Chances for IChO gold medalist ?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>so far not many comments so pls again chance him !!!
As a parent, I'm anxious about the chances.</p>

<p>My son got deferred from Stanford SCEA, and am wondering
one big reason might be that he applied for big FA
as an international applicant.</p>

<p>So what are my son's chances at other schools he's applying to ?</p>

<p>Caltech
Cornell
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
MIT
Princeton
Stanford</p>

<p>He wants to major in chemistry or Bio-Chem.</p>

<p>He is an Asian with Canadian citizenship and applying for big FA.
Attending one of the most competitive private schools in Canada.
They offer ony 3 APs and all others are honors classes and
he took all of rigorous courses.
They had 1 gold medal, 2 silvers of IChO,1 bronze of IPhO,
1 silver of IBO in 2006 and 1 gold of IChO and 1 bronze of IMO in 2007
and they send around 10% of applicants to top schools in USA and
the rest goes to top Canadian schools.</p>

<p>GPA - no GPA and he got all A and A+, probably around unweighted 3.9+/4.0
Class Rank: 3/104</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 760
SAT I Writing: 690
total:2250</p>

<p>SAT II Math 2: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SAT II Physics: 790</p>

<p>AP : all 5
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Physics C:Mechanics
this year will take AP Biology, AP Physics C:E & M and Ap Spanish </p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
He's been playing a violin for more than 10yrs, but not professional.
School Chamber strings:4yrs, 1st violin/soloist
Varsity outdoor track:1st & 2nd place in shotput
Fitness club:2yrs,club founder/president
Model United Nations Assembly:4yrs, head delegate
sceince club:4yrs, club executive
investment club:4yrs, club president
poker club;4yrs, club founder/executive
toronto math circle:4yrs, active participant</p>

<p>Volunteer :
Church orchestra:5yrs, 1st violin section leader/chamber master,
2 +hrs/wk
sunnybrook cancer clinic:15hrs/wk, 4wks/yr, grade 10
ontario science centre summer camp:supervised kids, 25hrs/wk,
4wks/yr, grade 9
toronto leader-in-training summr camp:supervised kids, 30hrs/wk,
3wks, grade 9
school tutor:2.5yrs, AP math, chemistry, grade 10, 11, 12 </p>

<p>Work experience :
private tutoring:math, 1yr
family sandwichshop part time helper:2.5yrs
wedding violinist:2yrs</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
gold medalist:2007 International Chemistry Olympiad
2nd in Canada:Canadian Chemistry Olympiad, 2007
1st place winner(US$2,000);aBetterEarth International Essay contest, 2007
-environmenal related essay
Gr 11 & 10 Toronto Winner(CD$250):Partners in Research Essay Contest,
2006 & 2007 - medical science related essay
AMC 10:143/150, AIME:5/12, 2006</p>

<p>College Summer programs:
Stanford EPGY:Bio-science, 2006
SciTech 2007 summer science research program:full scholorship,
Israel Haifa. 2007, research on cloning and biochemical characterization
of AcetylXylan Esterases from Geobacillus T-6
Clark University Summer Science program 2007:accepted into the free 3
weeks program(20 students worldwide), couldn't attend due to IChO</p>

<p>Continued Activity List :
Duke of Edinburgh, participant of the gold standard, 4yrs
CHM 138, 247 Auditor, Auditor of 1st and 2nd year organic chemistry courses
at the University of Toronto, grade 11 </p>

<p>Other Awards :
special high school prize for achieving gold medal at the IChO-Chemical
Institue of Canada, 2007
Lend-a-hand award, volunteering more than 300hrs, 2007
Special merit award, Canadian Chemistry, 2007
Top 5th percentile(gold standard), hypatia mathematics competition, 2007
97.5th percentile, OAPT physics contest, 2006
4th in Ontario, Michael Smith Science challenge Contest, 2006
1st place in shot-put, Asian Community Game, 2006
1st place, regional music festival(violin-grade 9), 2005
2nd place, Kiwanis festival(violin solo-grade 9), 2005
and bunch of small math & science awards(didn't mention on application)</p>

<p>Thx</p>

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<p>U of T school? Gordon?</p>

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<p>Dang hes qulified. I am no expert, but he should get into most of them. Can't belive stanford deferred him. What are they looking for?</p>

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<p>duke of e for 4 years? when a majority of the people complete it in 2 years? weird.</p>

<p>SAT scores aren't that good for Stanford. i don't see any particular dedicated ECs apart from music.</p>

<p>In at cornell w/money and john hopkins (no money for internationals). Possibly in at Princeton and MIT. Harvard No.</p>

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<p>If he has good essays/interviews, he should def. be in many of these schools. The SAT score will drag him down a bit, but since most schools aren't even considering the writing section right now, he should be fine. I'm especially impressed by the fact that he placed at IBO, IMO, and IChO. In the states, it is very difficult to qualify, let alone place.
I also think he has strong ECs. Good luck!</p>

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<p>yea its pretty ridiculous that he placed for all those olympiads</p>

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<p>i think we misunderstood you. his school is the one with all those olympiad qualifiers, not him right?</p>

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<p>He is an IChO gold medalist with excellent SAT scores (especially if you just look at M and CR, as some schools do - 1560/1600). SAT IIs and class rank are also outstanding. I don't understand why some people are saying his stats are not quite up to par. He seems very accomplished. While I have no idea what his chances at any particular school are, I'd hope he'd get into some on his list. However, they are all top-level schools, and the lack of any safety schools is troubling.</p>

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<p>I always thought a 2250 was good enough, so that standardized test scores can no longer hurt you. Harvard's average is around a 2250.</p>

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<p>An international's ability to pay is one of Stanford's admissions criteria.</p>

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<p>where did he end up getting in?</p>