Chance me for HYPSM! Anxious Junior

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Asian (Indian) Female living in HK with a US citizenship;

Intended Major(s): Applied math and economics; minor in government/poli sci

ACT: 35 (35/36/34/35); Math II 800; Physics 800; US History 790

Coursework: IB Diploma (HL Econ/HL Math AA/HL Physics/HL Chem/SL Lang Lit/SL Chinese B) I’m taking 4 HLs which is the most rigorous coursework available to me;

UW/W GPA and Rank: I don’t know what my rank/GPA is but my IB MYP was 54/56; my sem 1 grades are 38/42; my predicted grades are 44/45

Awards: Qualified for IMO training; South East Asia Math Comp gold medal; World math championships 2nd place open round; best delegate at HK International MUN conference; best delegate of 2nd biggest MUN conf in HK; Candian Math Competition Distinction, Honor Roll and School Champion (top 2%) Merit in the British Math Olympiad; Gold UKMT Senior

Extracurriculars:
Board of Directors of an Intl student led NGO (11+12):

  • Established in 5 countries
  • Partnered w red cross and other cool ngos
  • We work w ~150 migrant children in a yr
  • Verbal commendation in a red cross and UN speech in Geneva

Internship with economics professor (11):

  • 150 hours/unpaid
  • Developed lectures on a variety of topics such as the effects of artificial intelligence and big data on the economy
  • No research tho :confused:
  • (Should I do another internship w an econ prof? Will I be able to do any meaningful research if its just a summer thing?)

Editor in Chief of an Econ Blog w/ a 5 figure readership

Leader of competitive math club (9-12):

  • Teach both junior and senior sections abt topics such as calculus/trig/number theory

President of MUN club (9-12):

  • Secretary General of 2 conferences that have 200+ participants each
  • Chaired 11 conferences
  • 3 best delegate awards; 1 outstanding delegate at a university level conf

President UNICEF club (10-12):

  • Raised around 2.4K USD

President of [redacted ngo] club (10-12):

  • Received 400USD grant to work on a community project (we did arts/music lessons for kids to alleviate the stress that local schools can have and encourage creativity)
  • Organised book drives + raised some money too

Community Engagement Captain (10-12):

  • Encouraging service in our school
  • Helped organize a community engagement fair w around 20 NGOs
  • Founded Community Engagement newsletter

Student Govt (10-12):

  • Student Council Chair
  • Representative of school in inter-school student council
  • Year group ambassador

Piano (9-12):

  • ABRSM Grade 7 Classical Piano and ABRSM Grade 5 music theory
  • Played in annual school concerts
  • Accompanied the school’s vocal arts ensemble

Schools: Harvard/Yale/Princeton/MIT/UChicago/Northwestern/Columbia/Cornell/UMich/NYU/Penn State
Thank you :slight_smile:

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Penn State or UPenn

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Penn State is my safety.

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your extracurriculars are very impressive and I think you’ll definitely get into at least one of those top schools. however, you are at a disadvantage due to being an Asian international student. but awards in math and a speech at the UN in geneva is pretty much guaranteed to get you into one of those. good luck. make sure to write really good essays when you apply and to get good letters of recommendation.

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probably about even for the top ones, penn state should be a shoe in

I got into Georgetown, Northwestern, MIT, Northeastern, and UVA
Waitlisted to Harvard, NYU, Tufts, & Brown
Rejected from Yale, Princeton, UPenn, GWU (?), UChicago, Boston College, Stanford, & UC Berkeley

my rough stats:

valedictorian, 35 ACT in one sitting, national merit finalist, editor in chief of school newspaper, varsity sports captain, founder of a club, president of two other clubs, finance intern, congressional campaign staff, graphic designer, private sports coach, piano & trombone player, quill & scroll, NHS, business honors society, foreign language honors society, over 500 hours of community service, 790 on math II, rec letter from CEO of ~500MM dollar investment firm, rec letter from congressional candidate

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U have excellent stats. Make sure your Essays are stellar and you will have a good chance. All the Best!!