<p>sorry about adding yet another "chances" thread to the flood of spam but i'm just nervous about college. would my other stats make my relatively low gpa look better?</p>
<p>these stats are by this september (first marking period of senior year)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2390 (800 math, 800 verbal, 790 writing, 12 essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio, 800 Chem, 800 History, 800 Math2c
[<em>] ACT: 36 (36 on all sections, 12 essay)
[</em>] GPA: 4.38 (top gpa is 4.64)
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank but top percentile (4%)
[</em>] Other stats: IBO medalist, allstate orchestra, varsity swimming, state officier for FBLA
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one best in lifetime, one good one
[</em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[<em>] Hook (if any): ibo?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: wellrounded, but no strong point. and my race.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Chances for:[ul]
[<em>] Harvard early
[</em>] Stanford early/regular
[<em>] Brown regular
[</em>] JHU regular
[/ul]</p>
<p>any targets/safeties that i should be considering?</p>
<p>thanks again for your time and consideration</p>
<p>There is no accelerated med program at Brown; it is 8-years long. And for BME, you don't research/volunteering; I have a friend who got in with mainly Viola and Math as her ECs. Granted, she also got into Harvard, but research/volunteering isn't necessary.</p>
<p>You have an excellent shot at all your schools, with Hopkins and Brown being matches PROVIDED you show enough interest in your essays. You wouldn't believe how many of my "match" schools I got waitlisted at because I didn't show interest, but got into my reach schools BECAUSE I showed interest! Also, you really want to work something you're passionate about in your essays. If you really push one or two things that you are passionate about and show consistency in your activies through all four years, yous hould be golden. Excellent stats! Also, race shouldn't be a problem if you put "No answer" on your application or something. That's what I did, not sure if it helped me or not but I took the safe route.</p>
<p>for harvard and stanford, you need to stand out in some way or another. i had perfect scores on my sats, good SAT 2s, straight As, lots of APs, various leadership positions, research, etc. but i didnt get into harvard (didnt apply to stanford) b/c there was nothing unique about me. still, you have a better chance than most people at harvard and stanford. i'd say ur a good match for hopkins. i dont know about brown, because they tend to choose "unique" people, in a different way than harvard/stanford</p>
<p>you should consider duke, cornell, northwestern as some match schools.</p>
<p>for safeties, umich, uva, and some other publics with decent out of state acceptance rates</p>