I’ve already been accepted to a match school, so I’m only focusing on my dream schools right now.
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
U Chicago
Penn
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Amherst
Stanford
GA TECH
Georgetown
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 800 M, 790 Writing)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/700
AP: 16 classes by end of high school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National AP scholar
Investing competition National recognition
Math Competition State Champion
National Merit Scholar
Latin awards
Writing competitions(Never won first place though)
Extracurriculars
Class President
Beta Vice President(Huge service club at my school)
Founded tutoring program for the elementary school students
Editor in chief for literary magazine
Varsity swimming
Founder and President of Economic Education club
Worked on various politician’s campaigns. I would consider this to be what I spend the most of my time on in the recent years. I’m getting a recommendation from a good boss who recently won his race which should be personal.
Will serve as a state congressional aide this spring(Help in reviewing legislature and also serve as a learning experience)
Job/Work Experience: Some of my political work was paid
Intended Major: Politics/Economics
State (if domestic applicant): SC
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Tajikistan
Gender: Male
I should have good essays and my teachers and counselors say that they worked very hard on my recommendation.
Sorry for any mis-spellings and grammatical errors, I wrote this very quickly. Please tell me if you predict that I will be accepted, waitlisted, or rejected at each school. Thank you for you chance-ings!
Yale - 6%
Princeton - 6%
Harvard - 5%
UChicago - 9%
Penn - 9%
Columbia - 6%
Cornell - 14%
Dartmouth - 10%
Duke - 10%
Amherst - 14%
Stanford - 4%
GA Tech - 25%
Georgetown - 16%
I speak the truth.
I think you’ll get into at least 4 of te schools you’ve listed. Good luck.
I think you have a better shot than most. You’re stats are at the top of the spectrum and your ECs are solid. Hopefully you’ve written excellent essays and had great recommendations. Top schools routinely reject top applicants because there are simply too few spaces to admit every stellar student. That being said, I wish you the best of luck and hope you end up somewhere that you will thrive.
For the hell of it though:
GA TECH- Accepted
Every Single Other School- WL/Accepted/Rejected (Seriously, they’re all crap-shoots)
Side note: Did you report your race as Caucasian on Common App? It says that it includes Middle Eastern races so I’m curious. Does your identity as a Tajik have a major influence on your life? Do you speak Tajik at home? These could be very important for making yourself stand out.
@hhjjlala WHoah you got those acceptance rates pretty fast :))
@NotIvyYet I reported myself as other under Caucasian and then specified Tajik when asked to. Interestingly enough, I do not speak the Tajik language and am instead only fluent in Russian. This is because under the Soviet Union, Russian was the language emphasized to my parents and learning native tongues was discouraged in their schools. I still practice Tajik (in other words Muslim) cultural practices though.
You have great stats, and solid ECs. Unfortunately, there are many applicants like you.
I predict you’ll get into Amherst, GA Tech, Georgetown. The other schools are more of a toss-up. I would say the chances are greater than not that you’ll get into UChicago and Cornell.
FYI…the most you could be at this point in the game is a National Merit Semifinalist. Not that it matters a whole lot, but you want to report your awards accurately on your Common App.
@pineapple86 whoops you’re right. It’s right on my common app though. Thanks for your chancings!