Chances for Ivies, Stanford, Rice, Duke, Williams, UMass

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This is for a friend, Asian male:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.96 unweighted, 4.93 weighted
Rank: 1/227
Public High School
SAT I: 2290 (800M, 750CR, 740W): retaking October
SAT II: Math Level 2: 800; taking Chemistry, Physics, US History
PSAT: 225</p>

<p>Honors
National Merit Semifinalist (projected)
AP Scholar (AP Calc: 5, AP US History: 5, AP Micro: 5; took 5 APs this year, taking 2 APs next year: aiming for AP National Scholar): apparently he had to self-study a bunch because his school has limited selection.
National Honor Society: 11
Youth Leadership Award: 10 - given to two sophomores exhibiting high leadership potential
Best Freshman in County Math League - highest freshman scorer
County Math Awards every year since - highest scorer in the school, high scorer in the league
Dartmouth Book Award (we both got the same thing!): 11 - for character/leadership/academic excellence
Rensselaer Medal: 11 - 4-year scholarship to RPI for outstanding performance and potential in the sciences
Local Music Award: 11 - given to about two people in every school in the area for musical accomplishments
All-State Violinist: 10, 11 - 1st violin section
1st Place (two years running) New England Robotics Team Competition, competed in World Championship10,11</p>

<p>Other Activities
Assistant Concertmaster, regional orchestra (projected concertmaster next year)
Member, Regional Astronomy Club 9,10,11 - stargazing and the like
Math Team, Captain 9,10,11
Science Team, Captain 9,10,11
Robotics Team, Founder and Captain 9,10,11 - they build robots and compete at every level, from local to international
Academic Quiz Bowl, Captain 11 - Jeopardy-style, but questions are more difficult apparently
Track & Field 9 - not very athletic lol</p>

<p>Summer Activities
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) 9,10 - took Game Theory, math, and astronomy classes
NJGSS (NJ Governor's School in the Sciences) 11 - this summer</p>

<p>Recs: outstanding</p>

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<p>I would say he has good stats for the schools but it is hard to judge the rest without knowing his specific leadership roles for those ECs if he has any. Also, the university book awards do not mean much from what I know as, in our school, they are given to the most random of students.</p>

<p>The person who got the Harvard Book Award last year did not even get into University of Michigan.</p>

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<p>He will get rejected from upper-tier Ivies and Stanford. There’s nothing special about him; just another relatively-high scoring Asian American male who plays piano and does math. </p>

<p>On the other hand, I can see Cornell happening, and probably Duke/Rice/the rest of the colleges on the list.</p>