Ok Stats, want to go to Stanford. Any chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi Everyone,
I will be entering my senior year in September and would like to know what my chances are for early and regular decision applications. Can individuals who already got accepted please post their stats as well and the colleges where they got accepted.
Applying:
Early Action: Stanford
Regular Decision: Columbia University, Harvard College, MIT, California Institute of Technology, Yale, Boston University, NYU, Yale (maybe), Northwestern, Wharton (M&T program as 1st choice) and Cornell.
I would be happy with either Stanford, Wharton, or Harvard.</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT I: 2180 (800 Math, 710 Writing, 670 Reading) I plan on taking it again in Oct.
SAT II: Math II- 800, Physics- 750, U.S. History- 700
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.81 unweighted (my school doesn't rank)</p>

<p>AP:
Microeconomics: 5
Macroeconomics: 4
US History: 4
Physics C: Mechanics: 5
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (Independent Study): 4
Calculus BC: 5 (AB subscore: 5)
Physics B: 4
Statistics: 4
English Composition: 3
Computer Science AB: 2 :'(
European History: 3</p>

<p>I will be taking about 4 more exams during my senior year (doesnt really matter right?)</p>

<p>School Info:
One of the top 10 public schools in US. Extremely competitive. In Long Island, NY</p>

<p>Race: Indian</p>

<p>Clubs:
FBLA- member 9th-12th, president 10th-12th (Within 1 year after I became president, I was able to increase membership 3 fold)
Stock Market Club- President 9th-12th
Astronomy Club- President 9th-12th
Math Club- member 9th-12th
Chess Club- member 9th-12th</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Over 300 hrs of volunteer hours as a tech. desk support at the Visiting Nurse Services of New York.</p>

<p>Summer Experiences:
9th summer: Volunteered at VNS, went to school for Chemistry so i didnt have to take it again
10th summer: Volunteered at VNS
11th summer: Columbia Summer Program (Introduction to Business, Economics and Finance course), established my hedge fund</p>

<p>Awards:
1st place NYS Networking Concepts FBLA
2nd place NYS Cyber Security FBLA
AP Scholar (missed national scholar by 1 point)
Outstanding achievement in AP Physics, AP Statistics, Science Research (school awards)
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Unique Experiences:
I started my own computer service business the summer prior to entering high school. All of the information regarding the business can be found on the website*
I have been managing my family's investments since 9th grade and started a hedge fund this summer *
Essays:
I have a few topics to choose from for my application essays and will probably write an essay on each of the following topics:
1. Building my own P.C.
2. Marketing for my computer services business
3. Trying to incite investors for my hedge fund
4. an extraordinary experience during my stay at Columbia.</p>

<p>I would have no chances at some of these colleges, especially Wharton and Stanford without my unique experiences but I am hoping that they can get me enough leverage when I am applying.
Also, idk if this matters but my family income is about $150K.
What do you guys think? Which of the colleges am I a definite for (I am thinking Columbia)? Should I hope for getting into Stanford early?</p>

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<p>I don’t know where to start. First, you’ll have to get a handle on your vocabulary and be sure to use words correctly in your essay.</p>

<p>Hedge funds are folding left and right and you started one this summer? Because of Harvard’s own plight with massive losses in their PE investments, I’m sure adcom will appreciate the irony of that.</p>

<p>If you don’t have the stats for schools, and in all honesty you don’t for those you list except for BU, NYU and maybe NU, chances of getting in are very slim.</p>

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<p>Dude, your AP’s have fours and threes, and even a 2. Your test scores are all right, but you had better hope for some damn good essays if you want to get in. And teacher recs. Make sure those are good.</p>

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<p>Mate you’ve got a decent shot at some of those, but you had better well find some safeties.</p>

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<p>incite has a negative connotation (provoking and encouraging bad things). i doubt you want that in your investors. you have a very nice business website. that said, your chances are <<<<10% of admission to Stanford, Wharton, Yale MIT, Columbia, CIT or Harvard. Northwestern/BU/etc. are plausible High Matches/Low Reaches</p>

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<p>to hmom5: I have a bunch of 5s in there as well. Also, the 2 on a AB computer science
exam is because that exam is about 2.5x more difficult than the A exam and I basically learned the entire course by myself b/c my teacher didnt explain anything.
Also, I know I have serious difficulties w/ english but thats because its my 3rd language and fyi, while I was writing this I didn’t consciously make any efforts to try and be precise.
to elytron: thanks for the definition.</p>

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<p>it looks shaky to me</p>

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<p>I really find it hard to believe that Columbia wont take me.</p>

