<p>Hey guys just wondering what the chances for my friend are... he's a rising junior and is eager to know his chances for M.I.T. and Princeton</p>
<p>SAT: 2120 (700W, 800M, 620CR)
SAT II: Math II (790), Chem (800), Bio (790), Physics (800), World Hist (720)
AP: 5,5,5,5,5,4,3
Courseload: Heavy science and math
Rank: 20/700-ish</p>
<p>AMC 10 (130), AMC 12 (126), AIME 6 (2 questions off from USAMO)
USNCO qualifier
USAPHO quarterfinal</p>
<p>-Chess club (prez)
-Business club (secretary)
-Skilled in several programming languages
-Math Club
-Self-study Oraganic Chem, Physical Chem
-Self-study multivar. calc., dif eq. linear alg.</p>
<p>-Summer research at prestigious local program (at local university) - 30 hrs/week/10 weeks</p>
<p>-plan to qualify for isef with research and get siemens semi/final</p>
<p>Race: Brown
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Yeah... and he's a couple years young for his grade</p>
<p>He has impressive self-study credentials and competition results. The Subject Test scores look great, but the Citical Reading score on the SAT will hurt him. As a general rule of thumb, one wants to keep all sections at 700 or above for top schools. A 620 is damaging. </p>
<p>I would make the bold claim that his chances would double if he pulled his SAT score nearer to 2300.</p>
<p>First, no one cares about his age, he will be compared to the applicant pool purely on his application.</p>
<p>What prestigious local program? Does he live next to RSI?</p>
<p>Where is the evidence for the self-studies.
USNCO qualifier=top 20? Or are you talking about the top 1000.</p>
<p>No one cares about USAPhO quarterfinals.</p>
<p>Why does he have a 3 on an AP test.</p>
<p>The SAT is terrible.</p>
<p>What is his GPA.
How do you “plan to qualify for siemens finals”. That’s absurd, unless he has some completely ingenious paper.</p>
<p>Also, since he’s Indian, his math/science ECs/academics makes him seem average.</p>
<p>MIT and Princeton are Reaches for him.
There’s nothing special. Where are his volunteer positions and leadership positions?
President of Chess club is not a legit leadership position.</p>
<p>What field does he want to go to? This is a pretty average science/math application.</p>
<p>^cool, i was thinking age would hurt him</p>
<p>prestigious as in selective in local area</p>
<p>USNCO top 1000</p>
<p>trust me, 1 3 will not make or break (it was WHAP)</p>
<p>will bring up CR, he has time to bring up (only junior now)</p>
<p>(gpa: ~3.85-3.9 UW)</p>
<p>…lol, "mistype <em>semifinal</em>.</p>
<p>wants to go in science field. and not average in the sense that he self-studied coulpe of difficult courses</p>