<p>You make me want to die… But in a good way!</p>
<p>You are an incredible applicant! I can see through your ECs that you definitely know what you want to do with your life, and that’s awesome! Your GPA and stats are awesome. Everything about you is awesome. I’m sure I don’t need to say this, but definitely spend time writing the best essays you have ever written in your 17 years on this planet, and I would be surprised, no matter how much of a crapshoot Ivy and other top school admissions is, if you don’t get into at least one of your top schools!</p>
<p>Best of luck to you in the application process! Chance me back please? Thanks! :)</p>
<p>To the OP: as advised earlier, you need to distill your activities down to the most impressive and most essential. (You will find there is not that much room on the applications for every single activity.)</p>
<p>One of your listings raised an eyebrow for me-- your claim to be a “campaign advisor” to two local candidates. Assuming you are in high school, most adults would assume you were an “aide” or “worker” at your age. Be careful not to over-inflate your position, as adcoms hate self-aggrandizement. Better to err on the side of humility, a quality they respect.</p>
<p>You have plenty of great ECs, so no need to overstate or exaggerate. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, thanks for the advice! I couldn’t think of a better word; I suppose aide is better. Basically I work with the candidates and with the Executive Director of LP in Washington to discuss campaign strategies and targeted marketing.</p>
<p>From what people say here, all the ivies are reaches for anyone.</p>
<p>However, you seem to be exceptionally qualified.</p>
<p>Your EC’s are amazing. I know that I barely had time to sleep with everything that was going on last year, but you seem to have done at least double of anyone I know.</p>
<p>I would think that Vanderbilt, Cornell, Dartmouth and Pomona will be matches.</p>
<p>I think you would be a good match for any of the schools not because you have a lot of ECs (even tho you do) but the ones you’ve done outside of school for business, community service, etc. stand out a lot !! Of course all of the schools you said are Ivies so there will be some randomness in decisions since a bunch of them turn down really good apps</p>
<p>Cornell - high match
Dartmouth - high match
Harvard - low/mid reach (because its harvard)
Princeton - low reach
MIT, UPenn - low reach/high match</p>
<p>i would be extremely surprised if you didnt get into at least one of harvard, princeton, mit, upenn though and probably give up trying to understand college admissions if you didn’t get into any of them</p>
<p>You have probably the best ECs I have ever seen. </p>
<p>Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, Cornell: low reach
Everything else I’d say is mid-reach. Your EC emphasis on law/public policy/politics makes you really, really, really competitive for government programs, etc. Well done!</p>
<p>My God this is impressive! Your resume is as solid as I think one can be. Low reaches for all those schools, if you can bang out a 2300+ on your next SAT I’d move them into high matches.</p>
<p>Yeah I can’t take the SAT anymore because I already took it twice I think I’m mostly happy with it though. I heard most colleges just look at it as a bench mark, and after 2250 it doesn’t really matter.
There is a part of me that fears that my SAT score will my Achilles heel haha.</p>
<p>Oh alright. Well, I think you should be fine with that score anyway. That was about the only thing in your resume that wasn’t above the 75th percentile for those schools lol! Best of luck you should get into most of those schools. Outstanding ECs by the way.</p>
<p>I like your extracurriculars, not because you have so many leadership positions, or because you have done every prestigious program possible. I like them because you seem so passionate about debate, law and business; Your love for these subjects is very palpable. I really wish I could be like you! You’ll really stand out in your apps and I’m quite sure that you will make it into AT LEAST one of the Ivy’s. You have a very competitive resume. Good job, and I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>Ivies are always a possibility and it wouldn’t be so much of a stretch for you. I’m not saying you’ll get in for sure, but you have as good of a shot as anyone, if not better! The one thing I would try and get involved in is something in your community with a diversity aspect. Maybe start a club?</p>
not because you have a lot of ECs (even tho you do) but the ones you’ve done outside of school for business, community service, etc. stand out a lot !! Of course all of the schools you said are Ivies so there will be some randomness in decisions since a bunch of them turn down really good apps</p>
I think I’m mostly happy with it though. I heard most colleges just look at it as a bench mark, and after 2250 it doesn’t really matter.