<p>Thanks for taking the time to help me in my college quest!</p>
<p>The colleges that I'm thinking of applying to are:
Yale
Brown
Columbia
Princeton
Stanford
TCNJ (The College of New Jersey)
Macalester
WashU</p>
<p>Academics:
Ranked 1 in a class of 350 at the end of junior year
Cumulative GPA on 100 scale: 100.6
All honors and AP classes:
Junior: APUSH, AP Stat, AP Chem
Senior: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish
Glowing academic recommendations
Strong Essay</p>
<p>Standardized testing
SAT highest combined: 2280
SATII Bio: 730
SATII Chem: 800
Plan to take third SATII in fall 2009</p>
<p>Extra-curricular activities:
4 year varsity Cross- country
3 year Spring track
12 years piano
Peer-leaders- 1 of 4 chosen for sophomore year
NHS- senior year president
Spanish NHS
Tutoring disabled child in math </p>
<p>Summer activities:
CTY 2005- Logic and Reasoning
CTY 2008- History of Disease
2009- Governor's school of sciences
Volunteer in Post-anesthesia recovery unit at local hospital
Volunteer at local second-hand store</p>
<p>Other notes:
Biracial: White and Chinese
Both parents attended undergrad at Stanford and grad school at Yale
No financial aid needed</p>
<p>You have a strong application! Good job, keep it up.</p>
<p>One of the main things that you could work on, if you are interested, is to get at least one leadership position. That would make you a lot stronger.</p>
<p>Other than that, good job.</p>
<p>Yale-MODERATE REACH
Brown-HIGH MATCH
Columbia-SLIGHT REACH
Princeton-MODERATE REACH
Stanford-MODERATE REACH
TCNJ (The College of New Jersey)-MATCH
Macalester-MATCH
WashU-MATCH</p>
<p>Your ethnicities won’t help you as whites and asians are usually the highest qualified candidates anyway. Make sure you find a hook for yourself that reveals your unique personality (if you have one) and like the person said, do something that stands out/be a leader.</p>
<p>You’ll probably get into at least two of your top 5 colleges.</p>
<p>I think for you, everything except Yale, Princeton, and Stanford will be easy to get into. But you’ll get into Yale and Stanford as an alumni. I would be most worried about Princeton if I were you.</p>
<p>Yes, your scores are within range for those schools. Love the chem SAT II score :). Scores are not everything however… Your EC’s don’t stand out much… And your Chinese! Asians have a rep of higher expectations. urgh</p>
<p>Do you have any awards? any passions that you may focus on in your essay?</p>
<p>HYP are a stretch. Others seem to be ok I guess… it’s all about your essays now</p>
<p>Well your EC’s don’t seem to stand out much. Are you amazing in cross country? Piano?
Dedicated towards your volunteering? Make yourself stand out. Your scores are definitely competitive.</p>