Chances for ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I usually don't do this, but...</p>

<p>Race: Asian-Canadian (well, citizen of canada, born in China, permanent resident and greencard holder of the US)
School: Ranked 32 in state, public suburban
Rank: no rank, but I think definitely top 10/250</p>

<p>OLD SAT: 1530 (730 V, 800M)
New SAT: 223 (690V, 780W, 760M)
SATII MATH 2c: 800
SATII writing: 740
SATII chem: 770
**I'm retaking my new SATs in october, and I'm pretty sure I can get an 800M and at least 700V</p>

<p>PSAT: 240 (Does this mean I'm a semi-finalist for sure?)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.35/4.5 (unweighted)
Which means I have mostly A+s, and a few A's</p>

<p>AP:
Junior: Calc BC (5,5), English Lang (5), ap chem (5)
Senior: English lit, Statistics, French, Spanish, Bio</p>

<p>107.5 on AMC-12</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Freshman: Fencing, Academic team, science league, math league, spanish club, techXplore
Sophomore: Fencing, academic team, science league, math league, spanish club, literary magazine, computer club, techXplore
Junior: Swimming (yeah, change of sports), math league, spanish club, french club, lit mag, computer club, JETS, FBLA, JSA, techXplore
Senior: Everything from junior year plus science league and academic team minus swimming. </p>

<p>Leadership positions:
For sure I know I'm parlimentarian in FBLA, but school hasn't started yet, but I'm planning on running for at least a position in spanish club</p>

<p>Awards:
Governor's School in the Sciences 05
Columbia Science Honors Program
Collegeboard Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition regional finalist ($2000 scholarship; the only regional finalist in NJ)
Bausch and Lomb honorary science award
National Honor Society Inductee
French national honor society inductee
Spanish NHS
Mu Alpha Theta inductee
Nominated to Who’s Who Among American High School Students (2003-2004; 2004-2005)
Member of project homepage (techXplore); team won an award for “best application of the scientific process" (1200$ scholarship)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Children’s Specialized Hospital volunteer (started March 2004)
American Cancer Society volunteer (2004)
Sunrise Brighton Gardens (assisted living facilities; started June 2005)</p>

<p>Lab experience: I spent 4 weeks at McGill University's labs doing stuff like cell culture, protein assays, western blots, etc.</p>

<p>Employment: Worked as English teacher in Beijing, China for 3 weeks during the summer of 2004
I'm looking for a job right now in addition to this :)</p>

<p>Other: I lived in Canada until I was 11, attending a french school, so my english is a little weak (as evidenced by SAT scores). However, I speak French pretty fluently (I'm losing it though, because I don't use it that much here). I took Spanish as my foreign language throughout high school. I speak mandarin fluently at home with my parents.</p>

<p>So I'm looking to apply EA to Harvard, Upenn, Stanford, or ED to princeton.
And then if that falls through, then I have a list of about 9 schools, all of which are ranked in the top 20. Is this too much of a reach? Do I need more safeties?</p>

<p>Thanks :) I appreciate your help</p>

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<p>Yes. You need safeties - but not any safeties. You need safeties THAT YOU LOVE.</p>

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<p>very nice stats, especially that 2400 on the PSATs. im not sure if guaranteed to be a semifinalist though. of course there is no one that scored higher than you. i think u have a chance at all harvard, upenn, and princeton. u shoiuld get into upenn, but harvard nd princeton may be a challenge.</p>

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<p>A 4.35 UNWEIGHTED GPA? Thought the highest uw was a 4.0...</p>

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<p>At our school, if you get an A (90-94) in a class, that's a 4
If you get an A+ (95-100) in a class, that's a 4.5</p>

<p>We do it strangely :P</p>

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<p>You definitely need safeties THAT YOU LOVE. (I have no idea of how you go about picking schools - but I can't imagine the same student being happy at ALL of the Ivies - they are so different from each other).</p>

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<p>Anything above a 4.0 is weighted dah-ling</p>

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<p>No, our school specifically does not weight grades.
Just because it's out of a different maximum, doesn't mean it's weighted.</p>

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<p>they will recalculate your GPA, and, since you don't have the 4.5 maximum of your school, odds are your GPA is around 3.8-3.9</p>

<p>My school records 96-100 as 4's which is how colleges do it I think.</p>

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<p>a 240 would be a definite semi-finalist, I think NJ's index is around 230 now... and you're beyond that.
And you definitely have a shot, but possibly more leadership positions?</p>

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<p>Techincal definition of an A: 93-100</p>

<p>Its just another one of those things handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai. Ask anyone.</p>

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<p>who's who is a scam</p>

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<p>you rock. you should get into at least one of those schools.</p>

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<p>NICE. PSAT 240. You're great. I think you have a great shot at the Ivies. Make your essays great.</p>

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<p>Check out Colgate or Holy Cross as safeties.</p>

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<p>Harvard- Rejected
Upenn- Accepted but <40% chance
Stanford- 10% accepted
ED to princeton- Rejected</p>

<p>I think your better off applying to other schools like Cornell or NYU which I could accurately say you would get into, but all of these schools are HIGHLY HIGHLY selective.</p>

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<p>i think at least one school will accept you
among Harvard, Upenn, Stanford and princeton.</p>

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<p>dude...last time i checked, Cornell and NYU were on different footings w. selectivity? NYU is a guarantee, I have seen kids with 1550+ get waitlisted at cornell all the time.</p>

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<p>Leadership man. It is very very important.</p>

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<p>ni hao. wo ben lai yao shwo ni de chance of getting in to all of the above listed is high, till i read the above comment and i have to agree. where are your leadership positions?</p>

<p>your stats are of course ++. 240 guarantees semi-finalist (score-based). finalists are selected based on background/leadership.</p>