<p>Northwestern, JHU, Penn, Duke, Carnegie, Cornell, Rice, UMich, Georgetown, Washington University at St. Louis, University of Chicago, Emory, UC Berkeley and LA</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 650
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 680
[</em>] SAT Total: 2080
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chem 760 Math 680 Physics
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4:Chem and Physics C
[</em>] GPA weighted:
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.46
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: <10%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): 1st generation?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: N
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: N
[li] Important ECs: [/li]Math Team 3 years-varsity- 1st in the county
Science NHS 2 years- science team participant; tutor
Spanish NHS 2 years- tutor; volunteer
Flag Football 3 years
Asian Cultural Club 3 years
Volunteering 4 years- veterans home, retirement home, YMCA
Tutoring 4 years for math, science, history, english, spanish (through Guidance)
Medicine club 2 years
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>I agree, your SAT scores are definitely on the lower end of the spectrum for most of the schools you're applying to. </p>
<p>That said, your GPA looks solid, so do your ECs, so I think it's pretty likely you'll get into a handful of the schools you're applying to.
What are your safeties?</p>
<p>I mean it looks like you should get into AT LEAST one of these schools, so it's not really a problem, but it doesn't hurt to have a safety (academic or financial). Especially because schools that are easier to get into often don't even have substantial supplement requirements (as in NO ESSAYS! YAY!), so just shoot over the common app..?</p>
<p>Yes, SAT scores are <em>slightly</em> on the low side for JHU, Duke, Penn, Cornell, and Carnegie I'd say (moreso for Duke/Penn)</p>
<p>But, then if your essays ARE indeed excellent, then this can be undone.</p>
<p>Does your school give ranks? In any case your GPA is excellent (4.46 unweighted, I wish I could achieve that.... if you have any special tips, PM me asap :P hahhahaha)</p>
<p>Moving on to ECs..... Hmmm in all honesty, the only thing I see instantly grabbing my attention is the Math Team first in the country (quite impressive :) )</p>
<p>Everything else seems to fit under the standard clubs list and volunteer work. The only thing I'd conjecture is that you have more volunteering experience than most (having done four years in a variety of venues). </p>
<p>So I would say a mid to low maybe for Duke/Penn
mid to high maybe for JHU/Cornell/Carnegie
I don't feel familiar enough with the rest to chance, so I'll let someone else do the honors there</p>
<p>** As always, I will emphasize this is deduced from the stats, which is NOT what you want to base your chances off of. I know nothing about your personality beyond the numbers and list you provided me with. If your essays are, in fact, excellent, those <em>can</em> all be changed to "definite" **</p>
<p>You have a decent shot at Rice, Wash U, Emory, and Carnegie. The other schools are going to be extremely competitive for you. As an out-of-state applicant UCLA/UCB are going to be close to impossible for you, sorry. If you focused more on the reading section of the SAT, you would be on cruise control, lol!! But, you're a solid student and have the resume to be admitted to a top 30. Have you considered NYU or do you want to leave the state, if so, I completely understand. What about Case Western Reserve University, UNC, Boston College, USC, UCSD, UCSB, UCI (a heavy asian population)?</p>
<p>Wow thanks astonisher, greatly appreciate the response. By the way, for the math, its first in my county. Thank you too scguy, i will definitely check those others schools out.</p>
<p>I'd say UMichigan, Rice, Wash U, and Carnegie Mellon are matches for you - out of the rest UChicago seems like the lowest reach b/c it has a high acceptance rate, UCLA too probably but out-of-state is hard. </p>