<p>I'm applying to some ivies and top schools and I'm wondering if I'm even qualified or have a small chance. Stats:</p>
<p>SAT I: 2330 (800M, 760CR, 770W)
SAT II: MathII:800 Physics:800
Unweighted GPA: 3.96, weighted 4.9
Rank: 15/500
AP: CalcBC (5) Lang (5) Enviro (5) APUSH (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych
Major Awards: National Merit Semi-Finalist (at least), AP Scholar, DECA state finalist, nationals qualifier</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: track and field, cross country (captain), varsity soccer (captain), chess club (president), DECA
Volunteer/Community service: Enviro club, key club, beta club, NHS, local chinese school TA
Summer Activities: duke tip, gov school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male</p>
<p>All my essays and recommendations are fairly good. Tell me what you think!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Like the majority of people applying for those schools, you have a chance. However, you need to really shine above the rest of the applicants who have stellar academic stats. This must be done through a combination of superb ECs, essays, and recs. Your ECs are very standard, so the other two need to be very strong for you to have a good chance.</p>
<p>Columbia: Reach
Pton: Reach</p>
<p>You need to have safeties.</p>
<p>Bubbles - Yeah, I realize that I’m pretty much an average applicant. Thanks for the evaluation, I will definitely work on refining my essays And I’ve already applied to my safeties, which include UNC [in state], NCSU (accepted), and GTech (accepted). Waited for RD to apply to my reaches because I took my subject tests quite late.</p>
<p>No shot at all!!!</p>
<p>JK… it is hard for anyone… and you are fine with scores, activities, etc. Just work on your essays because, in my opinion, they TRULY got me in!</p>