Chances for Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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What are my chances for any of the Ivies? I’m also applying to Univeristy of Michigan.

Test Scores: SAT 1540, ACT 35
Subject tests: Chem 800, Physics 800, Math 2 800

GPA: Weighted 103.45 Unweighted 98.36
My school only reports GPA on a 100 point scale and does not give class rank.

ECs: Varsity cross country, winter, and spring track (9,10,11,12)
Boys Scholar Athlete Leadership Club (9,10,11,12)
President of Math Team (11,12)
Presdient of Math Honor Society (11,12)
Treasurer of Science Honor Society (11,12)
Science Olympiads (11,12)
Math Tutor (9,10,11,12)
National, History, and Spanish Honor Society (11,12)
Brainstormers Club (11,12)

If accepted to Umich, how much financial aid can I expect? I’m out of state btw.

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pretty good chance for an ivy. make sure to write good essays though!

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Agree, you have rather good chances at the ivies.

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I have to disagree and say HYPSMC are extremely high reaches for you. The main problem is with your EC’s. There are so many kids who are presidents of clubs and have good test scores like you. You don’t have internships or competition awards to distinguish yourself like they have.

UC Berkeley would be a great match for you though

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University of Michigan should be a good match too

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@ACEPLUS
“I have to disagree and say HYPSMC are extremely high reaches for you. The main problem is with your EC’s.“

Not really, Caltech loves candidates with very high stats and meaningful ECs specifically in their area of academic interest (i.e. science olympiads etc). Same goes for MIT. These schools care more about technical expertise than generic leadership positions. I agree that HYPS care a bit more about leadership positions than MC. Even in this case though OP has president positions in a few societies/clubs so they should be ok. HYPSM/Caltech are obviously reaches for anyone but I wouldn’t out them as extremely high reaches (i.e. out of reach) for the OP.

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@Penn95 Thanks for your response. the main problem is that OP has won no competition or major awards, and thus being president of several clubs barely means anything to HPYSMC. Of the people I know in Caltech, they all have ranked national in STEM competitions, same goes for MIT. HPYS are slightly different as they emphasize more on EC’s and leadership, in which OP demonstrates little as well. Being the president of a Math Club isnt enough. Out of the dozens of thousands of schools in the US math club presidents are everywhere.

Advice for OP:
Try entering some large math competitions and place in those, like the AMC. Honor societies are jokes these days. Internships will be a huge addition to your application as well. Hope you get in!

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Run the NPC. Michigan only meets full need for OOS students with family income <~$90k. Even then, you have to be able to afford the EFC.

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@ACEPLUS Thanks for your advice. I am planning on doing an internship involving math this summer and I’ve been studying for the AMC as well. Hopefully I can qualify for the higher rounds.

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Ivy League schools are all reaches.

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@sinusoidcalc Have you qualified for AIME before? I tried hard in my sophomore year but didnt make it :frowning:

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@ACEPLUS I was one question away last year but I didn’t study much so I think I can make it this year.