It would be great if someone could chance me for Ivies!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I will be applying through Questbridge… I just kind of want to know what sort of schools I have a chance to get into and if my aspirations may be a little… out there. The current schools I’m looking at are all really up there… Stanford, Yale, Princetion, U Penn, those types.

ACT: Took Sept. 10, waiting for scores.
SAT: 1520/1600 (720 R/W, 800 M)
Subject tests: 790 Bio - M (Taking Korean with Listening and Math Level 2 on a later date)

Class rank: 3/675
GPA (weighted): School Does Not Calculate (I did it by hand though and got ~ 4.5)
GPA (unweighted): 4.0

AP scores:
World History (5), Human Geography (5), Biology (4), Microeconomics (4), Environmental Science (5), European History (4), Lang. and Comp. (4), Physics 1 (5), Statistics (5), Psychology (4), Calculus AB (5), Lit. and Comp. (4), U.S History (5)

Senior schedule: AP Comparative Government, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Calculus BC, AP Seminar, AP Macroeconomics (1st Semester), AP American Government (2nd Semester), Advanced Composition, Advanced Production/Theater

School does not offer IB courses.

Extracurriculars:
AP Club (9, 10, 11, 12) – Founder (9), Secretary of State (9, 10, 11), CEO (12)
Mu Alpha Theta (11, 12) – Member, possibly running for officer position
Beta Club - Member (9, 10, 11, 12) - About 110 hours of volunteer work
National Honors Society - Member (11), Historian (12)
Korean Club (12) - Founder and President (12)
National Thespian Society - Member (9, 10, 11, 12)
Theater (9, 10, 11, 12) - Actor, Leading roles for 6/7 shows
Aurora Theater’s Teen Nation Core Ensemble (11, 12) - Auditioned to get in, only 12 were picked, theater leadership group at local theater

Work experience:
SAT Prep Tutoring (10, 11, 12) - Mostly helped with the math section

Community service:
Volunteering at a local theater (11, 12) - About 50 hours
Volunteering at various school events (9, 10, 11, 12) - About 30 hours
Tutoring AP Biology to Freshmen (10, 11, 12) - About 80 hours

Awards: AP Scholar (9), AP Scholar with Distinction (10), National AP Scholar (11), Academic Letter (10, 11, 12), Georgia Merit Award (11), Best Supporting Actor (10), First Place in Poetry Out Loud competition school level (10), Thespian Letter (11), various awards given for “Outstanding Student” in courses taken (9, 10, 11)

It would be a big help for some people to help me out! I would love to get some feedback and know some last minute things I can do to “spice up” my application!

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Bump… Ended up getting a 35 on my ACT (which was a huge relief), writing score hasn’t been graded yet. I’m also looking into University of Southern California and Georgia Tech.

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Find some safety schools, but your aspirations are not unreasonable. Just remember that those schools are reaches for everyone.

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You have amazing stats and EC’s, but as I’m sure you’ve heard before, no one can really predict your chances at Stanford and Ivies since all the applicants are like you. However, you have just as good a shot as anyone, so I say go for it. Also, what do you want to major in? That’s going to be a big factor. You definitely need some match/safety schools…Ivies are a reach for anyone (probably something you’ve heard before also). Georgia Tech is probably a really good match for someone with stats like yours. USC is quite competitive, but your stats are on par with/above those of their admits. It is really expensive though…did you take the PSAT and qualify for National Merit? If so, you’ll be eligible for half tuition at USC, provided you get Finalist status later on. Good luck!

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As a Questbridge applicant, you stand out. Good luck!