Chance me for Harvard/Princeton/Chicago? Could I get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basics:
Indian Male
Intended Major: Economics
School: Generally in the top 50 area for public schools, send a lot of kids to Ivies/MIT, especially Columbia </p>

<p>Stats:
3.75/4.45 GPA
2340 SAT (800 M, 740 R, 800 W, 12 essay)
800 SAT II Math, 780 SAT II Physics
APs: AP Calc BC (5), AP Physics C (5, 5), AP Computer Science (5), AP Chem (5), AP Euro (5), APUSH (4)
Senior schedule: AP French, AP Law and Government, AP Macroeconomics AP English, AP Stats, Honors French</p>

<p>ECs:
Technology Club - President
Programming Club - President and Founder, made a mobile application for Android
President of Mathletes, Top 1%
Captain of Debate Team, won two tournaments last year, probably go to TOC this year
Varsity Tennis
Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader
200+ volunteer hours (at soup kitchens/nature centers, mostly for scouts)
Managed own Hedge Fund making 3.6% profit relative to market on annual basis</p>

<p>Essays/Recs:
Always been a pretty good writer, and all the people I got Recs from knew me well and had a high opinion of me</p>

<p>Chance me for Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, Stanford, Berkeley, NYU, Michigan
I can afford all of them
Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Your GPA is awful. Most schools in the top 40 will reject you.</p>

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<p>Really :frowning:
Crap isn’t a very nice term at all
Did you read my extracurriculars though? </p>

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<p>I think your SAT’s and EC’s are really great, I would just be worried aboit the GPA though, its pretty low for schools that you listed above.</p>

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<p>I was told that excellent ECs could compensate for low GPA (relative to school of course). How much truth is there to this?</p>

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<p>Don’t get caught up in College Confidential chances culture. A 3.75 is a fine GPA, not awful. It may be low relative to Harvard, Princeton, and UChicago, but you do have a ton of AP courses and your SATs are stellar. Your ECs may not be outstanding for top schools, but they are certainly great. You probably have average chances at these schools, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in or were rejected at any of the top 5 on your list. You will probably get into UCB, NYU, and Michigan.</p>

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<p>That awkward moment when OP edits his post and changes his GPA… :^o
Anyways, with your new GPA, the ivies, Stanford, and UChicago are still reaches (they are reaches for almost everyone).
Your 3.75 unweighted is below average for UC Berkeley, but your extracurriculars might help you get in.</p>

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<p>@Mangiafuoco What did OP say before?</p>

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<p>@Cosmological‌
Before, OP posted that he had a 3.65 unweighted GPA iirc.</p>

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<p>@Mangiafuoco Oh well, that would be a bit trickier. I wouldn’t say it is awful, but the 3 schools in the thread title would be mid-high reaches.</p>

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<p>Your gpa is a tad bit low, but nothing too low. Its fine. All your other stats are as good as it gets. I would say you have very good chances at all your schools. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Your profit for your hedge fund is really low lol. Is this for real? Like did you actually open and attract millionaire investors?</p>

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<p>What is the AUM for your hedge fund? Generally speaking if a fund has less than 5 million, while technically it is a hedge fund, most people do not consider it that. Also do you have other investors? Managing a few hundred thousand is not considered a hedge fund by professionals. </p>

<p>Additionally, are you actually set-up as a hedge fund? Do you have a prime brokerage? Do you have a lawyer that does all the paperwork for you and do you file taxes every year? </p>

<p>Not trying to derail your EC’s but managing a hedge fund is highly unlikely for a high school student to be doing, not because of difficulty. This is a huge bull market and its very easy to make money at the moment at much higher rates of returns, but it is unlikely that you manage a hedge fund due to the time it takes to do so as well as the holes you have to jump through just to start off. Calling a stock portfolio a hedge fund may could be perceived as lying since its not actually a hedge fund and there is no consumer in that situation. </p>

<p>If you are submitting an application like that you should provide information proving the existence of your hedge fund. Most admissions officers may not know the details around fund managing, but they are probably aware of how a hedge fund works and will be skeptical without substantial proof. I would say that it is easier for a high school student to successfully complete cancer research (w/ significant results) than to start a hedge fund.</p>

<p>Also have you actually gone to ToC, because it may not help if you havent actually been. Most people use ToC as an honor, since just getting the bids to go is an honor.</p>

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<p>P.S. Your GPA is not bad at all, and your test scores are top notch as well. Your EC’s are not as unique/strong as you may think, but they are not deficient.</p>