<p>Stats:[ul][<em>]SAT: 800 Math, 750 Writing, 680 Reading - Composite 2230 (1480/1600)[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, have not taken third but I might do Literature (get 700)[<em>]ACT: not taking[</em>]GPA: School does not give out GPA but mine is definitely 4.0 UW and about 4.8W[<em>]Rank: School does not rank but probably 1st or 2nd out of 200[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Predicted 44/45 for IB[/ul]Subjective[ul][<em>]Essays: Excellent[</em>]Recs: Excellent[<em>]Supplementary Material: I might send in my abstract for my Extended Essay on Economics[</em>]Summer Activities: Shadowed multi-millionaire CEO for 3 weeks, single-handedly taught English as a second language to 10 young children for about 8 weeks [400 hours][<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Started a business? Built a cloud chamber and particle accelerator?[/ul]Personal[ul][</em>]Location: Hong Kong[<em>]High School Type: Private - International[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul]Extracurriculars[ul][</em>]Founder/President of Revision Club - 2 years - [Head of Class said that it was the first time she had seen initiative of this sort in all her years at the school][<em>]Founder/President of Guitar Club - 2 years - [The most popular student founded/led club at the school with over 30 students signing up within a day][li]Represented school in golf tournaments after playing for only 3 months - been playing for 2 years now - [ESSAY TOPIC - talked about the effort I put in and how I ended up playing with kids who had 9 years of experience][]Started a proper business - 2 years - [Take glass and make furniture because there are no mainstream glass recyclers in Hong Kong - short answer topic][*]Leader of group project - building a cloud chamber observing muon decay and cosmic ray collisions [Use of technical jargon to impress adcoms][*]Leader of group project - building a particle accelerator[</em>]600 hours of community service in the span of 1 year[<em>]Travelled to rural China to teach young kids English for a week, was the group leader [these kids have never had contact with the language in the past][*]Worked with a group of 30 to earn USD1500 - 5 years - do it every year at least once[</em>]Member of debating and Model United Nations[/ul]Awards:[ul][<em>]UKMT Gold Medal [INTERNATIONAL][*]AMC12, top 10% internationally [INTERNATIONAL] or 4th in school [SCHOOL][*]Sunlife Mathematics Scholarship Competition [INTERNATIONAL] - top 30% internationally[</em>]Euclid Scholarship Mathematics Competition Distinction [INTERNATIONAL] - top 15%[<em>]Student council - 2 consecutive years [SCHOOL][*]Member of Mensa International [INTERNATIONAL][/ul]Applying to:*[ul][</em>]Wharton[<em>]Columbia[</em>]Dartmouth[<em>]Cornell[</em>]Brown[<em>]MIT Sloan[</em>]Carnegie Mellon[<em>]NYU Stern[</em>]John Hopkins[<em>]University of Chicago[</em>]University of Michigan[/ul][/li]Thanks for taking the time to chance me!</p>
<p>Anyone at all?</p>
<p>Just by any chance are you from HKIS?</p>
<p>State wise you are qualified (I’d say a bit higher than the avg. applicant). But Realistically Ivies are such crap shot you really need something to differentiate yourself from other applicants. I’m not sure about the Ivies and the other schools but NYU and Mich I’d say 60+ Why 60? because you are international other wise probably higher.</p>
<p>Nah, I am not from HKIS. Wouldn’t the fact that I have started a successful business, or built a cloud chamber and particle accelerator differentiate me from the rest?</p>
<p>woah…im not an expert on this, but to me it looks like you are perfectly qualified.</p>
<p>I’d say the business is in the right direction, but if you check the pass official decisions for most upper ivies (i assume you desire those the most) then acceptance gets pretty random. Imo. but definitely having a business as a EC should differentiate you from the rest. You should also check out the international student pop. on the college’s website. Some tend to be more friendly towards international student i.e. the ones with the biggest international pop. Just off the top of my head i think NYU has the 2nd largest int. student behind USC. Not too sure though double check it. But yea international students definitely have a chance two of my friend from HKIS both got into Harvard and Princeton for swimming and i think probably around 30ish ppl in my class got into ivies.</p>
<p>Well to be honest, my primary choices are basically: UPenn, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, UChicago and MIT Sloan. HYPS I know are crapshoots, and really the only reason I may apply there is because I might get lucky and make my parents happy.</p>
<p>Jmcyl, do you happen to have some stats on your friends who got into Harvard and Princeton, I would love to see the standard of international students from my area! :D</p>
<p>Well stats wise most if not all should be very qualified. you know the usual</p>
<p>near 4.0 or 4.0+
above 2000 SAT
on avg 700 SAT II
Solid EC club prez. or maybe class prez. </p>
<p>but the thing that differentiated my friend were they were both really good at swimming. The one that got into Harvard missed the HK Olympic team by .0something second something really close he swims for H now. </p>
<p>You should put emphasis on your Business EC that should help. The place to really shine is through the essay because practically all applicant’s stats will be similar to yours. </p>
<p>I know at least one person from my class at your school list except, MIT and U of Chicago.</p>