Hey guys I’m wondering what are my chances for each of these schools for Mathematic or Economics. I have a couple of matches and safeties too but if you could recommend anymore that would be nice too:
Columbia (Might ED)
MIT
Caltech
Princeton
UC B
Student:
Gender: M
Grade: Junior
Ethnicity: Asian
Location: NJ
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Income Bracket: >$200k
Hooks: None
Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 4.0
GPA - Weighted: 4.6~
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 550
AP: 5- Envi Sci (Self)
Junior AP: Likely 5- Calc BC, Chem, Phys, USH, Macro (self), Micro (self)
Likely 4- Lang
Senior Year: 5-6 AP
Honors and Awards: Nothing big
Scores:
SAT I: 2340
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 760
SAT I Writing: 780
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 780
SAT II Chemistry: 780
Extracurriculars:
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Cross Country (10-12)
Track (10-12)
Baseball (9-12)
Volunteer/Service Work: Food bank (50hr)
Recs:
My Chem teacher will write a rec (had him for two years), should be 10/10 easily.
Yeah, those ECs are not good. Also, you need outstanding recommendation letters. Are you a junior now? You still have some time to do commit yourself to an EC that you’re actually passionate about. It doesn’t have to be from your school. You could look into community activities as well, or something at a local college.
You really wanna bulk up on EC’s especially since you are competing with other Asians. I hope i don’t come off as rude…but many Asians are very smart and top schools want those who are three dimensional ya’know? I wish you all the luck in the world and start looking for EC’s to do this summer!
You don’t have anything that sets you apart from other applicants. All the admissions officers will see on your application are numbers. So unless you can write a killer essay (and I mean stellar, worthy of winning a pulitzer prize), your chances are very slim, esp. because of your race as well.
Oh, please. You have an excellent stats and average EC. You will do just fine. Those school are reach for everyone. Make sure you apply to some matches and safeties.
Thanks for the chances guys, does anyone have examples of what I could do that is semi=-interesting? I have tried quite a lot of activities but I just really do not like many.
