<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2300
ACT:34
SAT II: 800 MAth I, 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 780 French with Listening, 800 European History, 800 US History.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 %
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on AP EURO, US History, World History, Physics C Mechanics, Calc BC, AP Chemistry, English Language, French Language. 4 on Physics B.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible; AP US Gov, AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP Music Theory, AP Biology, AP Physics C Electricity + Magnetism, French 5, Percussion.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Finalist in the National MTNA young artist piano competition, Won 1st in State musicfest for piano, Won State Solo and Ensemble on piano. Eagle Scout. Made the All-State and later All-Northwest Jazz bands. Finalist in USAMTS, AIMES, and USAPHO. Also had a summer research internship at Stanford. Won awards at state debate competitions.
Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Classical Piano for 13 years, Drumline (Drum Captain), NHS (president), Jazz Band (with leadership Award), Debate team.
Job/Work Experience: Tought piano.
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours with NHS. Also finished my eagle scout project, and started and organization for bringing music into hospitals and nursing homes.
Summer Activities: Eastern Washington University Jazz Camp.
Teacher Recommendation: Will be really good.
Counselor Rec: Will be exceptional.
Additional Rec: will be from my piano teacher, who graduated from Yale, and later got a masters at Julliard.
Other[list][<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington[</em>] Country (if international applicant):[<em>] School Type: Public[</em>] Ethnicity: White[<em>] Gender: Male[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle-upper range</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are? Thanks!</p>
<p>Chances for Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Standford, and Princeton?</p>
<p>“Also had a summer research internship at Stanford.”</p>
<p>Whew. At least I know you can spell your schools correctly.</p>
<p>Setting sarcasm aside, I give you these results:</p>
<p>Harvard - Reach
Yale - Reach
Johns Hopkins - possible / reach
Stanford - Reach
Princeton - Reach</p>
<p>What are your chances? You have the credentials and the accolades that match the caliber of those of almost every other applicant in the pool. However, you just don’t come across as interesting. I’m not insulting you, and I’m not saying you’re boring, but I am giving you honest feedback on the way you’ve presented your credentials.</p>
<p>Make yourself memorable. Give these colleges a good reason to want you.</p>
<p>Get your mentor from your internship at Stanford to write a letter to the admissions office, and you will have a good shot. Other than that, yours chances will be reaches / crapshoots (as with all good applicants). JHU non-BME is closer to high match however.</p>
<p>I think the above two posters are underestimating your chances. It’s funny, looking through your app I thought you were asian b/c of stereotypical activities such as piano and math/science focus. In that case, I though it would be tougher for you. But, with your accomplishments in national olympiads with solid, focused ECs, and the fact that you don’t have to compete with stellar math/science asians, I would say you have a good shot at your top schools. JHU shouldn’t be a problem. HYPS will have much tougher competition, but I think you have what it takes to get into at least one.</p>
<p>Still get a letter from your mentor, it will skyrocket your chances.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!
I appreciate the critique, and I will definitely take it into consideration!</p>
<p>I see people saying things all the time like “your ECs are too generic/boring/standard/etc.”</p>
<p>Quite frankly, I don’t think HYPS would be able to fill their classes if the adcoms consisted of people on these boards, for whom he standard of “interesting” seems to be unreasonably high.</p>
<p><em>EDIT 9:23 PM</em> sp “unreasonable” to “unreasonably”</p>