<p>april of next year you mean right??.. yah lol we should… Ill be applying as a Californian US citizenship… studying in Ottawa,Ontario.</p>
<p>I just looked at those scattergrams again, that’s how bored I am babysitting for a 12 y/o for 2 weeks!</p>
<p>What’s clear is that every single ivy acceptance is high GPA and high SAT. Then you can see where ECs come in where others with the same high stats were rejected, especially at HYP. Brown and Dartmouth look to be totally stats based but that might not be fair given sample size though I’m always told D is strictly by the numbers and it sure was at that school.</p>
<p>The only anomolies are a 3.5/2200 at Penn and a random one at Cornell, probably athletes, URMs or legacies.</p>
<p>Lol, newyorka, I think I got the point. But, I think I’ll try out anyways. I’m applying to the US for the top tier, if I don’t make it, my parents want me to stay in Canada. So I don’t have that many options down there in the states to start applying for the lesser colleges. </p>
<p>I understand that I don’t have a super terrific chance of getting in - they are my dream schools after all, so, hopefully I do get in. If not I’ve still got some awesome universities waiting for me back here in Canada.</p>
<p>newyorka - i think you give great advice, and i think i fall into a category similar to yourself… i’m non-URM, non-legacy, non-athlete, had very good HS stats (96.5% avg, 2300+ sat) but knew that HYP were out of my reach… instead i applied to schools that i liked, and although i was WLed at some (rejected at none), i was accepted at the majority, including penn (where i am now). people should be wise about where they apply, and invest their energy into schools where they have a decent chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>but to the OP: although i think your ECs are quite impressive, the biggest component of your applications is GPA and SAT scores… and for HYPW, yours are unfortunately below par, especially your 3.6 cumulative GPA. grades are so important, and i doubt your medical issue will excuse you. also, the 2190 is below average… compounded with the fact that you’re asian (and international), it’s not great. if you want a chance at some ivies, i’d recommend pulling that up to 2300+ and writing up a really good medical excuse.</p>
<p>and btw, being asian is NOT a URM. URM means under-represented minority, and it applies to blacks and hispanics only. this is because their populations in elite institutions are significantly lower than their national populations as a whole. asians are actually ORMs because they’re over-represented at elite schools – although america is only 5% asian, they often account for roughly 20% of the population at prestigious colleges.</p>
<p>also: why add that you’re “expecting” a 4.0 for senior year? you have no way of predicting that, not to mention that your previous GPA record kind of contrasts with that prediction.
…i’m “expecting” to win the lottery!</p>
<p>Write a killer essay.</p>
<p>My gut says you won’t get in, but you have a chance.
Your issues are</p>
<h1>1 You are an international student from an Asian country (doesn’t help, and you certainly don’t get the urm treatment)</h1>
<h1>2 Your gpa is not good enough (though as you said upward trend)</h1>
<h1>3 Your SAT scores are sig. below average for the schools you want to apply to</h1>
<p>I would suggest you apply to wharton (which with your ecs and upqard trend you could get in) as a reach and set up other options if you don’t get in. I would consider schools with slightly worse business schools.</p>
<p>I dunno, but medical issues certainly does help, depending on the severity/how much it affects the person,</p>
<p>It may be pretty difficult.</p>
<p>^ Medical issues only help so much. Colleges might be able to overlook a slightly low GPA, but they won’t overlook a low SAT as well.</p>
<p>2190 is a low SAT? D= I understand it’s not quite up to Ivy level, but it’s pretty close.</p>
<p>I’m in a very similar position. Asian-Canadian, unhooked. Terrible isn’t it? I’m gonna tell you that I’m not particularly optimistic about my chances either, and I do the IB.</p>
<p>It seems that you’re head/founder/director of way too many things. Not that it’s bad, it just seems difficult. I don’t see a passion.</p>
<p>Overlooking the grades due to medical issues, I’d say your chances aren’t high, but worth trying for.</p>
<p>Ivies want 2250+ on the SAT, though a 2190 is somewhat competitive. It isn’t, per-say, a strength, and coupled with a high GPA would allow a candidate to be admissible, but with a low GPA it is less than dazzling and won’t really help.</p>