hm. my chances in the ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello... Im new to this forum actually...
I'm an asian living in BC, Canada (a Canadian citizen)</p>

<p>GPA: 94.37/100 and 1st in the class of 62...
my counsellor tells me to convert it to 4.0 scale by simply dividing the mark by 25 but i wasn't really sure about how to do it... Took the most challenging curriculum that the school offered including every honors class possible... and my school is ranked the first in BC by Fraser Institute</p>

<p>SATI: C/R 740
Math 790
Writing 700
... took the december one again but... i'm not sure if I'll do better... <em>sigh</em></p>

<p>SATII: Math IIC 800
Physics 800
Chem 790</p>

<p>AP: the school didn't allow me to take any AP in my junior year... I'm currently taking AP Euro History, Calculus, Physics B, and Chem.</p>

<p>EC: Awards-
2003-2005 Gold Award in academics and endeavor (highest average and effort mark in the grade)
2002-2005 Academic Honors with distinction
2002-2005 Various school academic awards in both humanity and science courses
2005 Gold Standard in Hipatia Mathematics Contest (approx. National top 4%)
2005 National Top 10% in Fermat Mathematics Contest
2004 Commended rating at Royal Commonwealth Society Commonwealth Essay Competition
2004 Gold Standard in Galois Mathematics Contest (approx. National top 4%)
2004 National Top 1% in Cayley Mathematics Contest (School Math Team ranked 2nd Nationally)
2003 Gold Standard in Fryer Mathematics Contest (approx. National top 4%)
2003 National Top 10% in Pascal Mathematics Contest </p>

<p>Activities-
2000-2005 Played Bb Clarinet – approx. Royal Conservatory of Music grade 6/7 level and taught younger kids
2003-2005 Played tenor/alto saxophone – approx. RCM grade 5 level
2002-2004 Southridge Senior Concert Band with clarinet... Co-lead in 2004
2003-2005 Southridge Senior Jazz Band Saxophone Section Lead (including a tour to Cuba)
2003-2005 Senior Editor, Annex, a student-run School paper
2002-2005 Provincial School A-League Varsity Rugby Team (UK Touring Team)
2002-2004 Provincial School A-League Varsity Soccer Team
2002-2004 President, Southridge Math Team – Canadian Math League
2004 Invited participant, Pure Mathematics Program at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
2003 Participant with honors, Junior Achievement program: Making Sense of Business</p>

<p>Volunteer Activities- Totalled to be approx. 400 hours
2003~2005 Assistant to Public Health Nurses- Volunteer Group Organizer/Leader, Guildford Health Unit, Surrey, BC
2003 Ajou University Hospital Volunteer-Leadership ProgramVolunteer Group Leader – ER/Orthopedics/Pathology Departments (3-week concentrated program) Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Kyung-ki Do, Republic of Korea
2002~2004 Semiahmoo House Volunteer – helping mentally handicapped people and organizing events (dances, dinners) for them Semiahmoo House, White Rock, BC</p>

<p>Also since 2003 university hospital program... I've been doing correspondence with a prof I met at the pathology department about information on things like DNA related stuff like Southern Blotting techniques... planning to put it in my essays.</p>

<p>I think it's really bad that I couldnt take any AP before my senior year... but wut can I do... the school didn't allow me to... o well...</p>

<p>So wut are the chances? also could you recomment my matches and safeties too? I was thinking of WUinSTL JHU NW Emory Swarthmore Vanderbilt... ish but now I think again... they are also pretty tough... ugh.</p>

<p>*Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I am thinking of premed... biophysics, biochem, neuroscience sort of major. Also, I think I've got pretty decent essays and rec letters.</p>

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<p>jeez, i dunno, do you think you could win some more awards between now and when you send in your apps?
i don't think 10 is gonna cut it.
i'd say all the ivies are solid matches except HPY, but I'd give you a solid shot at those too.</p>

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<p>Divide your 94.37 by 25, = 3.77 (cause 100 divided by 25 is 4, which puts it on the 4.0 scale)</p>

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<p>Yeah, that could work^^^...but schools usually set 93-100 as 4.0....</p>

<p>i don't think converting like that is actually fair.</p>

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<p>is 93-100 really considered a 4.0? does anyone know the actual breakdown?</p>

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<p>SweetestSith, the poor kid got an 800 on his MathIIC SAT2, I don't think that's exactly what he was asking....</p>

<p>Usually GPA is a weighted average, ethereallkev: weighted by credits per course.</p>

<p>Usually it goes as follows:</p>

<p>(Check this with your school)
A=4
B=3
C=2</p>

<p>Multiply the grade by the credits, sum them all, and divide by the total number of credits.</p>

<p>If your school weights your grades already in your GPA scale, then it should be the same.</p>

<p>-Dan</p>

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<p>hm... so any recommendation?
more awards... hm... geez -_-;</p>

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<p>hes being sarcastic foo.</p>

<p>you've got solid chances everywhere</p>

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<p>Looking good</p>

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<p>Dividing it by 25 will make your GPA look much less impressive than it should be... probably UW GPA should be calculated something like this:
A = 4.0
A- = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.0 </p>

<p>and so on
or just straight A=4.0 B=3.0 like others have suggested</p>

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<p>wow....so it is very clear that you are at least in the top 10% of mathematicians in Canada :-P I'm not sure how crazily competitive each school is with internationals, but i think likely chances at all the mentioned schools</p>

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<p>holy molly you got nice achievements... but it works against you cause your an asian mathematician ;) . ha, jk, you got great stats.</p>

<p>btw do you go to a private school?</p>

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<p>yeah... to be honest... I dun like the look of the awards... I mean.. It's too math-concentrated. hahahah; I'm just worried that I don't really have that many leadership or research-related stuff. LoL when I first came to this forum and saw all these ppl with extremely good GPA and SAT scores as well as crazy EC's... I was thinking... o man I dun have chance...lol</p>

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<p>yes. a university prep independent school. Very small... K-12 with around 330 K-7 students and 300 8-12 students. Really new with 10 yrs of history (compared to some older prep schools in BC) but I still luv it :D It's the best co-ed school in BC!!;)</p>