Chances if I ED to Columbia, Brown, Harvard, Yale, NYU, BC, Upenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Relevance of coursework: AP World History, AP Statistics, AP Language and Composition, AP US History, AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP English 12, AP Physics C, AP Economics, Chamber Orchestra
Science Research
-Intr-Sci-Research (The antimicrobial influence of bambusa (sp.) extracts on several bacterial species (Long Island Science and Engineering Fair))
-Sci-Reasearch-11/12 (Microbial attraction and avoidance of dictyostelium discoideum (Long Island Science Congress))
-S.A.R.A.S. (Science and Research Awareness Series) at Stonybrook
-High School Research Program at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Standardized Test Scores
SAT: 2210 (690CR/740M/780W), ACT: 31, SAT II: Chemistry-710, Biology-780, Mathematics II-800
GPA: 96.5 unweighted, Rank 25ish/580</p>

<p>Skills/Abilities: Honor Societies and Clubs:
National Junior Honor Society (8)
Foreign Language Honor Society (10)
History Honor Society (10,11)
National Honor Society (10,11)
Science National Honor Society (11) Officer Position: Vice President
Class Government (9,10)
Science Club (10) Officer Position: Secretary
Debate Team (10,11)
History Club (10,11)
Math Team (10,11)
History Bowl/Quiz Bowl Team (11)
Environthon (11) Officer Position: Treasurer
Tri-M Music Honor Society (11)</p>

<p>Athletics:
Long Island Jays Travel Baseball (9)
LI Blaze Volleyball (9)
LIVBC Trainers Team (10)
Volleyball Spring League at Lindenhurst (9,10,11)
Sachem East Boys JV Volleyball (7,8,9,10)
Sachem East Boys V Volleyball (11)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Sachem Library Blood Drive Helper, Good Shepard Church-Family Fiesta Day Station Helper, E Joy CRC-Food Pantry, Nokomis Fall Festival Volunteer, Sachem Library Card/Letter Writing to Veterans, Sachem Library Coat Drive Volunteer, Sachem Library “Game Day” Volunteer</p>

<p>Awards: Renaissance Elite Award for attaining a 95 average or above for 11 consecutive quarters (8)
Sequoya Middle School Student of the Year (8)
Sequoya’s Rennaissance Scholar Artist Award (8)
AP World History Principal’s Award (9)
Honors Earth Science Principal’s Award (9)
Academic Excellence Award for Honors Earth Science (9)
Chemistry Principal’s Award (10)
Science Research Principal’s Award (10)
Spanish 3 Honors Principal’s Award (10)
Long Island Science Congress, Honorable Mention (11)
2013 NYSSMA Perfect Score on Level All-State Violin Audition (11)</p>

<p>I'm still getting mixed feedback regarding a 4th SAT. Should I take it again if i want to get in to the schools mentioned?</p>

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<p>4th SAT is perhaps not necessary, and may look bad.</p>

<p>Academics:
Course load is good
Research load is good
SAT can improve, but not necessary
GPA is good. Class rank is good, not excellent though</p>

<p>Societies and clubs are good
Athletics is good
Volunteer is good
Awards is very good, but generic</p>

<p>I suggest you do something unique. Right now everything that you did seems pretty generic, sorry.</p>

<p>Columbia: Reach
Brown: Reach
Harvard: Reach
Yale: Reach
UPenn: Reach
NYU: Low Reach~Match
BC: Low Reach~Match</p>

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<p>Define unique? any other opinions regarding chances if I ED to those places?</p>

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<p>You can only ED to one school… Keep that in mind.</p>

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<p>Well you have a lot of prizes, a lot of ECs, a lot of … stuff. But they are all things that other people have achieved, have done, and in great numbers (for Ivy League). Not saying that it is bad, but if you make the admission people feel that you are generic, they may not accept you that easily. You should try to make yourself stand out of the crowd through your essay.</p>

<p>Personally, I have tons of ECs, but I would rather cut 60% of them off and showcase the truly unique ECs that represent who I am. If you decide to show the admissions too much ECs, it’s not going to prove much to them, since everyone has those. Select the best to show…right now, for me, you seem to be all over the place and lack focus. I’m sure that’s not the case but you should still try to make your application gain coherence by allowing them to reflect who you are. For example, if you like history, focus on the history ECs and delete unnecessary ones.</p>

<p>Check out the ED admission rates for those schools. And times that by around 1.5. That should probably be around your chances at the moment. Not very sure though.</p>