Chance me for Ivies (HYP) and I'll Chance You

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok, here are my stats. Can you please Chance me for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins (I know it's not ivy, but it is one of my tops)</p>

<p>Planned Major: Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Academics
ACT: 35 (36 S, 36M, 35R, 34E)
1st SAT I : 2250 (800M, 750 R, 700W)<br>
2nd SAT I: 2290 (800M, 800W, 690R)
SAT II Subject Tests: 800 Chemistry, 790 Math 2, 720 English Literature
AP: Statistics 5, Chemistry 5, Microeconomics 5, Macroeconomics 5, US History 5
Class Rank: 1/717 Cum. GPA: 4.40</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
--National Merit Semifinalist (finalist notification in December 2010)
-- Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction
-- Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Ambassador
--Honor Roll (3 years 9-11th Grade)
--Presidential Community Service Awards
--Academic Decathlon State Gold Medalist
--National Gold Medalist Science Olympiad
--State Gold Medalist Science Olympiad
--Top Delegate @ Model UN Regional Competition</p>

<p>Departmental Awards
• Top Geometry Student (9th Grade)
• Top English Student (9th Grade)
• Top World History Student (9th Grade)
• Topic Physical Science Student (9th Grade)
• Top AP US History Student (10th Grade)
• Top Physical Education Student (10th Grade)
• Top Honors Biology Student (10th Grade)
• Top Algebra 2 Student (10th Grade)
• Top AP Chemistry Student (11th Grade)
• Top Pre-calculus Student (11th Grade)
• Top AP Economics Student (11th Grade)</p>

<p>Comprehensive Awards
• Principal’s Scholastic Award (9th-11th Grade)
• Presidential Scholastic Award (9th-11th Grade)</p>

<p>Extracurricular/Activities</p>

<p>--Model United Nations (3 years)
a. President of Model UN (12th Grade)
b. Received 2 Honorable Mentions at 2 Conferences
c. Received Gavel/Outstanding, Top Delegate at 1 Conference (11th Grade)
d. 2 Year Letter Winner</p>

<p>--Science Olympiad (2 years)
a. Captain of Science Olympiad (12th Grade)
b. National Gold Medalist in Technical Problem Solving (11th Grade): won a
$1000 Texas Instruments Prize package for Mentor High (team was 7th overall)
c. National 6th Place in Write It Do It
d. State Gold Medalist in Its About Time
e. 6th Place in Chemistry Lab at State Competition
f. Captains Award for Top Junior Member (11th Grade)
g. 1 Year Letter</p>

<p>--Student Government (3 years)
a. Philanthropist/head of charitable events i.e. Red Cross Blood Drives, United Way drives etc. (12th Grade)
b. Junior Class Senator (11th Grade)
c. Harvest for Hunger Co-Chair (11th Grade): Collected 24,000lbs of food and $300 of donations, won Outstanding Contributing High School award from United Way
d. Sophomore Class Senator (10th Grade)
e. 2 Year Letter
f. Volunteered in numerous charitable/service events including:
1. 4 American Red Cross Blood Drives
2. 2 United Way Harvest for Hunger Collections
3. 3 United Way Financial Collections
4. 2 Salvation Army Food Drives
5. 2 Coats for Kids Drives
6. 3 New Student Orientation Days
7. 5+ Sports/Pep Assemblies
8. 2 Homecoming Parades
9. 1 Leadership Conference
Total Hours~100 hours</p>

<p>--National Honor Society (2 years)
a. Treasurer (12th Grade)
b. Participated and Coordinated numerous charitable events including:
1. Meet the Teacher Night
2. Haunted Hayrides
3. Family Bingo Nights
4. Science Olympiad Invitational
5. Talent Show
6. Country Lights
7. Bake Sales for Project Hope</p>

<pre><code>Total Service Hours~45 hours
</code></pre>

<p>--Future Leaders (2 years)
a. Team Captain (11th Grade)
b. Participated and Coordinated charitable events including:
1. Northeast Ohio Leadership Conference
2. Pennies for Patients Drive
3. Quote/Mural Walls
4. Relay for Life
5. Jeans for Teens
6. Staff Appreciation Day
Total Service Hours~35 hours</p>

<p>--Web Team (1 year)
a. Activities Pages Chief Editor/HTML encoder (80 hours of community service)</p>

<p>--Academic Decathlon (2 years)
a. State Gold Medalist in Essay Competition (10th Grade)</p>

<p>--Academic Challenge (2 years)
a. Team Captain (10th Grade)</p>

<p>--Ohio Math League (2 years)
a. School wide Math Competition winner (11th Grade)
b. Ohio Math League Grade Winner (11th Grade)</p>

