<p>HS GPA: 3.0
Awards: ap scholar with distinction
Activities: typical club vps</p>
<p>College GPA: 3.92
Credits total of 62.5 credits completed over 3 semester + summer (additional 10 coming from ap exam)
Taking 14.5 credits coming term</p>
<p>exams after college entrance
SAT: 2310
SAT IIS: three 800s</p>
<p>Just looking at my stats, am I among the competetive candidates for admission?</p>
<p>Yes, you are definitely a competitive applicant. If you provide more details (class year, college, major applying to) we'll be able to give you more feedback.</p>
<p>Aim higher! Try Penn, Columbia, Brown, Yale, etc. I would almost guarantee you entrance at Cornell.</p>
<p>what univ you go to?</p>
<p>I go to Penn.</p>
<p>eh, groeeism?</p>
<p>CUNY-Hunter College
College</a> Search - City University of New York: Hunter College - At a Glance</p>
<p>Major: Mathematics & Stat.</p>
<p>I been workin 20 hours/week since my entrance in college to because of financial issues. Would that help me much?</p>
<p>Chicago is a pretty big reach but I think you have a decent shot at NU, your chances at Cornell lower than NU because the CAS is extremely competitive but I guess it's worth a shot.</p>
<p>Make sure you apply to some lower-ranked schools as well like maybe WUSTL, UMich, or UNC, because although I wouldn't be surprised to see you get into one of those three schools I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't hit any of them either.</p>
<p>So if I extend my list to NYU-Stern, UMich, Carnegie Mellon, Brown, Dartmouth, USC, Boston College, WUSTL, UVA and Columbia, would you say I'd get into at least one of them?</p>
<p>there is good chance you'd get into at least one of them, but those are ultra competitive schools...perhaps look at a few safeties if you really want out of where you are</p>
<p>Guaranteed entrance at Cornell? don't be so sure. Cornell ED applicants just found out if they were accepted/rejected/deferred and many posted their stats/decisions on the board. There were a bunch of people with high GPA/SAT's who were rejected/deferred. And they did ED, which is a binding contract. That said, you still have a really good chance. But you can't count on acceptance to any of those schools, so find a safety or two.</p>
<p>"I would almost guarantee you entrance at Cornell."</p>
<p>LOL
Sorry, no one is guaranteed ANYWHERE in the ivy league. Can't base this only on a gpa and an SAT.</p>
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I would almost guarantee you entrance at Cornell.
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He just thinks very lowly of Cornell ;)</p>
<p>Work experience is definitely a plus. Personally, I'd say you're in at CMU</p>
<p>Nah, I would also give him a great chance at Penn, Brown, or Columbia... some of the smartest people I know go to Cornell.</p>
<p>I simply think that this kid's credentials are very strong. His SATs are in the 75 percentile of Penn/Columbia/Brown, above that for Cornell, he has a great college GPA, all 800s on his SAT IIs. GPA is 3.92. What more could they ask for?</p>
<p>I believe that a lot lingers on your transfer essay and if the universities offer them, the questions.</p>
<p>I'd say you would get into most of your choices including UMich, UVA, Carnegie Mellon, Wash U St. Louis, USC and NYU-Stern.</p>
<p>"What more could they ask for?"</p>
<p>Offhand, to be nitpicky they could ask for a strong high school GPA and having those college grades earned at a college whose grading standards and curriculum they feel to be very close to their own standards.</p>
<p>Scores are very strong obviously. but IMO without being an admissions person, I think it would be difficult to accurately handicap someone's chances.</p>
<p>FWIW, my D1 had similar scores, much higher HS grades, yet did not get in everyplace. I'm sure there are colleges that she could have attended subsequently where she could have achieved a 4.0 GPA, but i don't know if that would have obviously transformed her into a "guaranteed admit" at the places that rejected her.</p>
<p>A strong candidate, yes, most likely.</p>
<p>I have three consecutive semesters of 4.0. It's 3.92 for the low grades I earned in the first semester. Other than that, All As.</p>
<p>Also, in detail, I'd like to know how working experience can help me. For financial reasons, I had to spend 20 hours every week on working while I could have done other extra curriculars. Is working actually looked down upon because it's less creative and seems like a student is not soley dedicated to academics?</p>
<p>I really need to stop raping the transfer forums, so last post and I'm off to study. (YES!)</p>
<p>I'm sure you've heard the importance of independence, maturation yadda, yadda, and work experience definitely reflects those types of characteristics, especially under circumstances of financial stress. Working will most definitely help your application (unless your "work" is illegal/blackmarket?). Given that your GPA is so strong, it also demonstrates a capability of time management. Admissions officers aren't going to look down at an applicant because their dad isn't Trump.</p>