Chance for Yale SCEA, Penn LSM, Brown PLME, and Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, in addition to the title schools, chance me for MIT, Johns Hopkins, Cornell CALS. Also, I would appreciate any suggestions for small-midsized schools in New England/mid-Atlantic that are matches for me.</p>

<p>Rising senior, Asian (Indian) from a very, VERY diverse public high school in NY</p>

<p>SAT: 800 M, 800 W, 740 CR (2340 Comp.)
ACT: English 35, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 36, Combined English/Writing 35, Essay 12, COMPOSITE 35
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Chemistry, 780 Biology E, 770 World History
APs:
10th grade: Biology 5, World History 5, Environmental Science (Self-study) 5
11th grade: Chemistry 5, US History 5, Statistics 5, English Language 5, Psychology (Self-study) 5, Human Geography (Self-study) 5
12th grade schedule: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics B, US Government, Calculus BC, Spanish Language, English Literature
GPA: UW: 4.0
Rank: 1/~350 (this will not change)</p>

<p>Awards:
2-time regional Science Olympiad medalist
2-time district-wide Writer of the Year
National AP Scholar
National Merit finalist (most likely)
~15 or so school-wide achievement awards in different subjects, generally insignificant
Air Force Award
RPI Math and Science Medal</p>

<p>ECs w/ leadership positions, if any:
Asian Club (biggest club at school), (former treasurer, former secretary)
Mock Trial (secretary)
Science Olympiad
Science Research (very involved, exclusive class)
Model UN
Foreign Language/Science/English/Social Studied Honor Societies
Mu Alpha Theta + Math League (president)
National Honor Society (secretary)
Also, I co-wrote the AP Environmental Science syllabus for the class which will be introduced this fall, with the AP Biology teacher.
Volunteered 50+ Hours at local hospital (patient care/front desk)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
2008: AP Summer Academy at school (6 week intensive program preparing students for AP classes)
2009: Mathematical Modeling Program at Mercy College
2010: Currently doing research at a NJ hospital (in the cardiac lab assisting with clinical trials, also get to see open-heart surgeries!)</p>

<p>Work:
Worked at local Kumon Center since September 2008, about 8 hours a week</p>

<p>Essay: should be good, probably an extended analogy comparing my high school struggles to open-heart surgery</p>

<p>Recs: AMAZING. I know my guidance counselor very well. One of my teacher recs will be from my AP Bio teacher/Science Research mentor/APES syllabus co-author/NHS advisor/Science Honor Society advisor (basically everything short of a principal) who I have grown a close personal connection to. The other will probably be from my English teacher who I had in 10th grade and will have again for AP Lit in 12th grade.</p>

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<p>dude, you have incerdible stats. You will get into AT LEAST one of those undergrads aside from Johns Hopkins-which looks like a very clear math for you.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>Any other opinions or suggestions?</p>

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<p>Bump! Anyone?</p>

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<p>Another chance thread?! Lol, you know everyone’s going to say the same things right?</p>

<p>As for the chancing,</p>

<p>Yale SCEA: Most probably deferral –> good shot at acceptance.
Penn LSM: You should apply ED as Penn takes 54% of their class from early applicants. Maybe even more for inter-disciplinary programs like Huntsman and LSM. Although, you have almost no business experience or demonstrated interest so most probably a rejection.
Brown PLME: Crap shoot but you have a really good shot at this program.
Columbia: Again, great chances.
MIT: You don’t really seem like a good fit so I don’t see this happening.
Johns Hopkins: In.
Cornell CALS: NY resident? IN!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>How is this person not a good fit at MIT, as Princetondreams mentions?</p>

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<p>Haha PrincetonDreams, go away!! =P</p>

<p>But, I do appreciate new perspectives which is why I update my chances thread every so often, especially when I have updated my list (LSM and PLME are new additions). I’m not really posting as much for “chances” as I am for suggestions in terms of applying.</p>

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<p>Yeah, this was one of my reservations. I am definitely leading towards the sciences, but I’ve heard from many that the LSM program is great in giving medical students the edge of having a business-savvy mindset. I will approach this in my essay too.</p>

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<p>Yeah, this is the one I’m most unsure of though. I’ve heard that PLME has like a 2% acceptance rate. However, I would still love to attend Brown as a non-PLME, which is still possible if I get rejected PLME.</p>

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<p>I think you’re pretty much spot-on in terms of socioacademic atmosphere, but just things I’ve heard about the medical school admission success rate of MIT undergrads, etc. justifies my interest in the school.</p>

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<p>I do see where PrincetonDreams is coming from on this one. Although I’m clearly interested in medicinal sciences as a career path, I’m much more interested in a liberalized and broad undergraduate academic experience, which is why I’m interested more in programs like PLME and LSM that pride themselves on a focus on medicine while still providing ample opportunity to delve deeply into other fields. I’m not saying that MIT does not offer this, but it is clear that MIT is a better fit for those students that are hardcore math/science students.</p>

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<p>Besides your research, you will have a very hard time getting into PLME without anything medical on your resume.</p>

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<p>@ saints2009:
I wont go into detail here since I just had a 10 hour work day and am seriously tired. Basically, I know the kids who got into MIT from my school. I’ve seen their applications. I am on a gap year so I just saw them go through the process. The kids who got in sent supplements to display their unique talents and interests (making toy planes etc.) and these kids didn’t even have impressive test scores btw. MIT is a very fit-based school and I just don’t see sd6’s interests/achievements impressing the MIT adcom.
Good luck to him though! </p>

<p>Suggestions: WashU and Emory have pretty decent pre-med programs too.</p>

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<p>They’re both a little far for me…</p>

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<p>Bump!!! .</p>

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<p>You can go anywhere you frickin want!</p>

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<p>Hah, unlikely, but thanks!</p>

<p>Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>You might get in to Cornell or JHU. Other than that, being asian will hurt you, cause their are a ton of asians with the same stats. </p>

<p>Also, Asian Club??? If that’s ur biggest EC, ya got some serious problems…</p>

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<p>you still have good chances… but i would send the ACT over the SAT because the ACT has a better spread (in my opinion) or send both.</p>

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<p>Listen, I appreciate the insight, but I never said this was my biggest EC; I was just pointing out that I am a board member on the “biggest” club at school. And, can you elaborate why having Asian Club as one’s biggest EC would be a “problem”? Is this just because this is like super-ORM? That’s not a fair assessment. You don’t know all of the facts; I have received multiple national awards because of my involvement in Asian Club. And still, Asian Club is not my biggest EC. I apologize if this comes across as rude. Usually when people criticize my stats, I take it with a very open-mind, but your comment was stated quite rudely, so I became naturally defensive.</p>

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<p>Thanks YehBoys, I was planning on sending both. I think it shows that neither score was a fluke.</p>

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<p>Bump!! .</p>

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<p>Any other thoughts?</p>