<p>Hey What do you reckon my chances are for :
Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Stanford, Cornell</p>
<p>GCSE's : 8 A<em>s 2 As
A level: Math Further Math, Chemistry Physics Economics - straight A</em>s
Essays: Not bad
Reccomendations: No idea
Field: Engineering (and Wharton)
SAT: 2130
SAT2: 780 math 800 Physics
Hook: Nothing i can think of
ECA:
Head of MUN/econ society
Play several sports, national level tennis, and school soccer
Comm service, migrant workers protection society, and environmental group</p>
<p>Well, if you’re Indian like your name suggests, and therefore Asian, your chances are very slim. Average ECs, below average SATs and unremarkable grades make you a very normal applicant and in the case of ivies and Stanford, they most likely won’t accept someone who’s just “average”.</p>
<p>Mumbaicab, you will probably have to face a lot of tough competition against other, superb, Indian nationals. If you are Indian that is, of course. (Your username is a giveaway).
You seem to have no hook either… hmm</p>
<p>@Redemption: I don’t think all “Asians” (Mongolians, Indonesians, Maldivians, Sri Lankans) are put into the same lot when evaluated. Chinese, Koreans and Indians make a large majority of the non URM Asians. </p>
<p>Idk, national level tennis doesn’t sound like a joke to me at all. I think the OP hasn’t elaborated on his accomplishments very well. They could be very impressive in actuality for all we know. On top of that his GCSE/A level results are to simply put it excellent! </p>
<p>OP- If you tell us about your EC’s more then we would be able to chance you accurately. Academically, you’re solid. SAT score a bit mediocre, but it definitely doesn’t put you out of the league as a lower one might have. It’s a respectable score nonetheless.</p>
<p>yup indian (life fail for the big ivys i know)</p>
<p>ECA wise:
Comm service
-Migrant workers protection society - member, have been so for the past 4 years, we help to organise and run free health camps for exaptriate laborers here in Bahrain
-Environmental organisation, recycling in schools initiative, spread from our school, to private schools, to governemtn schools across the contry</p>
<p>Leadership
-Deputy Head boy of school
President of the MUN society at School, as well as on the student board for Bahrain Model United Nations across the country
-Founded our Keynes Society, an economics society, we were invited last year to a british school conference in London
-Captain - Cricket team</p>
<p>Sport
-cricket
-tennis, compete at a national level here
football, school team, but we compete on the naitonal league, as well as the middle east league</p>
<p>MISC:
-f1 in schools, design, build, race model f1 cars done by FIA, lost in national finals
-Duke of Edinburgh international award, Bronze and Silver, working on gold</p>
<p>academic honors
-United Kingodm Math challenge 3 golds, and 2 silvers (over 5 years)
Sixth term entrance paper pass, thats cambridge’s math entrance exam
-Outstanding studnet awards in Physics Economics History and English literature</p>
<p>hope thats a little more indepth guys. </p>
<p>and R3d3mpti0n, i know my SATs are quite frankly embaressing, but i realised if i dont apply to these universities, i have decades of kicking myself to look forward to.</p>
<p>AND (really sorry for this, first time cc’er)</p>
<p>-toefl IBT 119/120 (english isnt my first language)
work expeirence, worked in an Oil and Gas company last summer,
-A level modules, averages are above 90% of available marks for all of them (physics and math were the highest, so MAYBE compensate for the 780?)</p>
<p>@OP I dont know how people can say your grades are unremarkable.5A stars at Alevel IS remarkable,especially given that combination.And your SAT scores are not embarassing,thats just an exaggeration.Its not a 2400 or anything but it certainly wont keep you out of any school.I think your stack up pretty well—find,and apply to other schools you would be happy to go to in case you are unsuccesful.I am impressed with your academics though!</p>
<p>@MacMill. About the SAT’s the thing i know my scores arent HORRIBLE, but theyre nothing to go to town with. The uni’s ive menitoned are just the ones i thought were the most selective. i’ve defintiely looked at some schools with great programs like UMich, Georgia-tech, and some other reach uni’s like Chicago. The reason i can be a little ambitious with my choices in the States, is that i have the UK/CANADA to create any backups on - thanks for help though! it was really appreciated :)</p>
<p>Wharton does focus more on academics than EC’s. Actually for Int’ls it’s more focus on academics so you’re safe I think.
Bdw, STOP stressing about your SAT 2’s. They are very good. Man if you retake M2 for an 800, you might just seem like some nerdy freak. Christainsoldier retook a 2380 for a 2400. He was rejected from Harvard.</p>
<p>hahha i was actually considering that, but my dad laughed at me and called me a nerd :P. I doubt 780-800 will make a huge difference its getting one or two more questions right.</p>
<p>2380 is like ONE wrong. in the entire exam. im not an expert on admissions, but i would have thought that the one question isnt a make/break situation. </p>
<p>We’ll see with Wharton, fingers crossed, nothing more i can do :)</p>
<p>ARE YOU KIDDING? Your grades are insanely amazing! And I have no idea how you are managing to pull off A*'s for A-levels; i’m barely scraping through with a B’s. You should be a decent applicant for all those schools, the grades make up for the test scores. Good luck! I hope you get into your first choice :)</p>
schools tough though :S and as you probably know Jan A level modules are around the corner . Hope your apps go well!</p>