It's a BIG ELEPHANT. No~ seriously help please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, as most of you guys well know, the College Application process is drawing tediously close for us juniors and the panic is starting to set in. Here are my stats- can someone please comment on how my chances are and specifically if my extra curriculars are enough for a competitive Ivy League school?</p>

<p>GPA: (All GPA's unweighted- but yea taken the hardest possible courseload and taken the most classes humanly and technically possible)
Freshmen- 3.96/4.0
Sophmore- 3.87/4.0 (<--- But this is because I took BC Calculus as a sophmore, and ended up with a B+ as final. Got a 5 on the AP though. Btw does taking a crazy hard class as a sopmhore count as a "circumstance" to explain a drop in GPA? Other than this all my other classes were A's so that one class dropped me quite a bit)
Junior- N/A
Rank- My school doesnt rank. Its a Magnet High School in the Northeast (Ranked 101 in the country by Worth Magazine)</p>

<p>SAT's:
SAT I - 2350
SAT II's - 2C 800, Bio- 790, Physics-?
ACT - 33 (11 on writing section)
PSAT - Sopmhore year--> 214</p>

<p>Ah Yes. The EC's
1. Federal Reserve Challenge Team (Highly selective 5 member team)- 3 years (National Finalists last year)
2. Model UN- Awards at, Harvard, Princeton, Boston University, George Washington, and MIT (more to come hopefully this year including yale)
3. Model UN Staff in my school where we run our own conference- 3 years
4. Started a "Tutorial Society" in my school where we help tutor underprivileged children
5. INternet Science Tech Fair- National Honorable Mention (2nd place out of like 500 projects- ran by Univ. Southern Florida)
6. Vice President for "China Care"- spreads cultural awareness for adopted children
7. General Manger for Project Peace AHIMSA- spreads cultural awareness and advocates the knowledge of peace
8. Science Outreach Program- we go around in local middle schools and teach kids science topics
9. National Gold Rated Choir and Chamber Choir (a member- chamber is selective) - 3 years
10. Orchestra - 2 years
11. Junior Varisty Debate- 2 years (well not all 3 were JV)
12. Reserach at Columbia University for 2 Summers
13. Volunteered at Columbia University Hospital
14. Oh!. math team 3 years- Made AIME's. Some local and regional awards here and there- ARML high scorer~ (for those of you who knows what that is)
15. Wrote for the School newspaper for 3 years as a member. I just like writing, and cant find enough time to really dedicate myself to it so thats my fault.</p>

<p>Hooks:
1. Um... i really dont know? Does it seem like i have one- i know my Ec's are NOT SPECTACULar at all and are at best upper mediocre (right?0 it just seems so many CC kids are like... super super awesome at what they do and I really dont have anything THAT amazing)
2. Well my school is divided up in Academies for different fields. im in the Science academy and I am the first student ever to make it onto the Fed Team (suppsoed to be for the Business Academy). SO yea~ Im an asian interested in Business a PoliSci a lot? =D</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
1. Reccs- 1 Really awesome recc from my Fed Team Coach, also taught me 2 years, 1 planning to get from my Multivariable Calc teacher~ mediocre i guess
2. Counselor recc- no clue.</p>

<p>List of Schools I Want To Attend:
1. Columbia College- *My parents work at the University Medical Center (free tuition if i get in- but i seriously doubt nor count on this helping me get in)
2. UPenn - Whaton (Or just Penn college)
3. NYU - Stern
4. Georgetown
5. Cornell
6. Johns Hopkins
7. Dartmouth
8. UChicago
9. Harvard
10. Yale -_-'</p>

<p>These are pretty much all what I perceive to be good match schools or my really reach schools. Can someone just kinda divy them up and tell me which ones I have a realistic shot of making based on the information aforementioned (especially my EC's because im under no illusion that every asian kid has similar stats to me). Thank you so very much my fellow CC'ers.</p>

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<p>Those grades and test scores on top of being in a Magnet School?? Apply to Oxford or Cambridge man...</p>

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<p>Good stats and both of your parents work there. Do they really reject such applicants?</p>

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<p>I am truly sorry but after reviewing your scores I just do not feel that you are up to par with the standards of today's top schools. As I am sure you know, top schools such as Harvard only accept around 1000 new applicants for their freshmen each year, while they receive almost ten times that amount of applications. Your application would be one of the more average ones. I see you do not have any international awards. A recent study by Princeton alumnus Dr. R.A. Pressor of the National Application Society for College Bound Youth (NASCBY) found that only fifty percent of accepted students had SAT scores over 2300, while the amount of rejected students with similar scores was around the same. Colleges seem to like awards on an international scale, and they especially like diversity in their school by accepting more African Americans and Native Americans. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will give you my contact information along with the contact information of Dr. Pressor himself.</p>

<ul>
<li>Joe Robinson, Ph.D.</li>
</ul>

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<p>that guy isnt a Ph.D.... ignore him</p>

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<p>15 ECS is not spectacular? Omg!</p>

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<p>I am in fact a Ph.D. and I would appreciate if you desist from your proclivity to jump to premature conclusions.</p>

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<p>We would appreciate if you didn't type with a thesaurus open.</p>

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<p>I am not even going to bother with that inane comment.</p>

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<p>You just kinda did...</p>

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<p>I guess so.</p>

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<p>More great advice from chaudoinker. Obviously the OP is looking to stay in the US.</p>

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<p>My guesses:</p>

<ol>
<li>Columbia College- 60% chance</li>
<li>UPenn - Whaton: 50% chance</li>
<li>UPenn - College: 65% chance</li>
<li>NYU - Stern: 80% chance</li>
<li>Georgetown: 80% chance</li>
<li>Cornell: 75% chance</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins: 80% chance</li>
<li>Dartmouth: 65% chance</li>
<li>UChicago: 75% chance</li>
<li>Harvard: 45% chance</li>
<li>Yale: 45% chance</li>
</ol>

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<p>1900 sat, international award volunteering in darfur, black</p>

<p>what do you think joseph R</p>

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<p>Well dasani, your solid SAT combined with your international award should be enough to boost you into the top schools, due to your being African American. ;)</p>

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<p>Why thank you Mister JosephR for the advice. In actuality, those were not my statistics, but rather they belonged to my African American friend who doesn't really believe in himself. I'll tell him what a Ph.D. says, it'll cheer him up. Wow, you really do know what you're talking about!</p>

<p>thx soo much dude 11! :)</p>

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<p>Dasani ignore Joseph, hes a troll....</p>

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<p>hilarious.</p>