<p>Hello, I am currently a senoir in high school looking to apply to the following schools: Northwestern, Harvard, University of Illinois, Loyola University, Notre Dame.
Here is some background info about me. I have a 6.04 GPA on a 5 point scale. 34 composite ACT. National Merit Scholar. 4 year Gold Medal Finalist on National Spanish Exam. My classes this year: AP Bio, AP Calculus BC, AP Psych, AP Spanish 4, AP English 4, AP Physics C, Religion 4(Religion is required all 4 years at my school) Straight A's freshman year, All A's and one B+
sophomore year, all A's last year. I have been in all honors and AP throughout my entire high school career. I scored a 5 on my AP Chem and English 3 exams last year and a 4 in AP Us history. I am a potential valedictorian candidate for my class of 475. </p>
<p>That's enough academics, time for extracurricular activities: 2 year member and senoir president of Spanish NHS, 2 yr. NHS member, 4 year state ranked math team member, 3 year academic team member, 3 year studen ambassador, 4 years of soccer (2 varsity), 3 years of tennis(1 varsity) I have over 40 volunteer hours at my local hospital. I am also a tutor at my high school. </p>
<p>Aside from that, I am highly considering going premed and becoming a doctor. Please let me know where I stand in terms o acceptance to IVIES in particular, I need a challenge! Thank you :)</p>
<p>Your application will be competitive at any Ivy League school you choose to apply to. However, many Ivies have admissions rates <10% and all <20%, which means that there are no guarantees. Basically, many with your stats will be accepted to these institutions, many will be rejected by one or more (even all) of them.</p>
<p>All you can do is apply – which with your stats, I would recommend.</p>
<p>Your stats are in the acceptable ballpark for the Ivies and Northwestern and close to a sure thing for the others. However, your community service is weak relative to the competition. An excellent essay and exceptional letters of recommendation might push you over the top. Your odds are of course better at Cornell than at HYP, but you should apply to a broad range of top schools since the ECs that appeal to one admissions committee may not appeal to the next.</p>
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<p>If you’re already a senior, it’s a bit late to start something fresh before the application deadline. Some students tutor their peers at school and forget to mention it; is that a possibility?</p>
<p>Typical high achieving candidate. Your stats are very promising, but uniqueness is kind of lacking. Any of these schools is game for you. Apply everywhere and you’ll have a good chance.</p>
<p>Well I don’t know how NHS works at other schools but NHS members at our school
Tutor, and I have 25 hours of tutoring and an additional 15 for Spanish NHS</p>
<p>Also I forgot to mention, I completed 10 years of polish school 3 of which I took during high school. Does that add to my uniqueness? And does bring trilingual increase my chances at all?</p>
<p>you’re pretty good academics-wise, but someone mentioned earlier that you dont stand out from other high-achievers. is there anything you can think of that would set you apart from other high academic performers? maybe you helped out an underprivileged family, or spent a few weeks at a soup kitchen, or are a really long-standing member of something like the boy scouts? that kind of stuff would give you an edge over other ‘smart people’</p>
<p>You have an outstanding record and are a competitive candidate at the Ivies. But there is no wow factor that will distinguish you from many other Ivy League applicants especially at HYP. Also, wanting to go into pre-med is likely a disadvantage as many of the best applicants chose this field. Finally, you did not apply early at any of the Ivies and most take between 40 - 50% of their class via early admissions. So my guess is that you have less than a 50/50 chance at any Ivy with HYP being reaches (less than 20%) and the rest being in the low reach category (30 to 50%). Northwestern is also a low match (50 - 66%) and ND is a match (excellent pre-med program there). The rest are safeties.</p>