<p>Chances for EA at Stanford, Caltech, Yale, or Columbia. My first choice is Stanford... but their accept rate scare me to death...</p>
<p>Asian, Female
California resident</p>
<p>GPA: 4.65 (W), 3.89 (UW)<-- this is only soph+jr... my school doesnt include freshmen in their official GPA (freshmen gpa: 3.5)
Took all possible Honors courses (total: 6 in fresh+soph)
1 AP soph (world hist), 5 APs jr (calc ab, chinese, physics, chem, and eng lang), 3 or 4 sr...
AP exams: all fives on the ones I took except for eng :[, 4</p>
<p>ACT: 34 Comp
SAT Reasoning: 2040 not planning to retake
SAT Subj: Math 800, Physics 770, Chem 740</p>
<p>Rank:1/615</p>
<p>ECs:
Math Team (9th, 11th, and 12th) Captain this year
Friday Night Live (4 yrs) --promotes a better lifestyle for teens--Public Relations (11th), President (12th)
California Scholastic Fed. (4 years)
Key Club (4 yrs) representative (11th)
Mu Alpha Theta (9, 11, 12)
library volunteer tutoring--200 hours</p>
<p>Work experience: currently private tutor for both Calculus AB, Physics and Geometry</p>
<p>Essays: done already... I don't know if they'll be "great" compared to the competitive pool for these schools but they're the best essays I've ever written.. feedback was that they really portrayed a real person</p>
<p>so.. what do you guys think? & thanks in advance</p>
<p>If you want to get into any of those schools on that list (or at least have a good chance) you are going to have to retake the SAT. Students at these schools have a mean score of 2200+. You should probably just send ACT score only I guess…</p>
<p>Stanford: Medium Reach
Caltech: High Reach
Yale: Medium Reach
Columbia: High Match</p>
<p>Make sure you have some safety schools.</p>
<p>Given your demographics, your test scores and GPA are on the low side for acceptance(though the class rank is helpful) to stanford, and getting in will be a real stretch. As previously stated, stick with ACT.
Stanford and Yale are high reaches. I think Columbia would probably take you ED though…</p>
<p>hmmm but i thought stanford wants to see ALL ur previous scores D:
i took the SAT and ACT one year apart ( SAT 1st, then ACT this yr) so it shud be alright right??</p>
<p>I know my essays will probably be what gets me accepted or rejected… how can u tell if it’s a good essay or not?? do u have to be like SUPER unique? any suggestions… :[</p>
<p>bumppp more opinions please!</p>
<p>stanford/yale require you to send all test scores from EITHER the ACT or the SAT. so if you send only your ACT, you don’t need to send them anything from the SAT, and visa versa.
umm…honeslty I think your chances at both Stanford/Yale are veryyy low. Your stats arent impressive, you’re ASIAN, you’re from California…most likely deferred.</p>
<p>-sigh- life sucks…
yeah my stats are not that high but i worked my butt off these four years… although ppl say my ECs are not very good, i had to work really hard to get my positions for the clubs& i truly am dedicated to my activities (unlike many who have lots of clubs+titles but do ljttle)… very disappointing indeed</p>
<p>bump?? any more opinions…?</p>
<p>ummm all seem to e hard reaches for you…</p>
<p>Maybe ED Columbia is your best bet? It’s kinda late to make such decisions isn’t? as the deadline is like in 15 days lol</p>
<p>lol haha true :] well i guess regular decision for me~ thanks everyone~</p>