<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>With your stats, you have about as low of a chance as all of the other international students who will be applying next cycle.</p>
<p>Which, to work from this year’s numbers, is essentially close to nil. 6.9% of applicants were admitted, and of those, only 9% were internationals - generally, they had interesting hooks (for example, I’m a professional actor) or had excellent academics (think 2350+ SATs).</p>
<p>Nevertheless, good luck, because it’s a total crapshoot.</p>
<p>I thought building a cloud chamber or a particle accelerator was a hook, even starting a business, to a lesser extent.</p>
<p>I thought I had no chance, I have nothing <em>amazing</em> as such and I’m an international. My stats are only slightly higher than yours. Don’t let ANYONE deter you from applying. :)</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks mate, could you possibly send me your stats so I can see how I rack up? :D</p>