<p>My SAT I score is 2360 (780 CR, 780 Writing, 780 Math). I got 800 on Math II, Biology (E), Chinese, U.S. History, and 780 on Literature. </p>
<p>My GPA is a 3.75 and 4.5. My UW isn't that great, but I took 8 classes my Junior Year, and I got a 4.0.</p>
<p>I am in a magnet program in a Newsweek Top 50 High Schools school. </p>
<p>I have gotten 5's on the 8 AP's I've taken so far. (Language & Composition, Government, World History, Art History,Psychology, Micro. Economics, Macro. Economics, AB Calculus)</p>
<p>I am a National Honor Society officer, a part of Spanish Honor Society, English Honor Society, and Social Studies Honor Society, co-captain of Debate (I made my county's Debate Finals 2 years), editor-in-chief of Literary Magazine, president of Asian American Club, and part of my county's Teen Advisory Committee. I'm on Varsity lacrosse.</p>
<p>I had a 6-week legal internship and a 8-week finance internship. </p>
<p>I have almost 400 community service hours.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are at getting into at least ONE Ivy League school?
I'm applying to all 8 + MIT.</p>
<p>If your stats are really reflective of who you are, then you should have no problem using your analytical skills to answer your own question. Nuff said.</p>
<p>Or you’re just fishing for compliments. And that would say a lot about you.</p>
<p>T26E4, I’m asking for peoples’ perspectives so that I can see the extent my SAT scores and my extracurricular make up for my not-so-great UW GPA. I’m worrying because of the C I got in Pre-Calculus in my sophomore year. </p>
<p>Also, I’m an Asian girl, I know there are many other Asian students with SAT’s and GPA’s like mine who’ve gotten 0 acceptances to Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>Your ECs arent the best (I see a lack, really. But you have solid sports+academics. No awards, though?) but your SAT is nearly perfect.
Your GPA is great but not excellent. Hopefully the fact that you attend a great high school will balance it out.</p>
<p>You dont have a hook, but that’s not too big a deal.
I think if you write an essay about community service or how your internships affected you, if could make for a compensation on the low-ish extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Assuming your essay and recommendations are as good as your SAT, I’d say you are a match 6/8 Ivies and MIT.</p>
<p>BUT realistically expect 1-3 admissions letters from the 9. **** happens.</p>
<p>It seems you ar einterested in business or law. If that’s the case, don’t apply to a school like Cornell or Brown just because they ar eIvies. You can find better business programs that are much cheaper and easier to get into.</p>
<p>Honestly, your single C won’t sink you. But to be noticed in a sea of other top applicants, you’ve got to 1) fit in (academically) which you seem to be viable and 2) stand out – to bring something to the schools’ communities. </p>
<p>I’d dissuade you from applying to Ivies =MIT. They are vastly different and you seem to then only be name shopping. Don’t give in to that.</p>
<p>Wherever you attend, based on your past history, I’m sure you’ll be successful. Best of luck to you</p>
<p>bzva74: your prediction of 6/8 Ivies+M is based on what? No one has a good chance at any single Ivy. If you go to the results threads of those nine schools, you’re just as likely to see applicants similar or even stronger than the OP be rejected routinely.</p>
<p>If I can be frank: The tippy top schools want hungry scholars, not pre-professionals (“I wanna be on Wall Street no matter what!”). I can’t tell you how to change that outlook but it’s the very kind of thing that may sink you.</p>
<p>All my friends who ended up on Wall Street were extremely strong academics and well rounded – not walking around telling folks they wanted to go into finance.</p>
<p>@ T26E4
I edited the post. But I think she has a good shot because she can show that she is extremely focused. Spending nearly 2 months interning is no small deal, if she can find ways to incorporate her professional experience into a personality for the essay, she comes off as a much more focused person than the usual Asian science/chemistry/engineering/math/medical stereotypical student.</p>
<p>Well, I’m obviously interested in that area of study. I loved my AP Economics class last year. I took an additional class, adding another hour to my school day, because I loved the class. I’ve heard great things about the Economics professors at some of the schools. However, I like having goals to work toward, and my goal to go to a school that would lead me to Wall-Street motivated me to study for SAT’s and AP’s during my Junior Year.</p>
<p>Your scores are great, but honestly, nothing on your EC list except the lacrosse and maybe the internship really stand out, thus, your chances aren’t outstanding IMHO. You seem like a great applicant however, and my word is really worthless as I am a high school student who is still applying, but that’s my opinion on your chances :)</p>
<p>Also, if you want Economics, try for UChicago :)</p>
<p>What’s important is that you have a realistic list of schools, including safeties (schools you’re sure you will get into and would be willing to attend, and can afford), matches (schools that you will probably get into), and reaches. Right now, you’ve only mentioned reaches. You have a reasonable shot at getting into one or more of those Ivy League schools, but it’s certainly possible that you could be rejected or waitlisted at all of them. Your scores are excellent, but neither your GPA nor your ECs are truly outstanding in the pool of Ivy applicants.
What other schools are you considering applying to?</p>
<p>Actually…it was the government forcing banks to lend money to people to buy houses when they couldn’t afford it. No downpayment situations are easy to walk away from and banks are left holding the bag, so to speak. The downturn in the housing market has touched off this nightmare. Unions just can’t promise HUGE pensions and then assume the government will cover them. They use their money to promote political causes - why don’t THEY use that money to pay for their employee’s pensions. All about power, greed - not people of any socio-economic class.</p>
<p>Wall Street, like Capitol Hill, is a very convenient scapegoat. The reality is that all of America is at fault: from the CEOs of investment firms to your state Senators to your ex-neighbors who bought a $800,000 house working a $80,000/year job. Blame, that’s it. Our society must be much more introspective if we are to remain respected (or rather, maintain the respect we still have) over the next few critical years.</p>