cgar514

Alright so I'm aiming at Stanford engineering, or MIT. If I probably can't make either ones, can you let me know how far I can go?


So me:

Academics:
State: Minnesota
Unweighted GPA: 3.94 , ranked 6th in class of 465
Weighted: 4.32, ranked 1st in class
All A's except one A- and one B+
I've been in an accelerated math program since 7th grade at the university of minnesota, and I am currently taking junior college classes.
PSAT: only 217 but I should be a semi-finalist based on the last 10 yr's cut-off mark
SAT: 2320
ACT: havent taken...practice tests scores are between 34-36.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, going to take chemistry and physics later, expecting mid-700s to 800.
I've taken every AP class my school offers and I've scored 5s on 5 AP tests, and 4s on 2 AP test, and I plan to take 2 more AP classes this yr
On that note...I've taken the hardest curriculum possible at my school.

Won Harvard Book club award

Employment

I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries.

Activities

Varsity math team
Varsity science olympiad team
Minnesota Youth Symphony (played in both the 2nd and 3rd highest levels of 4 levels)
School's chamber orchestra (not a class, our conductor selects a few people to play with him)
National Honor Society
Volunteering
The U of Minnesota Math Program
Speech Team
JV Cross Country Running
JV Track and Field


Honors and Awards

Science Olympiad:
Three 1st place wins and two 2nd place wins in Invitational Competitions
1 Sliver medal at Regionals
1 Silver medal at State
Junior captain...captainship next yr is pretty much fo sho

Math Team:

27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school

Math League: 2nd Place in state this yr, 3rd place last yr, MVP

State-wide Math Competition at a nearby university: 1st Place of about 2000 competitors this yr, 5th place last yr

Another state-wide competitions at a university: 4th place last yr, top 5% freshman yr

Passed AMC every yr since 9th grade and has taken the AIME every year. Highest score on the AIME was a 9

Captain nxt yr

Sports: A few medals here and there, but nothing too big.


Summer: freshman yr - organized and led a quartet which played for local retirement homes
sophmore yr - trip to china and studied in a school for 2 months (i'm chinese but born here)
junior summer - should be doing an internship at the U of MN for a month then heading of to the USA mathcamp.

tkx for ur inputs

southeasttitan

Replace the y with the ie and add an s.

No, really, there's no way you can chance people for this stuff. You're in the ballpark but who can say.

swoop

looking good, nothing unique though.. but your olympiad awards will def help

nj_azn_premed

I'd say shoe-in b/c of USA Math Camp (like top 40 or something in the country in math?).

southeasttitan

There's no such thing as a shoe-in at Stanford or MIT, nj_azn_premed.

But you do have a good chance nonetheless.

auraeight

wait, are you asking for chances to Ivies or to Stanford/MIT?
and if you're asking for Ivies, which ones?

swoop

yeah i agree. also, in my opinion it would be much harder to get into Stanford and MIT, especially if you don't live in CA or MA..