<p>These are my friend's stats, he was wondering his chances. he is a junior, and these are his stats, you can look mine up if you think i'm lying.</p>
<p>SCHOOL STATS:
GPA - 4.00 unweighted/ 4.23 weighted
- IB Diploma student taking IB Enlgish, History, Psychology
(HL) and Spanish, Calculus, Chemistry (SL)
- taking Most rigorous courses available
- Rank 1/550</p>
<p>Awards:
- Honor Roll
- Duke of Intellect</p>
<p>Extracirriculars:
-Rec Basketball 2 hours a week
-MUN around 2 hours a week also</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
- Volunteers at Library every Saturday for 2 hours
- Tutors students in math for around 4 hours a week</p>
<p>SAT & Testing:
-took PLAN last year got 29 (around 33 on ACT predicted)
- PSAT - 198
- SAT II - US History - 720
AP US History test - 5</p>
<p>My friends seem to think that he is so smart that if he writes and explains why he didn't do any extracirriculars then they will understand. I know this isn't the case, but tell me if i'm wrong!</p>
<p>Colleges:
- University of Oregon
- Claremont Mckenna
- Georgetown
- Yale
- University of Boston
- Whitman
- Amherst
- UPenn</p>
<p>So what is his excuse for not doing any ECs? He isn't getting into anywhere but U of Oregon without any involvement.</p>
<p>The only one I know well from his list is Amherst, and they are huge on extracurriculars on-campus, considering them "as important" as the coursework pursued. So, figure they'd also expect something in that area on the application! As well, they don't do any personal interviews, so it's all in the essay (which has to distinguish you personally) and letters of rec.
They have piles of people with 4.0 and many double and triple 800's. They're used to 4's and 5's on AP;s.<br>
So why would they find him interesting? What DOES he do with his spare time? And if he needs all his time to study to maintain the 4.0, how would he contribute to the Amherst campus community? They really care about that there.</p>
<p>his standardized test scores aren't really that impressive either...</p>
<p>from his grades, he'll probably get a large scholarship from university of oregon. itll be tough for the higher tier schools.</p>
<p>the truth is, no one has ANY idea how likely someone is to get into yale or any other college for that matter. not current students, not admitted students, and certainly not applicants. so don't bother paying attention to anything anyone says in response, just spend your time working on making the application as great as possible. that's my two cents.</p>
<p>If he doesn't want to do any ECs, then that's his choice. I think you're correct in assuming that he won't automatically get into a top school with just a #1 class ranking -- applicants these days need more. But if he doesn't want to listen, why force him? It'll be a good life lesson for him.</p>
<p>Since your friend is taking six major classes (a heavy load) and doing 10 hours a week of ECs by your count -- not impressive ones, admittedly -- I don't see why some of the schools at the lower end of the list (such as Boston U) might not be interested since his grades, rank, and projected ACT are so high.</p>