Will I get into ivy league schools?

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<p>Hey guys ill just apologize in advance for my long post, but i wanted to know if i am likely to get accepted into the schools im interested in with my credentials from high school. I am looking at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, MIT, UChicago, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt (maybe USC, Stanford). Basically my criteria for a college would have to be one that has a biomedical engineering program, biology program, and one that I am able to run for in college. </p>

<p>Academically: So basically right now i am tied for Valedictorian in my class but my school usually has two valedictorians and two salutatorians, so i think im pretty much assured valedictorian unless i really eff up. I have earned A's in all of my classes in high school so far, and taken the absolute hardest courses possible for each of my grade levels. I have a 4.0 unweighted and a 4.7 weighted (out of 5.0 and school averages in 4.0 classes with that so its impossible in our school to get a perfect 5.0). The AP classes i have taken so far along with results on exams include: Physics B-5, US History-5, Macroeconomics-4, Eng lang and comp-5. For my senior year I am taking the following AP classes: Gov and Politics, Eng literature, Biology, Stat, Calculus. I will take the exam for all of those in May. I might be forgetting a few important things to list here but oh well</p>

<p>Extracurricular: I am involved in Recycling team, Optimist club, Revolution, NHS, Honor Roll, and am part of Class Office. For the past three years I was also in Latin club and Latin Honor Society (before I quit latin to make room for another AP class). I consider myself pretty involved with my high school (CARROLL HS btw), but most of all are the sports I do. I am a 4 time Varsity Cross Country runner and soon to be a 3 time Varsity Track runner. I am one of the best in my area and my coaches and I have goals of me finishing top 10 in the Cross State meet, making it to Nationals for Indoor/outdoor Track, and top 10 in the State at the 3200m race in Track. Running is a huge part of my life as my sister runs for Ohio St. I have been in contact with several of the above mentioned schools' coaches in order to run for that school.</p>

<p>What makes me different: I know leadership and community service are big things to get into these colleges. As for leadership I think my position in Class Office as well as me being captain of my Cross and Track team along with leading a retreat for my school covers this well. I'd say the biggest two things that set me apart from other people are my involvement in science fair and my work experience at Wright-Patt Air Force Base Research Labs. I have made it to the state science fair every year since 7th grade. My projects have ranged from stress design on bridges to design of better fuels and to recently genetic mutations in cancer patients' offspring. I have earned the Gold medal 2 years now in my High school and Silver medal 1 year. I have won many awards from my projects and received second place in the state in my category of study.</p>

<p>But the biggest thing is working at the Research Labs. I was hand-picked from over 200 applicants to join a working program for the most qualified/smartest students called Wright Scholar program. I was then assigned a work place which was in a Microbiology lab with a PhD mentor who taught me an impressive amount of biological systems. So I was able to do research in an actual state-of-the-art facility on goals that would in the end help the Air Force. I feel as though doing actual legitimate research provides me with an incredible advantage over other people and allows me to get a head start on working with my professors in research fields at college.</p>

<p>SORRRYYYYYY for the long post. But if you could just leave your comment as to whether you think I am a strong applicant for those schools i mentioned or for any other good ones you guy can throw out. Also if there's any weaknesses in my simplified resume just let me know as well.</p>

<p>Thank You!</p>

<p>PS.... I got a 34 on my ACT the first time I took it without studying (34 math :( 35 science 34 reading 32 English and 8 writing - bad day for writing indeed)</p>

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<p>If you are female, that would be a big plus, because all the engineering programs are looking to get more women into their programs.</p>

<p>(I can’t tell from your post whether you are a boy or a girl, unless I am simply not reading it closely enough)</p>

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<p>sorry about that i am a male (dang sexual bias!)</p>

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<p>it’s not sexual bias…it’s over-representation. because there’s way too many guys in STEM and way too little girls</p>

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<p>somebody chance me please!</p>

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<p>What is your race
What is your state.
How many people normally get accepted from your school to ivy league?
Are you good enough to be recruited as an athlete?</p>

