<p>I was wondering what my chances are to get in to Princeton, Columbia, MIT, or something similar:</p>
<p>SAT IIs so far: Math IIC 800, Chem 780, will take US history in May</p>
<p>SAT I so far (will retake): math 800, reading 700, writing 760 (cum: 2260)</p>
<p>School:</p>
<p>All-honors except for spanish, incl honors in all Jewish Studies, and in Hebrew (my school has a dual-curriculum of 3-5 periods a day of Hebrew subjects and 4-6 English subjects)
We have no ranking system at our school, and no weighed GPAs (4.0 = A)
English subjects Freshman GPA of 3.75 (Hebrew subjects: 3.8)
English subjects Sophomore GPA of 4.05 plus A+ in Music and A- in Art (nothing below A- in any subject either semester, and 2nd semester only A's and A+'s) (Hebrew subjects: 3.8)
English subjects Junior GPA looking to be around 3.9 (with A+ in AP Statistics (there are no APs offered in our school junior year, but I learned Honors pre-calc at home over the first weekend of school and got an A in the final)) (Hebrew subjects: 3.85)</p>
<p>ECs:
Co-Captain of City Harvest club (we pack Kosher food for the homeless every Wednesday)
Founder and Captain of Midnight Run chapter in my school (we hand out food at "hotspots" in Manhattan every 2-4 Sat. nights
Founder of our school's "charity lottery"
Captain of our school's distinguished track team (I've won our league's 800m races at each meet over the last two years, and I have anchored multiple relays)
Witness and possible capt next year on our school's perenial NY championship winner Mock Trial teams
Offenseman on Varsity Hockey
Co-head of Early Prayer services at my school
Co-head of Teen Prayer services at my synagogue
Editor (and possible Editor-in-Chief next year) of our school's science maganzine
Future editor of our school's weekend Bible portion pamphlet
Contributing writer for school newspaper and for Hebrew newspaper
Chorus member
Never missed a day of school in my life (!) and never been late for any day of high school ever</p>
<p>Also:
About 200 community service hours through high school so far
My school's hours are from 8:00-4:45 every day (i wake up at 630am and get home at 720 (after co-curric) every day)
Will do some volunteer work for a few weeks in the summer
Volunteer lifeguard last summer for a week at an underfunded day camp
Player piano for 6 years already and guitar for 3
Volunteer to lead Bible reading at my synagogue every week in our Teen prayer services</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that my high school is very hard to get into, and the level of curriculum is very high (and colleges see it that way too). UPenn and Columbia love my school too.<br>
Also, idk if this matters at all, but i got into the Styvesant and Bronx Science high schools (they're prestigious specialized science schools and theyre free) but I decided to go to a religious yet rigorous school instead.
Hook: I'm full of ideas. I reformatted and restructured out school's science magazine, started two very successful volunteer groups at school (Midnight Run and Charity Lottery). In addition, I have never ever missed a day of school or been late to any day of high school, which proves my reliability and punctuality (I'm going to write a college essay about that)</p>
<p>Also, I would do more co-currics (even though I have tons already) if i didnt have a dual-curriculum at school (I get home at 720 each day rather than around 3 like most high schools do, and i have to wake up at 630 every morning, and i head a prayer service at 735)<br>
Also, to add to my co-currics, i'm on math team (maybe a captain next year), and i have been since 5th grade. I've won a AMC 1st place in grade award (7th grade - 75 kids in grade), AMC 3rd place in grade (8th grade), math olympiads 1st place in grade in 6th grade, 2nd place in 7th grade, have done very well in math comps in high school.
One more point : My school doesn't give awards.
I am also a certified brown belt in Karate, and a certified lifeguard.
I have legacy only in Brooklyn College (not considering it at all), NYU (my top safety), Columbia (one of my leading choices), but none for UPenn or Princeton (my top 2).
Also, teachers love me (cuz i smile a lot i'm just a happy kid), which could help on my reccomendations.
Lastly, I'm volunteering at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving (and i'm not doing it for college purposes it's rly a gr8 experience)</p>
<p>Are you joking???
With stats like those...even if you end up at Harvard I wont be amazed
You have great chances of getting into Princeton, Columbia, MIT...
keep it up
:)</p>
<p>only if your teachers say that in their recommendations. I don't think lifetime attendance, although a great achievement, should be listed as one of the awards in the very few spaces they give you.</p>
<p>Why spend an essay on writing about perfect attendance? I really can't think of many ways you can make that into 500 words, let alone 500 interesting words. You're better off talking about one of your other many ECs</p>
<p>Yep...you have just as good of a chance as every other applicant. Great stats and all, but I am sorry I have to say that there's no gurantee into the Ivys. </p>
<p>I don't mean to make you feel bad, but seriously everyone applying to the Ivys have great stats like yours.</p>
<p>I guess if you haven't wrote your essay yet, there's a place to push you in.</p>