<p>I've just finished applying to US universities today. I'm very new to the process and I have no clue what "stats" i need to have a legitimate chance at the schools i've chosen. Please, someone who has experience, tell me how i stack up so I can have some kind of assurance.</p>
<p>Schools applied for:
Columbia
UCLA
Berkeley
Brown
CIT
Cornell
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
UPenn
Yale</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Top%1 academic ranking (96% average out of 100%)
2200 on SAT
800 on sat math level 2
790 on chem sat</p>
<p>Skin cancer researcher at local university
national gold medal for medical research
numerous local science and technology fair awards
Vice president of community league with 500 members
Varsity basketball team
local hospital volunteering
mentoring/coaching junior students competing in science competition
Top 10 ranking in city-wide math contest
school clubs</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me. I will try my best to chance you back!</p>
<p>well first of all where are you from?
how good your essays are?
what about your recs?
do you need finaid?
just post it here I will check back in a while</p>
<p>You have great stats, and doing two sciences at the Higher Level is impressive, especially the physics. Your SATs are strong too, good Extrcurriculars. The CAS component ensures community service.</p>
<p>I’ll chance the schools I know. Note that most American Universities are not need blind to internationals.</p>
<p>Columbia- lower reach
Brown- lower reach
Cornell-mid each
Dartmouth- lower reach
Johns Hopkins- match
Stanford- reach, they tend to be unpredictable
UPenn- reach.</p>
<p>I hope you have applied to schools elsewhere, not just in the US because you have a lot of reach schools, and hardly a safety. </p>
<p>thanks for the chance.
someone up a few posts has a point- you have not applied to any US safties (along the lines of northeastern, BU, public schools). on my post you mentioned your Canadian- have you applied to Western and U of T? you’ll probably get in and they are great schools.
everything on your list is a reach because they are unpredictable in admissions. JHU UCLA and UCB you have a good shot at.</p>
<p>thanks for the chance everyone. yeah my safeties are some canadian universities. </p>
<p>my recommendations are pretty good. I read one of the teacher reports and the counselor report. The counselor gave me top1% for every section and her letter was pretty nice.</p>
<p>as for my essays, i think i did a decent job. I have 2 Canadian friends who are enrolled at Cornell and Penn respectively. They helped me revise my essays.</p>
<p>o yeah, I’m Canadian. I applied for financial aid at the “need-blind” schools. I haven’t applied for financial aid at schools like Stanford, UC, Caltech, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me! If you need a safe school and want to be an engineer, apply to U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. It is one of the best engineering schools in the US and you’ll definitely get in.</p>
<p>Columbia- reach
UCLA- match
Berkeley- reach
Brown- ?
CIT- CALTech?- high reach
Cornell- match
Dartmouth- match
Johns Hopkins- match
Stanford- reach
UPenn- match
Yale- low reach</p>
<p>i kinda disagree with people above cuz internationals should be harder to get in since it’s more competitive for internationals. so i would say Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, Upenn, and Yale are all reach to high reaches. and the rest are high match to low reach.
u r a strong applicant, it would be better if u were domestic though.</p>