<p>What is a region defined as anyway? The state locale or is it broken up further within the state?</p>
<p>Uh.. In my class of 90 people, the two female ISEF winners both went to the International Physics Olympiad, the RSI participant went to the International Chemistry Olympiad, and there's a few other Olympiad Medallists too (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) And they're almost all applying to MIT and the like.</p>
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Uh.. In my class of 90 people, the two female ISEF winners both went to the International Physics Olympiad, the RSI participant went to the International Chemistry Olympiad, and there's a few other Olympiad Medallists too (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) And they're almost all applying to MIT and the like.
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<p>Sweet jesus!!!!</p>
<p>But how many of them are great individuals? You know, people who have lives and are well-liked and stuff?</p>
<p>^I don't think adcoms admit students who seem "nice"...I think they still go for the academic accomplishments...and on top of that if you're nice...:)</p>
<p>hey guys ill give you a scenario and i wanna see who you guys would accept at this top tier university (private)</p>
<p>Student A- 3.95 GPA, 2200 SAT, fairly okay challenging courses, barely active in any EC's at school, top 2% of class, gaming nerd.
Student B- 3.9 GPA , low 1900 SAT score, barely any challenging courses, cheerleader, not much ec's that are passionate, TOP 3%. has had a tour/info session
Student C- 3.85 GPA, 33 ACT with 11 on Writing, Lots of challenging courses, has passionate EC's for medicine, has had an interview (wanted to apply ED but due to financial reasons couldn't; interviewer took note), info session, campus visit, top 4%, lots of leadership positions in big EC activities (internships, research, etc.)</p>
<p>Who would you accept?</p>
<p>Wow, that "scenario" was totally unbiased, and it wasn't completely obvious who each person was either!</p>
<p>That scenario was totally biased...give us more accurate info on the other two and then we can make a guess.</p>
<p>Student A is took pretty challenging courses last year- Calc BC and English Lang, Student B tooks English Lang. Uh Student A is doing ED possibly major in Computer Science and Student B BioMedE.</p>
<p>^what college?</p>
<p>Northwestern University</p>
<p>i would take student C... but then again i don't really know if a gpa3.85 is competitive ina particular sch ><</p>
<p>eh i think if most of the applicants from a particular sch are qualified, there'll be an implicit quota on how many ppl the college will take. but of course the admission officers would like you to believe otherwise...</p>
<p>tetrisfan: schs in spore are incredibly competitive. in my sch, the 3 students who got gold in international chem, physics and bio olympiad couldn't top their respective subjects in sch exams. they are nice and quite well liked ppl too :D</p>
<p>my school only sends like 2-3 kids to ivies per year.... you guys go to some crazy schools</p>
<p>we sent 3 to ivies last year. 2 were to harvard though. Those two got into pretty much every school they applied so I don't think that being from the same school played a hindering factor.</p>