<p>School Type: Private
Location: Long Island, New York
Race/Gender: Male (Indian)
Prospective Major: Undecided
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Class rank: 3
SAT I Math: 760
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 760
SAT II MathII 800
SAT Chemistry 790
SAT Biology 750</p>
<p>APs: Biology (5) euro history (4) Chemistry (5), calc BC (5), Physics C (4), French (3)</p>
<p>ECs: All three sports since 9th grade
-Varsity letters in Cross Country Captain Senior year
-Varsity letters in Wrestling -Captain senior year
-Varsity Letter track Captain Senior year
- Student council, admission council </p>
<p>Awards:
Many wrestling awards including runner up county level
Runner up Track State level
Highest grade in AP Biology
Highest grade in AP Chemistry
Highest grade in AP French
University of Rochester Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award Highest Science GPA from 9-11 grade
AP Scholar with Distinction
NMS commended
Cum laude</p>
<p>Summer 2013
- Student Research Intern in Radiology at a Hospital
- Intern at a Political Party local campaign
- Summer volunteer in an orphanage
-Cross Fit
-Wrestling Camp</p>
<p>Looks pretty good. He’s probably qualified academically for all those schools. Only NYU would really be a lock.</p>
<p>If he had the highest grade in French as you said, but only made a 3 on the AP, that really doesn’t speak well for his school. Admissions counselors will no doubt question the quality of the students, especially considering that he goes to a private school where academics are generally more rigorous.</p>
<p>Activities do look a little weak. Is he a great athlete? Will he potentially be recruited at any schools he applies to? Colleges are looking for students who will contribute to the community-- not just the classroom. Maybe put some schools on his list where he can certainly continue his running/wrestling.</p>
<p>OP: He sounds cookie-cutter. That’s never good. If your son writes really compelling essays, then he has a good chance. Otherwise, he will blend in with the other hundreds of upper middle class Asians in Long Island. Your son seems really intelligent and athletic but well roundedness is not the main thing colleges are looking for.</p>
<p>All of the following is assuming he is not recruited as an athlete.
Harvard: high reach (half of AP scores are not 5’s, generic EC’s, no leadership outside of the sports world which I would say is the “worst” kind)<br>
Yale: Same as above
Princeton: Same as above
Columbia: Reach, he clearly shows passion in very, very narrow fields, and if he has good and creative essays he is more likely to get in
Cornell: Same as above
Brown: Same as above
Dartmouth: Can’t really say
University of Pennsylvania: They do like perfection, people who are careful in getting mostly 5’s, perfect SAT’s, weighted GPA is a bit low…I would say same as Harvard
Georgetown: High match
New York University: High Safety/easy match
University of Chicago: A slightly lesser reach than Columbia but same reason
Stanford: I don’t know.</p>
<p>If he is not being recruited, it is hard to say for Ivies. Stanford recruits athletes too but they need to compete nationally.</p>
<p>I understand Chicago has been recruiting a few athletes although they are Div III. You should emphasize athletics if you are serious about Chicago.</p>
<p>I don’t think highest grade in a AP class would be considered as a significant academic award. Impressive indeed, but what is the difficulty of his high school. Good standardized test grades overall besides the 3 but there is always score select. Just like all previous CC’ers is he a recruited athlete? Or did he do sports to put himself out of the typical indain/asian mold of EC’s. Did he win any awards during his athletic tenure? </p>
<p>Grades Alone I would say </p>
<p>Ivy leagues - All reaches (because they literally are all reaches for everyone)
Georgetown - High Match ( CR+Math combination should be a little higher to 1500+)
NYU - safety, low match (should be an auto qual especially with residency)</p>
<p>^ I have the same comment. All those school grade and GPA awards are not worth mentioning as that should be reflected in the class rank. The admission office may think you are hard selling something. Particularly with the highest grade in French award but scored a 3 in AP exam that would give an impression of how lack of competitive his school is and depreciate his GPA.</p>
<p>Thank you all for all the good advice. Looks like he needs to talk about the ECs in detail.</p>
<p>His High school is considered one of the most competitive by colleges. The highest GPA you can get is 4.5
He trains at least 3 hours a day for his sport plus weekends.
He does have other numerous community activities that he participates in school for the sake of doing it and does not always record it. His principal and teachers are aware of them.
He skipped French 4 and took the AP while very tired because of a meet the night before. The year before he was 10 best in the county in National French Exam.
His school does not offer Physics C but he learned it on his own and took the exam.
Summer, he is canvasing for a local politician, and doing research with a researcher at a major hospital and lab.
His leadership position are in sports he is Captain in all three sport, and spends a lot time, he is passionate about them. </p>
<p>To be honest he does not really care about the Ivies, just wants a good fit school. Probably only I do, because he really has worked very hard. He does not come from an athletic family and has worked very hard to compete in State level and kept the grades in a very challenging curriculum in a very competitive school.</p>
<p>"He skipped French 4 and took the AP while very tired because of a meet the night before. "</p>
<p>I think this was bad move, taking an AP without taking the class. One needs a lot of prep on the side.</p>
<p>Some schools take into consideration the amount of time expended by athletes while balancing school work and still doing well in both. However, the only solid outcomes are for recruited athletes who know where to go by October via likely letters, before others have even completed their applications.</p>