I am a senior...who really needs an evaluation on my IVY Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Stats:
SAT Math: 750
SAT Verbal: 740
SAT Writing: 790
SAT Total: 2280
SAT II: 780 Physics, 770 Math Level 1, 760 Biology Molecular, 750 US History, 740 Chemistry, 700 Math IIC
ACT: 34
AP taken/scores: Physics B (5), Biology (5), United States History (5), English Language and Composition (4), European History (4), Statistics (4)
Senior Year- AP: Chemistry, Psychology, United States Government and Politics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Calculus BC, English Literature,</p>

<p>GPA weighted: 101.2
GPA unweighted: 95.2
Rank or % estimate: Top 5%</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Essays: Very touching...personal experience..the essay has won multiple awards
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Hook (if any): Publishing neuroscience research in academic journal (I will be primary author of paper)</p>

<p>1000 hours of community service...summer medical internships</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Long Island, NY
School Type: 300 students in my grade....very competitive..ranked 5th in nation
During E.D., our school had (1) Yale (2) Harvard, (7) Penn (9) Cornell (3) Dartmouth (1) Columbia (4) Duke VERY COMPETITIVE
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Leadership:
Quizbowl Club: Vice President, Captain
Youth Global Organization of Peoples of Indian Origin (GOPIO): Co-Founder, Vice President
Science Research Club: Co-President
Debate Team: Co-Vice President
National Spanish Honors Society: Secretary
Certamen(Latin) Team: Captain
Awards:
Semifinalist in Intel Science Talent Search
Finalist for Neuroscience Research Prize
Long Island Science and Engineering Fair- 3rd Place Microbiology
Certificate of Excellence Commending Honorable Mention North Shore Reading Council Personal Narrative
Certificate from Senator Schumer recognizing excellence as semifinalist in Intel Talent Science Search 2007
Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction
Rohm and Haas Invitational Science Fair 2nd place 2006
GOPIO Certificate of Achievement 2006
American Mathematics Contest 12 (3rd Place in school)
American Mathematics Contest 8 (1st Place in school)
Qualified for American Invitational Mathematics Examination 12
Suffolk County Mathematics Teachers Association American Mathematics Contest(1st on Level D)
Latin Certamen Contest Certificate of Honor
Certificate of Merit Nassau Reading Council Young Author?s Contest 2005
Certificate of Recognition presented by The Town of Hempstead and the Indian American Culture Group
Certificate of Appreciation presented by The Town of Hempstead
GOPIO Recognition and Appreciation of Contributions and Community Service Award
National Merit Commended Student
Toshiba Exploravision Honorable Mention
NYSSMA Classical Piano Excellent Award Level I, Outstanding Award Level II
NYSSMA Jazz Piano Outstanding Award Level I and II
Johns Hopkins University Center of Talented Youth Placement with Distinction in Mathematics and Verbal on the SAT as an 8th Grader (score of 1160) and as a 7th Grader (score of 1080)</p>

<p>What do you think my chances of gaining acceptance to these schools are?</p>

<p>Yale ?
Penn?
Columbia?
Dartmouth?
Cornell?</p>

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<p>You'll probably get into an Ivy if you apply to all of them. It's hard to say which ones though. It's funny because I guessed that you were Indian before I read your ethnicity.</p>

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<p>You're in at cornell, probably at penn, good chance at dartmout...columbia and yale are crapshoots.</p>

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<p>no one is 100% in at any ivy league..</p>

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<p>Decent stats. You'll get into at least one Ivy. Well, it also depends on what you put down as your intended major. </p>

<p>One more thing. Naming all those awards on the apps is a bit overdone....
Naming some important ones will be enough; or else, the adcoms might think you are doing some "padding."</p>

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<p>well all the awards are legit...and not all of them were included in the app</p>

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<p>I don't even know what some of those awards mean?</p>

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<p>Why do you "really need[] an evaluation"? Nothing you can do at this point other than wait 2 weeks.</p>

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<p>Maybe it's the anxiety of waiting 2 weeks?</p>

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<p>I am addicted to this forum. Maybe it's this freedom of speech thing that's got me totally excited.</p>

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<p>Hmmm... My friend got a "likely" letter from Dartmouth with much less than your stat... :)</p>

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<p>I am new to this site, please forgive the clumsiness. I am shocked. My son got a likely letter from Columbia and by the standards here he should not have. Little community service, no clubs or leadership. Limited ECs: varsity tennis, chamber orchestra, both all 4 years of high school. 2 languages, French and Latin to the AP level, in addition to full slate of toughest Engl, science, math and hist. courses. 2350 SAT, 770s or above on the SAT 2s. Why did he get in?</p>

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<p>Maybe he was lucky.</p>

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<p>Is ramaswami flame?</p>

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<p>not a flame, see his post history</p>

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<p>ramaswami, good job for your son, but are you seriously asking why he got in? Because from the way you phrased it, and just common sense it's pretty obvious your son has a great record and you know it.</p>

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<p>Solid chance</p>

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<p>It is obvious ramaswami's son has low stats and it was luck that got him into Columbia. Uh, yea, ok.</p>

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<p>The word ramiswami is Hindu. Perhaps your son is an under represented minority.</p>

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<p>I mean the name Ramaswami is Hindu. Perhaps your son is an under represented minority. I have noticed on some other threads that some of the postes who received ikely letters were URM's.</p>