Class of 2019 Chance: Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Princeton, Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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SAT I (breakdown): 2010
M: 650 CR: 630 W: 730

ACT (breakdown): 33
E:35 M:32 R:33 S:33

SAT II: going to take Math II, Chem, Bio E/M

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/529

AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (2) APUSH (3) Lang (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP US Gov’t, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP Lit, Pre-AP Physics, Leadership, PLTW BI

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Outstanding Participant, finalist/semi-finalist for SEVERAL scholarships (corporate, local, national), Oklahoma Academic Scholar

Subjective: idk what this means

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Leadership: class office, NHS, HOSA, Key Club, church, have served on several community teen boards, served in community philanthropic efforts for a variety of non profits

Job/Work Experience: part time at food place, 15hrs/week

Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours a year, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Prudential Spirit of the Community Nominee, Food Bank, Infant Crisis Service, Care Share…

Summer Activities: National Leadership Conference Delegate, research, Children’s Hospital Volunteer, First Aid Cert., Lab Skills Cert., mentoring program…

Special Experiences: writes articles for local newspaper, have hosted an awareness week campaign for the past two years at school, co-organized children’s health fair and stem community breakfast, registered parliamentarian

I did not list every single thing on here, I have a really long resume, known to be one of the most involved students in my community and maybe even the state, not to be cocky, but I’ve been told

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/9 very unique

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: three year math teacher, very close, very detailed letter about personal growth through leadership - 10
Teacher Rec #2: mentor/science teacher, close, decent letter about me as whole with academics, service, leadership - 7/8
Counselor Rec: good, knew her before she became counselor, but not as experienced with letter, okay - 6/7
Additional Rec: former club sponsor (8/9) health/research mentor (6/7)
Interview: none

Other: really just hoping that I am able to stand out because I may seem a bit regular on paper

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Pre-Medicine (actual major depends on school, looking to double major)
State (if domestic applicant): OK
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: basic public, 90% of students stay in state
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: –
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation immigrants

Reflection: compared to everyone else in my state, def a top applicant, but to the nation, not sure

Strengths: ECs, great student, awesome recs, good grades, demographics
Weaknesses: the only thing would be test scores, if any

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In Addition to:

Yale
Harvard
UPenn
Princeton
Cornell

I am Applying to:

WUSTL
Duke
Vanderbilt
Johns Hopkins
Stanford

PLEASE CHANCE

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Recently having been upgraded to junior member, I have decided to honor my status by trying to disseminate some of my accumulated wisdom across the interwebs.

Your subjectives stats (meaning “stats” that are open to debate, i.e. essays, recommendations etc) are very solid. If I were you I would only send the ACT as a 33 is way better than a 2010 SAT (but then again I wouldn’t even take advice from me to begin with). I’ve come to understand that ethnicity can play a big part in ones application, so your URM-status is definitely a plus.

With that out of the way, I believe you have a good chance at all of them.

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Honestly, you a little light for the first tier of schools listed and Stanford will be a long reach. Unless you have a compelling hook, then your essays and personal statement will need to be top rate. In all due respect, I would add a real safety school or two.

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Why should I not take advice from you? @aalewis

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@ang331‌ For one, because I’m not an admissions officer or Guidance Counselor. For two, because as an international I have zero first-hand experience with anyone actually applying and getting in anywhere. For three, everything I know is based on what I’ve read on CC and other similar websites (which may or may not give an accurate representation of everyone who gets admitted).

That being said, I’m pretty sure you should only send your ACT, as that score is at least in the ball park of the 25-75 % range of the most competitive you’re looking at. The 2010 SAT, however, is not; especially with a 1280/1600 CR+M

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ACT and GPA are in the ballpark, but ECs seem a bit weak in my opinion. With your hooks, though, I’d say you have a decent chance at all the top schools.