Chances for HYSP?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I'm currently a junior and am new to this forum. Can someone tell me my chances of getting into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Princeton, Northwestern, Cal, and UChicago (or at least which schools I should apply to)?</p>

<p>School Profile:
California private school, very intense academics. Approximately 15 each year out of the class of 150 get admitted to Stanford and approx. 8 to Princeton. No one gets a 4.0 unweighted GPA. </p>

<p>unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.05
Ranking: no definite number, but am definitely in the top 5% out of a class of 150.
SAT: 2280 (800 writing, 730 CR, 750 M), plan to take it again to increase math.
have not taken SAT II's as yet.</p>

<p>Classes:
Honors Math until senior year, when I will take AP Calculus BC;
AP Chem
AP Physics B and C
AP Computer Science (the class is AB, even though we only take the A test)
AP American Literature
AP Spanish Language
AP Econ (next year)</p>

<p>E.C.'s:
- elected Editor-in-Chief of our award-winning high school newspaper
- elected Vice President of the School for next year(Secretary-Treasurer this year, Freshman class president)
- was the only student driving force to introduce a one-to-one iPad program (in which each student has an iPad for class instead of textbooks, subsidized by the school)
- created a math-and-science center, which consisted of student tutors who would help peers with their math and science classes
- the CEO and founder of a web design company, clients of which include an online retailer featured in PCWorld, a public company, and a Stanford environmental group
- very involved in chess, school's chess team ranked third in county (president of Chess Club)
- very involved in MUN, have traveled to numerous university conferences
- involved in a local community service group which cleans up local habitats.</p>

<p>Please give me advice and chance me! I will do the same to you, I promise!</p>

<p>THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!</p>

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<p>none…</p>

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<p>If you can get your scores up, you’ll have the basic stats for those schools, but nothing seems extraordinary. I think you’ll get into maybe two of them…but which two they are depend on what the schools are looking for.</p>

<p>Also, don’t forget your sat iis!</p>

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<p>thanks for the input. Does the fact that I’ve done three internships (one upcoming at a biotech company, others at a VC firm and a start-up) help, or am I still an underachiever? I forgot to add that I have both legacy at Penn and my sister currently attends there. </p>

<p>Also, what are some schools that I should be looking at as targets with my stats (considering the fact that I want to do engineering)?</p>

<p>Thanks! Any posts that you need me to chance you?</p>

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<p>Internships are definitely a plus! And the fact that you’re a legacy will probably bump UPenn to a low reach.</p>

<p>Check out RPI? It’s well-respected in my school. I don’t know much about engineering schools, unfortunately.</p>

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<p>Everyone -</p>

<p>HYPed schools are a reach for almost everybody.</p>

<p>For example, Brown routinely says “no” to ~80% of valedictorians, ~80% of those with an 800 SAT for Critical Reading, ~75% of those with an 800 SAT Math, and 70% of those with a perfect ACT score.</p>

<p>By all means apply, but . . . recognize that comparing your stats to accepted students is only part of the story: the same stats also match well with those that are not accepted.</p>

<p>That’s why it’s important to . . . Love Thy Safeties :-)</p>

<p>Good luck!!!</p>

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<p>The guys above seem to think you’re lacking what it takes, and I’d disagree. You’ve got impressive leadership activities and drive, and your grades and scores are definitely high enough. You have a good shot at your schools, but as Kei-o-lei said, you do need some safeties. (Perhaps the University of Michigan and University of Virginia? If you’d like help picking schools, PM me if you’d like.)</p>

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<p>You should definately look at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech. None of those are safeties but I think you would have a great shot to get in.</p>