Chances at Ivy League (upenn, columbia, harvard)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, everyone. I'm a little worried about my chances at Ivy League schools... here's my resume.</p>

<p>Location- FL
Ethnicity- Asian</p>

<p>Academics-
Class Rank- 1/868
Unweighted GPA- 4.0
Weighted GPA- 6.3
(20+ AP classes)</p>

<p>SAT-
800 MATH
780 VERBAL
770 WRITING</p>

<p>Here's what I am worried about-
Extra-Curriculars (In-School)-</p>

<p>Math Honor Society- (President 12th and 11th grades, Vice-President 10th)
Placed top 5 in many regional/invitational competitions, and placed top 5 in a good number of state competitions. Qualified for AIME since 9th grade etc.</p>

<p>Debate/NFL- (President 12th, Vice-President 11th)
Placed top 5 (L-D) in many regional competitions, a few state competitions, and top15 at a few national.</p>

<p>Model UN (school/team did very well regionally for 3 years in a row)</p>

<p>Amnesty International Chapter- Created club in 10th grade. We did some letter writing campaign things.</p>

<p>Many other clubs (Chess [placed a couple times at regional], Science, etc.) that haven't done much.</p>

<p>Math, Science Tutoring.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Out-of-school:
Volunteer at a hospital since 9th grade.
Volunteer at local religious hoopla (a lot).
Created a "company" with a few other classmates, sold some custom-built products (computers etc.) and donated all the money ($1000+) to Malaria Research.</p>

<p>Did a lot of debate and mathematics coursework at various different universities (UM, Cornell). (9th grade- did teencourt to help teenage criminals etc.)</p>

<p>But that's it. I feel like I haven't done many Extra-Curricular activities compared to the rest... (I have like about 350-450 volunteer hours.)</p>

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<p>i hate cocky ppl like you</p>

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<p>troll....
plus your asian. you won't get far</p>

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<p>that's why i was hesitant (asian, on the bad side of affirmative action). just because i have good academics doesn't mean that much. i bet harvard, princeton etc. has many applicants with these grades... i'm not trying to be cocky or anything. the salutatorian at my schools has hundreds upon hundreds
of volunteer hours.</p>

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<p>you forgot to mention your 5 sat2s with 800s on them except lit which you got 790
(TROLL)</p>

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<p>really... 20+ aps...?</p>

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<p>im glad i wont have to make the life altering decision between harvard and princeton. oh ****t!</p>

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<p>i think that you are absolutely idiotic... pathetic.</p>

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<p>If the stats and ECs you listed above are true, then you're a competetive applicant for HYPS, MIT, the rest of the Ivies, Duke, Wash U, Williams, Amherst, etc. You've got above average chances at the toughest Ivies, well above average at UPenn, Brown, and Cornell. And yeah, lots of kids who apply to these schools have GPAs, class rank, ECs and SATs like yours. So what? That's the competition. And your grades and SATs put you in the 75th+ percentile of the applicant pool at all these schools. </p>

<p>So, should you apply? You bet. Will you get in? Who knows. It's always a crap shoot. But your chances are better than average. What else should you do? Make sure you apply to some matches and safeties. There's a lot of really good, not quite as selective schools out there that would be happy to accept you.</p>

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<p>How is your weighted 6.3?</p>

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<p>agree with amptron
i don't know why people are being so mean about it hah. good luck =) you obviously are a near-perfect student but it may be harder because of affirmative action... lol how many asians are at your school? when i used to live in florida (a long time ago) there were two asians at my elementary school of 1500+ people...my sister and me heh.</p>

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<p>Woah, can you list out all your AP courses? I think you have great chances everywhere :).</p>

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<p>Some how I doubt anyone can take that many AP courses...</p>

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<p>Yeah, come to think about it, "20+" is ridiculous considering there are currently only 31 AP tests. (I think Italian is starting this year).</p>

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<p>ive taken 12 APs in 9th grade and got a double promotion so i was lucky enough to take 15 more my junior year year. i also became the mayor of my town in my senior year. i have won 20 gold medals in 5 olympic sports. Goodbye from Tourino.</p>

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<p>wow crnarybypass you have a good chance at columbia, but I don't know about upenn and harvard. What are your SATs ?? You need at least 700 in each section for you to have a good chance at penn, but the odds are still against you at harvard.</p>

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<p>um, i think he was being sarcastic haha. "mayor of my town in my senior year" good one
and the kid is not cocky for posting on this site...isnt that what this thing is for? i don't know many people who would list out their stats and say how they really feel about them in front of their friends..
i wish i could be cocky about my chances of getting into princeton</p>

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<p>I founded Wal-Mart.</p>

<p>Cocky people= unsucessful at life</p>

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<p>I don't find it that cocky, because I also posted my chances :). I was just wondering about the AP tests.</p>