<p>I was wondering what my chances are of being accepted into the Ivies, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Washington in St. Louis.Currently I am a high school junior and would appreciate any and all input. My transcript info is below:</p>
<p>GPA (unweighted): 4.0
GPA (weighted): 4.29
Amount of AP classes/credits: 6 (13% of all credits)
Amount of Honors Classes/Credits: 22 (48% of all credits)
Amount of Nonhonors classes/credits: 18 (39% of all credits)
-Next Year, I will be taking all AP and Honor classes
Class Rank: 3 of 453
A+'s =10
A's = 30
A-'s=6
SAT Scores:
Reading:730
Math: 750
Writing :730
(Going to retake)
Extra-Cirriculars:
Academic Decathlon
Academic Science Super Bowl (Captain)
Science Olympiad
Spell Bowl
Latin Club (Vice President)
SADD
Student Council (Secretary)
Art Club
National Honor Society
Key Club (Senior Rep.)
Mathletes
P.S. I immigrated from Pakistan when I was five, and I didnt know any English back then.So I had to work hard to get to this level. Would that help me get in?</p>
<p>Immingrating from Pakistan at 5 doesnt really having anything to do with this......you learned proper english at the same time as everyone....I dont think you had to work hard to learn to english.....you moved here at 2nd grade....are you kidding?</p>
<p>Basically, all those schools are reaches; any school with less than a 30% acceptance rate is a reach. Here's what I think of your chances at your schools:</p>
<p>JHU: Slight reach
WASHU: Slight reach (Their admissions are so random however, people with 2400's get rejected and people with 2000 get accepted. Their advertising machine is an absolute beast, so by getting so many applications, and rejecting such qualified applicants, they are able to raise their rankings.</p>
<p>Stanford: Reach. It'll all depend on how well you can write and distiguish yourself from all the other applicants. Looking at your resume, you have the typical salad extracurriculars, nothing that really stands out. What are you passionate about, what makes you click? People with awesome national awards get rejected by the hundreds every year, so (and don't take any offense to this), you've got to strike the adcoms in some unusual, strange way that'll force them to get your attention. If you're an artist, submit an art portfolio, sell yourself.</p>
<p>Ivies: Same as Stanford Comments.</p>
<p>Finally, you're pakistani, which means you're an Asian American. All those schools that you're applying to are swarming with Asian Americans, so you need to apply to some safety schools.</p>
<p>I agree with everything said above. Your stats are strong, but there's nothing particularly unique about your application. If you apply everywhere, there's a good chance you'll get into 1 Ivy or equivalent, but most of them are reaches or high matches at best.</p>
<p>You need to add a couple of strong matches to your mix, and a safety/financial safety. U of R, Case, Penn State Honors, U of Michigan and your flagship state u might all be possibilities. If you read the Harvard results for this year you will see how tough admissions is.</p>
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P.S. I immigrated from Pakistan when I was five, and I didnt know any English back then.So I had to work hard to get to this level. Would that help me get in?
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Don't even try to include this to your application. You're already citizen of the US and you know English for 12 years! I moved here 2 years and 1 month ago and my W GPA is 4.11</p>