Chances for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. (Updated)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Filipino (URM)
Location: Canada
School: Public – Gifted Program (IQ - Top 2 percentile in the world)</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>Unweighted Grades
Grade 9 – 3.8
Grade 10 – 3.9
Grade 11 – GPA: 4.0
Grade 12 – GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Suitable reason for low GPA in grade 9 and 10</p>

<p>Standardized Testing</p>

<p>SAT (I): </p>

<p>2200</p>

<p>SAT (II)</p>

<p>World History: 750
Biology M: 730
Math II: 720</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities – In Order of Importance</p>

<p>Environmental Organization – 3 Year(s)
-Financial Director
-Representative
-Conceptualized, and Co-Planned concert for environmental awareness, handling over 1,000 peoples
-EcoAward – Silver
-Implementing renewable resources on secondary school – making it the first school in my country to implement renewable resources.</p>

<p>-The aforementioned organization was once a club, and in 2 years it had become government and school board funded. Now it deals with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of renewable resources a year.</p>

<p>District School Board – 2 Year(s)
-School Representative for the District School Board Student Council
-Ambassador for District School Board Trustee</p>

<p>Youth Involvement Organization – 2 Year(s)
-Editor-In-Chief</p>

<p>-The aforementioned organization is a nation-wide youth news provider. I am the Editor-In-Chief of the main chapter of the organization.</p>

<p>City's Youth Cabinet (At City Hall) – 3 Year(s)
-Voting Member
-Representative</p>

<p>Manufacturing Company – 2 Year(s)
-Vice-President of Information Technology Services
-Shareholder</p>

<p>Model United Nations – 2 Year(s)
-Founder and President</p>

<p>Junior Achievement - 2 Year(s)
-Founder and Student Coordinator of Program at School</p>

<p>United Speakers Club– 2 Year(s)
-Co-Founder and Vice-President</p>

<p>Thinking Club (Psychology, Philosophy, Anthropology) – 2 Year(s)
-Co-Founder and Co-President</p>

<p>Choir – 2 Year(s)
-Bass Singer
-Soloist</p>

<p>Investment Club – 3 Years
-Placed Top Three in School Investment Competition</p>

<p>Other ECs:
-Free the Children – 1 Year
-Table Tennis Club - 2 Years
-Go Club - 3 Years
-Film Club - 3 Years
-Chess Club - 2 Years</p>

<p>Programs:
-Placement at Company Program at a Global Human Resources Outsourcing and Consulting Firm
-During School Year
-Leadership Program
-During Summer
-Gifted Program (Gr. 4-12)</p>

<p>Essay Topic:
I had a medical disease and parent had cancer; it changed my life and pushed me to change the world with my degree.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Excellent
-Director of Education (School Board)
-School Board Trustee
-City Hall Representative
-Principal of School</p>

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<p>I'd say you have a good shot at all of them. But 2%? what is that IQ? like 150?</p>

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<p>I would avoid putting the IQ thing on your application if it can be avoided. It's sort of like mentioning that you're a member of Mensa; comes off as pretentious. Otherwise, good shot-- amazing number of ECs.</p>

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<p>Filipino is not a URM by the way...</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree don't put the IQ thing in your application. Most people accepted to those schools probably have similar IQs, If not higher. That's kinda just something that's assumed.</p>

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<p>Yea, I was thinking the same thing.</p>

<p>Plus, and don't take this in the wrong way, but if you really were in the top 2% of the world not only should you have probably scored a perfect 2400, but you also realize that that leaves another 110-130 million people with the same or higher IQ? Definitely don't mention that bro.</p>

<p>But besides that good shot at Princeton over Harvard (I think that princeton is SLIGHTLY [read: NOT extremely] more focused on ECs than harvard), but you have a decent shot at all, just apply to all three and at least get a good match or two in there from like the top 20-25 (maybe a state school, or USC, they are really good with int'l students, good engineering and business school).</p>

<p>By the way, filipino isn't a URM. It is, but you have to mark asian, which kind of negates that you know?</p>

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<p>Lol, what bull***
top 2% in the world and you bomb your SAT IIs?
WIth 2% you should at least get an 800 in Math II.
DUde, I'm in my Junior year, and I have an 760 in Math II</p>

<p>Anyways, apart from your bad SAT II and SAT I scores, you have a fair shot. Just make sure you dont make your ECs look shallow suck-up activities</p>

<p>Best
Kowloon</p>

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<p>top 2 percent IQ in the world is not that amazinf. If you look at the stand curve of IQ's with the Sx being 15 a z score of 2 would put you in the top 2 percent of the world or an IQ of 130. So roughly a 135 is the top 2percent of IQ's and really thats not that amazing. 2 percent of 7 billion people is a ton</p>