Chance me (Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, Williams)

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Race/Gender: Asian Male
Family: Middle class
High school: Public high school in mid-sized suburban town in upstate New York

SAT: 1580 790M, 790R
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
GPA: 98.0 (UW), 100.2 (W) (school doesn’t report this)
APs: World 4, USH 5, Lang 5, Physics I 5, CS 5
Senior Year Classes: AP Literature, AP Econ (micro and macro), AP Gov, AP Chem, BC Calc, Spanish 6 (2nd year college class)

Intended Major: Statistics
Honors: University of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, AP Scholar with Distinction Award, National Merit Semifinalist, University at Albany Multicultural High School Achievers Award

Extracurriculars:
School baseball team (JV 2 years, Varsity 2 years)
Travel baseball team - May through October, most games in NE but travelled Atlantic coast for tournaments
Science Olympiad (3 years, president)
Math League (4 years, secretary, president)
Worked at Kumon (1 year)
Umpire for local little league (2 years)
Volunteered at local hospital summer between junior and senior year
Albany Math Circle - did math competitions
Volunteered as basketball coach at YMCA

Essays:
CA - 8/10
Rec 1 - 9/10
Rec 2 - 8/10
Counselor Rec - 9/10

2

Your chances for Cornell and Williams are pretty good. However, Harvard and Columbia are going to be difficult. Your stats are a dime a dozen and there isn’t a “wow” factor about your application. If your essays are great than that will surely increase your chances. If you have any hooks, that may also help.

3

Would’ve hoped to see more involvement with statistics such as an internship or some type of research. If you don’t have stuff for statistics, the next thing I would have looked for was math qualifications, such as AMC participation or AIME qualification. Other than that, I think everything else looks fine. BTW why didn’t you take AP stats, I would view this as a red flag given that AP stats is basically the only statistics based class offered at many high schools.