What are my chances to an ivy (theoretically)?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am currently a sophomore and these are the activities that I plan to do for the remainder of my high school years. Some activities that you see are activities that I have already accomplished. Please rate me, thanks! :slight_smile:

4.0 GPA unweighted(currently and I plan to stay this way for the reminder of high school :slight_smile:
Near perfect SAT
Near perfect SAT 2 on at least 2 subjects
Top 1 percent
6 APā€™s before senior year and 4 as a senior with 5 on all exams, already got a 5 on AP human and im taking the exam for world this may.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 AP U.S. 800 AP world history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

APā€™s: 5 on all exams, 10 taken in total
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Scholastic literacy award, JFK writing comp finalist, IPPF finalist
AP scholar award winner, , AP capstone scholar award, georgetown varsity octos presidentā€™s award gold, some writing competitions, PSAT finalist,

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
I think i need more international or statewide recognition
Founder and president of Charity org that raised over 10,000 dollars in delivering supplies to the homeless and finding them jobs. Website created and we have been featured in the news, made into clubs for 5 different schools, sponsored by multiple big time corps.
Started the Competitive literary club(founder and president)- won tournaments-
OWL- founder and president, expanded into 5 schools, made a volunteer system for homeless which i partnership with my org.
Debate club-(team captain)
Officer/prez of young democrats of america, participated in anti trump marches and LGBT rallies
Internship for a Georgia state representative() for 2 years
PF debate 8 years- won the harvard debate tourn, couble octafinalist to stanford, 2nd place georgetown.
blog writer for huff post or the guardian
Wrote and published a book
Writing comps won
Wrote and published a book which has over 500 copies. Publishing company actually published it
Know 5 languages: russian, english, korean, spanish, and chinese-Just speaking?
PSAT semi scholar?
Capstone thesis paper published with score of 5

Job/Work Experience: Internship at georgia democratic headquarters,worked for U.S. rep

Volunteer/Community service:

delivery system of 10,000 dollar basic supplies to the homeless
Found 23 jobs for the homeless
Routine visits to the elderly and cancer patients,
Helped teach kids in debate

Summer Activities: Internship at GDH for U.S. Rep, Helped teach kids debate

For teacher essays, I plan to get teachers who I obviously have a close bond with, and my counselor and I are relatively close. I also plan to get additional recs from a U.S. state rep, and one from a former US army ranger. I think I should also be pretty fine in the interviews because I get interviewed a lot and Iā€™m basically used to it. BTW: OWL is a club that teaches leadership skills and survival skills and is taught by a former army ranger.

Again, these are all relatively theoretical but I just want to know if Iā€™m on the right track towards my goals! :slight_smile:

P.S. sorry for my terrible grammar and writing, I kinda wrote this fast

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I donā€™t know why you feel like you even have to ask. Yes you have competitive stats. Nail the essays.

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Thanks

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Great achievements and/or goals, but without a hook (ECā€™s arenā€™t hooks) you will amongst thousands of other applicants that have achieved the same, so make sure you have a broad list of targets, reach and safety schools that you would be happy at - and not just being happy at your reach schools.

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what would be an example of a hook?

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Theoretically roughly 8% chance.

Good luck!

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Traditionally defined as a student that is a under represented minority, first generation college student, recruited athlete, legacy,

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For the class of 2021, I think the low end was 3% and high end 11%

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I see, thanks for your feedback, but I was hoping I could explain my rough childhood and How I almost commited suicide, but then rose up because of the problems I see with America as a whole. Whoo, that became edgy quickly. Btw im Asian so that probably would lower my chances

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Keep doing your best and it will all work out - itā€™s not what school you attend, but what you do while you are there and then thereafter that counts.

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Thanks again

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What do you want to major in? Yes, Asian male seems to be an anti hook.

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Depending on the school it could work in oneā€™s favor. At many of the top liberal arts colleges, female applicants outnumber males by 10-20% despite the desire of the school wanting to achieve a 50/50 mix of admitted students. Of the Ivies, Brown is an ivy where the male acceptance rate is higher.

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True, but he is asking about the Ivies.

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Something doesnā€™t sound/smell right here. A sophomore isnā€™t eligible to be National Merit Semifinalist (not PSAT Semifinalist). And itā€™s called SAT Subject tests, not AP. There is no way you can get an 800 on APUSH/AP World.

OP, is everything you listed for real or are you making things up? Methinks the latter. Post again when you have ā€˜realā€™ stats/accomplishments.

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You need some hook, I know a lot of people with that profile (asian) that didnā€™t get into any ivies, like not even waitlisted. if youā€™re stem, olympiads, intel contests, do them if you can, if social sciences/humanities, enter as many writing contests you can on you favorite subject and win or at least be a finalist. and yes the essay on your past issues will be key, thatā€™s the only thing that will make you stand out right now. I donā€™t want to make light of your past, just saying that will really get their attention, admissions officers love struggle, parents who didnā€™t go to college things like that. Get arrested but not convicted around a cause, and claim you followed in the footsteps of Gandhi, Mandela, King, colleges eat that up :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m sorry but writing about a suicide attempt/writing about the problems of America is not exactly a ā€œhookā€. Iā€™d actually say to stray away from writing about suicide, as it may seem like a pity plea and also may seem as if your suicide attempt is your identity (Iā€™m sure there are better qualities about you). I assume if you were diagnosed, there will be a medical letter from a counselor or something on your application explaining this anyway (correct me if Iā€™m wrong), so I would write about something else. Stats are fine, but many people have similar stats to you. Iā€™m also not sure if you have actually received these stats (saying youā€™ll get a 2350 is different than actually getting it), so Iā€™d say you have an 8-10% chance (typically RD acceptance rate for ivies)

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when did you take the SAT to have taken the old one and received a score out of 2400. I almost feel you were in 8th grade if this was true.

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If these scores are from your sophomore year, I think you have a wonderful chance! Applying early decision or early action will raise your chances!

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Thanks for all the comments, By the way, these stats are all theoretical and I mean that I want to achieve these goals for the future, so being a semi finalist as a sophomore is impossible but Im implying thatā€™s what I want to achieve in the future. Also I put AP for the SAT 2ā€™s by accident lols. @Hamurtle . But yes, Iā€™m trying to aim for a liberal arts pathway @theloniusmonk