Chances for AB Scholar (full ride)

Ouroboros313
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:53:36 +0000

Getting top 150 means that there are 149 people equal to or more qualified than you. Then there’s the other science olympiads: physics, math, chemistry, etc. That’s easily 500 people with similar qualifications. There’s only a ten or so AB scholars each year.

I know a few AB scholars, though I can’t say what they’ve done before college (people don’t like to brag). I think one of them got published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The ethnicity thing does nothing: it’s purely a merit thing, and there’s no bonus points for diversity.

These stats are good for getting into the school, but you certainly won’t be in the top 10 out of the 2000+ admitted.