Chance for some Ivies + Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a Junior at an elite prepatory boarding school in New England sends top 20+ to ivy leagues every year. Ranked top 10 in country looking to apply to these schools:
Fluent in 2 languages, but mother tongue is English</p>

<p>Columbia
Dartmouth
Yale
Carnegie Mellon
Brown/RISD dual diploma
Princeton
NYU
Hmmm.. maybe harvard? I don’t even really want to try, but might as well
UPenn</p>

<p>SAT I: first time taking it in a week, but on practice tests, I never get below 2250.
SAT 2: 740 Physics, Going to take Chem, Math 2, and World History this year</p>

<p>Our school doesn’t use the GPA system, but last year these are my grades:
History- A
English (counts as honors)- A-
Art Honors- A
Precalc Honors- A
Chem- A</p>

<p>I will probably have similar grades this year, if not a little worse. </p>

<p>Back at my old school, I had top grades as well, ranked in the top 5 of my class. </p>

<p>E/C’s
Freshman Year (at another school not in USA) – English Speaking though
-Year Book Committee
-Basketball team (Most improved Player)
-Volleyball Team
-Volunteering for Christina Noble Children’s Foundation
-Volunteering for Crossroads International
-Volunteering for Riding for the Disabled Association</p>

<p>Sophomore Year (at another school not in USA) – English Speaking though
-Volunteering for Christina Noble Children’s Foundation
-Volunteering for Crossroads International
-Volunteering for Riding for the Disabled Association
-House Cleaning for the Elderly
- Basketball Team
- Rugby Team
-Internship at Architecture firm (designed temporary houses for earthquake area)
-2 year Research project on designing Environmental Museum for city (architectural models+ concepts)
-Class Awards – Most Valuable in Art & Foreign Languages</p>

<p>Sophomore Year (Repeated, at Current School)
*It took me a while to adjust to this school, so I didn’t really have any EC’s this year
- Investment Club
-Junior Varsity Basketball
-School Newspaper Writer
-Philosophy club
-Here, I continued my Art though, and managed to sell paintings to faculty members and get my art published in school’s art magazine.
-Varsity Golf
SUMMER
-Volunteering at World Expo and created an excellent sketching portfolio
-Volunteering (teaching) in orphanages in second world countries, helped set up sponsorship program for kids</p>

<p>Junior Year – Not finished yet
-Illustrator for School Newspaper
-Writer for School Newspaper
-Head position in Investment Club
-Community Service (3 hrs each week)
... plus lots more to come
*Undecided: Instigate a charity to help the orphanages I worked at this summer
*Undecided: Instigate a new club at my school- art related</p>

<p>If you look at my previous threads, you can see that I don’t know whether to apply to an art major, or just a normal major. Any Suggestions and Chances Welcome. </p>

<p>Also, I have a Canadian Passport, but go to a school in the USA; do I have to apply as international or local?
-Could you guys also suggest some other schools worth looking into? Im still in the “looking phase”.</p>

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<p>Hmm… can anyone please give me suggestions? Ill be sure to chance back :)</p>

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<p>solid rank/good sat score should help you a lot. however, ecs are week with minimal leadership and scattered interest apart from volunteering. apart from nyu and cmu, the other schools are definitely reaches. apply to a few targets and one or two safeties. you will probably get into a ivy or 2 because of academics but those ecs will definteitly hurt</p>

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<p>bump it up 10 char</p>

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<p>No chance at Iys with no leadership. Sorry</p>

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<p>Ty for the input, ive still got 2 years for leadership positions. Just to re-iterate, leadership positions are extraordinarily limited at my school.</p>

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<p>bump again thx</p>

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<p>Well, if your schools sends its top 20+ to Ivies every year, you should determine whether you’re in the top 20. </p>

<p>Yes, you’re an international student.</p>

<p>If you’re at an elite preparatory school, shouldn’t you have counselors there to do this for you? Without knowing which school, it’s hard to know your chances.</p>