TASP participant - Chance Me for Havard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Race: Asian (w/out US citizenship), currently attending school in South Korea

Gender: Female

Private School

Stats:

-SAT: 1570 (rw770 + m800)

-SAT II: USH (800), Math 2 (800)

  • GPA 98.0/100, top 10% of class

ECs & Honors:

  • Attending TASP (aka Telluride) this summer
  • School Newspaper EIC (Newspaper is awarded All-American w/ distinction for all categories by NSPA)
  • School Orchestra Concert Master
  • Random Acts of Kindness Club President
  • School Magazine club: EIC
  • Tri-Music Honor Society Club President
  • Continuous devotion to women's rights/feminism (Feminism club, Harvard global women's empowerment (this was held at our school) essay winner, always wrote about feminism in school newspaper, scholastic writing gold key x3 - all on feminism essays)

LoR:

  • 10/10. one teacher absolutely adores me
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I’m OP. Just because someone asked me: TASP = Telluride Association Summer Program, most prestigious humanities/writing summer program (1000+ applicants, 60 get accepted)

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Your stats are great, but your ECs are average in the applying pool for HYPS internationally. If your major is women’s rights and you devote an essay to your work in feminism, you stand a higher chance.

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Play really hard into the feminism angle but don’t forget to be genuine. This is probably your strongest way of getting in.