<p>Hey ...
if you could share your response that would be great. I am hoping to go to any elite ivy, preferabbly HYPS.
male
private prep school in conn. (take the majority of honors/AP when possible)
no ranking (but probably top 2-5%)</p>
<p>4.0 uw
4.5 w
2000 SAT
650 math 2C
690 chem</p>
<p>essays and teacher recomendations will be strong</p>
<p>EA but not applying for financial aid </p>
<p>NOT: legacy, URM</p>
<p>student body elected VP
elected president of service club
JV sport freshman/sophmore
President of Young Democrats since sophmore year
Top 10 in State Debate Tournament
Took a summer class at university </p>
<p>SAT- kinda low for a non-URM, you need atleast 2200+
SAT II's-low, you need 1 more
Your ecs are kind of weak for HYPS, and b/c you dont really have a hook its gonna be a reach to get into ivy</p>
<p>^true, nothing to lose, but you fall a bit short of the prodigy-like level required to get into HYPS. Take heart though: there are plenty of schools right outside that range you'd have a much better shot at.</p>
<p>We're being honest here. Good grades are everywhere. You have great grades but (relatively) poor test scores and mediocore ECs. I don't see a real reason for HYPS to accept you. Cornell is probably worth a shot if you really want Ivy.</p>
<p>Lol. People on CC always tell me that when I post my honest opinions regarding their chances. Personally, to the OP, I agree with Koolcrud. Those are good achievements, but those SAT scores totally slaughter your chances to Stanford and Harvard. Much stronger applicants than you have been indeed rejected from both schools. Raise those SATs and you will have a shot at Stanford but still no shot at Harvard. Affirmative action is illegal in california but legal everywhere else.</p>
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how the heck do you have a 4.0uw but only 650 and 690
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<p>Because most highschools have very low academic standards, as is evidently the case here. That's exactly why colleges use the SAT in the first place - it's the only true way to compare all applicant across the board on a standardized level.</p>
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but i've always wanted to go to stanford...
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<p>So do a lot of people, obviously, that school's rejections are hella high. Except a lot of other people that want to go have 2100-2400 to boost their 4.0s.</p>
<p>You don't have a good shot. Improve your SATs for a relatively decent one, I base this on the statistics, and the percentage of URMs/legacies etc. that make up the 2000 area scorers. I agree with hikaru for the first time ever.</p>
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you sound more like a cornell type
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<p>Everyone underrates Cornell subtle ways like this--the SATs are still pretty high there. A couple of years ago it was 660 to 760 Math in the middle 50 percent and 630 to 730 Verbal for the middle 50 percent. The current average is higher, but the average M+V then was probably around 1390, which is closer to 2100 new than 2000 new (the OP's score).</p>
<p>I think it is more a case of doing poorly on the actual test.
(albeit low, these scores are the first time, not the best of multiple attempts)</p>
<p>My prep school is one of the oldest high schools in the nation, and there are probably only 10-15 4.0's in a class of 350. </p>
<p>Having said that, how will a higher gpa and lower test scores impact my application? Usually my high school gets about 15 people accepted to HYPS per year. Will the schools repuation help neutralize the test scores, or not?</p>