<p>Yeah you’re pretty much top 3 most amazing applicants I’ve seen.</p>
<p>HYPS: Safe match</p>
<p>You’ll get into 2-4 of them.</p>
<p>thanks for the comments, but flippy, what makes you say that? i am just wondering, because i don’t feel that hyps are safe matches for anyone :/.</p>
<p>i thought asian guy was the worst lol</p>
<p>I don’t understand why people who have such good numbers post for chances. Are you really expecting people to say you have no shot at HYPS with a 2400 SAT, nearly perfect grades, and great EC.</p>
<p>Is it an attempt to brag, or are you making it up? I think you already knew your answers before you posted this…</p>
<p>^ Who wouldn’t want to brag with such stats? The fact that she has achieved such stats grants her rights to post a thread on CC asking for praise for her strong and well-earned accomplishments.</p>
<p>Lol, at least this type of bragging is better than parents gloating about their kids’ “excellence in English class award.” </p>
<p>At the OP, I see a fair chance in those schools for you, probably 40% in each. Your academics are solid, and your ECs are strong, but they are not outstanding.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments, and two things–</p>
<p>First, in response to Jetsx13, I honestly am wondering about my chances for Yale despite the good test scores because as we all know, next year’s competition is fiiiierce and test scores alone are no longer any guarantee of getting into top schools. I posted this with no intention at all of “bragging” about my stats. As I stated in my original post, I am aware that my ec’s are, as kyzan states, “not outstanding,” thus my doubts about getting into my dream school EA.</p>
<p>Second - in general, would y’all recommend that I not put in the “Excellence in ___” school awards? I know they seem rather insignificant, but the subject awards are presented at the end-of-year awards ceremonies to a select few and are considered as prestigious as Book Awards. However, I understand that they may come off as just “filler” awards. Sooo, to put or not to put? Hmm.</p>
<p>buuummmpp!</p>
<p>Its up to you. We can’t judge if you should add something or take out something of your application. Those awards mean something to you, and if you want to incorporate all of them into an application, then do it. If you feel like its just too much to write about, then you might want to rank the awards according to their meaning to you.</p>
<p>machine. :)</p>
<p>thanks for all the comments so far everyone!</p>
<p>this will be my last bump before i let this thread slowly sink to the bottom of the chances pile :).</p>
<p>alwaysthisclose, I am truly shocked my son got into all the Ivies except HYP and STanford last year. Asian, 2350, same subject scores as yourself, 11 APs, 5s in 10, two languages to AP LIt, Latin and French, no community service, no school clubs, no work, no ECS except varsity tennis. He clearly said in 10 gr or so he didn’t intend to change his passions for college admittance, passions were academics, and tennis. Took the toughest courses and the largest no of tougest courses taken by anyone in 125 yr history of private prep school.</p>
<p>But, it seems to me he got lucky. From the posters hesitating to say you are a shoo in, I don’t know who gets in anymore.</p>
<p>My guess: you will get into 2 of the 3 HYP. One poster said about Columbia, oh it’s Columbia, so what is so special about Columbia? I am mystified about this process.</p>
<p>So basically, unlike the people on CC who claim to know about admissions, you can get into Ivy League schools without good ECs if you have excellent grades and a good/great score on the ACT/SAT if you wish to have a social life and not spend 24 hours a day at school at various clubs, etc.?</p>
<p>Wow, I don’t really believe you…so yeah…reject all. BTW, if you really do exist and you put over 3,000 hours of volunteer service, you’ll be rejected anyway. There’s more to life than school, achievement, and Ivy Leagues; maybe you’ll come to realize that eventually.</p>
<p>lol i think you misread me there, prospectiveMD.. i explicitly stated that i had NOT done something spectacular like volunteering for a gazillion hours and that on the other hand, i had focused on activities i truly enjoyed.</p>
<p>cheers</p>
<p>wow youve def got a great chance. great test scores + gpa… what is your rank?</p>
<p>You are not a match at HYP don’t fool yourself into thinking you are. Sadly, its so competitive these days (especially Yale SCEA b/c harvard and princeton dropped ED) that you can’t really tell anymore</p>
<p>This year we have 5+ people applying to Yale SCEA from my school. Here’s a rundown of a few of them … (This is coming from an nj public school, known for its excellence)</p>
<p>Person A
Valedictorian, second highest GPA ever in history of school
35ACT, 800s across the board for SAT IIs (3)
class president
student body president
forensics president
numerous other officerships</p>
<p>Person B
Top 5 in Class
2400 one sitting, 800s across the board for SAT IIs (basically …)
Drum Major for Marching Band
internships at NIH, several other prestigious places i don’t know about
numerous other officerships</p>
<p>Peron C
Top 10 in Class
Numerous officerships
Top 5 chair for all state violin</p>
<p>its crazy this year. moral of story: love your safeties</p>
<p>Personally I think your academics are amazing. FOUR APs sophomore year, and 5s on every single one? You don’t see many people around here like that. At my school, the fact that I took two APs and got a 4 and a 5 made me “remarkable.”</p>
<p>I see you getting in at a lot of places. Your amazing test scores and REALLY tough course schedule makes you an applicant that’s hard to ignore.</p>
<p>Well obviously the person isn’t “sure” in at HYPSM etc, but it is obvious that he is stronger than most of the fluff-filled candidates applying there. There is a very low chance of rejection. The 3 people u listed aren’t ‘that’ amazing.</p>
<p>Apparently Brown has updated their admissions statistics. They now have separate stats for 800 and 36 scorers. </p>
<p>800 CR- 70.8% rejected
800 M- 72.5% rejected
800 W- 70.9% rejected
36 ACT- 66.7% rejected</p>
<p>Valedictorian- 71% rejected
Salutatorian- 72% rejected
Top 10%- 81% rejected</p>
<p>You can safely assume the rejection rates are higher at Yale.</p>