What are my chances for Harvard, Yale, and Columbia?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Superscore 1550 800M 750R/W
SAT II: US History 770, Math II 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 16/400
Ethnicity: Hispanic
AP: AP Calculus AB, AP World History, AP Human Geography, AP Statistics
IB: IB Literature HL, IB Biology HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Chinese SL, IB Business Management SL, IB Math SL, IB Economics SL, IB Theory of Knowledge
Major Awards: Governor’s Honors Program Finalist for Mandarin Chinese, 9 state-wide; BSA Eagle Scout

Subjective:

-Founder and President, High School Society for Entrepreneurship
Manage a 38 member club that coordinates corporate office and guest speaker visits

-School Chapter President, Future Business Leaders of America (300+ members)
Stock Market Competition National Team Vice-President (2nd in the Regional Competition)
Business Achievement Awards “America” Award (National level)
Business Achievement Awards “Leader” Award (State level)
Business Achievement Awards “Business” Award
Business Achievement Awards “Future” Award
Business Law State Level Competitor; 92nd percentile
Insurance and Risk Management State Level Competitor
Public Speaking II Regional Level Competitor
State Leadership Conference (2017)
Region Leadership Conference (2016)
Fall Leadership Conference (2015, 2016)

-President, Junior Achievement Fellows
2016-2017 Company of the Year: 3rd Place (State level)
Elected President for 2016-2017
Elected VP of Marketing for 2015-2016
2016 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Next-Generation Leader Award
Business Challenge Winner

-Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Elected Patrol Leader for 2016
Appointed Troop Scribe for 2015
Appointed Troop Guide for 2014
Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, 2015
National Youth Leadership Training, 2014

-President, National Honor Society

Work History:

  • Paid High School Summer Intern at a major law firm (nationwide) in my city.
  • High School Summer Intern at a company in Colombia.
  • High School Summer Intern at a small real estate firm in my city.

-Grade 8 United States Soccer Federation Referee

-Various volunteer activities totaling more than 100 hours

Skills:

-Fluent in Spanish and French, limited proficiency in Mandarin Chinese

-Certiport Certified in Microsoft Excel 2013 and Microsoft Word 2013

-Stock market investments, piano, soccer, chess, world travel

Misc:

-2017 Yale Book Award

-Hanban Chinese Bridge Summer Study Abroad Student

-HSK Chinese Level 3 Proficiency Test Passed (Won language seal)

-Confucius Institute Jiangsu Speech Contest Competitor

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pretty solid shots. Apply to your favorite early for best shot

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Woahh, many ECs, test scores and awards. Your (test) scores are fine, so you don’t need to worry about those. Your ECs and awards are nice too, especially because of your leadership positions, which will be a huge plus factor! However, because there are so many, I personally wouldn’t report every single award. Not reporting all may seem a bit counterintuitive, but if I were you, I’d do this to keep my application as interesting as possible. Instead of looking at a long list of regional awards and an occasional national/state award, an admissions officer would be looking at a bit shorter list of more pretigious awards, making it a much more interesting list.

You certainly have some very interesting ECs, scores and awards, try to let them shine through as much as possible! My tip would be: try to imagine you are an admissions officer and read your own application. Now, think about what you could change to make your application more interesting if you were to read it as an admissions officer. If you have done this and are presenting yourself as a very interesting applicant (which you are!), your chances are pretty decent.

Hopefully this post/advice was helpful in any way possible. Good luck with your application!