Stanford, Yale, P-ton...Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm wondering about my chances for schools RD. The main schools I'm uncertain about are Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, and Cornell. Any advice is appreciated.</p>

<p>Asian Male
Competitive Public High School (Highly ranked and recognized)
Living in Southern California</p>

<p>TESTS
SAT I: 2330 (780V/ 770M/ 780W)
SAT II: 780 Biology M 800 Math IIC 760 US Hist
5’s on 4 AP tests thus far (Euro, US, Bio, Lit) and 4 on Comp Sci</p>

<p>SCHOOL
GPA: 4.7 (W) 3.93 (UW)
Rank: School doesn’t rank, top 10%
Taking the hardest classes in entire class</p>

<p>Community College class – Anatomy and Physiology</p>

<p>ECs
Cancer Research Institute 9-12
-Participated in AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) National Meeting in Anaheim</p>

<p>Summer student at City of Hope National Research Center (8 hrs/day/3 months) for 2 years earnings</p>

<p>USC Hospital Internship – volunteering, shadowing, etc.</p>

<p>First Responder/EMS training </p>

<p>Science Club (President, VP)
Pre-Medicine Club (Founder and President)
Sports Club (President for 3 years) </p>

<p>Varsity Water Polo
-Very good team. Team captain, all-area team.</p>

<p>Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout (with many other BSA awards)
- World Conservation Award
- SPL (prez), PL (board)</p>

<p>Part time job tutoring HS students in biology and chemistry</p>

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<p>Depends entirely on luck, but I'd say you'll get into at least 1-2 of 'em.</p>

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<p>Your scores are definitely great enough for any of those schools. I guess you need a killer essay, b/c hardly anyone I know gets into Stanford or Yale solely on academic merit (ie they're first-generation and nationally ranked in a sport). Try to show a hook in your essay, that's what my friend did and now he's at Stanford. Cancer Research sounds impressive! maybe your essay could be about that.
It's seriously a crapshoot when it comes to those schools; I know some people who should have gotten in but didn't. Best of luck!!!</p>

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<p>Yeah, i agree. You have outstanding stuff but you need more like a killer essay or something to make you stand out. You'll be in at brown and cornell for sure, but chances are that you will make at least one of the other four you listed. So count on it.</p>