How do I look for elites?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Here’s my life:</p>

<p>Asian Male
First generation student to goto college
Low family income
ESOL
School listed as #80 in nation by Newsweek
North Carolina</p>

<p>School:
4.0 Unweighted GPA at the end of junior year
5.0 Weighted GPA at end of junior year</p>

<h1>8 in Class of 351 at the end of junior year</h1>

<p>Filled up my junior year APs (AP Calc AB, AP English, AP US History, AP Environmental Science)
All APs during senior year (AP English, AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Physics)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:
SAT taken 3 times (does it hurt you if you take it more than twice)?
1st: CR600 M730 W570 Essay7
2nd: CR670 M720 W640 Essay8
3rd: Scores haven’t come back yet.
AP World History Exam: 4
Other APs that haven’t come back yet:
AP Environmental Science Projected: 3
AP United States History Projected:: 5
AP Calculus AB Projected: 3
AP English 11 Projected: 4</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (Junior Year):
Leadership position in city organization (100 hours)
152 total hours of volunteering in city organization
-Organized several programs for the city (trash pickup, sexual education, mocked city council meeting)
Secretary of World Culture Club
Christian youth group (Young Life) for 30 hours + Camp Trip
City Shadowing Day</p>

<p>Summer:
Christian Camp for a Week
Self-initiated Community Service Awareness program on Darfur
Self-initiated Fundraiser for Darfur</p>

<p>Future Extracurriculars:
Vice-President of City Organization (already elected)
Secretary of National Honor Society (already elected)
High IQ Quiz Bowl
More World Culture Club
More Christian youth group</p>

<p>Awards and Honors:
City Organization’s Spirit Award
Most Oustanding Student in Fundamentals of Technology, Civics and Economics
First Most Outstanding Student in AP United States History for my teacher who’s taught 11 years
National Honors Society
Beta Club
Perfect Attendance</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Working for city in Senior Year
Part-time employee at a nail salon</p>

<p>Questions:
I’m worried that my ECs are extremely weak because I only did extracurriculars during my junior year and after. How bad does this look on colleges?
Does it look bad if you take the SAT more than twice? (I’ve taken it three times, one during my sophomore year because of parental pressure).
How do AP scores affect admissions?</p>

<p>Schools I want to apply to:
Duke Pratt (in state)
MIT
Georgetown
Georgia Tech
Cornell
Davidson College (in state)
University of Virginia
UNC Chapel Hill (in state liberal arts backup)
North Carolina State (in state engineering backup)</p>

<p>I’m looking at applying early action to MIT and Georgetown.
Pleaaaaaase give me advice…</p>

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<p>bump :frowning: any comments are welcome :-/</p>

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<p>Hahah, maybe you shouldn’t include the “Perfect Attendence” award :stuck_out_tongue: Just a thought.</p>

<p>Duke Pratt: I don’t know.
MIT: your resume doesn’t look very math/science orientated. 40%
Georgetown: 60%
Georgia Tech: 90%
Cornell: 80%
Davidson College: I don’t know.
University of Virginia: I don’t know.
UNC Chapel Hill: 80%
North Carolina State: I don’t know.</p>

<p>Hahah sorry. I’m not focused very much on in state schools. Maybe you should apply to some harder colleges. I would suggest Dartmouth, Columbia, Washington University in St. Louis.</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’m considering applying to Darthmouth, Washington, and switching to Duke Trinity.</p>

<p>Oh I just didn’t mention that I took engineering and technology classes and excellent recommendations from those teachers… but that might not mean much.</p>

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<p>decent to very good chances everywhere</p>

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<p>Do you go to Enloe? You’re practically guaranteed for UNC-CH and NCSU.</p>

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<p>Haha no I don’t go to Enloe (that’s ranked 52). I go to Western Guilford. :slight_smile: Thanks for giving me confidence that I’m gonna get into colleges I consider my safeties!</p>

<p>Question: I thought my resume was very weak… what is it that gives me a decent chance everywhere?</p>

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<p>No chance at MIT or any other Ivy. SAT scores are not competitive despite a decent math score. High math scores are much more common than the others. You need 700 range scores across the board to compete.</p>

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<p>Your city volunteering thing is very impressive. It shows that you have interest in the community. I don’t know about Ivy’s but the ones you’re planning on applying to seem easy enough for a person like you :)</p>

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<p>Heh. Thanks for the feedback on how challenging it is to get into the Ivies or MIT. Are there any non-Ivie elites around the East that you guys think can be possibilities for me?</p>

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<p>If you’re going to try for MIT, you might as well try for Olin too. The admit rate is quite low though.</p>

<p>Have you looked into Rice?</p>

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<p>Haha, i thought this thread was asking how one goes about looking for an elite. lol</p>

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<p>Have you looked at Carnegie Mellon?</p>

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<p>What I’ve heard from some that Carnegie Mellon was kinda boring.
And Olin seems VERY competitive. But thanks for recommending the 3.</p>

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<p>CMU isn’t any more boring than most of the schools you listed. And the city of Pittsburgh is the best!</p>