<p>I’d appreciate it if you actually provided factual advice when you slander my reputation. That’s a mighty rude (and hypocritical) thing for you to do.</p>
<p>@CalvinTBOD, okay, look. obviously u were negative in this post.</p>
<p>in “My chances at Boston University: PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME”, u stated, “You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about. BU is much more selective (and might I mention much more higher ranked) than Binghamton. Next time you try to act like a contemptuous smartass, get your facts straight first.” but apparently, the other guy won the argument. </p>
<p>in “Chance me. Low GPA. High SATs. Engineering Schools.” you wrote, “Your Physics SAT II score is going to hurt you as an Engineering applicant.”</p>
<p>in “You + Chance Me = Love”, you were like, “For those of you saying that it is/isn’t a legacy, I would like to see some actual data backing up your claims. I’m just personally really curious about this matter. In my own logic, I feel that it would be a legacy. And there’s that additional respect of leaving college in order to defend your college.” </p>
<p>in “Chance me for reach schools; will chance back!”, u said, “Your ECs are pretty weak, and your SAT I score isn’t outstanding enough for Stanford/MIT standards (especially since you’re Asian). You’re definitely in at UMichigan though, even considering the fact that you’re out-of-state.”</p>
<p>you are just stating your own opinion, so stop being so negative.</p>
<p>You really must be completely out of your mind - you’re taking my posts unbelievably out of context. And apparently, you don’t seem to know what the word “negative” means.</p>
<p>1] On the contrary, the person I quoted opened the argument by saying that I was the one that I did not know what I was talking about. And I find it funny that you chide me for posting my own opinions, when you insist on your own opinions by saying that I “lost the argument.”</p>
<p>2] It’s a fact. Low SAT scores hurt your chances.</p>
<p>3] I was asking for data, as I was really curious as to what the real answer was. And if anything, my personal opinion was a positive one, as I was showing respect for the OP’s grandfather who served in the war.</p>
<p>4] Once again, facts.</p>
<p>see, from your point of view, a 1900 (SAT) is a BAD score for Harvard. Indeed, it may be low, but going to the cup w/ 50% water, you are viewing the the cup as half empty. Why cant u think of, “oh well! You can be one of the 5% in Harvard with 1900!” Thats what I mean by being negative. Why cant u say something more encouraging? SAT score nowadays worth less and less in the admission process. My friend from minds matter has 1760, got questbridge, and is attending williams for full ride. O.O dont put ur negative opinion in public and discourage ppl.</p>
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<li>how can you judge whether someone’s EC is weak? i mean, a person with little EC from a small town can mean a lot because they dnt have as many opportunities as those from big cities.</li>
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<p>1] This doesn’t have anything to do with the analogy of the water. The point is, you’re looking at everything from an idealistic point of view, and I’m looking it at a realistic point of view. Life lesson: You can’t just expect everything in your life to happen in accordance with the unrealistic possibility. I’m not being negative, I’m not being pessimistic. I’m providing facts, and giving the OP a realistic stance on their chances, which is what they should be concerned about.</p>
<p>2] 5% of Harvard attendees do NOT have a SAT score of a 1900. Once again, get your facts straight.</p>
<p>3] Williams has nothing to do with Harvard, does it?</p>
<p>4] Realism =/= Pessimism. Get it right, seriously.</p>
<p>5] You’ve just proven that Chance threads in general are pointless.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s harder for intl. applicants to get in these colleges, but I’ll assume domestic anyways and see how that goes.</p>
<p>Also I’m very, very dubious on the idea that S/P would ignore your freshman year GPA; I’m gonna have to go with CalvinTBOD here.</p>
<p>SAT: Average
ECs: A little above average, nothing really unique from a domestic point of view, I figure, that would be a hook. Looks like standard Ivy applicant material from here. The 1500 hours shows commitment but it’s not in line your ECs. Actually hardly any of your ECs point at one thing you have a passion about, which is clearly important in how colleges see applicants: their drive for something. I find it difficult to find a drive when there’s Hip hop, science, English tutoring, and school leadership. Add this to
Your profile looks really spread out, but solid nonetheless. I’d say</p>
<p>Princeton, Stanford - Reach
Columbia - A bit lower of a reach (CC or SEAS?)
