<p>SAT: 2260 1570 MV
GPA: 4.0 (Probably going to a 3.98)
Class Rank: 2/452
Schedule: Rigorous, the Hardest Possible for me.
AP:
I'll have about 15ish done when I graduate probably with a average of about 4.7ish (predicting my junior ap scores).
So far 4 5's.</p>
<p>ECs</p>
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<p>Red Cross Volunteering- 300+ Made a Website for Youth Division
Online Internet Biz.- Nets about 15k per year (probably could go in depth on this for apps)
Commissioner's Academic Challenge SemiFinalist
AP Awards (the 8 AP one with 4+ avg one I'll have that)
JV and V Tennis (not amazing though or anything)
Member of Assorted Clubs- Officer in Spanish Honor Society
Started My Own Computer Club
Volunteered in Africa - (dist. food supplies etc)
Member of Robotics Team- 1st Place Regionals this yr and I think quarterfinals for Nationals
Internship w/ Dentist on Freetime (thinking about it)
Research at a Cancer Center over the Summer
-Self Studying Computer Science, and taking AP Art History online
- Most Likely a NMF
-Math Tutor</p>
<p>Chances @:
MIT, Stanford,Rice, Brown, JHU, Columbia, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, and GA Tech</p>
<p>(Asian Male No Financial Aid)
Please Respond!</p>
<p>Looks pretty good for everything on your list. As a male, however, these top schools will give the upper hand to a female with slightly lower credentials... you know that I'm sure. Keep up the good work and be sure to have a life.</p>
<p>You're good everywhere--presuming your essay doesn't suck--which seems pretty unlikely. Just make sure you talk about what you've learned from your ECs and try not to "brag" on them and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Must be nice to feel like you have a choice of where to go. You might want to consider the possibility of trying to visit some of the places you are most interested in during the summer. This will make the choice easier next year--and keep you motivated to do well your senior year.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Must be nice to feel like you have a choice of where to go. </p>
<p>^ Are you crazy, lol, I have a 20% chance at best at those colleges. At least that's what I hear.</p>
<p>Also will my SAT be fine? (Low Writing High Math+Verbal, I can write essays just not under time constrains that are 25min)</p>
<p>Also I plan to develop the Medical Interest side of my application more; I'm thinking that it will show more of an "angular/passion drive" student. This summer I'm going to Africa again, volunteering at Hospice (sp?), and shadowing a Neurologist and a ER Doctor. Do you guys think that if I develop this passion alot that it'll help me stand out? (I have the resources to do so- my dad is a doctor and thus I have easy access to all of this stuff).</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Oh yeah will my hard course load distinguish my from other kids applying to the same school but with less APs? (Around 15 when I grad)</p>
<p>All I have to say is that the EFC on your FAFSA will not earn you a lot of federal aid, which, in my opinion, is bad. But, for everything else, you have a good chance, it sounds impressive.</p>
<p>Let me get this right--you are taking a total of 15 honors courses, you have the top AP score in 4 of these already, your unweighted GPA is 4.0 or 3.98 at a difficult school with over 500 students, your math/verbal SAT scores average 785, and your SAT writing score is 690, you're a National Merit Scholar, you've started your own company, worked overseas in Africa, placed at the regions in a robotics competition, and you're a minority student--but you think you only have a 20% chance at these schools?</p>
<p>Other than the fact that you should take about 3 more honor courses, and that your writing score could be a little higher, what exactly do you think these schools are looking for? I mean I guess you haven't won the Westinghouse Science Competition, invented a cure for cancer, or won a gold medal lately, but maybe in time you will achieve similar things. Don't be too hard on yourself, or you'll burn out--it does happen.</p>
<p>Let me give you a quick story on this. I had a friend, Doug, who got four 800 scores back when there were only two parts to the SAT--he went SAT Math 800, SAT Verbal 800, SAT II Physics 800, SAT II Chemistry 800, SAT II US History 770, SAT II Biology 780. He went to Cal Tech. Last time I saw him, though, he was in the mental ward of a psychiatric hospital after his nervous breakdown. He enjoyed playing with rubik's cube all day long.</p>
<p>The moral of the story is: Don't push too hard. Just keep at it with your current achievement and add other ones little by little.</p>
<p>Good luck (again)</p>
<p>Thanks I'll need it- but I dont need FinAid and I'm not a URM. (to the 2 above posters).</p>
<p>So do you guys think I have a good chance at stanford and mit in particular? </p>
<p>And when I say I volunteered in Africa- I mean I distribuited food and walked around in some villages etc. Not like a real real organized job- more like a "Do you guys need help?" thing.</p>
