Do I have a good chance for Ivy league, MIT, Caltech?
Majoring in Physics.
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35M 31 E 32 R 33 S)
SAT II (subject, score): Math Level 2 800
Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t have GPA system
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t have ranks either; but mostly top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses): Taking the IB diploma program- Predicted 42/45
Math HL - 6
Physics HL - 7
Chemistry HL -7
Economics SL - 7
Spanish SL - 6
English SL - 7
IELTS – 7.5
AP Calc BC – 5 (AB subscore 5 as well) AP Physics C - 5
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Varsity Football (soccer) for 4 yrs
Varsity Athletics for 4 yrs ( state level athlete)
Varsity cricket for 3 yrs
Math club
Economics and entrepreneurship Club, 11th and 12th grade ( Organised 2 TED talks by inviting top executive officials for the club)
Model United Nations 11th and 12th grade
Visual arts and music club
Photography and Travel
Can speak 4 languages fluently
Also played the Violin for 7 yrs Gym Also organised our school annual fest with a group
Job/Work Experience:
Internship at a technology firm
Worked at a research institute with a professor during the summer and a got a good rec from him
Volunteer/Community Service:
Organised a Fund-Raiser for a charity
Took part in several charity runs like 4k,10k etc.
Volunteered at an orphanage and old age home for 3 yrs
Travelled to Northern India for volunteer service; (part of a group)
Additional Accomplishments/Awards:-
Have written a research paper in Physics
Won a Robotics competition held by IIT, in 11th grade
Finalist at Genius Olympiad
Several awards in Quiz competitions
Several awards and medals in the sports mentioned above
International Award for Young people (IAYP) gold award
Got distinction for scoring 90%+ in 8 online Edx/Coursera courses on various subjects from Physics and Cosmology to Game theory and Nueroscience
Well, I am impressed. Especially about the Job/Work experience and the Additional Accomplishments/Awards on top of the rigorous academics.
Good luck!
@ItsJustSchool Thank you!
Would you mind chancing me for these Universities ?
@IBstudent10001, I am afraid I do not know how to accurately “chance” a person. I look at posts like this in order to help brainstorm what could benefit from attention in the time leading up to the application, in my opinion, to strengthen the candidacy. This is simply a snapshot- how would I properly evaluate your full application from a simple snapshot? Plus, I do not do this for a living and do not know the current trends in how to evaluate a package, even if I had a full package, according to any institutional guidelines.
You seem to be on track with all your activities. I found myself wondering about the experience of traveling to Northern India for your service trip (how that developed you as a person), and wondering if you are competitive enough in football to try to be recruited. Certainly, the Division III schools like Caltech and MIT may be interested in you as an addition to their soccer team. The “Winner”, “Finalist”, and “Gold Award” impressed me.
You seem to be doing the right things, to me! Good luck!
Why did you not take the SAT I? If you did take it, what were your scores?
The work/internship experience looks good. Did you publish the physics research paper in a scientific journal?
Because s/he did pretty well on the ACT? No reason to take both if you don’t want to.
The only thing I am somewhat concerned about is the ACT score. Ivies usually take 35-36 and I think they’re stingy with that. Otherwise I think you look pretty great!
Chance me for UW Madison please!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1749983-chances-at-uw-madison.html#latest
@sgopal2 No, I have not taken the SAT 1, cause I didnt need to?
I haven’t published my paper yet, but I plan too in the coming months.
Much more of a ceiling effect with ACT (with ivies) than with SAT. You might be able to stand out from international pool a bit more with sky-high SAT I scores. Usually SAT II scores are paired with SAT I. I found it strange that you only took SAT 2 without SAT 1
A 33 on the ACT won’t drastically hurt your chances for top schools. I think you’re a very strong candidate for every school you have listed, but I can’t accurately chance you for each one. Good luck
These are reach schools for everyone. I don’t think you’ll get into every one, but certainly have a chance at a lot of these. Low tier ivies like Cornell won’t be a problem but HYP might be a challenge. MIT/CalTech are definitely feasible. Good luck!
@TopTier I am an International and we dont have the GPA system here neither the ranking system. So, all of our internal grades are in the IB grading scale (i.e on the 7 scale).
I will try to raise my ACT to a 34 atleast when I take it again.