<p>SAT :2400,
SAT 2 (math level2 -800, physics -800, chemistry -800,
ACT :33,
TOEFL :110,
AP CALCULUS AB :5, BC :5, PHYSICS B, C :5, AP EN. SCIENSE :5,
GPA : 4.2/5.</p>
<p>No activities outside lessons. Harvard accepts you?</p>
<p>Seems unlikely…</p>
<p>I’m sorry but there is no chance… Harvard would never accept someone without extracurriculars unless they are famous (even then they might not)</p>
<p>So which college will accept me? Cornell, Duke, Yale, Chicago?? :’(</p>
<p>If it’s true that you did absolutely NOTHING outside of school classes, then none of those colleges will accept you. But I’m sure that’s an exaggeration. You didn’t just go home after school and stare at the wall all day, did you?</p>
<p>Schools like Harvard are fueled by prestige, and ECs are a huge part of that. Unless you grew up dirt poor and have an inspiring story of triumph to tell, they most likely won’t accept you. Another reason is that schools with super competitive admissions (Harvard is on the list of the top 5 most selective schools in the country) use ECs to gauge how motivated a student is, since there are people who ace the SAT but are ultimately poor students. Most of the Ivies follow a pretty similar methodology, since they are going through tens of thousands of applicants who likely have scores in your league, so Duke, Cornell and Yale are very high reaches (especially Yale.) </p>
<p>Chicago, which doesn’t have the same mystique attached to it compared to schools like Harvard and Yale, may be more receptive if you happen to be very well versed in the hard sciences (engineering, comp-sci, physics, etc.) Have you tried looking at schools like UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd/Pomona or Carnegie Mellon?</p>
<p>Activities outside the school, though hardly recognize me? This is my good points?</p>
<p>No chance at any of these schools. If you are honestly the type of student who does nothing but study, then you are not the type of student these schools want. Sorry to sound harsh, but it’s true. They want students who are not just smart, but leaders in their communities as well, and you are clearly not that student.</p>
<p>But I have my papers in scientific journals and for 10 years I’m doing sports</p>
<p>Well those count as activities outside of class, but that is certainly not enough.those don’t show leadership or passion.</p>
<p>Em, guys, he is international. Top-tier colleges required extra-activity only from US students :)</p>
<p>Umm… No… That’s not true…</p>
<p>are you guys even reading what this guy is writing? you don’t get a 2400 without knowing how to spell or form cogent sentences. obviously a ■■■■■</p>
<p>I make no claim to be an expert on admission parameters for entry into universities. What I can say is that ultra-elite universities mostly foster a network for elites to consolidate their “PR” and inculcate their ideological claim to privilege that manifests with their top-caste predilections in Wall Street and other nefarious places/positions where venality is rife and rampant. </p>
<p>The eminent scholars flourish because they are scholars, not because scholastic institutions innervated their minds with a potion for intellectual vigor. </p>
<p>This is a weak parody thread. Inverted icon of genius, unqualified mastery, inability to model statistics and self-assess prospective outcomes. The thing is it has some truth, a lot of people achieve well academically, but they don’t achieve the critical thinking skills mentally. Those people are spit out with institutional mindsets. They never bridged the gap between ability and ably being able to form judgments.</p>
<p>You’re right, I should have noticed early. This guy is obviously a ■■■■■…</p>
<p>If i were him, I would go to a community college. That way I can get into to the best colleges easier. My all time favorite is: U C L A GO BRUINS!!!</p>