applelovespear

Hi all! Apple here.

I apologize if this thread seems familiar, b/c I had one for EA Yale earlier. But now, given my deferral, I'd like to post my college list and see if my stats fit my colleges okay (or if I'm grossly overestimating myself...). I'd like to make 1 or 2 last minute additions, because my parents are okay with shelving out the money, and I'd like to make sure I get into the right colleges.

Suggestions and comments will be duly rewarded with sugar and eternal thanks!

User Name: applelovespear
Gender: F (also, Asian, so individuality shot there)
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes

Academics:

GPA - don't understand weighted vs. non
....so, straight A's...4.0 on a non-competitive scale? *shot*
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 597

Scores:

SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 700
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Chemistry: 720
SAT II Spanish: 760

Extracurriculars:

Significant Extracurriculars: Art Forum, Science Fair, Newspaper, Invisible Children (Fundraising) Club, Orchestra (cello), Art NHS, Science NHS, NHS

Leadership positions: President of Art Forum and National Art HS, Editor of School Newspaper, Founder of Science Fair in High School and a district-wide program to promote middle school participation

Volunteer/Service Work: 140 misc. hours volunteering at library and tutoring, painting a large 3-panel mural outside of the school library

Honors and Awards: First places in Math category at state science fair, National Spanish Exam Award of Highest Score 2007, Grange Fair Best-In-Show for fine art, Art exhibited in newspaper and local gallery, National Merit, AP Scholar

Summer: Attended Governor's School for the Fine Arts on scholarship in 2006, and Camp Business (also on scholarship, haha, I'm cheap...) in 2007

applelovespear

My List:

Yale
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn (Wharton...got tricked into this one)
NYU Stern
Cornell
Washington U (St.Louis)
Rochester U
Penn State Honors (Schreyer)

I'm now considering the addition of (just 1 or 2...not all! xD):

Carnegie Mellon
Bucknell
Rice
Tufts
Haverford

...I'm like to stay on the East coast. And I'd prefer a simple application I could easily do over break. Major'd be econ or business (but subject to change, so flexibility preferred).

What do you think? Help me, you collegiate gurus! >_<

Optisrule

look, you have a great chance at where ever you apply... . Also, your weighted gpa is wrong...

applelovespear

And lastly...

the long awaited cookies Though, do not take if you don't help!

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applelovespear

Thanks. I don't mean to be offensive--I'd just like to be safe so if there are any other schools I could take a shot at, I'd like to know...

I can't figure out the weighted/unweighted sys because our school is old fashioned and doesn't use them *tries to fix*

Help yourself to an e-cookie. Hope you don't mind chocolate chip! ^_^

Big_D

ok, we actually have similar stats.... heres my schools

ACCEPTED:
UCLA
Cal
UCSD
Duke
Harvard
Georgetown
Stanford
Princeton


REJECTED:
Brown
UPenn
Cornell
Darthmouth

the extracurriculars DO seem like the typical asian..... but its still good... i did random stuff that no one would think about like volunteering at an AQUARIUM and i was a volunteer/assistant coach for SoCal Special Olympics

STILL, I SAY you have a great shot

OTHER SCHOOLS YOU CAN TAKE A SHOT AT: hmm..... this is ur senior year?? if not, apply to UCLA (my school) or Cal because its apps are closed for the UCs..... how about Duke or Emory?

Big_D

ok, we actually have similar stats. Heres my list of got-ins and rejections

Accepted:
UCLA <----(where im going right now, full ride)
Cal
UCSD
Duke
Harvard
Georgetown
Stanford
Princeton

Waitlist:
Rice
Johns Hopkins
(ok, dont know what happened to these two schools, but I didnt really care after March)


Rejected:
Brown
UPenn
Cornell
Darthmouth

Only stuff different between you and me was the extracurriculars...
1)I volunteered at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
2)Eagle Scout
3)volunteer/assistant coach for SoCal Special Olympics
4)typical sports
5)mission trips with my church to Mexico and Afganistan
6)2nd degree black belt
7)been boxing at local gym since like age 12

and YES i am a Korean-American, if that helps any

i say u have an awesome shot at them schools. if i can do it, so can you.....
i think you shouldve applied to the UCs, especially UCLA and Cal, but their application closed on November30....... how about considering Duke or Georgetown????

applelovespear

Haha, wow. Those extra-curriculars make all the difference xDD Yours are spectacular, and mine are rather...lackluster

But thank you so much for the detailed analysis! I'd love to take a look at UCLA and Cal but I promised my parents I wouldn't venture so far west...just yet. That's funny how Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton accepted you, but Cornell didn't. So much for easiest Ivy status xD

I actually think I'm going to apply to Chicago. Another top tier school *shot* but their econ program's so good I can't pass it up!

Question (if you don't mind): Did you explain some of your more peculiar extra-curriculars on a separate, attached sheet?

Oh, and go Asians! *offers bubble tea along with those cookies*