<p>Thanks everybody for your opinions! I have more of a clue of where I stand now.</p>
<p>Of course more viewpoints would be appreciated. Also, I am now wondering whether I should apply Stanford or Harvard EA?</p>
<p>wait...you scored a 2390 and you are wondering if you can get into an Ivy league school?</p>
<p>I've had enough of this crap</p>
<p>ur a frickin shoo in at cornell, dont waster ur time with cornell it would be a great shame if someone like you went there. HYP, honestly, u are wayyyyyy smarter than the average kid there but u wont get in cuz ur ec's suck. trust me, my sis had equivalent Ec's and same academics, actually a little worse academically, and she gotrejected from HY but, dont worry theres justice in this world. If not HY, u have a great shot at cal tech and MIT, because they look into academics a lot more than wishywashy yale and harvard. but if ur bent on doing something non science related apply to columbia and darthmouth, cuz HYP, u still have a shot, but i think ur ec's will kill you. but columbia and dartmouth should be easily get-in-able for you, because they simply can;t turn down somone as smart as you. good luck and congrats on the hard work!</p>
<p>He could easily get rejected at all of HYPS with a 2390 if he didn't have any ECs. Good test scores don't necessarily mean admittance.</p>
<p>Cornell rejected kids this year with those kinds of scores because they had weak ECs, you are not a shoe in at any ivy league school, believe me - the valedictorian of our high school this year was rejected from Cornell</p>
<p>Your academics are strong. Get some safeties.</p>
<p>Cornell is OK on Academics but I wouldn't assume it with your ECs. The higher Ivies will be a reach because of EC as well. It'll really depend on how you play it up. Focus on the research and the languages.</p>
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<p>I disagree. If you have a gold medal at the IMO, then you probably have much higher odds. If you are a URM with a superb SAT score, you again probably have much better chances. Heck, Harvard stated that it rejects just over half of their perfect SAT score applicants - so if you have a perfect score, you have over 40% chance.</p>
<p>Having said that, I do agree with the <40% chance.</p>
<p>Thanks. How may I improve my ECs? And what kind of ECs is considered "HYPs quality"?</p>
<p>bump...I would greatly appreciate if someone replies to my above question! </p>
<p>And again...thanks to everyone who's participated in the discussion in this thread.</p>
<p>Also, would it be more beneficial for me to apply Harvard or Stanford EA?</p>