What are my son's chances?

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<p>SAT I (breakdown by super score, took 3 times): Critical Reading (730), Math (800), Writing (800), Total: 2330
SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (780), Physics (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 94.1 (Weighted = 117)
Rank: 1 / 237
AP: Calculus AB- 5, Calculus BC- 5, Physics C-Mech-5, Physics C-E&M-4, Biology-5, English Lang-4
USAMO (‘08); AIME: 6 (‘07), 12 (‘08), 2 (‘09); AMC 12: 120.0 (‘07), 103.5 (‘09); AMC 10: 133.5 (‘08)</p>

<p>After transferred to a local public high school (after completing 10th grade at a prep school with full scholarship), took many courses at a nearby state university and got all As so far:
12th grade: MATH Independent Study: Real Analysis (Advisor: math professor), ECON 1000 Essentials of Economics
11th grade: MATH 2110Q Multivariable Calculus (Class Top), JAPN 1103 & 1104 Intermediate Japanese I & II</p>

<p>Current course load at high school: AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP European History, Jazz band (block system)</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
1) national: USAMO Qualifier 2008, AIME 2007-2009, USA Finalist for 2009 I-SWEEEP Olympiad, AP Scholar with Honor in 2008, with Distinction in 2009, QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship 2009, Solutia Scholarship Award ($1,650) for STARS program, Washington University in St. Louis 2008, LMI/D3 Technologies Award, STARS, 2008, Young Scholar of Davidson Institute, 2006-present, National Honor Society 2009
2) State: Special Award and $100 scholarship for acknowledging the outstanding oral presentation at the 46th CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Medalist of the 61st CT Science Fair, Scholar Athlete Award, North Central CT Conference 2009
3) School: AMC school winner in 9-11th, Psychology in excellence </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: 4-year school golf varsity & played at AJGA, IJGT, FCWT, CTPGA (11-12), school jazz band 1st chair & leading soloist, city youth ensemble (11-12th), school math team (9-10), chase team (9-10), science team (11-12), NHS, etc</p>

<p>Community services:
Volunteering at a local hospital, tutoring service at township, founded a volunteering club for cultural education program for state adoptees & their families, etc</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: worked for a scale company as an office assistant (mostly by online for 1.5 years), modeling at an online clothing website, & private tutoring </p>

<p>Summer Activities: Awesomemath camp & lan apprentice at a local university's obesity research lab (9th), STARS 6-week research program (10th), UPenn LBW (11th). Played golf at national tournaments every summer (but not outstanding scores..), and part-time job at a scale company</p>

<p>Essays: Great</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Two great recommendations from current school & one RC from previous high school (it must be awesome-b/c she really really wanted to write a letter for my son and suggested him before he asked her)</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<p>Interview: he didn't receive any almumni interview request, but he had one on campus during the last summer. It was good but my son forgot to write a thank you email after having the interview. </p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): connecticut
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: about $60,000 (single mom)</p>

<p>What are his chances? Getting closer to the d-day, my son is getting nervous....</p>

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<p>Your son will get in everywhere.</p>

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<p>If his essays really are great, he will be accepted.</p>

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<p>Thanks Bilgunn and Sirensong for your nice comments. I have to show your replies to my son for making him relaxed for a while…I am sure that his essays were very strong b/c he wrote about his father’s passing this year and the game of golf in his life. However, I am still concerned that he doesn’t have any outstanding leadership role in his current school b/c he was transferred after 10th grade. There was no way…</p>

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<p>I’d trade ASB President any day for USAMO.</p>

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<p>I think it is pretty obvious</p>

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<p>He is in. Tell him to enjoy his thanksgiving holidays. If he is not accepted, who will be? Congrats in advance. No need to feel nervous. Not only Yale, he will get into HPSM also. Feel nervous when the time comes to pick one from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and MIT acceptances if he is applying to all these under RD. PM me after he gets his acceptance letters. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you for all of your generous comments and good luck for everyone’s college decision.</p>

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<p>SweetMom, </p>

<p>I think your son will have high chance to be admitted to most of HPYSM. Being an USAMO qualifier says a lot about his math and problem solving skills and experiences. Most USAMO qualifiers go to MIT, Stanford and Harvard etc, Good luck to your son!</p>

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<p>So jealous… (Means he’s in.)</p>

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<p>sounds like you got a great kid there. meanwhile, land the helicopter and look @ questbridge if you’re @ 60k income. GL.</p>

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<p>hey i’m kind of new for this but what is a USAMO Qualifier? How can i get this opportunity or is it just special at your school?</p>

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<p>hahhahah aww he’s asian</p>

<p>it’s like good good good then BAM!- asian. uh oh and asian male=double UH OH</p>

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<p>Yes and just because one is Asian it doesn’t mean they’re automatically out of the running. Tell that to the 10-15% Asians at every ivy then…</p>

<p>USAMO qualifier is something your son should be immensely proud of. He has a great as chance as there can be (nothing is ever certain here), but he shouldn’t be nervous…</p>

<p>And to be a USAMO Qualifier you have to do really well on the AMC…I think like only 400-500 or so qualify each year?</p>

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<p>Where do these tests come from?
Are they offered at school?
I wanna take it. Im pretty good at math.</p>

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<p>Some perspective;</p>

<p>OP, you son has a good chance of being accepted.</p>

<p>That said, the HYP schools tend to reject many people who are qualified to attend.</p>

<p>For example, Princeton rejects about 3/4 of applicants with SATs 2300 - 2400.
It rejects over 80% of applicants with 4.0 GPAs.
[Princeton</a> University | Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/)</p>

<p>That’s why it’s important for your son - and you - to be absolutely comfortable with your safety schools. If by some circumstance he is not accepted to Yale . . . where does he intend to go?</p>

<p>Best of luck!!!</p>

<p>Kei</p>

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<p>sweetmom, you son has a good chance. But please do apply for more schools than just HYPSM. I personally know plenty of broken hearts. </p>

<p>I am very familiar with USAMO qualification and its process. There are 500 qualifiers each year (most of them high school students and a few middle school students). Among the graduating seniors in the entire US, there are about 150 students who ever qualified once. That number decreases significantly for those who qualified more than three times. Last year, Yale rejected a two-time USAMO winner (the top 12 out of those 500 qualifiers on USAMO test are declared winners), who was also on the 6-people US-IMO team and medaled. I was quite shocked for his rejection by Yale. As a Yale parent, I want all good things for Yale. The rejection of this USAMO winner was absolutely Yale’s loss. Yale has not produced any Putnam fellow for many years.</p>

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<p>That’s pretty funny actually. What did he do? Annoy the admissions office like pigs does?</p>

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<p>Wow, great statistics. I think he has a shot wherever he goes! I’m saying this as a fellow QuestBridge Finalist who also ranked Yale.</p>

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<p>Well, his SAT I was on the lower side for Yale (somewhere in the mid 600 for CR and high 600 for WR). But I don’t think he actually prepared or cared that much for SATs at all. Yale should take risk to admit some lopsided students (probably should vigorously recruit student of such caliber) for Yale’s sake.</p>