<p>i envy that person, lol!
but srsly, how can someone pull all that crap off
i guess thats y hypms are so god damn prestigous</p>
<p>oh yea depends on what school...</p>
<p>harvards admissions are like impossible to predict but for something like mit, i think if you win certian things, you will be guareenteed...like if you make rsi, yuoull already have an amazing chance and stuff (not guareenteed but like almost)...since its located at mit...lol</p>
<p>oh another thing
would taking courses at the school help you
i know ppl at ivies and they told me that it definitely helped them
just wondering if it could add to the "perfect applicant"</p>
<p>On paper I am the perfect applicant (I don't mean to brag, but stat wise, it just happens to work out that way I guess), and I'm Hispanic. Gonna be val at top private school in Tampa. So you're saying that I have over a 50% chance at HYPS and others? I don't think that's very likely at all...</p>
<p>^^^: How many students matriculate to Ivies every year from your school. A top private high school has > 20% students matriculating to Ivies + S + M + C(Caltech).</p>
<p>If you are from such a private high school and you are going to be a Valedictorian and on top a URM. You have to find a school that rejects you instead accept you
Curious77: I don't mislead but trying to make sure that student channel their energies well. The top most important piece at top college admission is your high school transcript.
So I would like students to realize the importance of it and standardized tests.
There is no 100% gaurantee but it increases your chances drastically.</p>
<p>what is considered a top private school? cuz my school is rated #1 based on provincial exams and stuff. and since i'm international, not many go to the ivies... (manitoba, Canada)</p>
<p>^^^:All my analysis is for US citizens/Permanent Reesident studying at private high schools in US.</p>
<p>POIH is a complete troll, who insists that their child's private school is the only good school in the U.S.</p>
<p>let me ask again,
i know that some of my friends at ivies said taking courses at ivies during hs really helped their application and brought them one step closer to being the "perfect applicant" is this true or a myth</p>
<p>and also POIH, can you direct me to where ur getting ur stats from plz</p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>
<p>Im sure there has been the perfect applicant who has then went on to be rejected from all three.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25238281/%5B/url%5D">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25238281/</a></p>
<p>^This kid seems like the perfect applicant.</p>
<p>That's crazy...</p>
<p>For the perfect applicant, you would need to have a mix of credentials. Colleges do not expect an applicant that has ALL the characteristics they want. Sure, all those characteristics they list are nice.. but how do they show he'll be involved and impactful on the community? They don't want an applicant who has all the traits they list on the website. They want to see his strengths, and his personality traits, and see if he can fit in and contribute to the community. Colleges don't want a perfect applicant with all the traits on their website, they want a well-rounded class of different people, who have their own unique talents, beliefs, views, and passions. </p>
<p>The only exceptions to this is if the applicant is super wealthy, very highly nationally ranked in a USEFUL thing to the college, very very unique, or a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>Zbylut</p>
<p>hmm. thats a unique name, probably gave him an advantage. lol</p>
<p>
[quote]
Princeton list itself on its website the following information:
% of applicants accepted
2300 - 2400 26%
4.0 GPA - 16.8%
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Is the website saying:
A) 26% of Princeton's admitted (or accepted) class have SAT's between 2300-2400? (And presumably the other 74% have SAT's of < 2300)
or
B) Of all students who applied who had SAT's between 2300-2400, 26% of them were admitted? </p>
<p>Because those are two ENTIRELY different things.
It's like observing
A) 50% of Princeton's admitted class has blue eyes
and concluding
B) Of all students who apply who have blue eyes, 50% will be admitted.</p>
<p>I've seen you say versions of this several times, POIH, and I wondered if you could clarify which the 26% refers to.</p>
<p>100 GPA, hardest course load imaginable, over 10 APs, 2350+ SAT,36 ACT, Amazing EC's & Leadership, URM, top private school valedictorian, took courses at Harvard, RSI, Siemens, AIME (all that good stuff), charismatic, great personality/attitude...thats me, lol jk
but i think that could be a perfect applicant or near perfect applicant w/85% chance</p>
<p>zbylut didn't have any of that (idk, did he??) how the hell was the kid able to get into all those univs??</p>
<p>Pizzagirl : All schools list % of accepted in each category. So 26% means of all the applicants who had a SAT1 score > 2300 26% were accepted.
The Brown even lists that of all the applicants with 800 on CR 29% were accepted.</p>
<p>So there is some logic to admission process. Yes it can never be 100% but it can be very close.
Just by having the following your acceptance probability will exceed 75%
1. Valedictorian at a competitive Private or Public school (any Shcool that sends > 20% students to Ivies + S + M + C)
2. National AP scholar after Junior year
3. SAT1 2400 or at least > 2300 with (1600 M + CR)
4. SAT2 > 750 on (2 or 3)
5. NMSF
6. Just one passion EC from RSI, TASP, Research, Community Service etc
(You don't even have to win Siemens or Intel)</p>
<p>The explanation for this is as follows:
1,2 - The most important of your application, if you are National AP Scholar after junior year then your curriculumn will be exceptionally hard (only 600 or so in the whole world), and if with such a rigorous curriculumn at a competitive high school you endup being a Valedictorian then only schools will look for reasons to reject you.
3- is like the icing on the cake if you have 2400 or 1600/2300+
4,5 is given if you have 3
6 will just cement your single read application at most schools.</p>
<p>POIH, could you also answer my question abt taking courses at harvard</p>