Parents forcing to apply to ivy,please help :(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay my super indian dad knows only the ivy league schools and deems everything else to be "lousy." I made a reasonable list of 9 schools consisting of a healthy mix of reaches, matches, and safeties, but he doesn't give a damn. He insists on applying to the ivies, even though I feel I'd be an insult to the other CC'ers here that are 10x more qualified than me and still stand little chance of acceptance. To top it all off, I havnt even written my Supp essays, because I didnt think my parents were possibly being serious. So chances are, those would suck. Can you guys give me some brutally honest, unbiased chances? Maybe by seeing them,my parents will realize they're wasting their money. But they are really really stubbornand refuse to do any research at all. Specifically, i need chances for Cornell, dartmouth, upenn, and brown. Any advice would help too, but chances first!</p>

<p>Chances</p>

<p>My Stats are:</p>

<p>GPA Unweighted: about 3.8 or 3.9
GPA Weighted: 4.1563
Class Rank: 8 out of 486</p>

<p>SAT:
December 2010: 2000 (CR: 670 M: 670 W:660)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Biology: 740 World History: 640</p>

<p>AP Exams:
Biology: 5
Statistics: senior year
Chemistry: senior year
Calculus: senior year</p>

<p>Classes and Grades: Here's a copy of my transcript,*
<a href="http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x373/Zoidberg93/highschooltranscript.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x373/Zoidberg93/highschooltranscript.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Recreational soccer (since sophomore year)
Youth group (since freshman year, but skipped junior year)
Hindi school (same as youth group)
Dartmouth Community Medical Lectures (since sophomore year)
Debate Team (sophomore year only)
Free Thinkers Club (junior year only)
Young Democrats (sophomore)
Key Club (senior year)
Tennis Lessons (sophomore year)</p>

<p>Community Service/Volunteer:
Tutored other high school students through peer tutoring program at school
Various Key Club and NHS activities
Volunteered during the 2008 elections</p>

<p>Honors:
National Honor Society
1st place in Western New England College Engineering Competition
St. Anselm Book Award
Model UN Delegate of the Year
High Honors Roll</p>

<p>Extra Stuff:</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian (of the South Asian variety, not Native American)</p>

<p>High School: Above average public school, usually a handful of students get into top-tier schools every year</p>

<p>Also, I have some credits from a local community college.</p>

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<p>Hm… I wouldn’t exactly say that you’re “out of the hunting”. Despite that poor SAT score, you seem to make up for it with your solid grades and class rank. However, those SAT II’s are still going to hurt as you will be facing many many applicants with 2300 + on their SAT’s and perfect SAT II’s. </p>

<p>I don’t know, for me, your application looks a little “generic”. Same NHS, same volunteer hours, same clubs for the most part, same grades, etc. </p>

<p>There’s a reason why the Ivy’s reject many 2400’s and 4.0 GPA’s every year and admit students whose scores are under par, and that is STANDING OUT.</p>

<p>Write about something, whether on your supp essay or common app, which makes you stand out. Seriously, people fail to realize this, and growing up in an Asian family as well, I know the emphasis placed on grades and scores. STANDING OUT will raise your chances of admissions significantly. I mean seriously, at the table of discussion, which ad com member is going to say “How about that kid with 2400 SAT, 4.0 GPA, and who wrote about how his dad influenced him”, its more likely going to sound like “Hm… that applicant who showed us the influence that a simple skydive had on his personality (or another topic which is unique) and who showed true passion for their goals in their EC’s…should gain admission…”</p>

<p>Another question, are you applying internationally?</p>

<p>Feel free to chance me back,</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1053466-chance-chinese-international-applicant-please-updated-format-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1053466-chance-chinese-international-applicant-please-updated-format-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>no im applying from within the US.
i dont think a week is enough time to write anything really meaningful. dartmouth is the only one out of the four that doesnt have a supp essay</p>

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<p>Bump please</p>