Chance For Some Top Schools

<p>Thank you for helping me out with my college application process and thank you for any helpful input!</p>

<p>SAT I: 2020 (720 M, 640W, 660 CR) (Not a good day :(. Retaking in October)
SAT II: 780 Chemsitry, 760 US History, 740 Math II
ACT: 34 Superscored (34 E, 35M, 36 R, 32 S)
33 Not superscored (both times)
GPA: 3.97 UW 5.17 W
Rank: 13/576</p>

<p>Freshman Year Schedule:
Bio H
English H
Geometry H
Gym (required)
French 2
Band
AP Human Geography (5)</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Alg 2 H
Chem H
English H
AP World (5)
French 3 H
APES (5)
AP Biology (5)</p>

<p>Junior:
APUSH (5)
AP Lang (5)
AP Chem (5)
Pre Calc H
AP Psychology (5)
AP Euro (5)
AP Physics B (4)</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Macro and AP US Gov
AP Comp Sci
AP Art History
Microbiology (college)
Anatomy and Physiology (college)</p>

<p>Awards:
Top 5% all years
Top biology and history student
Neuroscience Competition 2nd Place (regional)
Science Olympiad Awards (regional and State 2nd, 7th, 5th, 4th)
Will be National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Extracurrics and volunteering</p>

<p>Environmental Club (3 years) Vice President
National Honor Society (2 years)
French Club/French Honor Society (4 years/3 years VP for 2 years)
Chemistry Club President (3 years)
Science Museum Volunteer (4 years)
Science Honor Society (3 years) Captain/President
Ultimate Frisbee (3 years)
Orchestra (violin 3 years)</p>

<p>420 hours by application</p>

<p>Summer Stuff
College Classes (10th)
Volunteer at Library (10th)
Summer Science Program (Almost done)</p>

<p>Essays: Common App about experience at SSP for sure
Other ones will be about the world I come from and al the difficulties I've faced and/or things I love doing (science, reading, stuff). Assume solid essays
Recommendations: English/Math/European History (All solid as well)</p>

<p>Hooks: First generation, Hispanic, Low socio-economic status (40,000/year)</p>

<p>Please chance me for the following:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
Duke
Dartmouth
Brown
Washington University in St. Louis
Northwestern
Johns Hpkins
Vanderbilt
Emory</p>

<p>As of now, I have way too many schools, I know, and I plan on cutting down to about 9/10. However, I can't cut Harvard or Yale (parent thing), so yeah. Anyway, I am super interested in Biology/Neuroscience/Psychology/Computer Science/History</p>

<p>Please let me know what you guys think. Thank you so much and good luck to all!</p>

<p>Good shot at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Duke, Dartmouth, Brown, Wash U, and Northwestern, probably in at Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt and in at Emory. good luck!</p>

<p>If I were you, I would definitely try to improve upon my SAT score, but you’re already planning on doing that in October, so good luck with that! You have a pretty good ACT score, but I’d still do the SAT again.</p>

<p>Overall, I think you’re a good candidate, but you’re definitely not extremely qualified. I’m sure your annual income and race (URM) will help your chances of getting in, but I would suggest writing amazing essays and hoping for the best from your teacher and counselor recommendations. Make sure that your SSP essay is insightful about you because your personality and writing style may be the things that get you, specifically, into the schools that you want to.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>GetExcited -</p>

<p>I mean no disrespect by this, so please don’t take it the wrong way… But ASSUMING you’re telling the truth, you are amazingly qualified even for Harard, Princeton, Yale. If anyone says otherwise, they don’t understand how the game of admissions is played!</p>

<ul>
<li>Mike</li>
</ul>

<p>Tiger and Cortana, thank you for the advice. Now Lehigh2017, although I don’t love a major confidant boost, what qualifies you to sa that. Like you, I mean no disrespect, I’m just curious to know. Are you an admissions officer, counselor, just know from experience, or…? Either way, thanks for the input</p>

<p>GetExcited -</p>

<p>No disrespect taken! I believe I have a great deal of common sense and I have also read countless books on the admissions process. I am not a counselor or admissions officer. I am actually just a student. </p>

<p>But, let me tell you why I say you’re qualified.</p>

<p>You’re GPA is immaculate. Your rank is too. You’re ACT is excellent. You show a significant amount of promise in your SAT II scores in regards to other topics. </p>

<p>This all shows that you can handle academia. You have an ability to learn, per se.</p>

<p>You have a schedule that is as rigorous as possible. You received scores of “Extremely Well Qualified” or “Well Qualified” on all AP tests taken. You placed in the science Olympiads (come on, seriously? Those tests are beyond difficult). </p>

<p>This shows that you take advantage of learning opportunities, you push yourself as hard as possible, and you always get results. You are clearly prepared for college level learning, as you’ve been doing it since, what, 6th grade?</p>

<p>You have ECs that show quality, not quantity. You show leadership in several places. You volunteer substantially.</p>

<p>This shows that you budget your time well, you are committed, and you are a natural leader.</p>

<p>You covered, without leaving a single blank, the checklist of the ivy leagues, so to speak. In what world would this all not make you qualified? Then, add on the kicker: you’re Hispanic, a heavily underrepresented minority group, you live in a lower income house, and you’re first generation. This all shows that you can (and did) do everything listed above even with barriers to break first.</p>

<p>You see what I mean? It’s very hard to believe this isn’t embellished. If it truly isn’t, congratulations on all your hard work. If it is, well… </p>

<p>Best regards,

  • Mike</p>

<p>Thanks somuch everyone! Just fyi, I’m going with Princeton EA!</p>

<p>One reason I dislike chance threads is because Ivy League schools are like a lottery. You have to be in the right place at the right time. What I mean is your application has to come up right when the adcoms are looking for your type of person. This is my theory of how it all works: your academic scores get you in the door. Then, you just have to be in the right place at the right time. That’s why Ivies are a reach for anyone. But with your hooks, you’ve got a good shot. But as I said, it’s all superfluous.
Speaking of scores, perhaps you may not wish to submit your SAT I’s. Your ACT was much better. But adcoms may favor SATs, so idk.</p>

<p>GetExcited -</p>

<p>I would go with Princeton, too! Good choice. </p>

<ul>
<li>Mike</li>
</ul>