Chances for Harvard and Full Rides to Rice/WashU/USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. My parents currently make ~165k a year so I'm probably not getting any financial aid. I'm looking at full tuition scholarships to Rice/WashU/USC and admission to Harvard. I'm also looking into Duke, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. My major is undecided, although I think I'm going to double major in music and a related science field. </p>

<p>School: US News Top 40 School that doesn't rank</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.43 W</p>

<p>SAT: 2370 - 800 M+V, 770 W (Only taken it once)
SATII: 800 MathII, 800 Physics, 750 US History</p>

<p>Senior Courseload
-AP English Literature
-AP Music Theory
-AP US Government
-Aid to my Physics teacher, but I'm basically co-teaching a class of ~25 Juniors. This is my physics teacher's grading period, since she has to teach both AP and honors physics. Sadly, she is our only physics teacher ATM.
-Free period for clubwork/homework/etc. </p>

<p>Academic Awards:
National AP Scholar (99% sure)
National Merit Semifinalist (231 on PSAT)
10th grade: AMC 12 (121.5), AIME (10), USAMO (11)
11th grade: AMC 12 (116), AIME (11), Couldn't do USAMO because of conflicts</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Marching Band - 9-12th - Section leader 10th and Drum Major 11th-12th - Most influential band member award chosen by students in 11th
-Concert Band - 9-12th - Section leader 10th-12th - 3rd chair All-state Band in 10th and Principal Chair in All-state band in 11th
-Orchestra club - Co-founder/conductor in 10th grade and President/conductor in 11th-12th (we went from 5 members in the first week to 67 at the end of junior year)
-Brass Ensemble - Founder/conductor in 11th after marching band was over (we had ~20 members but got a rating of II at regionals :/)
-Dance to the Music Club - 9-12th - Co-leader 10th-12th (I lead the music section)
-Cadets Drum and Bugle corps during 10th grade and summer (couldn't do it this year because of financial problems)
-Science Olympiad - 9-12th - Treasurer 10th, Co-President 11th-12th (got medals in elev brdg and envir chem, but we haven't been to nationals)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Teach private lessons for free to 4 people
-Been playing at a local church for three years (Definitely over 150 hours total)</p>

<p>Research: MRI/Ultrasound research at our flagship U this summer</p>

<p>Miscellaneous awards:
-Local math/music awards that I probably won't include in the CommonApp
-Just recently spotted an error in my professor's research (If this is an award... I'm asking him for a rec letter)</p>

<p>Rec letters: Hopefully Stellar</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>Rice for asian lol.</p>

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<p>Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :open_mouth: Your stats are as great as they can get, pretty much. Great SAT score, veryyyy good GPA. The only thing is that your ECs seem somewhat stereotypical and average, especially for the Asian applicant. Having the AIME/AMC/USAMO is great too, but also very asian :P</p>

<p>I’d say reach at Harvard, and in at Rice/Wash/USC. don’t quote me on this but i’m also prettyyy sure you could get full rides there too.
Stanford is a reach for you but you seem like youd be a good fit for them, have you considered applying there EA? :stuck_out_tongue: anyways you have a fantastic resume, just write good essays and distinguish yourself :slight_smile:
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<p>your stats are amazing! you will deffinetly be a strong applicant at all the schools you plan to apply to. Harvard and Stanford are reaches just because they are for everybody, but you have a very good chance at getting accepted.</p>

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<p>You DO know you have to submit your completed application no later than Dec 1 to be considered for the full tuition Trustee scholarship at U Southern Calif, correct? You are already eligible for their 1/2 tuition NMF scholarship. Applying early to USC will NOT preclude you from applying early to Stanford or any other limited EA college. Now, as fare as their full tuition scholarship, the decision to award that scholarship is decided after you have been interviewed by a 3 person committee , which will include a professor from the school you have declared an interest in[ music, science], that is, if you are lucky enough to be offered the chance to interview. A great letter of recommendation from your research professor sent directly to a colleague at USC could be a factor in the final decision. Of course you have to shine in the interview as well. Normally only around 200 students are offered interviews each year for the Trustee scholarship, out of 16000 students applying to USC.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at all of your schools. You’ll probably get into Duke – they love awesome SAT scores like yours.</p>

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<p>Definitely in at all the schools. I think you have a very good chance of a full tuition merit scholarship at Wash U. I am not familiar with USC and Duke but i know people with records less stellar than yours that got full merit scholarships at Wash U. Emory too offers full merit scholarships. </p>

<p>If my parents made $165K a year, I would be expecting them to foot my bill and would go to the best college i can get into :slight_smile: Just kidding though – Wash U and Emory are as good as the ivies.</p>

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