<p>GPA: 4.00 (school doesn't weigh)
Class Rank - Top 1%
SAT - Math - 680 , CR - 620, W - 690
SATII - Math II - 720, Math I - 720, Chem - 730
Class Schedule - 7 college/AP Courses Pretty tough course load
Ethnicity - Asian (Chinese/Pakistani)
recs - very good</p>
<p>E.C. -
Tennis (JV two Years)
Debate (two time national qualifier - 64th in the nation)
Editor of Newspaper 9th grade
National Honor Society
Robotics Club (Web site design/ Programming)
Work for Fortune 500 company - 40hrs a week writing software for hospitals
one of 5 students to be selected to work for school districts tech dept.
Part of Startups - two
Set up a foundation in Pakistan for earthquake relief</p>
<p>Soccer - 9,10
Webmaster high school website</p>
<p>Honors:
National Merit Commendation (atleast)
Presidential Scholar 9th grade
Ranked in the top 200 in my region for tennis(missouri valley)
4th in State CX debate</p>
<p>chances at:</p>
<p>Dartmouth
UNC - Chapel Hill
Cornell
Stanford
NYU
UT Austin
UC Berkley
Carnegie Melon
Emory
Brown</p>
<p>You have a great chance at Emory. You seem VERY interested in technology. I could see you very happy at Carnegie Melon, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cornell, and Emory (especially if you see medicine in your future).</p>
<p>For Stanford and UCB (since your an out-of-state resident), I'd recommend upping your SATs on each section to get 700+. Stanford is competitive just because it's Stanford, and the UC system is competitve for out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are in great range, but I'd recommend adding a non-math/science subject. In fact, if you are able to get 700+ on your SAT I's, I'd recommend adding MIT to your list because you seem into technology and you seem like a strong candidate.</p>
<p>You don't have the typical "laundry list" syndrome found here, but I'd get rid of any ECs that you've had less than 3 years (unless you just started them and they define YOU).</p>
<p>But, overall, you seem like a great candidate for those schools.</p>
<p>Do you have any safeties? Pick a few safeties that you know you'll fall in love with.</p>
<p>You have a good chance at Notre Dame because of your grades and legacy status. But ND has gotten ridiculously selective in the past few years, especially if you are applying from a midwest state like Missouri. IMHO, you have a good chance at ND but you shouldn't blow it off as a safety.</p>
<p>The only college I was straight up rejected at was Notre Dame.</p>
<p>At a local Jesuit high school here in Nebraska, three students were accpeted at Notre Dame. Many other solid students who applied got rejected, of which some had legacy and double legacy status.</p>
<p>Also -- if you are seriously interested in Emory, make sure you show interest.. be it by visiting, e-mail, mail, etc. At the very least, order a video visit. Because, from my recollection, many qualified applicants were rejected at Emory this past year because they didn't show interest. Unfortunately, I don't have the link to this thread because I think it was expired and disregarded by the gods of CC.</p>
<p>thanks blaze, If i were to apply ED would that show significant interest, because I am pretty serious about it. Also, are my other safeties alright? I have also emailed the Emory Tennis coach because I have been told that I can play tennis for them. My private instructor has sent two or three kids to the emory team.</p>
<p>IMO, your other safeties are fine. Although, I personally don't have much knowledge about big state schools like UT, Illinois, and Missouri-Rolla. I'm sure there are plenty of people in the UT and Illinois forums that could give you a better answer as to how you stack up.</p>
<p>Consistently, in the Emory forum, people say that applying ED will you give a slight advantage in the admissions process, which is great, however, ED is potentially dangerous. First of all, in my opinion, you should get into Emory without a problem in the regular decision pool. If you apply ED, you should be positively sure that Emory is where you want to go to college. Because, of course, it is binding. Thus, if you are accepted you HAVE to enroll. This is a huge committment to make for small a advantage. Another downside of ED is that many people have claimed it harms the applicant's ability to get finacial aid because the school doesn't have to compete for the applicant. ED is the right choice for someone who knows 100% Emory is where they want to go, want to get an early decision (in Dec), and is not in strong need of finacial aid. </p>
<p>For what it's worth, I am very glad I applied RD.</p>
<p>Good luck with tennis. For the record, if you are good enough to play tennis for Emory and you get positive feedback from the coach, you've got an even better shot at admittance.</p>
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<li><p>Emory has a need blind admission process. Though a lot of schools say that they are, Emory really is. The admission committee looks at the application you send to them without the FA info. Your FAFSA, etc paperwork isn't even seen by the admission committee. They don't share any of the information. Once you are accepted, your name gets sent to the FA office, who calculates your financial aid.</p></li>
<li><p>Being recruited by a coach doesn't have much affect upon the admission committee. Being sucessful at a sport (varsity, letterman, etc) is important. They don't lower the admission standards for athletes. Students with sub-par essays and stats won't be accepted just because a coach wants them on the team. That's part of the very complicated reason why we don't have a football team.</p></li>
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<p>I wasn't trying to say that you won't get into the College, I was just saying "don't slack off on the app" just cause the coach might be recruiting you. I'm sorry if it came out otherwise. The tennis teams are amazing btw. They were both (men and women) national champions this past year. </p>
<p>I'm not on the admission committee; I don't know whether you will be accepted or not. About 4500 out of about 14000 were accepted this past year, including ED. Something in that ballpark, anyway. They look for a lot more than grades, so focus on a few things outside of school that will push you ahead of the pack. That's the advice I give to everyone on my tours.</p>
<p>oh yeah, I am not saying that the tennis team is my ticket in, it would be nice to do if I got on the team, but I want to get in on academics. So I was wondering considering other accepted applicant profiles, can I get in?</p>