<p>^ You talk about it so carelessly. Were you even dedicated to the project?</p>
<p>You are a very impressive applicant. I'm sure you will end up somewhere great.</p>
<p>MIT, Stanford, Columbia- slight reach
Brown, Cal Tech- good match
Rice, JHU, Harvey Mudd- safe match
GA Tech- safety</p>
<p>Also, you can probably get merit-based aid at the safe matches and safety.</p>
<p>I'm not familiar with the term URM--maybe someone can enlighten me.</p>
<p>URM = Under represented minority</p>
<p>And, just wondering, someone mentioned that boys have a harder time getting into college than girls. According to an editorial in the New York Times about a month ago, female college applicants face a much greater challenge in the admissions process, and boys with lower stats have an easier time getting into top schools.</p>
<p>Silver12065,</p>
<p>Thanks for both pieces of info.</p>
<p>HMC's SATs have been rocketing up these last 2 years. With the new SAT, it wouldn't be too much to expect the incoming SAT average between 2250-2260. With that, you are pretty much there. </p>
<p>For HMC, they want a very strong math/science background (expecting 780-800's on SAT math and SATII) and a proven competency in writing (680-720's on verbal, SATII). Most importantly - PASSION. That is the only way I got in. My SAT scores were far below par. (I sometimes wonder if I was one of the 4000 that had a misgraded test.)</p>
<p>Basically, they want you to be perfect and do everything. <em>wink</em></p>
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MIT, Stanford, Columbia- slight reach
Brown, Cal Tech- good match
Rice, JHU, Harvey Mudd- safe match
GA Tech- safety
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<p>I have to disagree with the above assessment. CalTech--your stats match but that school rejects a whole lot of qualified applicants like you. You DO have some demonstrated math/science interest, though. Stanford also rejects tons of applicants just as qualified as you (though they accept a lot, too). But frankly, Unless you're hooked + awesome quals (you've got the awesome quals part), then Stanford is not a 'slight' reach, it's more of a reach. (I say this because the acceptance rates for Stanford and Caltech are below 15%, tons of amazing people are turned away because there just isn't room). GA Tech, I agree, safety. Rice is more of a match/slight reach, you are more than qualified for it but they are also very selective. From the schools I know about:</p>
<p>Stanford/Caltech-Reach
Rice-slight reach/match
GA Tech-Safety</p>
<p>I'm not an expert, though, and you're an amazing candidate. I don't think you're being too hard by saying you have, at best, a 20% chance at some schools on your list, but most of them you have an excellent shot at.</p>
<p>Yeah for passion I'm going to try my best to develop a science passion (spec. Medicine). I'm gonna go to Africa again this year- but the volunteering details aren't straightened out yet. (I'm trying to see if there is a RedCross Chapter close to there that I can volunteer at, also my parents know people from the area that work in hospitals in Africa. All I can say is Volunteering In a Hospital in Africa= Seems like a Godly Hook).</p>
<p>Thanks for all the positive replies though- really excited for apps, but I do have a question to ask. Both of my Parents were born in Africa (Mother in Kenya, Father in ethiopia)- I was just wondering could I circle African American even though my Parents are Indian by blood they are born n' raised in Africa.</p>
<p>Sorry if my post is fragmented- also I'm going to shadow a Cardiologist/Interviewer for Columbia this summer. Excited! =p</p>
<p>I believe that college apps ask for your ethnicity, not your parents' nationality. So sorry, you're stuck being Indian. :P</p>
<p>Damn..... 10char. Oh and by the way to the above poster who commented on the Africa volunteering, I talked about it somewhat carelessly because it wasn't exactly that organized. I went there and asked if they needed help and spent some time there, but this year I plan to actually schedule it and all etc etc. Hopefully I'll be able to volunteer @ a hospital in Africa for around a week (too short?).</p>
<p>yeah... I'd say you have a great shot everywhere
of course most of the places you are appling are crazy and I am certain use darts as an official method of chosing applicants. I'd say a lot will depend on your essays. </p>
<p>@Silver: that editorial is misleading, the real problem is the division between LACs and research Universities (between math/science/engineering and english/soc.studies) as far as the guy:girl ratios go. So places with strong math programs have a lot more guy applicants. MIT has a 2:3 ratio, and so wants to admit girls to balance this. (this is bad for the OP, good for me though)</p>
<p>oh, also, if your parents are from Africa, I would say that you are 1st generation African. Though the app may specify race instead of nationality. check asian and write in.... i guess... I dont know...</p>