<p>I was rejected from Columbia ed. now, my first choice is Yale. i was wondering if i have a shot.
Asian/male
highly competitive, private high school </p>
<p>Sat:
700V
800M </p>
<p>SatII:
750 Chemistry
770 IIC
730 Writing </p>
<p>Gpa:
91 uw
94 w
pretty hard courses(aps, honors)
school doesnt rank </p>
<p>EC:
international club: Vice President, 10-12
Orchestra: Vice President, 9-12
Speech and Debate Club: 9-12
Habitat for Humanity 9-12
Orchestra outside of school: 10-12
Chinese School: officer, 9-12
Volunteer at hospital: 11-12
Community Improvement Council: 9-10 </p>
<p>Summer:
Attended program at hospital
Went on a service trip to Ecuador
Attended National Youth Leadership Forum </p>
<p>Jobs:
Worked for friend's pine straw business </p>
<p>Other:
I've played piano for 4 years </p>
<p>pretty good recs
good essay </p>
<p>i'm also applying to emory, ga tech, stanford, harvard, washington u., and uga</p>
<p>Of course you have a shot, but you don't have too much that distinguishes yourself from other applicants. Your test scores are good and you seem to be involved in your school and community, but you haven't made any outstanding accomplishments in your extracurricular activities besides becoming an officer. Still, you seem well on your way to getting into Emory and Georgia Tech. If Stanford, Harvard, and Yale don't work out, don't worry about it, even though I would say you have a good shot at getting into at least one.</p>
<p>I mean all your stats fall somewhere in the average range of people who apply to the ivys. So either you get in by chance (though no one wants to admit it) or by a good essay (s). </p>
<p>Your ECs' show commitment but otherwise are rather like most others who apply to the same schools. Furthermore, there are other people you are competing with esp. those with state/national/international awards like intel, westinghouse, national arts, carnegie hall performances..</p>
<p>and even with these its still tough..</p>
<p>but a good, catchy and meaningful essay could significantly help your chances. Some people have outstanding stats, awards and everything but still get rejected because of a poor essay.</p>