Question? Ivy HopeLESS!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Question: Can I add extracurricular activities from 8th grade, due to the fact I’m graduating a year early (Which explains my obscenely little EC pool)? I did much more in 8th grade than I did in high school, and would like to point it out to colleges.</p>

<p>Now, how would I fair applying to these colleges? Be honest, but don’t butcher me into shreds.
School: Semi-competitive Public
Rank: Top 5%?
Nationality: Asian (Vietnamese)
Gender: Male
GPA: 3.92 (unweighed)/4.28 (weighed)
Major: Finance/Pre-Law or Undecided/Pre-Law
SAT’s: 2140 (640 CR, 780 M, 720 W) Planning retake for 2200
PSAT’s: Planning to take in fall.
SAT II’s: 780 Biology M, 800 Mathematics IIC
AP’s (9): European History (5), Biology (5) Senior Year: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language and Composition, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Spanish Literature, US History.</p>

<p>Noteworthy EC: ARML Participant?</p>

<p>Other EC:
Academics:
Capital Area Mathematics League
Connecticut State Association of Mathematics League
Letters About Literature Essay Contest (state finalist)
American Mathematics Competition 10 (92.5)
Student Council (member/senator)
Math Team (member/president)<br>
Chess Club (member)</p>

<p>Non-academic (aka videogames):<br>
Gaming Club (founding member)</p>

<p>Sports:
Intramural Table Tennis (aka ping-pong club, but that doesn’t sound nearly as cool) </p>

<p>Choir:
American Choral Directors Association
Eastern Division Honors Choir (chorus)<br>
Freshmen Musical (chorus)<br>
High School Musical (lead)</p>

<p>Awards:
Maximum Honor Roll
Who’s Who Among American High School Students (I know it’s a scam, but whatever)
Spanish Honors Society
National Honors Society
Board of Education Award
School Recognition for Participation in ARML
Maximum Honors Award</p>

<p>Com. Service:
HANOC Tutoring Center (200 hours)
HANOC Summer Program (20 hours)
Conard Music Department (4 hours)</p>

<p>College list: It may change a bit.
MIT (EA)
Harvard (PA)
Stanford
Yale
UPenn
Brown
Cornell (ED)
Boston C (EA)
UC Berkeley
USC
Tufts
UTA
Boston U
UConn (EA)</p>

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<p>Don't include 8th grade. If you want, put it in the comments section of the Common Ap, but those ECs are really understood to be high school activities.</p>

<p>Ivies are HIGH reaches for you, simply because your academic stats are average for the applicant pool, and the fact that you're Asian doesn't help. Your ECs are solid but fairly generic. Don't forget..Harvard rejects valedictorians with 2400 SATs. By all means apply, but make sure your essays and recommendations are stellar. </p>

<p>I don't know much about the other schools on your list...so I will leave it to the more knowledgeable people on this board.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your input.
I hate being Asian now. If I wear a sombrero, get a fake unibrow, and speak only in Spanish, can I qualify as Mexican?
Really? Oh well, then. Better spice up my EC's then.
Can I still tell them that since I skip junior year (should have skipped sophomore year instead grr), my extracurriculars is only an aggregate of two years of stuff instead of three years? Will that make a difference, or will it backfire on me? I will volunteer for 50 hours and prepare for SAT's this summer.
Please, let Critical Reading be 720, Math be 800, and Writing be 740! Passage Reading KILLS me.
I think I can get into the bottom of the list (starting with Boston College) without much trouble because I am a "legacy" at all but Tufts (too many uncles and aunts).
Anyone else have good advice?</p>

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<p>MIT (EA) REACH
Harvard (PA) REACH
Stanford REACH
Yale REACH
UPenn REACH
Brown REACH
Cornell (ED) IN
Boston C (EA) IN
UC Berkeley REACH IF YOU ARE OUT OF STATE
USC IN
Tufts IN
UTA IN
Boston U IN
UConn (EA) IN</p>

<p>Make sure you find out school's policies regarding EA and ED. There's a difference between SCEA and non. But I'm sure you got it figured out.</p>

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<p>Cornell is my top choice right now, so thanks for thinking I could get in.
Bump.</p>

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<p>Yeah, if you do get a 2200 SAT, with everything else, you're looking good for Cornell, especially if you apply ED.</p>