Chance me? :] MIT/HYPS/Columbia/Caltech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>To defend the OP </p>

<p>The vast majority of AIME Qualifiers are males</p>

<p>source: [AIME</a> I & II 2010 Statistics](<a href=“http://209.222.159.179/aime/2011/stats/11-AIMEstats.shtml]AIME”>http://209.222.159.179/aime/2011/stats/11-AIMEstats.shtml)</p>

<p>females comprise of ~25.3% of all AIME participants in 2011 (based on my calculations). This is just one example to demonstrate the high discrepancy between high achieving math males and high achieving math females - a discrepancy noted enough to advantage any female who highly achieves in math.</p>

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<p>I’d like to add more for the OP. The above statictics is the number for all AIME qualifiers internaltionally (including China, Canada and other area). Totally <3000 domestic AIME qualifiers in 2011. There are probably <300 domestic then junior (now senior) female AIME qualifiers in 2011.</p>

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<p>You should have done EA at Caltech too.</p>

<p>Good chances at MIT and Caltech; USAJMO as a female will help quite a bit. At HYPS and Columbia that won’t be as big of a boost, but you still have good chances.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback! I definitely think USAJMO/AIME/math stuff is the strongest point of my application, and I’ll be retaking the SAT in December.</p>

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<p>You definitely have a shot at all of these, but I wouldn’t say you’re a lock for any of them, with the possible exception of WUSTL. </p>

<p>@jdlace: No one is “good at the rest” when “the rest” is Columbia, Chicago, Cornell, and WUSTL. She has a great shot at those, and I’d be surprised if she didn’t get into one or two of them, but I don’t think she’ll get into all four of those with ease.</p>

<p>@xenophilia: High SAT/ACT scores do not a guaranteed acceptance make. With these kinds of schools, you can’t say “I have a high SAT/ACT score, I’m almost certainly getting in.” Harvard will reject ~75% of applicants with a 2400 this year, and so will most of these other schools. </p>

<p>@HobbitTon: Unfortunately, a 3.92 UW isn’t really that great for these schools. Not that it’s bad of course, but it’s certainly not going to help you with any of them. A 4.0 is practically expected, and a 3.92 is acceptable but not outstanding by any means.</p>

<p>@nwcrazy: While I expect OP to get into at least a few of these, I certainly don’t think she’ll get in “EVERYWHERE”. Female STEM applicants do get a bit of a boost, but not so much that she’ll be a lock for HYPS, MIT, CalTech, etc…</p>

<p>@OP: I’d expect you to get into at least one or two of your HYPS+MIT+CalTech schools, and then probably two or three of your other schools. You definitely need a safety in addition to your original list (which you have, as I see that you added U South Carolina in one of your other posts). I just want to deflate some of the unrealistic optimism about a clean sweep, because those are incredibly rare, especially with these schools. Not that you’re a bad applicant (probably better than me!), but you definitely need a balanced list and a reasonable expectation going into December. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thankyou! :]</p>

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<p>I think you’ll get into MIT or Caltech.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback. Bumpp</p>

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<p>bumpppppp!</p>