<p>curious does ed to harvard help my chances in any way? should i ed somewhere else? just up for suggestions</p>
<p>It looks like you want to be science major, but your SAT IIs are a little bit weak.</p>
<p>Its a tough call because I have a medical situation and my GC says that the issue can be fragile. It mainly depends if the colleges think you can go back to full strength and you would have to prove that you are at full strength. They don't want someone who is damaged goods. It may require the mid-year report for the colleges to determine whether your back to full strength of not. If you don't get straight A's or close they assume that you're still suffering from the effects of the accident.</p>
<p>If you back to your pre-accident condition, you seem good for all except HYPS because its a stretch for anyone.</p>
<p>Your essay is going to be very important. It cannot be just what they want to hear, it should really describe who you really are. (in details).
In addition, does mills hs send any student to the hyps schools you're interested in? If so, you have a good chance. If not, they are not about to start now.
You should be in both at Cal and UCLA.</p>
<p>like i said this year i did apply to ucla and ucberkeley, along with ucsd and davis and got into all of them and some with regents or some junk. this years mills has had ppl accepted to: harvard [ec] n going, stanford [one going, one not], princeton [not going], mit [not going], columbia [ec] going, wellesley [spelling might be wrong, not going], uchicago [going], cornell [numerous ppl not going, i think 5 or so?] and noone applied to yale and we send like 10-20 to berk and ucla each</p>
<p>also i want to do pre med and im pretty sure of that unless i go to college and find it not to be the thing. and i just took the act to see where im at compared to my old self [32] and i may be disappointed i think ... meaning 30 ish or below ... ? iono ...</p>
<p>are there problems with my college list? im looking to go 4,4,4 and have 4 reaches, 4 safeties, 4 backups, etc or w.e they're called. is that a good idea?</p>
<p>Your SAT score is nothing to worry too much about. I got into Stanford witha 2160 and my friend got in with a 2220 so even though they're not the best scores they'll see they're not too bad. :) good luck!</p>
<p>Getting into the Ivies is going to be tough. Your SATIIs are really good - consistent. Your SATs will be alright as long as youre in the 700's for everything. (PS- are you national merit? - - if so, that may help a lot because the number of national merit semifinalists is a factor in determining college rankings). Your APs - meh; but, you did take really tough classes and the college-level courses... BC Calc is awesome, as is the AP Physics. You've got the grades and the "thing that sets you apart" (ie, the accident), but you are still stuck with the "asian male" ID. If you apply to MIT, apply to CalTech too. UCB and UCLA would be fun, but if you want to go for those "holier than thou" schools, use the accident, push the humanities (b/c basically all asian males want science/math) and do some kickass community service project or some radical club that will make you look even more resilient and "special." Good luck!</p>
<p>PS - I agree with superwizard ... people at my school did alright this year, when it comes to the correlation b/w their SATs and their acceptances:</p>
<p>2220 - Stanford; 2090 - Columbia; 2100 - Princeton (weird)</p>
<p>however,</p>
<p>2340 - not into MIT, or HYP - - going to CMU.</p>
<p>another kid, 2350 - into Harvard and MIT regular (not into MIT early)</p>
<p>and, composite 2320 but terrible grades (a couple C's): rejected from all Ivies, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, BC, etc... - - going to U of Miami w/ a half-scholarship (kid's dad is a doctor)</p>
<p>of course, there are varying circumstances for these students, and you of course!</p>
<p>the only way in which im asian is the fact that im good at science and math n my mother is crazy about the good sat scores, but other than that im as whitewashed as can be at my school n dont get along too well with asians but thanks for all the sat scores but im sure the lower scores have some kind of national 1st place thing or something and i was a national merit like umm commendation so not that great ...</p>
<p>well all the feedback has been quite interesting and shed light onto my application process and chances, lets hope ill graduate this time loll</p>
<p>These people are all honestly insane...Every single score you have on there is above average and you can tell an amazing essay story. Furthermore you are a minority and from a low income family. Seriously I bet you get into most of these schools and I especially bet you get into the Ivy's...they want diversity. Everyone has great scores.</p>
<p>[/sarcasm]</p>
<p>"The car accident does set you apart though."</p>
<p>I want to get in a car accident! </p>
<p>[sarcasm off, bad joke, I know]</p>
<p>Ahsleyaverett- the problem is (as you said), everyone has great scores, so the only way to set yourself apart is to have really great scores, or have some EC. When colleges are only admitting 1000+ kids, you have to be really great. Although the idea of your message is nice, in this situation I think we need to be like Barron's Test Prep Company - overprepare or in this case push a little harder than may normally be pushed. </p>
<p>Ultimately, if people continually repeated, "you'll be fine, don't worry, you're insane, you'll easily get in" - then you'd have no motivation to work because apparently you'll easily get in. CC has to be used constructively - the criticsm should simply be used as motivation. 'I guess I'm not good enough, so I need to work harder to get better.' I really think it's that simple. </p>
<p>The author of Freakonomics came out with a study that concluded that talent is only the result of passion, practice, and assessment. The truism, "if you put your mind to it, you will get better" really isn't that trite. [There's a NYT article about it - I think it's called, "A star is born."] These criticisms taken in the right way can be very helpful.</p>
<p>what ^ said.</p>
<p>exactly i dont expect to be guaranteed nething and when ur life isnt even guaranteed and you come to that realization at age 17 [now 18] you wake up and realize that i must work my hardest to acheive what i want. i was merely looking for ppls opinions on my chances based on what ive accomplished w/o my "hardest" and was looking for suggestions as to what could help me beat the thousands of other "smartass' students</p>
<p>well you guys i got my first college app essay so do you guys want to see it?</p>
<p>Well, I wouldn't suggest posting it on here, if that's your question. Some unscrupulous people may possibly copy parts of it and call it their own.</p>
<p>If you want to send it to people on here already in college (or in business like myself) who agree to look it over and make comments, that's fine. But keep in mind that comments and grammatical/spelling edits are all you'll get--no re-writes nor modifications, since the essay is to be written entirely by you. </p>
<p>I would write people directly first and ask if they would be willing to take a look, and only then send it after they agree to do so.</p>
<p>yeah i dont think i can trust that people arent current students and might use it for their own reasons. thanks</p>
<p>hey people can you please help me with finding colleges with good pre med programs and if the schools i have are good at pre med or not</p>
<p>good undergrad pre med schools?</p>