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<p>Hershey-You’ve done a lot at such a young age. I would bet that you’ll get some bites from top schools. Sometimes you have to wonder about the motivations that drive the negative “chancing” here.</p>

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<p>thanks tokdoc. I know what you mean about the motivations however, I don’t understand why would anyone give negative feedback unless they believe it. You are what you are, and regardless of what others say, its in the hands of the admissions officers whether to accept you or not so I see no point in giving false feedback.</p>

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<p>You have a strong chance at a lot of these schools, and Columbia is no exception. But nobody can consider a school with an 11% acceptance rate a safety. Even if you have a 80% shot at all of these schools (which you don’t) there’s still a chance you could be rejected at all of them.</p>

<p>Find some school where you’re certain you’ll be accepted and where you’ll still be perfectly content attending. There’s no problem with having high expectations but you should be realistic about it as well.</p>

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<p>well statistically speaking, even if I have a 51% chance at all of the ivy leagues (I think its more than that), it would be very unlikely that I would be rejected at all (only a 3.125% chance) because a person competing with me won’t be able to attend all 5 at the same time. Furthermore, I am going to take the GMAT because I find the english is easier, hopefully a good score on that will overshadow my weak SAT scores.</p>

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<p>You’re just coming off as pretty immature. You asked for chances and now you’re arguing with the opinions YOU requested. I think you meant “entice” rather than “incite”, though to be honest your “hedge fund” will not be taken seriously. </p>

<p>And congratulations on grossly misapplying probability rules such that you have a 97% chance of getting in to an Ivy league. And as an Indian(aka Asian) from LI with no real hooks and an SAT under 2200, you’re in an incredibly competitive demographic, and I’m sorry to say that your chances are far far less than 97% of getting in to an Ivy.</p>

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<p>Your standardized/AP test scores, gpa are pretty average, but I think it will be your extracurriculars that will help you in your application. Starting your business is pretty unique and will stand out to colleges, so that would be a good topic for your essay. Your leadership looks great, and I’m sure you have a good chance at some of these colleges. Boston University and NYU are probably pretty good safeties. However, have you looked into some other good colleges that aren’t necessarily ivies, like Vanderbilt or Washington University in St. Louis?</p>

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<p>Okay it’s amazing how far from the truth this is. First of all, you don’t have a 51% chance at any Ivy League school. Secondly, you will not be accepted at four schools just because “your competitor” cannot attend five. As ChoklitRain said, you have much less than a 97% chance of getting into an Ivy.</p>

<p>I’m trying to help you and prevent a possible situation in which you are left without a school to attend come next April. You can either take the advice that I and others provide you or you can continue being rude and immature and we’ll see what happens.</p>

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<p>Nice words, ChoklitRain. Take them to heart, hershey.</p>

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<p>Just wondering, what kind of strategy does your hedge fund use and how much capital do does it have? Are we talking you incorporated a hedge fund but lack fund etc and hope to get them, or is it established with well over a million in capital?</p>

<p>If your hedge fund lacks capital it won’t really count much as an ec, about that same as any other. That said if you have an investment strategy thats developed (as opposed to just trading, though if that was what you did its not really a hedge fund obviously). for example if you’re willing to divulge your arbitrage formulas etc that would give you an edge.</p>

<p>also, your website is nice, but completely stolen from cibermar, literally pictures, graphics, theme, everything. So either you stole it from them, or you shoul investgate why someone stole your website. I’ll link if you’d like</p>

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<p>You are really grossly overestimating where you can get in. Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, CIT, Yale, and Wharton are all huge reaches for you. That’s wonderful that you like computers and made a hedge fund, but they in no way compensate for (as far as applicants go to these schools go) low gpa, low standardized test scores, and mediocre AP scores (again I mean for applicants to these schools, as far as everyone in the universe goes you are quite solid). To be honest, what you consider “unique experiences” really aren’t that unique and are not giving you much of (if any) a boost. All of these negative factors are exponentially compounded by the fact that you are an ORM, which means the vast majority of other ORMs have much higher scores and more unique “unique experiences”. You REALLY need to find a lot of safety schools. I would not be surprised if you were rejected by every school on that list besides BU- and even that is just a mid/high match. </p>

<p>“I would be happy with either Stanford, Wharton, or Harvard.”</p>

<p>I’m telling you now, find other places where you will be happy.</p>

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<p>and wow danjinc is completely right your website design is plagiarized entirely off of cibermar</p>

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<p>Wow, if adcoms see that…</p>