Chances for Ivys?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all!</p>

<p>I'm wondering if you guys can help me out:
I'm really looking towards Harvard and Yale and if you guys can tell me your opinions/ research/ personal experience on what they are looking for- particularly in ECs.</p>

<p>I know there are a lot of things said about having the SPECIAL EC that makes you stand out- I'm a bit worried I'm "all over the place", not really SPECIALIZING in one area.</p>

<p>So this is about me-
I've got my Bronze and Silver (HK awards for young people) you have to go on camps, volunteering, sports etc etc
I'm the president for a registered charity organization, something I am really really passionate about, held fundraisers to build a farm in Kenya, Uganda and recently a water purification in Thailand. I've also held a fashion show (quite hectic!) and done some newspaper and radio interviews (not HUGE though)
Err... I won a school (haha) English prize, won the Hong Kong volunteering award both gold and silver. I won the America Chambers of Commerce Prize recently too. I am a singer, so I'm in school choir. I play piano up to Grade 8 and cello and guitar for fun.
I'm a school prefect, trekked the Himalayas (not ALL of them tho just to the base camp haha)
I've done work experience at a law firm, but only for 2 weeks ('cus I had to start school early)</p>

<p>That's all I can think of- what else do you think I can do or do more in to make me "stand out?</p>

<p>I have good grades and I'm sure I'll get a great recommendation.
Currently, studying my SATs, which should be around 2100+</p>

<p>Please let me know and help me out!
Thanks for reading my rant!</p>

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<p>Would be hard to say without senior school grades such as AP/IB etc. and your SAT I and II scores though 2100 is still well below the average for these schools (people who get in with 2100s have some major hooks and they are still rare at that).</p>

<p>I, too, am from Hong Kong so I know that ECs are harder to come by so I would say your ECs are pretty good. Look at my profile and see my chances thread(s) (I made many :D) and you can see my ECs… apparently they are really good.</p>

<p>Just out of curiosity, how did you win the Americas Chambers of Commerce prize?</p>

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<p>hahahaha I can’t find your threads! I’m still a newbie I guess.</p>

<p>True true, but I have no idea what I would get for my SATs yet as I haven’t taken it- but so far, so good. Are you in your junior year in high school? That’s cool I’ve found someone in HK too!</p>

<p>You get nominated by your school then selected I guess.</p>