<p>Current Year: Junior
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted: 4.33 currently ( So 4.7+ by the time I apply?, Consider 4.7 please)
Rank: 2/406
SAT: 2280 currently ( 780 Math, 800 Writing, 700 Reading), I will be expecting 2300+
Ethnicity: Asian
Recommendations: Will be superb. Teachers think very highly of my intelligence. </p>
<p>Community Service: 70 Hours currently
AP Courses taken: 1 ( AP Calc, scored a 5)
Taking this year: 7
Will be taking next year: 7</p>
<p>ECs:
President of Math Club
VP of Physics Club
Member of Amnesty International
Member of Writing Club
Treasurer of NHS
President of Chess Club</p>
<p>Awards:
1st place Great southwestern math contest
Semi-finalist Academic bowl
4th place UNM PNM Statewide Math Contest</p>
<p>Expected Awards:
Another 1st/2nd place at Great Southwestern Math Contest
PSAT semi-finalist/finalist
AP scholar</p>
<p>I might receive some others.. Before, I was never active in joining competitions. I am planning to take the AMC + Physics Olympia this year + I am waiting for the results of the Bioolympic and a poetry contest. <-- This will/has be my first time participating in these competitions. </p>
<p>Next year, I will be applying to:
Rice
Berkeley
MIT
Univ of Penn
UCLA
Univ of Houston
Brown
Dartmouth
Stanford
Yale
Cornell</p>
<p>Thank you
P.S.: If you have any suggestions to improve my chances, please tell me.</p>
<p>I think you need to have more awards/distinguishing factors in your ECs; the awards are good, but they could be expanded upon. If you like math/science, have you ever considered doing the AMC, or Science Olympiad? That would increase the depth of your achievements by a loot. Or the Science Fair, or Intel, or any of that stuff :)</p>
<p>And you come off as a liiiiitle bit arrogant:
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<p>Try not to say stuff like that in your essays.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, you still seem like just another Asian applicant A very well rounded, obviously intelligent, stereotypical Asian applicant, but in that category nevertheless. I’d say you have about a 30 - 40% chance at the Ivies…</p>
<p>The way you write right now scream arrogant. If this was written after you had sent your stuff in, I would’ve said you would be an auto reject for everything.
Try not to write like that.</p>
<p>Your awards don’t have any significant depth in them right now. Physics Olympiad would help, but only if you do well in higher levels. </p>
<p>As bunny said, you seem like just another one of those typical Asians, except that “typical” Asians going to Ivies are those who get gold and silver in International Olympiads and competitions. I’m an Asian, and I made sure not to stand out as one of those “typical Asian geeks” in my resume. Try to do that.</p>
<p>Other than MIT, Stanford, and Yale, you’re probably near a lock for the rest of your schools. </p>
<p>Nothing particularly wrong with “typical Asian” activities in my opinion because it’s hard and ill-advised to try to fake who you are and the better schools will see through inconsistency in your interviews. I’d advise not even to bother highlighting less impressive stuff that’s less typical.</p>
<p>In the end, you look like you’ve got high potential in something math-sciencey as well as interest, so maybe you want to look into cal tech or carnegie mellon instead of some of the more liberal artsy colleges on your list like Brown and Dartmouth. As an Asian at a good public liberal arts school, I’d advise you that this does matter. An engineer/science culture is a great asset since what you get out of better schools isn’t better course material (everybody uses the same textbooks) but better people to collaborate in your field.</p>
<p>If you don’t come off arrogant in your essays “Teachers think very highly of my intelligence,” I think you have a very good chance. However, I would try to contact a local professor or something because research helps a lot and there’s usually SOMEONE willing to take you. It takes some effort, but pays off A TON.</p>
<p>You’re asian and you have pretty asian EC’s with chess and math. There’s a hundred other Asians good at math and science but only a handful who play 3 varsity sports. Consider ‘redefining’ your image.</p>
<p>I don’t think you are what any of these schools are looking for. You are exactly like hundreds of other applicants. You fit the mold of a typical applicant perfectly, and that won’t get an admission.</p>
<p>If you said that your “Teachers think very highly of my intelligence” to the admissions office, you will come off as arrogant and be a reject. Remember that there are many more applicants like you (or better). But, you got a shot, so apply!</p>
<p>EDIT: Oops, didn’t see that someone else already mentioned this. Waste of a post… lol.</p>
A very well rounded, obviously intelligent, stereotypical Asian applicant, but in that category nevertheless. I’d say you have about a 30 - 40% chance at the Ivies…</p>