<p>i am a rising senior at a very competitive school in Houston, TX and was wondering about my chances to these universities:
Cornell U
U Penn
Stanford
Rice U
UT Austin Honors (instate)</p>
<p>Race/Ethnicity: Indian American (as in from India)
SAT: 2150 (Retaking hopefully to get 2250+)
GPA: 4.6/5.0; 3.8/4.0
GPA Not including freshman year: 4.8/5.0; 3.9/4.0
Rank: ~60/720 (Again, its a very competitive school...) Top 8%
SAT II: 760 Bio M; 760 Phy; 770 Math II
AP's: Bio 5; phy B, WH, USH, Human Geo, Stats 4
IB Diploma Candidate
Senior Yr Sched: AP Gov/Eco; AP Eng 4; AP Cal BC; IB Math HL; IB Hindi 5; AP Physics II "C"; AP Comp Sci; IB Theory of Knowledge (Hardest Classes at School)</p>
<p>Counselor Recs: prolly good
Teacher Recs: prolly good
Essay: working on right now, hopefully its gonna be gr8.</p>
<p>ECs/Honors/Awards:
Prez of 2 clubs, VP of 1; co-founder of another.
NHS
750+ Volunteer Hours
Job at Houston Public Library
Welch Summer Scholar Program (Competitive Research Program)
Winner of 3 Essay Competitions
Mentoring Head
Houston Audubon Society
Habitat for Humanity
Helped Katrina victims (this is random...but i provided food and stuff to them and volunteered at the astrodome)
Probably a Nat'l Merit Semifinalist (PSAT 220)
IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>Those are mostly hard to predict schools...you're not definitely in, but you should definitely apply. 50/50, on-the-fence, chance at all of them.</p>
<p>One more question...ummm do colleges discriminate b/w online and paper applications? whatabout common app/own applications? do you recommend applying online or through mail?</p>
<p>they like online app alot more, but paper app is fine for those who cant do online. common app is mostly so you dont have to fill in your basic info a million times and only need 3 recs written, not 3 million. the supplements are almost exactly like the essays and other questions you answer on the school's so it's meant to help you not waste time writing your name and social security number. i would say apply online unless you are parinoid someone will steal your identity (which is impossible without giving people your passoword). if that is the case, drive to the schools and hand in the apps in person (probably the only way you know 100% your apps are in).</p>
<p>I assume UT is your safety. Will you be happy there? You are a little low at Rice, but in the pool. Match at Cornell. Reach at Penn. Big reach at Stanford. How many of the 60 people ahead of you are applying to the same schools?</p>
<p>i doubt that many ppl r applying to cornell above me, but i know that a crapload of ppl r applying to stanford, a little less to penn, and a decent amount at rice</p>
<p>"katrina victims"- i love it. anyway, your indian status will not give you the URM advantage, for the percentage of indians at all top colleges is much greater than that of the american population. you are in fact an ORM.</p>
<p>"I assume UT is your safety. Will you be happy there? You are a little low at Rice, but in the pool. Match at Cornell. Reach at Penn. Big reach at Stanford. How many of the 60 people ahead of you are applying to the same schools?"</p>
<p>so do you think that cornell is an easier school to get into than rice?</p>