<p>Suppose you are admission officer and you can admit only 1 of 2 students:
1student: SAT <2000; gpa 4.0; a lot of awards in math (IMO bronze) but nothing else;</p>
<p>2student: SAT 2300; gpa 4.0; a lot of awards in diverse competitions; done some researches; some EC's (with leadership positions); do volonteering</p>
<p>Student 2. I think its pretty obvious. But it would also depend on the essay and recommendations.</p>
<p>Ceteris Paribus, Student 2 definitely.</p>
<p>But they are both applying unis like caltech or mit? I thought these unis would like to admit students with big awards in science?</p>
<p>Even though both are extremely hard to get into, Student 2 has a BETTER chance of acceptance. Now, this may mean that he is ahead of Student 1 by just a very minuscule percentage. Awards are not the only thing MIT and CalTech look at.</p>
<p>ok, thank you a lot))
actually, I have one guy in my school he is student1 and I’m a student2</p>
<p>I’m from Kazakhstan and I don’t know is it advantage or not?</p>
<p>Bump bump ����</p>
<p>On the face of it, neither, til I had seen their full app package. All these top schools care very much about more than simple stats and categories. Take a look at the CA and supplements, consider how you will present “the rest of the story.” </p>
<p>If you can pose this question, I wonder how hard you have looked at these schools. They make it clear they look for (and can cherry pick) based on sum total quality. Ie, not just “leadership positions” or “volunteering,” but what is presented in the quality and commitment behind those choices, the responsibilities and one’s impact. And, what comes through in your actual writing.</p>