chances for upenn, cornell, and UVA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just finished my junior year and am wondering what i can do to improve over the summer and next year. some comments and advice?</p>

<p>Asian
Weighted GPA: 4.02
Unweighted GPA: 3.91 (straight A's sophomore and junior years)
SAT: M720 V690 W740
SAT II's: haven't taken them yet
Course load: IB Diploma</p>

<p>EC's:
VP chess club (Gr. 10)
chess teacher
It's Academic team
math honor society, NHS
volunteering--> public library 1.5 years</p>

<p>This summer:
Volunteer workshop (1 wk)
Economics workship (1 wk)</p>

<p>Majors:
economics
finance</p>

<p>anyways, im thinking of Upenn (reach), cornell, and UVA. Virginia tech is safe. Anyother places i should apply.</p>

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<p>ah, you're ECs suck (you don't to have much of a passion in anything other than school)... A typical asian, nothing really that stands out or is a hook (straight As) So no, very far reach for cornell and UVA</p>

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<p>if you are instate I would say you have a very good shot at UVA, if you're not your chances are just okay.</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good chance at UVA if you are a Virginia resident, but I would improve your EC's by doing something non-academic. Try joining a summer program, maybe something involving sports/art etc. Do you have any other interests?</p>

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nah, hes the typical asian</p>

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<p>jesus, lets relax with the stereotypes ok big guy?</p>

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<p>sorry i dont think you have a chance. Your EC's are not great.</p>

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<p>Your EC's are indeed poor. ><" Hurry and find a passion, save some lives. Haha, but yes they need quite a lot of work. But if you add too much on in senior year college admissions will see it for the obvious ploy it is.</p>

<p>If you're instate for UVA then it's a match - good match. Big reaches for both Cornell and UPENN. Why? Cause everyone who applies there has base stats like yours and then some.</p>

<p>And yes can it with the stereotypes please. I'm Asian with an unbelievable laundry list of EC's that disgust even myself. =P</p>

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<p>His SAT scores are already near the 75th percentile in Cornell, so I highly doubt "everybody" applying has his base stats.</p>

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<p>like which colleges would care you are the president of the "chess club", they'd probably think of you as a geek!</p>

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<p>Indeed, because no ivy has geeks in its student body. ^_~</p>

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<p>If they do have geeks, they are extremely well rounded ones lol (northwestern isn't an ivy ;) )</p>

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<p>Okay, this is my personal view and from my experiences in an Asian magnet school. Those who get into an Ivy, such as Cornell, near the lower percentiles must have something else going for them. Why else would Cornell choose a candidate who seems less likely to succeed? The answer: legacies, connections, won the Nobel prize already, etc.</p>

<p>Just saying, since I have friends whose stats are higher than his, but rejected.</p>

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<p>Ahem
The youngest person ever to have won the Nobel Prize was 23, and way above applying to Cornell.</p>

<p>In any case, you're right, the ECs need a bit of polishing, and perhaps a SAT retake??? </p>

<p>Ok, how about this:</p>

<p>Pakistani.
10 straight As in O Levels at an average of 97% (the normal number of subjects is 8)
6 straight As in AS levels (the normal number of subjects is 4)</p>

<p>SAT: 2100
SAT II : Math: 800
Chem: 760
Physics 760</p>

<p>Headboy and President Literary society at BMI, the best school in Islamabad.
VP Sports Society in junior year
3rd Position at the National Level in International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition
Regular Debating and MUNs
Write and act in school-level short plays
Internship at an international NGO called Population Council based in NY (6 weeks)
Volunteer work at the Armed Forces Institute for Rehabiliation Medicine (2 weeks)</p>

<p>Does the Asian stereotype generally apply to all Asians or only to those actually livin in the US?</p>

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<p>hey asadliaqat, you should make your own thread for your chances. It will make things easier</p>

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<p>Um asadliaqat I'll just comment that you have a pretty good chance, but I do hope that you have the money also. Although some schools have blind admissions, they still have a limited amount of money for international students...but GOOD LUCK!</p>

<p>and yes places like Cornell have specialized programs where they look for the entire person and see if they have the personality (along with the grades obviously) and vision to strive in things such as Architecture, Hotel, ILR, ect...</p>

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<p>Lol yes okay the Nobel Prize was an exaggeration. It's the best I have off the top of my mind to tell people what sort of things they need to do in order to truly stand out at Ivy admissions.</p>

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<p>I don see how geeky about those asians in asia, my old friends never study,,,(most of them), they just play basketball and play computer games(nobody plays video game,, quite different)
but the ones in the USA are really crazy though, I think thats why they could come to there</p>

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<p>well, im volunteering at the hospital at the summer and will join the debate team in the fall. im not gonna sign up for everything under the sun in the fall of my senior year, but i will increase it.</p>

<p>but since im pretty good at drawing, im gonna try to do something artsy</p>

<p>from what i've heard, colleges care more about commitment to certain activities rather than just "well rounded" person. they want a well rounded student body. not sure how much it applies to the ivies tho</p>

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<p>liangshentm: It really depends on what schools you're looking at. I go to an American overseas high school, we're all pretty hardcore here. But I find the local students, with a few exceptions, are like what you described.</p>