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<p>You’ve got a shot at all those schools. It can come down to a numbers game though. If you are ‘recruitable’ based on your times, I would think that might tip you even further.</p>

<p>As a Penn grad, I will put in a shameless plug…great academics, research, bioengineering, and ivy athletics…plus the Penn Relays!</p>

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<p>Texaspg: </p>

<p>-im a white male
-Ohio
-We dont usually have people that even apply to ivy league schools (a few apply to Northwestern and Vandy) really not too sure why, but a friend of mine who just graduated is running for MIT
-Well my times are fast enough to run at all of those places (Princeton and MIT being the hardest to run for though) so Id say yes and I have already been in contact with MIT and UChicago coaches</p>

<p>CDK:</p>

<p>Lol I dont know what else those schools want from an applicant. I am interested in Penn but kind of dont like the city schools (like Ohio St) even though I am considering UChicago</p>

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<p>MIT and Chicago are D3. If you can get recruited in Ivy league then you can get into all or none. You should be talking to some of the Ivy coaches.</p>

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<p>I have filled out the recruitment questionnaires and sent them an email as a supplement as well so now im just playing the waiting game til they get back to me. If they havent in another week im just gonna give them a call. Is that a good idea?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>You are in the possible range for all those schools. The only ones who can give you a realistic assessment of your chances are the members of the admissions committees at those schools, and then only when they have your complete application package in front of them.</p>

<p>This message is MIT-specific, but the principle applies to all selective colleges:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10581800-post1.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10581800-post1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Make sure your college list includes some safeties - schools where your stats are well above the norm, that you can pay for under most pessimistic FA assumptions, and where you’d be happy.</p>

<p>Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using CC App</p>

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<p>You know, like you will probably hear from everywhere, admission to those schools is all but guaranteed. It means that even an applicant with incredible academics/ECs/essays might not get in, because of the “lottery” that those guys at the admission offices have… so just focus on doing your best, and pray! haha</p>

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<p>the only sure shot you have from Ivies is to be recruited. So pursue the coaches.</p>

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<p>Actually, a lot of people do research, so it’s less of a leg up than you think. You have a shot, though. Look into more safeties, because your list is too much of a gamble right now.</p>

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<p>If you are a recriuted athlete, your chances for admisssion increase substantially. Have you been in contact with the XC coaches at the schools you are interested in? Have you been invited for any Official Visits? OVs take place in September and early October. You really need to get moving to secure these. Most recruited athletes have had substantial contact with coaches by now and made unofficial visits to campuses to meet coaches.</p>

<p>Without a major hook (e.g. recruited athlete, URM) your chances of admission to the very top schools on your list -HYPS - are about 1 in 10 at best. After HYPS have filled their quotas for athletes, URMs and students with special talents, the competition is very, very fierce for those applicants who are “unhooked”. This said, your chances for acceptance at one of these schools - Duke, Chicago, Northwestern and Vanderbilt is quite good. MIT is a special case because they don’t recruit athletes per se. If you are very interested in MIT, consider applying EA.</p>

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<p>i don’t know act, but you’ll need a 2100 sat for USC and a 2300 for Stanford to be considered.</p>

<p>Unfortunately SC and Stanford are out unless you’re already talking to their coaches. running is a religion at those schools, along with most other sports. btw, USC is building a world class bio engineering facility and attracting similar profs right now on a huge (and I mean huge) alum donation.</p>

<p>my vote is Duke, great bio med and lower athletic standards</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at each. ACT is good, and I wouldn’t stress research in a lab that much… Unless you’ve done it all 4 years or have won much bigger awards statewide or internationally, then it shows more dedication and sets you apart from others, especially if you do independent research with your own ideas. Being a fellow xc runner too, I’ve seen many of our varsity runners recruited by various schools, so that may be your best shot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>You don’t need a 2300 SAT “to be considered” at Stanford. The CR+M+W total at the 25th percentile is 2140.</p>

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<p>^^ya, and that’s 375 kids who are national champion athletes in their sport or 800 in one section of the SAT. you’re giving him false hopes. there are only 1500 freshman at Stanford.</p>