<p>secondary school: will be first graduating class of a newly established magnet program in MD
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
College class: 2014
I dont' know how this will affect things, but my sister and I were raised with a single parent for the past 9 years..i guess i can talk about the challenges i had to overcome in an essay?</p>
<p>Major: Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 2240; 670 CR, 800 M, 770 W
SAT 2: Math 2 800, Chinese 800, Physics (will take in october probably 750+)
Rank: school doesnt rank but top 10%, no less than top 15%
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.42 W (i messed up in middle school when i took high school courses and freshmen grades were messed up as well, but upward trend from there)
APs: 9/10 total depending on senior schedule
Rigor of course: close to hardest possible</p>
<p>Awards:
National merit commended (maybe semifinalist)
AP Scholar
Maryland Scholar Athlete
Yuri Kochiyama award (some award thing from UMD)</p>
<p>EC's:
JV basketball
JV/Varsity lacrosse
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship program (SEAP internship at the Naval Surface and Warfare Center in Carderock) - 40 hrs/wk, 8 weeks
Helped start/and tutor at Students to Scholars (started with friends helping tutor SAT and SATII for high schoolers)
CIT (counselor in training at summer camps)
officer at school's Asian American club
Math team
It's Academic team
National Piano Playing Auditions Local and International member
Assistant basketball coach at chinese school
400+ hours of community service</p>
<p>might be more awards/ECs but this is what i can think off off the top of my head</p>
<p>Schools:
MIT (EA?)
Princeton
Cornell RD/ED
UPenn
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Columbia
Carnegie Mellon
UMichigan
UMaryland</p>
<p>Thanks! I will chance back if you post your link</p>
<p>I don’t think having a single parent is that unique, no offense. It’s actually really common. Maybe I’m just biased because my mom’s a widow so it’s like, my whole life with a ‘single parent’ almost lol.</p>
<p>Ok. Stats are good. EC’s look alright. So…</p>
<p>MIT (EA?) - high reach (being asian def not in your favor)
Princeton - reach
Cornell RD/ED - lower reach
UPenn - match
Northwestern -match
Johns Hopkins - low reach
Duke - match
Columbia - match
Carnegie Mellon - matchish
UMichigan - in
UMaryland - in</p>
<p>OH and have you ever heard of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering? REALLY GOOD. REALLY SELECTIVE. and FREE! Look it up on collegeboard and see for yourself. Higher ranges than the Ivies…</p>
<p>You’re ECs, GPA, and SATIIs are fantastic! Though if you’re Chinese, colleges won’t really give you credit for the 800. Just try to raise your SAT to 2300 and I think you’ll be safe at most schools except for maybe MIT, Princeton, and John Hopkins. You have enough awards and AP classes so make sure you’re essay and recs are well written. Best of luck! :)</p>
<p>MIT(EA): High Reach (Single Parent? Give them a story. MIT REALLY likes people who had FMLed lives and who struggled out of it. A friend had a disability she overcame- and she’s going to MIT this year- and though she was a good applicant, she wasn’t spectacularly spectacular!) :)</p>
<p>Consider schools like CalTech, Stanford, UCLA and UC Berkeley as well!! They have excellent engineering programmes- some of which are better than the colleges you’ve listed! You have a good shot at most though! Hope this helps!</p>
<p>MIT (EA?) - reach
Princeton - reach
Cornell RD/ED - ED match/RD low reach
UPenn - reach
Northwestern - high match
Johns Hopkins - high match
Duke - match
Columbia - reach
Carnegie Mellon - match
UMichigan - in
UMaryland - in</p>
<p>MIT: high reach, ur probably doing SRP right? so try to get intel or semiens that will help alot
Princeton: high reach same thing as MIT
Cornell RD/ED: mid reach, cornell is easier to get into
UPenn: reach
Northwestern: mid/high reach
Johns Hopkins: low/mid reach
Duke: mid reach
Columbia: mid reach
Carnegie Mellon: ur not doing comp sci right? so low reach
UMichigan: in
UMaryland: in</p>
You have a good shot at most though!