<p>I already for rejected from Yale SCEA, Stanford, MIT, and UChicago. Do I stand any chance at all for the rest of the Ivies???</p>
<p>I know this is a really difficult period of time to go through, but remember – and I’ve said this to a bunch of other users here on CC, as well as senior friends (I’m a junior) – it’s not over until it’s over! You never know; the fact is simply that different colleges are looking to fill their classes with different sorts of people every year. Perhaps your talents and personal qualities did not match up to what those schools were looking for this year, but that absolutely does not detract from their overall value, and – who knows – they might just match up to what your other schools are looking for! I’m confident that you’ll end up at a great place. :)</p>
<p>We need to know your stats for determination tbh… I mean you could be a 2.6 gpa 1920 sat student or something like me that doesnt stand a chance.</p>
<p>^ From what I recall from the OP’s chances thread, s/he actually has very solid stats.</p>
<p>Haha I’ve bothered CC with chances threads before (and I am sorry for them. I’ve realized they are very annoying) but here are my qualifications again</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.7UW, 5.3W
Rank: Top 1%
SAT: 800M, 770W, 680CR
SATII: 800 Math II, 740 USH, 660 Physics</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
IB History Higher Level, IB Spanish Standard Level, IB English IV Standard Level, IB Mathematics Higher Level, AP Psychology, IB Physics Higher Level, IB Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>Academic Awards:
• 2008 AP Scholar With Honor
• 2009 AP Scholar With Distinction
• National Merit Commended Scholar
• Harvard Prize Book award recipient
• Biology student of the year 2006
• Excellence in Physics (2007, 2008)
• Excellence in Chemistry (2007, 2008)
• 3rd place physics Intel ISEF Science fair
• 2nd place space science Intel ISEF Science Fair
• Honorable Mention: South Florida High School Journalism awards
• 1st place declamation-South Florida Spanish competition
• 1st place-impromptu-South Florida Spanish Competition</p>
<p>Athletics:
• Football (2 years, 1 year varsity letterwinner)
Field Goals: 17-19 (1 blocked) through 10 games
• South Florida Athlete of the Month-January
• Water polo (3-year varsity letterwinner)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
• Student correspondent/journalist: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3 years)
• Model: Sun-Sentinel and CW TV Show
• Official Delegate: Korean Friendship Association-South Korea
• Communications Secretary: Korean Friendship Association-USA</p>
<p>Clubs:
• Marching band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by over 200%
• Parade Band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by 200% and participated in more parades and competitions previously undertaken.
• BCAA All-Star marching band-Comprised of the best musicians in the county.
• Saxophone quartet (Founder, leader)
• Mu Alpha Theta (president: 4 years): Revived a previously dormant organization
• SECME physics and engineering club (member: 2 years)
• Brain Brawl participant
• National Honor Society</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
• 2.5 weeks in Ghana helping Malaria and HIV/AIDS patients
• Founder: Advance Medicine in Africa (AMIA): Organization that collects donations from local and regional hospitals and clinics to send to understaffed hospitals in Ghana (raised over $2000).
• Amnesty International participant
• Liberty in North Korea (a North Korean human rights organization) participant in “Movement” project.
• Habitat for Humanity worker</p>
<p>Research Experience:
• Internship/Independent Research under Dr. H.K. Kim, PHD and Dr. Salahadin Abdi, PHD, MD at University of Miami on cytology of neurons</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
• 2009 West Point Summer Leader’s Seminar</p>
<p>And yes I did apply to all the rest of the Ivies…I’m crazy like that lol</p>
<p>^^ If anything, that resume’s definitely a lot longer than mine. o.o</p>
<p>maybe your resume is a bit too this-and-that?(and not really focused)
and if your ethnicity is Korean (I hope I’m right), the stats are a bit too low
average stats for Asians are always way higher than those for other ethnicities
– meaning that for Asians, in many cases, high stats are usually a necessity.
an admissions officer from an Ivy League (I think it was Columbia) once told me that they use stats (mostly SAT scores) to rank Asian candidates whose resumes don’t have much difference.</p>
<p>You have a chance. It’s about 1:10 for everyone who applies to the Ivies, because most people who apply have great stats…Your chances may be more like 1:4, but no one is 100%.Hang in there, good luck, and don’t despair!</p>
<p>The Ivy fixation is ridiculous. Does anyone really believe that Brown, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Columbia are any better than Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, or Vanderbilt? In fact, for some disciplines the latter group are the equals of the vaunted “HPY”. Add MIT, Stanford to this and anyone intelligent and talented enough to be accepted at any of them has nothing to feel bad about.</p>