**Chances at Ivies**

<p>Hey everybody!</p>

<p>I'll try to make this as quick as possible.</p>

<p>Non-ranking and unranked public high school in Pennsylvania
Ethnicity: Persian
GPA: 3.88 uw/4.75 w
SAT: 2210; 760 Math, 720 Reading, 730 Writing (will retake)
SAT II: Math IIC: 720, US History: 710, Will take Chemistry</p>

<p>Courseload:
Hardest Available
No A-s or A+s at my school</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors US History: A
Honors Biology: A
Honors American Lit.: A
Honors Geometry: A
German II: A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP US History: A
Honors Chemistry: A
Honors American Lit. II: A
Honors Math Analysis: A
German III: A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP European History: A
AP Chemistry II: A, maybe B
Honors Physics: A, maybe B
Honors World Literature: A
AP Calculus AB: B
Honors German IV: A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Government
AP Biology
AP Envronmental Science
AP British Literature
AP Statistics
AP German</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Long-Term Commitments and Employment</p>

<p> 50 Hours spent analyzing experiments in the lab of </p>

<p>Temple University (2005)
 1400 Hours working as a math and reading tutor at </p>

<p>Kumon Learning Center (2004-Present)
 Independent Research Project centered around Antacid </p>

<p>Efficacy (25 Hours, 2005)
 Created a number of functional, interactive computer </p>

<p>games using skills such as graphics design, skin importation, and </p>

<p>basic scripting of triggers, events, etc
 20 Hours Spent doing Various Lab Experiments at </p>

<p>Rohm and Haas
 Host for laser shows and astronomy-related </p>

<p>presentations through the Upper Dublin School District (2005)
 Organizer of star gazing events in areas of Upper Dublin </p>

<p>(2004)
 Worked as Personal Tutor for Math. Fee of $15/hr, </p>

<p>tutored all math levels up to Calculus BC. (50 Hours)
 Worked as Personal Tutor for Chemistry. $50/chapter, </p>

<p>taught all levels of Chemistry I. (50 Hours)
 Worked as Personal Tutor for English. $20/hour, helped </p>

<p>in note taking, created organized unit outlines. (200 Hours)
 Worked as Personal Writing Tutor. $20/term paper. Read </p>

<p>and edited over 50 term papers, providing quality criticism. (200 </p>

<p>Hours)
 Worked as Babysitter for various people (50 Hours)
 Took Lessons on how to use the computer program Flash </p>

<p>(25 Hours)
 Relay for Life Participant (2007)</p>

<p>After School Activities<br>
 Secretary of Junior Class (2006-2007)
 Member of German Club (2004-2007)
 Member of Golf Theory Club (2005-2006)
 Member of Chess Club (2005-2007)
 Member of Ultimate Frisbee Club (2006-2007)
 Member of Debate Club (2006-2007)
 Member of Astronomy Club (2004-2005)
 Intramural School Basketball (2006-2007)
 Director and Planner of the Junior Prom Planning </p>

<p>Committee (2007)
 Spirit Week Officer (2006)
 Director of Class Fundraising (2007)
 Director of Class Sales (2006-2007)
◘ Member of NHS (2007)
Athletics
 Member of the JV Tennis Team (2005-2006)
 Member of JV Spring Track (2007)
 Intramural Soccer Player (2004-2007)
 Intramural Basketball Player (2006-2007)</p>

<p>International Studies</p>

<p> Attended a private school in Germany, and received </p>

<p>certificate for completing curriculum (2006)</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p> A score of a 5 on the US History AP Test</p>

<p>AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS</p>

<p>Mathematics</p>

<p> American Mathematics Competitions Certificate of </p>

<p>Distinction for Superior Performance on the AMC (2006)
 American Mathematics Competitions Certificate of </p>

<p>Achievement for a score of 90 or Above on the American </p>

<p>Mathematics Contest 12 for grades 10 and below (2006)
 Certificate of Participation and Recognition for Striving </p>

<p>for Excellence as a AIME Participant and winner of Mathematic </p>

<p>Awards (June 5, 2006)
 School Semi-Finalist in the AMC/AIME testing (2006)</p>

<p>International Studies
 3-time participator in selective German standardized </p>

<p>testing (AATG)
 1-time Semi-Finalist in AATG German Standardized </p>

<p>Testing
 Award-winner for most orally advanced German II </p>

<p>student in Montgomery County (2004)</p>

<p>Literary Accomplishments
 Gold-key winner at the regional level for The Scholastic </p>

<p>Writing Awards
 Awards and Publications of a number of writings (7) in </p>

<p>the Creative Communications Competitions
 Award for completing the Reading Program of Kumon, </p>

<p>and being ranked among the top 40 in the nation (2004-2005)
 Certificate of Merit for Creating an Ad and editorial for </p>

<p>the Intelligencer Record
 State Level Finalist for Reading and Analyzing an Article </p>

<p>and Responding to a Prompt</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p> Certificate of Achievement for the Successful </p>

<p>Completion of JA Success Skills (12/20/05)</p>

<p>Planning on doing an internship/community service for 200-250 </p>

<p>hours, as well as bringing LinkCrew to my school</p>

<p>I expect my essays to be outstanding, not sure how my recs will go </p>

<p>as of now</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
UPenn
Schreyers Penn State Honors College
Johns Hopkins
Brown
University of Chicago
Cornell
Dartmouth
Washington University in St. Louis
Duke</p>

<p>%-Chances or Simply Saying reach, match, or safety will do</p>

<p>THANK YOU ALL!!</p>

<p>Uh...you can condense all your math awards into "qualified for AIME." I'm pretty sure you can do the same for other things. Might make the post a little less ridiculously long. ;)</p>

<p>I really couldnt finish the whole thing, and from this two problems arise:</p>

<p>*A) Verbosity-you should try to write more densely if that is the case.
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*B) No clear focus, and this is an issue I have seen in other applications...it is impossible to have so many things and if that is the case, it means that you do not focus on one particular thing.
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If you have any corrections or enhancements to make, do so now so that I can have a more lucid picture of the whole thing...</p>

<p>i actually did respond with a shorter list but the session timed out and as you can probably tell, I don't have the time to write it again. Sorry it's so long, this weekend ill try to shorten it</p>

<p>ive seen this list before, havnt you posted it in another thread? looks pretty good though, should get into at least 1 ivy if you apply to all 7</p>

<p>I understand, I''ll repost when you post the clearer list...</p>

<p>I think I reviewed you on admisschances.com. I'm the guy in montgomery county, MD.</p>

<p>hahaha yea i remember you...what are the chances man. and i havent been reviewed on admission chances in 2 weeks the system is broken</p>

<p>You have to review other people to get review points to have a better chance at being reviewed.</p>

<p>Everything is great, but I wouldn't over-emphasize your German achievements too much considering you lived in Germany before. My review on that site was pretty thorough I think.</p>