<p>--Future Educators Club (1 year)
a. Conducted a Letters to Soldiers Campaign
b. Conducted a Nursing Home Staff Appreciation gift drive
~ 50 hours of community service</p>

<p>--Knowledge Masters (1 year)
a. Team Captain (9th Grade)
b. First place Team in Ohio, 18th in the Nation</p>

<p>--Intramural Bowling (2 years)
a. First place team (9th Grade)</p>

<p>Out of School Activities
-- Cleveland Clinic Paid Summer Internship (Summer after 11th Grade)
a. 40 hrs a week
b. Conducted a research project in the Organ Transplant Center
c. Drafted an abstract, became a co-author on the project, and was<br>
published by the Cleveland Clinic on Transplant Research Day</p>

<p>--Summer Bowling (4 years)
a. Division Champs (2 years)</p>

<p>-- Interned with a Mechanical Engineer (summer after 10th Grade)</p>

<p>-- Student Teacher/tutor at a Hispanic ESL (English as a second language) Summer School (summer of 9th grade)
a. 110 hrs of Community Service
b. Taught Hispanic children grade k-8 of migrant families English and Math</p>

<p>--Volunteer Camp Counselor (summer after 9th Grade)
a. 65 hours of Community Service</p>

<p>--Interned with Pediatrician at Mentor Medical Campus (9th Grade)</p>

<p>--Volunteered at Medical Campus (9th Grade)
a. 15 hours of Community Service</p>

<p>--Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Ambassador (10th Grade)
a. 3 hours of Community Service for Food Drive</p>

<p>--Summer Baseball (10 yrs)</p>

<p>I know there are some repeats, but I've cleaned those up in my actual resume. Based on these stats, what do you think my chances are for HYP, Cornell, Columbia, JHU.</p>

<p>I appreciate all feedback. Thanks.</p>

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<p>HYP-harvard and yale, maybe. princeton, not sure
Cornell- match
Columbia-match
JHU- match</p>

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<p>0 to no chance.</p>

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<p>HYP-harvard and yale will prob happen because you have a lot of leadership plus your class rank is amazing.
Cornell- in
Columbia-match
JHU- in</p>

<p>chance me!!
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<p>You are in for sure! Stand out applicant. Awesome!</p>

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<p>um, I guess you have a chance.</p>

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<p>Your grades and rank are good. You might want to shorten that resume, though - there are several things that are too small to make a difference in your admissions decision, such as “2 Salvation Army Food Drives”. Focus instead on the major accomplishments, and you’ll be set.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance. I would suggest that you condense that list of activities though. Maybe better organize it too.</p>

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<p>You can even consider it yourself> you’re in!</p>

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<p>typical boring 4.0 Asian. Maybe Yale, Cornell is more of a match. If you weren’t so boring than yes you could possibly get into HYPS, but you’re not. Sorry.</p>

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<p>you have a high super scored SAT: 2350 (in case if you didn’t know that)</p>

<p>what race are you?</p>

<p>assuming you are white, then you have are in all except HYP, where I think you still have a great chance. I’d say HYP would be low reach/very high match.</p>

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<p>chance me
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<p>I sure hope you’re not planning on listing all that you listed here on your application.</p>

<p>Drop the departmental awards and especially the honor roll. Consider dropping the minor 1yr commitments. Adcoms might think you’re trying to pad your resume with fluff.</p>

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<p>You have a great shot at a number of great schools, but I don’t know about HYP…</p>

<p>They get a lot of applications that are essentially identical to yours, typical 4.0 asian. Did you do any sports in school?</p>

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<p>As others have said, definitely condense the resume, drop the smaller commitments/awards. What race are you? If you’re an URM then you’re in for sure. If you’re asian/white then you still have a fighting chance at HYP.</p>

<p>Chance me?
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<p>:P Like others have said, you need to take out the insignificant stats on your resume (don’t put every single event/activity you have ever done in high school. This makes it hard to focus on your strengths, and makes it appear as if you have a lot of hobbies, but no real passion). Your test scores & GPA are pretty good, and along with all those ECs you listed, I’d say you have shot at HPY, and any other college. Write good essays & get good recs! Good luck. </p>

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<p>Some have asked what race I am. I am Native American (Cherokee tribe), but why does this matter??</p>

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<p>To those claiming I am a typical boring asian, I am not asian. Like I replied, Cherokee.</p>

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<p>Race matters. It’s easier to get in to college if you’re Native American / minority.</p>

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<p>Race matters. It’s easier to get in to college if you’re Native American / minority, because colleges like to be ‘diverse’ in their admissions. Too many Asians with good grades/scores are applying to college these days, so you’ll have an advantage if you’re not Asian but have good scores/ECs. :)</p>