Cornell - Match.</p>
<p>This is really confusing:
Junior (IB current): three 7’s, two 6’s and one 5; 38/42
Senior (IB predicted): three 7’s, three 6’s, full bonus points; 42/45
Mid-year report: five 7’s, one 6, full bonus points; 44/45
Did you took IB exams twice, or what? Your junior year seems to add up to 38 (in what subjects, may I ask?) but your senior year adds up to 42 again… Which means that if 3 are HL (as per IB Diploma requirements), you took 3 certificate examinations, am I correct in that? And how is there a midyear report for IB grades? Are those based on internal assessments? I’m partially asking these because a midyear report of 44/45 is ludicrously high, and if it’s legitimate, by all means keep on doing whatever you’re doing, and don’t fail on the exams…</p>
<p>well, im not saying u HAVE to be idealistic, im just saying, u dont have to be negative to most of the ppl u are commenting at. You feeling me? </p>
<p>i have nothing against you, i just dont like how you tend to be like, “oh this isnt good” “thats low”, “week”…etc. Though I do see you posted some rather inspiring posts. and this IS regarding the 50% water idea, you tend to be more negative toward almost everything that the student post. I mean, it is good to sort of give them realistic opinions which, in rare cases, will encourage the student, however, your comments, in my opinion, discourages ppl. Switch to a different dimension, and thatll be better. </p>
<p>+++ i dnt view stuff from an “idealistic pov”, i did tell ppl their strength and weakness. and i think thats what you should start doing as well. as for the 5%, i was just giving out an example, but im sure there are at lease 1% of students scoring between 19-2000. </p>
<p>the reason i referred to williams was that i just wanted to tell everyone that LOW SAT ISNT THE END OF THE WORLD. </p>
<p>i know idealism =/= Pessimism, but really, if you go back to what u wrote, youll find your posts to be pretty “ugly”.</p>
<p>i have to agree with you on #5. chancing me is bullcrap. Who do you (not you) think you are? judging people’s EC and grade? stop saying if they are weak or w/e. u dnt know the situation, so dnt make a statement. the highest GPA in my school is a 3.802 uw and my school is one of the top 100 in the nation, #67. O.O though my gpa is 3.796 uw, it doesnt mean i have a LOW GPA. god…</p>
<p>All I’m saying is that Stanford and Princeton don’t consider your freshman grades (I have called and confirmed) and that they aren’t even seen by the admissions officers.</p>
<p>Most of my community service hours came from tutoring and helping out students in one way or another (tutoring subjects, guitar, English (summer job as well as abroad), science projects (I gave leadership roles to different students and helped teach them how to do it well)). I also pursued a business (my career choice), which was in line with my community service (eco-friendly; only one in the city). I hope I made that clear to adcoms.</p>
<p>Ktk, on my transcript, my junior year current grades are sent (my school did mock exams one year early and those were the grades I attained), my senior year grades are my predicted grades for the IB (all universities require this from IB-only schools) and my mid-year report are basically revised predicted grades (based on mock exams we did in the middle of senior year). They are also fairly accurate. In the year above mine, there were two kids who were predicted full 45/45. One of them got 45 in the final and the other got 44. The 45 went to Penn and the 44 went to Stanford (he had a 2310 on the SAT and a lot of ECs with debating/MUN). Hopefully, his case will help them see that my grades aren’t inflated.</p>
<p>From what I’ve gathered on this website and around the web, in the worst case scenario, the B I got during sophomore year and the 5 I got during junior year are the only Bs that I will have for Stanford/Princeton. I found that a few schools even convert the B (from IGCSEs) to a A and the 5 to a B+. So I’m guessing my UW GPA for Stanford/Princeton will be between 3.93 and 3.99 and my weighted will be between 4.49 and 4.7 (if they re-calculate).</p>
<p>Also, I just wanted to state that there aren’t many poor people who apply to these schools from here. All English medium schools have huge fees (1500USD to 3500USD a month) and almost all the rest are in Chinese. Not to say that there won’t be a few, but it’s my personal opinion that most of the people I’m competing with come from families with similar income, if not more, to mine.</p>
<p>Regardless, I think the courseload matters more at this point than GPA, a b or two are fine details if you’re going to get a 44-45 on your ib diploma… that’s mad! :)</p>
<p>I still believe it’s hard to give a definitive answer for internationals as a US-based applicant… But you’re as strong/stronger(44/45… Top 0.5~2percentile?) than most others out there, with that, definitely.</p>
<p>Think about it. U ate not the only rich Indian applying. There are 1 billion of you guys and 1.3 billion of Chinese people yes it is expensive to attend your school. How do you know if there aren’t any one from India is applying? Just so you know. The nmber for international is usually lower than domestic. So if you really think you are competing against no body and reject w/w the fact that ppl are telling you , well you can’t do anything at the moment, but that’s is a really bad attitude. if any college representitives see your response, it doesn’t help your app.</p>
<p>columbia and cornell may be a little difficult because unlike stanford and princeton, they do look at freshman year. that being said, theyre not definitively out of the question, theres still a possibility.
Stanford and Princeton could really go either way, but I definitely say you have a better shot at either of them.
Good luck</p>
<p>Your ECs are weak. Sorry but its just a laundry list, you started an eco-friendly business, but did you actually make any money? You show leadership roles but no actual acheivements or accomplishments within those roles.</p>
<p>All the ECs were huge successes and I made the adcoms aware of this in my application.</p>
<p>well then list us the successes so we can give you an accurate chance.</p>
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<li>I successfully tutored all my students (in one of the clubs) to higher grades and SAT scores</li>
<li>Successfully created one of the most popular, if not the most popular, student-led club (the other one) at my school; it involves teaching a musical instrument and was created so that students can learn for free (other academic/musical tutoring clubs at my school charge money)</li>
<li>Performed very well in terms of business - we made a good amount of profits and we used our business plan in a national competition, in which we did very well (top 15)</li>
<li>The huge school event was a major success with a huge audience turnout and a good amount of profit that went to charity</li>
<li>Golf is more of a personal achievement as I made the squad after playing the sport for 7 weeks</li>
<li>Science projects encouraged shy students to take leadership roles and pursue science if they so pleased</li>
<li>The summer internship requires no explanation and speaks for itself</li>
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<p>“good amount of profits” k bro.</p>
<p>12900 hkd.</p>
<p>That’s about 1700 USD. Just to make it easier for you.</p>
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