I’m a female student from Peru that wishes to go to an Ivy League School to major in Computer Science. My GPA is a 4.0 uw and a 4.5/4,5 w. My SAT score is a 1570, with an 800 in Math. I didn’t take any AP classes because my homeschool curriculum doesn’t offer them, but regardless of that I still took honors classes. For the TOEFL exam, I got a 110/120. In my extracurriculars:
-Leader at an organization that helps kids living in shanty towns. I’m in charge of teaching math to students of every age and grade, and organize special activities.
-Leader at my church’s youth group. In charge of leading a certain activity each saturday.
-Leader at my church’s multimedia team.
-Leader at a new project where me and a group of friends give gifts to teen moms that just gave birth. I’m in charge of getting the donations and prepare the gifts.
-Swimming. Part of a Swimming Team here in Peru.
-Taekwondo. Won a National Championship and a Metropolitan Championship (both of them 1st place).
-I program apps in my free time, it’s something that stresses me out but the thing I enjoy the most hahaha
I would really like to know what would be my chances on getting into Cornell, which is the only Ivy I’ll apply. Should I apply for more Ivies? Which one would you recommend according to what you read? I’m also planning to apply to Vanderbilt University but I would do ED with Cornell. So in other words, would I be able to get into Cornell or Vanderbilt??
You certainly have the grades and stats but Cornell is super competitive. Definitely have a list of match schools in case ED doesn’t work out at Cornell. Good luck!