[</em>]Racked in about 600 hours of community service in the last year
[<em>]Travelled to rural China to teach young kids English for a week [these kids have never had any contact with the language in the past]
[li]Help a group of friends earn USD1500 for the past 5 years - annual event [/li][</em>]Member of debating and Model United Nations (not sure if I will include this in my application)
[/ul]Awards:[ul]
[<em>]UKMT Gold Medal [INTERNATIONAL] - top 6% internationally amongst able mathematicians
[</em>]AMC12 [INTERNATIONAL] - top 10% internationally amongst more than able mathematicians
[<em>]Sunlife Mathematics Scholarship Competition [INTERNATIONAL] - top 30% internationally amongst best mathematicians in high school
[</em>]Euclid Scholarship Mathematics Competition Distinction [INTERNATIONAL] - top 15% in the world amonst best mathematicians in high school[/ul]</p>
<p>Applying to:[ul]
[<em>]Wharton
[</em>]Columbia
[<em>]Dartmouth
[</em>]Cornell
[<em>]MIT
[</em>]Carnegie Mellon
[<em>]NYU Stern
[</em>]Brown
[<em>]University of Chicago
[</em>]University of Michigan - Ann Arbor[/ul]</p>
<p>Haven't decided on safeties yet!</p>
<p>Thanks for the chances guys!</p>
<p>Everything looks solid, though having an even better SAT score would help. International admissions is very difficult.</p>
<p>Thanks mate. Anyone else?</p>
<p>Hey guys, could anyone please chance me? I really need this.</p>
<p>Wharton - Reach
Columbia - Reach
Dartmouth - Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
MIT - Reach
Carnegie Mellon - In
NYU Stern - In
Brown - Reach
University of Chicago - Match
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - In</p>
<p>I considered your international status.</p>
<p>Wharton - reach
Columbia - high target/low reach
Dartmouth - reach
Cornell - high target
MIT - high reach
Carnegie Mellon - target
NYU Stern - target
Brown - mid reach
University of Chicago - target
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - target</p>
<p>(target = excellent chances)</p>
<p>The only thing I could possibly see as troubling for you is your SAT score, but your hook - an Indian expat living in Hong Kong - will ensure your uniqueness when applying to these places and a lot of times it seems like that more than anything else makes or breaks it.</p>
<p>Please chance back!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/893143-ah-yes-another-chances-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/893143-ah-yes-another-chances-thread.html</a></p>
<p>i don’t really see anything as a red flag (i don’t think your SAT score is too bad either especially considering you’re an international) but most of those schools there’s really no telling what could happen. i would say nyu, cmu, university of michigan are good fits for you.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys! I also only have 2 SAT IIs, don’t want to do a third one because all the other ones don’t relate to subjects I take so I may not get 800. Do you recommend I take a third test (possibly in Spanish) and even when I get a 700, I explain that I only started learning the subject a year ago?</p>
<p>the spanish SAT is pretty hard…unless you’re a genius at it getting a 700 after one year is going to be pretty hard. which 2 have you taken already?</p>
<p>You might not want to parade “AMC12 [INTERNATIONAL] - top 10% internationally amongst more than able mathematicians” around - I think many (if not most of those who chose economics as their intended major) applicants qualify for the AIME (top 5%), so it might not be a singificant enough achievement. The same goes for the other exams; in my opinion, it’s only worth mentioning if you score in the top fifth percentile.</p>
<p>Then again, being a junior myself, I’m not sure if I’m qualified to pass judgement on this - just throwing this out there and maybe someone with more experience could corroborate or repudiate this.</p>
<p>Oh, I got 800 in Maths IIC and Physics.</p>
<p>For the AMC12, I could reword it to 4th in the whole school (missed out in AIME by 2 marks :S). Also, I know that there are 5 spots so I am looking to fill them up.</p>
<p>Which of the following 3 options do you guys recommend I go with:</p>
<ol>
<li>Not put AMC at all</li>
<li>Say I came 4th in school - [SCHOOL]</li>
<li>Say I came in at least top 10% internationally - [INTERNATIONAL]</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks for the feedback guys.</p>
<p>So what do you guys recommend?</p>
<p>How come not so many people chance?</p>