Canadian Highschool To the Ivey League

Applying to College
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Wondering whether my resume and marks stand up to the high standards of the Ivey league when coming from Canada,

Hoping for enterance into a basic sciences or computer science program

SAT: 1500
Average: 93.25 %
Average in top six courses including pre rec’s: 95.25%
My school does not operate on the GPA scale, sitting at 19 of 252 students for grades 9-12 marks
ACT: 34
Volunteer hours: 203

Sports: (Skiing and rock climbing)

Competed on a provincial level in both

Completed the “Talons challange” (Skiing) at beaver creek mountain in under 3 hours becoming the 35th canadian to do so with a registered guide

Volunteer:

3+ hours weekly in a program teaching underpriveliged children to, read with the goal of getting them to the provincial standard, and exercies with the goal of maintaining a healthy lifestyle

2+ hours weekly in a program empowering the disabelded via skiing, assistant sit ski instructor (with hopes of becoming an instructor at the required age of 18), teaching both the physicaly (eg. students who are blind) and mentaly disabled (eg. those suffering from autism)

Volunteering at a local food bank

Volunteering at school events, blood drives, etc.

Leadership:

Founded a dropshipping business with successful results

Founded an NGO in order to support those with PTSD, the end goal is to branch out into supporting children with PTSD in northern Uganda, an idea I got originaly while attending a harvard pre collage program

Head of the schools programming team, competitions starting soon

Founded a DECA (Business related) club at my school

Work experience:

Work as a life guard during the summers,

A hockey coach year round,

A tutor while school is in session

Extra Schooling:

Taken multiple extracuricullar courses on various advanced cumputer science topics

Attended various non-credit courses at Harvard and Stanford

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It sounds like you’ve done some good work in terms of employment, leadership etc. that shows you are a committed student.

Honestly however, your ability to get in depends on the *Ivy:

if you’re referencing HYP, those would be a reach for you considering your SAT is not in the 1550+ section, and your average is not in the 95+ area either. Average in top six courses is more of a Canadian university thing. What AP classes are you taking?

For Upenn, Columbia: still somewhat a reach cause of your lower SAT & average marks. In addition, while you seem to be committed to clubs and sports, you don’t seem to have participated in any competitions besides skiing - while clubs are important, achievements in the form of awards and competitive events are important to admissions to see your drive, ranking amongst others, ability to withstand pressure, etc. and end up on top. Still, your volunteering shows empathy and dedication to public service, which a lot of overachievers lack in investing time to help others haha.

For Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth: these are more achievable but again working on SAT and average marks would help boost your chance.

hope this helps.

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That is very helpful, appreciated