Hey, I am a junior in high school. Could you chance me?
I am a minority (not underrepresented) and an international student (British). I am interested in physics or engineering as a major. I am rewriting the SATs to improve my score soon.
GPA: 4.0
Rank: Ranked #1
SAT I: 2130 (760 math, 640 CR, 730 writing)
SAT II (subject, score): Math 1 - 780, taking Physics soon
AP: Calculus (5), taking 6 senior year - just the way school is set up.
Common Awards: Honor roll throughout high school, departmental awards in math, physics, chemistry, biology, english
Other Awards: Placed high in Math and Science Olympiads; Won Spelling Bees.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
-Swimming (4 years)
-Sailing (1 year)
-Soccer (2 years)
-Debate (1 year - international competitions)
-Prefect
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service:
-Worked part-time at engineering firm junior year
Summer Experience:
-worked at children’s educational camp summers
-taking summer classes at summer@darthmouth this summer.
What are my chances on a scale of 1 to 10 (1-guaranteed in, 10-no chance in hell)
(1) MIT
(2) Cornell
(3) Columbia
(4) Harvard
(5) Caltech
(6) Georgia Tech
Thanks!
You have decent grades and ECs to be competitive. However, I would pick up those test scores and hopefully get some more awards. Good luck!
MIT: 11
Cornell:6
Columbia: 9
Harvard: 11
Caltech:11
Georgia tech: 2
Your SAT is not competitive for those schools. Half of them don’t even look at the writing section and you have only a 1400 on M+CR. For the quality of those schools you are mentioning, only Cornell and Georgia tech are possibilities to be honest.
Appreciate the candid input! Thank you!
Sorry if I was being harsh. As long as you can get your SAT up to a 2300+ you definitely could have a shot at those schools. The only thing you are missing is SAT 1 scores. Your GPA/Rank is perfect. Good luck and sorry haha
For really selective schools, EC’s are vague/mediocre (I’m not saying they’re bad or would hurt your application in any way, but you should describe more! How were you involved? Did you win any nice awards?).
I somewhat agree with @SternBusiness; your SAT score is somewhat low for Harvard/MIT (although mine is slightly lower, but I was a US applicant). Retaking doesn’t seem like a bad idea.
Good luck with applications!
MIT: Probably no chance tbh… not a knock on you at all I can’t even look in the direction of this school.
Cornell: 4/5
Columbia: 6/7
Harvard: Same as MIT
Caltech: Same as MIT and Harvard 
George Tech: Could be considered a solid match… 2 or 3
Like the above poster, you don’t really have a shot at MIT, Cornell, Harvard, or Caltech. All of those schools time and time again turn away students with near perfect SATs. Is your SAT near perfect? It’s exceptional, please don’t get me wrong. But to MIT, the difference between a 2350 and a 2130 is astronomical unless you have some other great hook- which you don’t.
You have amazing stats. You really do. But focus more on schools that are feasible. These schools are a crapshoot for literally anyone applying, and there’s many, many students applying to these schools with higher stats than you. You have great stats and will get into an amazing college, and def apply to some of these, but try expanding your list more.
SAT is a little low for most these schools, but not by too much. To be really competitive, need a 2200+. Even then, these are mostly reaches.