Which early?

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<p>Sup. I haven’t posted here in a while (procrastination really does take a precedent) and I really want to know what early I should do (because I’m lazy, and I want to get in early so I don’t have to do any more college apps). Because college apps suck and I have really bad senioritis.</p>

<p>I’m deciding between Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED</p>

<p>Asian guy
School: pretty competitive school in NJ
GPA: 4.3 weighted, estimating a 3.8 unweighted (top gpa is 4.7ish and is doing Harvard EA)
Class Rank: our school doesn't rank, but im probably top 4%
SAT: 2300+ (Math: 800, Verbal: 800, Writing: 700+)
SAT II: Bio - 800, Chem - 800, Math II - 800, US History - 800, Chinese - 800 </p>

<p>*AP's: *
-Calculus AB: 5 (self-study)
-US History: 5
-Chem: 5
-Bio: 5
-Env. Sci: 5 (self-study)
-Stats: 4 (self-study)</p>

<p>Schedule: broke school record for number of aps in a year (max before was 6)
*Senior Year: *
AP Physics B
AP Env Sci
AP Stats
AP Government and Politics
AP European History
AP English
AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars *
*In School *
-Math Team (4 years)
-FBLA (4 years), State board Vice-president
-Science Olympiad (3 years)
-Science League (3 years)
-NHS (2 years)
-French Honor Society (2 years)
-AMC and AIME math competitions(3 years)
-Varsity Swimming (4 years)
-Co-founder Frisbee team (1 year)
-volunteered as tutor (2 years) </p>

<p>Out of School
-Co-founded organization that goes to local nursing home every Saturday for 2 hours to teach the elderly English
-Volunteer at various hospitals and local Chinese school (over 1000 hours)</p>

<p>*Honors, accomplishments etc. *
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT: 237), most likely finalist
-All-State Orchestra (4 years)
-State FBLA Vice-President
-USA Biology Olympiad Camp Member (top 20 out of 7000+ students nationwide)</p>

<p>*Work Experience *
-Interned under a doctor who specialized in diagnosing various cancers of the bone marrow and blood
-Worked as a lab assistant and fellow researcher (more like slave laborer) with a neuroscientist</p>

<p>*Random Stuff *
-Sending a music CD with a bunch of violin songs recorded on it
-Attended 6 years of CTY, studied biology, chemistry, physics, writing, model UN, game theory.
-Attended Partners in Science for 2 years (a research program that has a 15% acceptance rate. Basically matches people who are aspiring scientists with mentors. You write a paper and make a presentation at the end at Liberty Science Center)
-Attended NJABR (a biomedical program that you tour various labs and hospitals and universities around NJ. We got free stuff from Wyeth. Woo hoo. not really)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs should be good (I’m sending about 4-7 recs). Essay (about research, person who influenced me, and a humorous piece) should be decent, at least. </p>

<p>So yea. Which EA/ED (out of Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED) am I best matched to?</p>

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<p>You're pretty much qualified for all of them.</p>

<p>It all comes down to what major you want and what kind of campus you like...</p>

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<p>i love how every single kid I've seen post always goes to a "pretty competitive" school. Where are those valedictorians at?</p>

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<p>The valedictorian took Calc BC in 8th grade.</p>

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<p>hahah that might explain it... 'cause i've never seen anyone come up here and go: "my fellow classmates were idiots"</p>

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<p>Well you get more of a boost at the ED schools than the EA ones. So if somehow you think you'd be equally happy at any of these schools, then apply to Penn or Princeton.</p>

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<p>unless you were, of course, the valedictorian.</p>

<p>also i have a 35 on the ACTs. i was debating either taking the ACTs over again, or the SATs.</p>

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<p>Yeah, retake that ACT for a 36 if you can!!:p It may not make a big difference, but why not aim for perfection?</p>

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<p>Since your asian...you generally should have something more than that. A lot of asians that are applying have almost all 2400's and/or 36 on ACT's. Then again, the SAT's are becoming paltry in comparison to the overall image. Everyone who asks these "what are my chances" questions are equally likely to get chosen and equally likely to get deffered. No one knows for sure. If it happens, it happens. The opinions of others here are not accurate indicators though. EC's aren't too impressive. The senior coarse load is above average, but a lot of students have 7 AP's...excluding self study ones (some schools don't count self study as an independent class credit) - so putting those there won't affect your application. From the overall looks of it, Princeton ED would NOT, however, be the best way to go. I reccomend Duke/Stanford and/or lower.</p>

<p>As a background for the heck of it, 3 of my friends had all perfect scores on their SATs and 2 had perfect ACT scores, were musically gifted, and had more extracurriculars than you have; yet, they were rejected. Definetely go for Stanford and below.</p>

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<p>I don't think Stanford is easier to get in than Princeton, especially if you apply to Princeton ED.</p>

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<p>Slurpz, I have to disagree with PrincetonianKing. Your overall profile is very impressive and would make you a strong contender for Princeton. It is important to remember, however, that predicting the likelihood of admission is an impossible task. About all that can safely be said is that you would be a very competitive applicant. There is no academic ‘ranking’ of candidates that would make sense and would sort the strongest into certain schools and the weaker into less competitive schools. Each of the schools in the Ivy League (and beyond) will accept students across a broad academic range. In general, the stronger your academic profile, the more it will compensate for a weaker EC profile. The opposite is also true. Good luck in your decision and don’t take these public evaluations of your profile as authoritative.</p>

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<p>PrincetonianKing: Your friends must have been real jerks or screwed up something horribly wrong. Maybe they wrote their essays on something like white supremacy. Or maybe you're exaggerating.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Another question I have is: does being deferred from early decision the same as applying regularly? Does the adcoms completely reconsider your application?</p>

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<p>Well, Harvard made less work for you....now you can't apply SCEA there :p</p>

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<p>The adcoms will put your application into the RD pool, and if you are admitted, you are not required to attend.</p>

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<p>that's starting from next year</p>

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<p>so the application that is put back into the RD pool is completely reconsidered...that means that getting deferred and applying regularly will still produce the same outcome?</p>

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<p>I'm not sure about that one. There might be a little note on your application saying you were deferred ED, but I don't know what, if any, effect that would have.</p>