<p>I'm a junior at a rural midwest high school. What are my chances for getting into the most prestigious schools?</p>
<p>Stats:
Ethnicity:asian
Sex:male
GPA:4.0 unweighted, 5.7 weighted (out of 6)
Courses:Took numerous AP's, hardest classes available (expected 4's or 5's on all tests)
Rank:2 of 666 (i know, really?)
SAT:1500 or 2200, whatever way you see it
Subject Tests: Don't have scores yet, but around 700's or so for Biology, Chem, and Math 2
ACT: projected 35
(retaking all of these tests for higher scores)</p>
<p>EC's:
Piano for twelve years, first place in numerous regional competitions
Also play guitar/violin for recreation
numerous high school associations, like NHS
play tennis/competitive in debate
around 200 hours shadowing doctors
around 50 hours volunteered at local courthouse</p>
<p>chance me for Yale, Brown, Harvard, etc.
and please feel free to be as harsh/critical as you can</p>
<p>a 35 is great! I honestly think you have a great chance at Yale, Brown, and maybe Harvard, too! Make sure you show interest in the school (maybe?). Otherwise, your chances are great.</p>
<p>My source is that I know someone who has gotten into Brown with stats about the same or less impressive as yours.</p>
<p>And my cousin was accepted into Harvard, but she also won the Gates Millennium Scholarship and was published in a magazine for her achievements, but your stats are as great as her’s in my opinion.</p>
<p>Good job on all your accomplishments, dude, really they’re great!</p>
<p>No offense, but you pretty much define the stereotypical Asian. You’re more than qualified for Brown Yale and Harvard but there are so many applicants just like you. Find a way to stand out.</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with everybody else. Brown = in probably. Harvard and Yale = as probable as somebody can get without being a legacy. To get into harvard and yale you really need something else though!
Also you should use like Georgetown and Cornell as safeties or low matches.
Honestly, i think you should like talk about playing tennis because it seems much less stereotypically Asian than like the piano. </p>
<p>Yeah, don’t count on Brown. Friend’s brother was waitlisted by Brown; he had a 2390 on the SAT and an 800, 800, and 790 on his SATIIs. He also was involved in a pretty prestigious research program (not quite RSI or TASP caliber). He was definitely more science-oriented, and perhaps Brown wasn’t looking for his type, but certainly he was qualified to make Brown. He was also waitlisted by Harvard and Yale (accepted by Princeton).</p>
<p>And ignore the notion that Georgetown and Cornell are safeties. That is a ridiculous notion, unless you cured cancer or something. Frankly, I wouldn’t be very surprised if you weren’t accepted by either school. The 35 projected ACT doesn’t seem incredibly realistic, and even if it happened, your app doesn’t make you out to be a very distinguished candidate. I realize I’m being a little harsh here, but some of these other chancers are offering unrealistic hope.</p>
<p>Regardless, I’m not suggesting that you diminish your aim. Still go for your reaches. A qualified candidate’s chances at attending a top school can only increase by doing that. I’m just suggesting that you are definitely not guaranteed a spot at any; not due to some fault of yours, but due to the superfluous number of qualified candidates.</p>
<p>Also, a final note, try to get your SATIIs to 750+ and the MathIIc to an 800, if you can. A substantial number of applicants are able to pull off an 800 on MathIIc that even, say, a 760 on the test won’t really help you in admissions to top schools.</p>
<p>EDIT: and seriously, there are virtually no matches for a school with a 10% admission rate.</p>