CHANCE For Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! Chance me for ivies, and I'd love honest opinions, so I know where I stand xD</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2350
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics, Bio, Latin. 750 Korean w/ Listening
GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/682
AP: Have taken/self studied/expect to take: 15 TOTAL, 5's and some 4's...
Senior Year Course Load: All AP, Multivariable Calculus/College Math for 2 years @GAtech
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, Siemens AP, National AP, AIME, AMC8,10,12, NLE, Kiwanis Club Hope of America, Governor's Honors, various scholarships,will apply for some</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Math Club (president, win regional, states, national level things), Science Bowl (Officer, won states, go to nats, placed), Latin Club (Officer, won GJCL, NJCL), Model UN(co pres, won regionals, placed at states, went to nats), Policy Debate(co pres, go to nationals at Georgetown,Kansas, Chattahoochee), DECA(founder and pres, won regionals)</p>

<p>NHS, SGA Rep, Beta Club</p>

<p>Basketball(JV for 1, Varsity for 1, Team Management for 1), Symphony Orchestra(Section leader, All State Honors, District Honors, Midwest@Chicago, Concert@Austria)</p>

<p>Atlanta Asian American Leadership Council</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Intern @GATech Aerospace Lab, Assistant for GATech Modern Languages faculty, Tutoring</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Coaching basketball, refereeing, concessions, clean up, set up, LiNK(N. Korea Human Rights), Chamber Orchestra Concerts @Nursery Homes, Schools,etc, teach sessions at AMC Math Learning Center, Give talks @Learning Center, and church</p>

<p>Summer: Governor's Honors Program(Both years), Duke TiP, Emory Debate, Orchestra Camp, Trip w/ GaTech LBAT to S.E Asia, Trip to China/Korea for LiNK, internships, Georgetown University Junior College Program, Basketball Camps</p>

<p>And that's all I can think of right now, might edit more in later. Weaknesses? Strengths? Thanks for your opinions! :D</p>

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<p>Where do you want to go? I think you have very good chances for a lot of top schools.</p>

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<p>I think you stand a good chance! Remember to tell us which schools you got accepted into :)</p>

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<p>You have great stats, rigor, and well-developed ECs in several different areas. You also seem to have significant leadership credentials and community involvement. I’d say you are a very strong candidate at any of the Ivies and other top schools of that type, largely because your resume goes far beyond test scores and math contests.</p>

<p>I assume you are Korean? The one thing I would beware of if you are interested in Ivies is coming across as one of those Asian students who is obsessed with test scores at the expense of other things. I’m not sure that I grasp the point of self-studying for a lot of AP exams. Doing so is probably not the best way to demonstrate academic commitment and intellectual curiosity. Taking advanced math at GATech is much more convincing, IMHO. For a student with your rank and stats, spending that time engaged in other intellectual pursuits or ECs would be more valuable on every level. Unless, of course, your goal is to attend a school where you can use AP credit to graduate early. But that would not happen at the Ivies, where students usually wish to take MORE courses, not fewer.</p>