UPenn, Princeton, Columbia~What Are My Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I just want to have an idea of my chances of being accepted into these colleges. If you have any comments please share!

Personal Information
Race: Asian-American
Gender: Female
State: KY
High School: Public
GPA: 4.0
Class Size: 52
Rank: 1
ACT: 31(I’m going to try to increase to 32/33)
*My school doesn’t offer AP/IB but I do take college courses
Parents: Both of my parents went to college(My father went to Columbia)
Income: 72,000

Extracurricular Activities
Senior Class Vice-President
Junior Class President
Founding President of UNICEF Club
Spanish Honor Society President (2015-2016)
Spanish Honor Society Vice-President (2014-2015)
Spanish Honor Society Chair (2013-2014)
Spanish Honor Society Member (2012-Present)
National Honor Society(2014-Present)
Math Club Vice-President (2014-2015)
Math Club Member (2012-2013
Excel Society President (2014-2015)
Model United Nations Member (2012-Present)
Varsity Soccer (2013-Present)
Piano w/ Distinguished Professor (2008-Present)

Volunteer Activities (More than 500 Hours)
Special Olympics Summer Games Volunteer (2012-Present)
Lecture Series Assistant (2010-2015)
Middle School All-Subject Tutor (2012-2013)
Spanish Tutor @ Library (2014-Present)
Tutor for Asian Immigrant (He’s in the third-grade) (2014-Present)

Work Experience
Summer Intern for Humanities Council (10 hours per week) (2014-Present)

Awards/Honors
Governor’s Scholars Program(2015) (Greatest honor for high school students in KY)
Named one of the most distinguished students in the state (2014)
Youth Ambassador for my Congressional District (2014)
Humanities Council’s Award for Outstanding Service (2014)
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (2014)
Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (Summer of 2013) (Very Selective)
County Youth Leadership Program (2014-2015)
Computer Summer Internship w/ Professor (July 2013)
Honorable Mention for Best Delegate at Model UN Conference (2014)
3rd Place for Best Delegate/Best Delegation at Model UN Conference (2013)
Citation of Achievement for House of Representatives (2014)
Academic All-State First Team (2013-Present)
Most Improved Player Award (Varsity Soccer) (2013-2014)
Academic-Athletic Award (Varsity Soccer) (2014-2015)
*I’ve also been awarded certificates of Academic excellence in all of my classes at my school

Other Honors
I’ve presented a poster presentation in affiliation with a local university at multiple conferences (4 in the state, 1 in Colorado-The National Honors Conference). The presentation was about Modern Day Slavery (Human Trafficking).

Thank you in advance!

2

Just get your ACT up to a 33 and I’m sure you’ll be a strong candidate for any university. Being a Columbia Legacy might help a little too.

3

Yeah, I agree. You have very good ECs but getting your ACT scores up will definitely help

4

If you speak Spanish (which I’m guessing you do since you’re in SHS) you should apply it to other aspects of your ECs

5

While I interned at the Humanities Council, I worked in organizing literacy events which usually benefitted Spanish speakers. There aren’t a lot of opportunities to speak Spanish but I definitely want to apply it to my work. Thank you!

6

Don’t overlook the best importance of your essay. Your portfolio is impressive bu I don’t get a sense of what you really care about and what you add to a class that some other high stat, very involved student brings as well.

Take the time to think about what you want to stress. You have so many activities. What’s important to you? What story do you want the overall application to say about you, your activities and your interests?

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Get your ACT up and you should have as good of chance as anyone! Good luck!

8

Thank you. I will be starting my essays soon, and I will be sure to remember your comment. I can understand how my activities seem discombobulated. I hope to pursue a major/career related to social entrepreneurism, which is why I am active in UNICEF, MUN(to increase my knowledge of pressing social topics and international laws), and Spanish Honor Society/ Humanities council/tutoring (I hope to increase literacy and increase cultural understanding in my community).

9

You need to pick up your ACT for those schools for sure. Legacy might make a difference and your ECs are great. Try to pick up your ACT

10

Yeah, I’ll be taking the SAT and ACT (hopefully both for the last time) and I’m going to try to increase as much as I can. I’ve been able to increase 120 point each time on the SAT and 2/3 points on the ACT

11

Pretty normal application. Nothing seems to stand out. Your ECs are generic and repetitive. But with great essays, you’d have like a 40-60% chance at those schools. Good luck

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Thanks :slight_smile:

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You’re are extremely qualified and I’m sure you will get into to at least one. However Ivy League admissions are basically a crapshoot because everyone is highly qualified. If you could raise the ACT by 1-2 points you will have a good shot for all because you’re extracurricular are amazing.

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Thank you. If there is anything else that I can do, please comment :slight_smile: