<p>STATE: TX
SAT/ACT: 2200, (730 CR, 760 M, 710 W)
SAT 2: US History 710, Literature 690 (will retake) Am taking Biology and Math 2 in october
GPA: 3.76 unweighted. 5.06 weighted
RANK: 74/588
APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID: Yes</p>
<p>AP tests:
US history 5
Biology 5
Literature 5
European History 5
Psychology 4</p>
<p>My grades has been improving throughout high school. I was rank 120 my sophomore year. I am also a IB diploma candidate. Our school has one of the best IB programs available.</p>
<p>Clubs: (Not my passion)
DECA (competed at the state level)
Chinese Club. (Student council rep)
NHS</p>
<p>Volunteering: (my passion)
Camp CAMP- 100 hours as counselor for mentally/ physically disabled children
Habitat for Humanity- 150 hours helping underprivileged family have homes</p>
<p>Travels:
I go back to China almost every summer, and I love seeing the huge changes each year, but also take notice of the great poverty and low living conditions affecting most. I wrote a reflective essay about my experiences there, will send to colleges under the additional info.</p>
<p>Awards:
DECA State finalist
2 Piano awards, one for theory and the other for the Bach festival</p>
<p>HOOK: My passion for helping the underprivileged especially children.</p>
<p>Applying to
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Dartmouth
NYU
Washington University at st Louis
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
Cornell
University of texas at Austin
Texas AM (safety)</p>
<p>Yale: Reach
Princeton: Reach
Columbia: Match
UPenn: Match
Darthmouth: Match
NYU: IN
Washington Univ: IN
John Hopkins: Match
Standford: Match
Cornell: Match
University of Texas at Austin: IN
Texas AM: IN</p>
<p>Overall, you have solid chances of getting admitted to many of the schools you listed. However, definitely raise your rank this upcoming school year. Other than that, you have really good test scores and strong EC’s. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yale- Reach
Princeton- Low Reach
Harvard- Reach
Columbia- Low Reach
UPenn- Match
Dartmouth- Match
NYU- In
Washington University at st Louis- In
Johns Hopkins- Match
Stanford- Reach
Cornell- Match
University of texas at Austin- Match
Texas AM (safety)- In</p>
<p>I see that you have a passion for volunteer work and community outreach. That’s absolutely great. But for such schools, you also need ACHIEVEMENT, which I feel is somewhat lacking. I share your passion for volunteer work, but I don’t see uniqueness in YOUR community service (many many people do the same exact things; I’m not sure how much your China essay will stand out). Your school EC’s are also weak (do you have any leadership positions? even if you aren’t passionate about clubs, you still NEED leadership positions!) </p>
<p>Your SAT scores aren’t bad, but certainly aren’t amazing (and if you’re Asian applying to the ivies, retake them and shoot for 2300 or higher). Your GPA and SAT II’s are weak. A 690 and 710 are no good.</p>
<p>On that note…Yale
Princeton - I don’t think so.
Harvard - NO
Columbia - I don’t think so. That’s a school you really need hot EC’s to get into.
UPenn - Stretch, most likely no
Dartmouth - Stretch, most likely no
NYU - You’ll get in
Washington University at st Louis - more likely yes than no
Johns Hopkins - more likely yes than no
Stanford - No
Cornell - more likely yes than no
University of texas at Austin - Yes
Texas AM (safety) - Yes</p>
<p>I think HYPS are probably high reaches. The other Ivies are either low reaches or high matches. Johns Hopkins, Washington, and UT are matches, but since since you are in state UT is a safety. It’s great the you volunteer, but without other really time consuming clubs or jobs 250 hours comes off a little bit like slacking. During the school year your time must be spent almost entirely on schoolwork which can be taken negatively. By the way my friend who grew up in Delaware goes to Westwood, his name is Sam Kalk, do you know him?</p>
<p>haahaha we have similar hooks (luckily ur not applying to brown or they might choose between us ._.)</p>
<p>Yale- Reach
Princeton- Reach
Harvard- Reach
Columbia- Low Reach
UPenn- Match
Dartmouth- Match
NYU- In
Washington University at st Louis- MAYBE IN (They are known to reject overqualified)
Johns Hopkins- Match
Stanford- High Reach
Cornell- Match
University of texas at Austin- Match
Texas AM (safety)- In</p>
<p>Take the ivy predictions with a grain of salt because they are all crapshoots llol</p>
<p>Job:
Crossing guard for my local elementary school, work 5 hours a week during the school year. (sounds easy but getting up at 6 everyday is hell…)</p>
<p>awards:
One of my personal essays is published online at “this i believe”
AP Scholar with Honor
national merit commended. Sent scores to Johns hopkins and WashU</p>
<p>its good that you like volunteering and you may genuinely love it but a lot of people do it just for college and admins know that. maybe try to find another passion that makes you really stand out? and also improve scores =)</p>
<p>yale: high reach
princeton: high reach
harvard: high reach
columbia: reach
upenn: reach
dartmouth: reach
nyu: match
wustl: mid-reach depending on what major.
jhu: mid-reach depending on what major.
stanford: high reach
cornell: mid-reach/match
u texas: match/safety
texas am: safety</p>
<p>you have ok chances… your passion seems a little unbelievable and a little to generic… but test scores are good. You have pretty good chances dont make the essays corny. Best of Luck and
CHANCE ME BACK PLEASE
MY THREAD IS ON MY PAGE</p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll have an issue getting in anywhere, although your EC’s are a little weak. Ivies are always a struggle, but I think you are a competitor (no problem). Good luck.</p>
(luckily ur not applying to brown or they might choose between us ._.)</p>