Ivy Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Still have a senior year to go but here's what it looks like so far...</p>

<p>Testing</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 (Reading 740 | Math 750 | Writing 710)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math 2 800 | <em>Physics 770-800 | US History 770-800
AP: Physics 5 | Stats 5 | Calc AB 5 | *</em>Psych 4/5 | *<em>Macro 4 | *</em>Micro 3/4
(Bio, Chem, Physics C Mechanics, and Lit on the way for 2012-13, predicted 4-5 for all)
Awards: National Merit Scholarship Qualifier, National AP Scholar at the end of senior year, various state awards for FBLA and HOSA competition
* scheduled to be taken in October, predicted results
* have not received results yet, predicted</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular</p>

<p>School Clubs:
-Volleyball 4 years (Varsity 3, Captain? 1)
-Track & Field Varsity 2 years
-Blue Crew Member (program that helps freshmen transition from MS to HS) 2 years
-HOSA 3 years (Secretary '12, President? '13)
-FBLA 4 years
-Key Club 2 years
-National Honor Society 3 years (Secretary '13)
-Ping Pong Club 4 years (President 2 years)
-Band 4 years (1st chair for 3, 4th TBD)
-Drumline 1 year
-Student Council 2 years</p>

<p>Volunteer:
-Library starting this month
-Hospital starting this month
-Local children's museum '11-'13
-150+ hours by end of high school (I realize it's extremely low... :( )</p>

<p>Other:
-Employee at Culver's since Aug. '11
-Job shadowing at hospital starting this month</p>

<p>Profile
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Country: US
Class Rank: 1 (Valedictorian, although we typically have 10+ from our school each year... it's a strange system lol)
GPA: 4.0 (5.273 weighted, the max out of our system)
Senior classes: All honors, have already completed the entire math curriculum and will complete the science by end of senior year</p>

<p>I can't remember if I'm forgetting anything here, but if I do I will add on later.
:( I would really appreciate honest opinions/criticism/advice? My dream school would be Yale and am still deciding between engineering and pre-med (depending on my freshman GPA haha...) and have UW-Mad as my back-up, but will be applying to any Ivy on the east coast seeing as my brother is at Cornell. If anyone is in the same boat as me, I'd be perfectly willing to check out your profile with any thoughts of my own :D</p>

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<p>Honestly, it’s completely luck of the draw at this point. You are a competitive applicant but with no hook it is difficult (even then, people get rejected). The essay will make or break you so make sure you spend a lot of time on it. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, unfortunately I don’t have anything strong going for me besides lots of clubs and test scores… But hopefully my essay can persuade them :frowning: Thanks a bunch for your feedback!!</p>

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<p>great standardized test scores and gpa + class rank, but being asian (sigh affirmative action) will not be helping you out in any way :(</p>

<p>i’d say try your best on the essays and get great teacher recommendations; other than that, good luck!</p>