<p>Well, I'm a 17 year old Chinese female with absolutely no sports. Absolutely.
What do you think of my chances of getting into an Ivy League School?</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I : 2390 (800CR, 790M, 800W)
SAT II: 790 Chem, 750 US Hist, 800 Math IIc
ACT: 35, can't remember subscores
PSAT: 227</p>
<p>GPA: about 3.9 unweighted; weighted around 4.6-4.7 or something
Rank: 4/612 at Sachem...it's a Long Island high school, half-way decent.</p>
<p>APs: took 3 last year, taking 4 this year
AP Physics B (5)
AP US History (5)
AP English Language and Comp (5)</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities:
Art Club (9-12): Vice President 2 years, Treasurer 1 year
Science Club (9-10): Treasurer/Secretary 2 Years
French Club (9-12)
Lit. Mag (9-10): Editor
Science Olympiad (9-12)
Piano: since I was five years old
Violin (7-12): School Orchestra - Symphonic, Concert</p>
<p>Volunteer:
"Splashes of Hope" - ceiling tile project for Mather Hosp. 35-45 Hours
"FutureCorps" - 25 Hours
Currently Decorating School - have painted murals, etc.
Safe Halloween (3 Years)
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Freshmen Orientation
Tsunami Fundraiser
Other Fundraisers</p>
<p>Honors/Quasi-activities:
French Honor Society/ National Honor Society/ Art Honor Society
NYSSMA Level 6 Piano 98/100, NYSSMA Level 4 Violin
Regional Art Awards - BAFFA (2nd Place), US Congressional Art (honorary mention), Youth Art Showcase
American Chemical Society LI Subsection Award
Who's Who
National Honor Roll
US Achievement Academy
President's Award for Academic Excellence (9-11)
Piano Honors Recital
Numerous School Awards</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for anyone who even bothers applying.</p>
<p>Kinda ironic, not having sports - that's what the ivies where originally meant to...</p>
<p>Your scores are excellent, but your ECs are weak compared against some of your peers here at CC. If you don't get in, it's not because of a lack of sports.</p>
<p>oh well, thanks anyhow.
At least I won't die because of sports.</p>
<p>I also forgot to list that I dance, or used to - cultural, ballet, modern.
I paint too, and am intending to submit an art portfolio with my apps, if any school accepts it...
It's probably easier to list volunteer and ec as one thing.
Oh well, should I have any hope?
Should I pig out on EC's senior year?
.</p>
<p>What are my chances at the following? I'm interested in an Engineering Major, that is, unless i get into a LAC:</p>
<p>UMich AA
MIT
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Stanford
Upenn
Brown
NYU
SUNY stony brook
Princeton
Carnegie Mellon
Caltech
UCBerkeley
Rutgers
Rice
Tufts</p>
<p>What I meant earlier was that your ECs are fine paired with your SATs to make you a competitive applicant for most of the schools on that list. It's just that nothing is unique...unless your art catches their attention</p>
<p>hmmm, i better go paint some more then...^_~
: P bleh, what can I offer a school that they haven't already seen thousands of times before...well...not much. Oh well.
The funny thing is, the more I see of this site, the more worried I become.
Hmmm, ignorance is bliss.</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance for any ivy league school. You've got amazing scores and good ecs. I think if you have a good essay you should get into one or two ivy league schools.</p>
<p>I think you have amazing scores. Again, the one thing keeping you out of harvard, mit, or brown is ur ecs. What makes you unique from all the other ivy applicants?
Another thing that is going against you is the fact the you are asian. MAny colleges, as much as they deny it, try to limit the number of acceptances for each minority. Most Ivys have 30% asian populations. So your competition will be many people with similar stats.
This one asian girl I know got into harvard. But the thing the set her apart was the fact that she was an all-state violinist.</p>
Why the unwarranted advice?!?! More like ~13-15%...</p>
<p>All-state violinist?? Have you looked at this forum at all? It's filled with All-state (not the insurance company), heck some are even All-Eastern and others are All-Southern</p>
<p>Well, you obviously don't have stellar EC's...BUUUUT</p>
<p>if you apply to ALL the ivies, I guarantee you will get in to at least one. a 2390 is a WOW score...unless you took it like 4 times...although that's still damn good.</p>
<p>just because you don't have EC's doesn't mean you have no personality. bring your true interests and self to life in your essay, get good teacher reccomendations, and I see lots of Ivy in your future!</p>
<p>Not true. I know a kid who had perfect SATs and a 4.2 and he only got into his safety which was NYU Stern because he came off like an *******. So that means that the essay really counts and those stats arent as rare as u may think.</p>
<p>Yes, a sport is "just another" EC. But sports, especially if you play year-round, are demanding, excruciatingly physical, and didactic of more than just the sport itself. I know sports-essays are cliche, but presented correctly, sports can become amazing extra-curricular activities.</p>
<p>Also, you shouldn't plan on pigging out on EC's senior year. Just concentrate on what you have and do something amazing (Like having your own recital in a concert hall where you play piano and violin (at the same time, if you can manage)).</p>
<p>Your ECs are not weak (though they're not superb). I think, combined with your scores, you have a fine chance as the schools you're considering. Ivies aren't just for athletes and URMs.</p>
<p>You're fine. You should be able to get into basically any school you apply to, with solid essays and grades/test scores like you have. Some of the best credentials a student could possibly have.</p>
<p>Just make sure you have an interesting essay and don't appear to be a bookworm, as colleges don't want those! :) j/k They want well rounded bookworms HAHA!</p>