Chance me for Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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School Type: Charter
Location: East Coast
Race/Gender: Asian (Indian), Male
Major: Applied Physics/Physics
GPA: 4.55 W
Class Rank: Unpublished

ACT: 36 (36 Writing, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 35 Science) 10 on Essay
PSAT: 1490 (Probably National Merit)
Subject Test: 800 in Math 2 and Physics

APs: 5 in Calc AB, Calc BC, Stat, Physics C Mech, Physics C EM, Macro, Micro. 4 in Lang and APUSH.

Senior Course load: Calc 3, Diff EQ, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Latin, AP Gov.

Academic Achievements: USAPhO Semifinalist, Ross Math Camp, USACO Silver Division, 4x AIME Qualifier, Distinguished Honor Roll AMC 12/10, Honorable Mention Mathworks Modeling Competition, Lehigh Valley ARML team, PUMaC Team 1st Overall, National Economics Challenge 2nd in State, National Latin Exam Gold, NHS.

Non-Academic Achievements: First Team All-State Tennis, Tennis Captain, 1st in Tri-state Music Competition, Featured as opening artist in concert.

Coach local middle school math team once a week throughout entire high school. 200+ hours, team is one of best in state.

4 year Varsity player for tennis and one time First-Team All State.

Physics Research at local university with professor: paid. ~300 Hours total. Completed a research paper.

President of lots of clubs at school.

Recs: Lang Teacher: Slightly above average. Math Teacher: Really good. Physics Professor: Good. Counselor: Really good.

What are my chances for the top Ivies if I apply ED.

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Really good as long as you write good essays and present yourself well. However, really good chances at top schools is far from guaranteed. If you apply to all of them you could probably get into a couple but I would not advise applying to all of them and find schools that are good fits.

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You will be competitive everywhere but Applied Engineering Physics at Cornell is awesome. Hope their program is on your list.

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You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write amazing essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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It takes more than stats, awards, club titles, and a great essay. (To write something “amazing,” you need to know what that means.) Do try to learn what that each target wants to come through.

If these are your basics, not a projection, you have a good start. But in holistic, how you actually present, in the full app and any supps, will determine much. Then institutional needs, like geo diversity, balance in majors, etc.

After you learn more what the targets look for, you may want to take a look at the ECs. You coach a math team, play a sport and then what are the clubs? What about community service (and what that shows?) It’s not just about titles. More matters than all the “bests” you collect. And it’s depth and breadth. Not primarily about unilateral.

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I have a deep suspicion of students that say “chance me for Ivies” as though they are all the same. HYP are very different from each other and from all of the other Ivies. There are several public and other schools better than several Ivies. So questions like this display a deep lack of understanding about colleges in general and betrays the true motivation of the requestor that their only goal is an “Ivy.”

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How come nobody says “Chance me for SEC schools”?

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Ummmm, even though this is irrelevant, but can you tell me how you did so good on AMC 12? This was my first year of math contests, and I got a miserable ~70 on AMC 10. Mind guiding me a bit?