Chances at Ivies, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA:
3.8 unweighted, 5.3 weighted</p>

<p>SAT:
2250 (800 Math, 770 Writing, 680 Reading)</p>

<p>SAT II:
800 Math II, 740 US History, 680 Physics</p>

<p>Class Ranking:
2/475</p>

<p>AP:
5-US History, 4-Microeconomics,4-Macroeconomics ,4-English Literature, 4-English Language, 4-Statistics, US Government/Politics-3, History of Art-3, Physics B-3</p>

<p>IB:
6-History Standard Level</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
IB History HL, IB Spanish IV, IB English HL, IB Mathematics HL, AP Psychology, IB Physics HL, Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
2008 AP Scholar With Honor, 2009 AP Scholar With Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar, Biology student of the year 2006, Excellence in Physics (2007, 2008), Excellence in Chemistry (2007, 2008), 3rd place physics Intel ISEF Science fair, 2nd place space science Intel ISEF Science Fair, Honorable Mention: South Florida HS Journalism awards, 1st place declamation-South Florida Spanish competition, 1st place-impromptu-South Florida Spanish Competition</p>

<p>Athletics:
Football (2-year varsity letterwinner), water polo (3-year varsity letterwinner)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Student corespondent/journalist: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3 years), Model: Sun-Sentinel and CW TV Show, Official Delegate: Korean Friendship Association-South Korea, Communications Secretary: Korean Friendship Association-USA</p>

<p>Clubs:
Marching band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years), Parade Band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years), BCAA All-Star marching band, Saxophone quartet (Founder, leader), Mu Alpha Theta (president: 4 years), SECME physics and engineering club (member: 2 years), Brain Brawl participant, National Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteer Work (Over 1000 hours):
2.5 weeks in Ghana helping Malaria and HIV/AIDS patients, Amnesty International participant, Liberty in North Korea participant, Habitat for Humanity worker</p>

<p>Research Experience:
Internship/Independent Research under Dr. H.K. Kim, PHD and Dr. Salahadin Abdi, PHD, MD at University of Miami on cytology of neurons</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
2009 West Point Summer Leader's Seminar</p>

<p>Applications:
Early Action: Yale
Regular: Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Duke, University of Florida (safety)</p>

<p>Thank you for your help!</p>

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<p>Are you Asian? No hooks to speak of?</p>

<p>Assuming that:</p>

<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT – Extreme Reaches
UPenn, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth – Reach, but not out of realm of possibility. Very unlikely with that CR score.
Cornell, UoC, JHU, Duke – Good shot</p>

<p>You really need to raise that CR score – it’s much below median at most/all of your schools, and that’s factoring in the hooked students who get in with lower stats.</p>

<p>I would talk about something other than math/science in your personal statement so you don’t look like the typical Asian nerd.</p>

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<p>Yes, I am Asian. I also thought about that and wrote about my desire to help the North Korean people in my personal essay. For my individual college supplemental essays, I wrote about being the only non-Black kid on my high school’s football team.</p>

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<p>Well if you’re done with your essays already, all you can do is try to raise that CR score, and those last 2 subject tests. 680 is really sub-par for the top level schools you’re aiming for.</p>

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<p>you are a good applicant, those INTEL awards are really appetizing… that and your 1000 volunteer hours are what makes you separate from other applicants</p>

<p>however, you have average scores</p>

<p>Yale - reach
Harvard - high reach
Princeton - high reach
MIT - reach
Stanford - reach
UPenn - medium low reach
Columbia - medium low reach
Cornell - probably match
Brown - probably match
Dartmouth - probably match
University of Chicago - probable match
johns Hopkins - probable match
Duke - low reach
University of Florida (safety) - rejected. just kidding, in.</p>

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<p>I think DKWUN missed the fact that you won the intel science fair 2nd and 3rd place</p>

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<p>Yale - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT - reach
Stanford - reach
UPenn - low reach
Columbia - low reach
Cornell - match
Brown - match
Dartmouth - match
University of Chicago - low match
JHU - match
Duke - High match
University of Florida (safety) - safety</p>

<p>Great ECs. I’m impressed. Obviously the CR is a bit of a weight holding you down, but everything else looks pretty excellent. </p>

<p>Chance me if you have a minute :slight_smile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/778696-chance-senior-good-stats-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/778696-chance-senior-good-stats-ivies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>680 CR I’d say is good enough for any Ivy Leagues. After that, it’s the essay they look at.</p>

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<p>Obviously these top schools are a huge reach for anyone, but I think you are a very well-qualified applicant. Impressive ECs, hopefully they will stand out enough. Good Luck! :)</p>

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<p>As for hooks, I am North Korean (family hometown is Hwanghae, DPRK), which I wrote about in my common app essay. Also, I am the only non-Black member on my school’s football team, and a starting member, which I wrote about in my supplemental essays. I don’t know if those would help.</p>

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<p>Whoah you’re North Korean? </p>

<p>correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought North Koreans aren’t allowed to leave their country…</p>

<p>That’s really interesting. That’s a definite plus for you. You’ll get special recgonition. </p>

<p>Hope to meet you some day.</p>

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<p>I don’t get, considered your competition awards (especially the intel), its not that much of a reach. Its only a reach in the number of people applying.</p>

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<p>Seriously, how did you get out of North Korea? I thought only spies get to leave.</p>

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<p>Have you ever read a common data set? Spreading this kind of misinformation does not help anyone.</p>

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<p>LOL @ bellcurves XP</p>

<p>being asian doesn’t help you, and I agree with hmom, your scores are pretty low for that pool of applicants (the 680 especially…)</p>

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<p>intel makes up for the 680. I’d say</p>

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<p>My impression is that standardized scores get you in the door, but the real factor for admittance is everything else that shines through once you are in the door. For all these people to be obsessing about your one semi-low score seems to me unrealistic. true, statistics show that a 680 CR is low for those schools, but the rest of your scores are high enough to get you in the door and then the adcoms can look at your crazy ECs etc and hopefully admit you. Seriously guys calm down. he got a 680, theyre not going to say “uh oh, something that doesnt start with a 7 or 8. i cant even look at that ugly number- in fact that disgusting number is not even in my vocabulary. REJECT!” come on</p>

<p>oh and chance back?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/781998-updated-chance-senior.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/781998-updated-chance-senior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>