Chance me for HYPS and Columbia-good scores, mediocre ec's, 2016 class

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<p>horrible class rank, And should I apply for Harvard EA?
SAT: 2400
ACT: 36
SAT 11: Literature, Math 1 and 2, chemistry, physics, bio m, bio e, latin, us history, world history, spanish, spanish with listening–all 750+
AP: Art History, Calc AB, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science A, Macro/Micro, English lang, Environmental, European, Comp gov, us gov, human geography, world geography, latin, physics b, psychology, spanish lang, spanish lit, stat, us history-all 5’s except for bio spanish world
GPA: 3.8plus/4.0
rank: 10/438</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Summer law internship,
student council 4 years 3 as an officer,
school law program/track/magnet school type thing class rep for 4 years,
spanish honor society 4 years member,
nhs 2 years member,
key club 4 years member,
basketball-1 year
math club-2 years
i wasn’t senior class president or anything like that :(</p>

<p>Job/Work-work for my parents during school year and out of school year basically manage their gas stations
NO MAJOR AWARDS BESIDES NATIONAL MERIT, AP SCHOLAR WITH HIGHEST DISTINCTION, AND PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE AWARD —> weakness</p>

<p>GEORGIA <3
Public
Asian of the CHINESE kind.
male
I want to be an attorney but i dont know what to major in as an undergrad</p>

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<p>Female :wink: hahah sorry!</p>

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<p>Haha nope. Female 100%. Although for harvard I might not mind changing that… Just kidding!</p>

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<p>You’re definitely a strong applicant, but just think about this…</p>

<p>Every year about 30,000 people apply to each Ivy give or take a few thousand, only ~7-10% get in. But guess how many people will have an application as good as yours? Probably about 20%. Because of this, EVERY base has to be covered, you shouldn’t be able to say the word “weak” when describing your application if you want to be competitive for ivys. Every single aspect of your application has to be considered strong for you to even have a decent shot. Your 36 and 2400 are extremely impressive, but you must solidify your ECs if you want to have a fighting chance. Right now, I would not be surprised if you got into HYPS or columbia, but you can definitely increase your chances to relieve some doubt.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>Academically you are an fantastic student!! Yet you want to be lawyer, and don’t have any leadership positions… Interning at a law program is great though. Have you considered applying to University of Virginia or even University of Michigan. It obvious that you want to get into an ivy league school, but with your extracurricular…its going to be very unlikely. I would REALLY look into UVA</p>

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<p>Amazing academic stats! I just hope adcoms won’t immediately assume Asian+2400=antisocial do-nothing. You don’t have major leadership positions within your ECs (did you ever try to run?) which would have been very helpful. Unless you write killer essays, and I’m sure you’re capable of doing so, Harvard will remain a high reach. Good luck!!
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<p>The only potential issue I see is your GPA. An admission officer may ask why someone who has perfect scores on both ACT and SAT has multiple B’s over the years (I am guessing this based on your GPA). How you address this issue will be very important.</p>

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<p>hey, to paste a link (you asked me to chance w/o pasting a link) all you have to do is go out to the list of threads and right click on the link and then click “copy link location,” it took me a while to figure out how to do that :P</p>

<p>your ECs are an epic fail, you have absolutely no hooks or anything, which is not good :(</p>

<p>princeton only accepts 26.9% (I’m assuming H and Y and the like are similar) of those who got a perfect score. That’s why you’ve got a tough hill to climb. Your best bet would be to apply to somewhere like Duke or JHU Early Decision, and then you’d have a greatttt chance. If you REALLY want ivy, then apply ED to cornell or penn, keep in mind that Penn has a #5 ranking tied with stanford, so it’s a great school and has a 32% ED acceptance rate. probs your best bet</p>

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<p>apply to harvard for early decision, because you have excellent credentials. don’t regret not applying to harvard if you get into another school in ED</p>

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<p>This year, 26% of Penn’s ED applicants were accepted. I would know, I was one of them. If you can pull off great essays, maybe more leadership positions, and solid letters of rec, you have a great chance. You have the toughest demographic, but aim for what you want, not what seems “easiest.” It is one thing to get into a school, it is another to stay in it, succeed, and be happy. Best luck!</p>

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<p>Umm…perhaps I’m crazy but 20 AP tests? I sense some ■■■■■■■■. How many did you take each year? </p>

<p>And 12 SAT subject tests? Honestly, it’s almost feasible until you note that you took bio e and bio m. Who would ever do that? Let alone who would ever take 12 subject tests?</p>

<p>Normally I’m not one to point out ■■■■■■■■, but this one seemed to pop out at me…</p>

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<p>Lmao word, I saw da number of tests she took and I was like -.-…?
Wow for one , she’s an amazing test taker?</p>

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<p>20 APs with 17 5s? 12 Subject tests? 2400 SAT and 36 ACT? I might be flattering you by saying this but I don’t think you’re being completely honest.</p>

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<p>I don’t know if you’re a ■■■■■, but I’ll add my input anyway.</p>

<p>Look at your application through the eyes of an admissions officer at a prestigious college. Fantastic scores and very good academics, with very little extra-curricular involvement. Now, think of an application you could potentially be compared to: 2310 SAT, a few 760-780 SAT 2s, top 5 in the class, state debate champion, national qualifier for mock trial, class president, and various other competitions and leadership positions. Who would you accept? While this person’s scores are obviously inferior to yours (though not my much), their ECs easily convey a passion for debate and law that far exceed what you have shown with yours. </p>

<p>Do you see why your activities outside of school are essential? They show admissions officers what you want to pursue with your life and college education. Try to raise the bar with your ECs, as well as write some compelling essays, and you’ll have a great shot at all the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>It’s possible to have AP scores like that. Many AP State Scholars have ~20 AP’s and just as many 5’s.
Aside from that, you have great chances.</p>

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<p>yes but that includes ap classes taken as a senior, which means (at her rate) she could have basically passed like 30</p>

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<p>Well it’s possible that her AP’s include those that she hasn’t taken yet, although it seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me. But then again, natalie4lyfe if you really did all of this, more power to you! </p>

<p>I have a question to pose to the rest of you however. Are her ec’s really that bad? She seems to be working for her parents year round and yet she’s still involved in school? She seems to have a passion for the law. Is this not enough to get by? <em>worried</em></p>

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<p>I don’t think Harvard wants another Chinese student that spends all of his free time studying. Honestly, way too many ap tests and subject SAT’s, I’m pretty sure that sheer amount of tests and lack of EC’s would get you rejected. =p</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about your rank - though I can’t speak for the YPS, I know Harvard really tries to separate a person from their quantitative metrics (provided you get past the baseline performance measures, which I feel fairly sure you do). While juicing up your extracurrics is an easy way to show your passion for life and what gets you up in the morning (which I strongly believe is what great colleges look for), extracurriculars have a tendency to get a tad cliche. Grab some awesome recommendations from people who know your character and go into the interview with the mentality that Harvard (and others) want you, but they just don’t know it yet. </p>

<p>Best of luck, and don’t worry too much about it. We all tend to end up where we belong.</p>

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<p>trolololol.</p>