<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I got deferred from MIT, so I'm a bit unsure as to where I lie right now, anyone with some input would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Schools I'm looking at:
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Brown
Columbia
CMU</p>
<p>Profile:
State: CA
Race: Asian
GPA: 3.8 unweighted</p>
<p>Standardized Scores
SAT: 2350 superscore, 2290 single test
SAT II: 800 on Bio, Math II, and Chemistry
AP: (All 5s) Chemistry, Bio, Computer Science, Chinese, Physics C Mechanics, Physics C E/M, Calculus BC, US History, World History</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Captain of math and computer science clubs at school
Volunteer TA at Chinese School</p>
<p>Major National Awards:
Siemens Regional Finalist
USACO Gold
USAJMO qualifier</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Is there anything that needs additional clarification?</p>
<p>First off, you have fantastic stats, and you should be proud of yourself for that :D!
Anyway, as you probably already know, Harvard and Yale are quite selective and difficult to predict. So I would say for those two, I don’t think they is any guarantee. However, you never know.<br>
Hmm. Being deferred from MIT isn’t bad either, as it shows they saw potential in you so for all other Ivies, I’d say you have a solid chance. I think Cornell would be the easiest of all Ivies for you to get into. Good luck!</p>
<p>Haha, about the defer thing I guess, but like 70% got deferred so it doesn’t say much (except that you’re not at the top of the acceptance list).</p>
<p>Is Cornell the easiest ivy to get into? I thought that Cornell, Columbia, and Brown were all pretty similar.</p>
<p>Have you thought about applying to Caltech and Duke as well? They have strong Computer Science departments as well and since you have fantastic stats, the wider of a net you cast, the better the chance you have of getting admitted to at least a couple of these super-selective schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got deferred from Caltech as well. Duke doesn’t really have THAT strong of a cs program, I thought it’s specialty was more towards biomed and whatnot so I didn’t apply.</p>