HYP, Upenn, cornell + reader suggestions

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Ok, its the end of junior year, i have an idea of where to apply but am not sure where exactly I can get in. Hopefully, all of you experienced CC members can give me an idea! Please add your suggestions as to where I should apply in addition to suggesting my chances at HPY (Harvard, Princeton, Yale), Upenn, and Cornell.</p>

<p>Stats
Indian, male, Northeast</p>

<p>GPA
-Unweighted
-4.0
-Weighted
-4.28(freshman), 4.35 (sophomore), 4.81 (junior)</p>

<p>Courses
-Have taken: AP US, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Calc AB
-Will take: AP US Gov, Ap Bio, AP Calc BC, AP English
also: CHS Physics and CHS Stats (CHS = college in high school which offers credits from a local college in top 60 US News rankings)
-most difficult course load available</p>

<p>Rank
2/302 </p>

<p>Scores
-SAT
-superscore: 2370<a href=“800%20M,%20770%20CR,%20800%20W%20(10%20essay)”>/U</a>
-highest sitting: 2350 (780 M, 770 CR, 800 W (10 essay))</p>

<p>-SAT II
-US History - 700
-Math IIc - 780</p>

<p>also taking Chemistry this weekend, averaging around 790 on practice tests</p>

<p>-AP Scores:
-US History - 3</p>

<p>yea i didnt do too great on that one, but i believe that euro, calc, and chem will be 4s and 5s</p>

<p>Extracirriculars
-Varsity Tennis* - 4 years<a href=“expecting%20to%20be%20Captain%20in%2012th%20grade”>/U</a>
-Karate* - 2nd degree blackbelt (8 years)
-Impact India Foundation - Together with a friend, I collected almost $100,000 worth of medical supplies that hospitals refuse to use due to minor quality issues. This was donated to the Impact India Foundation which uses it to deliver medical care to poor tribal villages in India.
-Model UN* - 3 years (Head of my school’s delegation in 11th grade)
-NYLF Medicine - camp type thing relating to medicine
-Volunteering<em>:- 180 hrs total<br>
-Hospital Volunteer - 60 hrs
-Different Hospital Volunteer</em> - 60 hrs
-Science Center* - 60 hrs
-Biotechnology Apprenticeship
-Science Club - Treasurer
-Medical Explorer - Lectures on various medical aspects, hands on activities, 3hr/week (free program)
-Televised High School Quiz Show - 3 people in my school were chosen
-Science Bowl - Captain
-Quiz Bowl - Co-captain</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
-PSAT - 224 (probable semifinalist candidate)
-Chemistry Olympics - 2nd place (Western half of state + bordering counties)
-Calcusolve math competition - 2nd place in county
-High Honors* - 4 years
-Scholar Athlete* - 3 years</p>

<p>*Years listed is based on after the end of senior year and hours listed are estimates on activities I am scheduled to do.</p>

<p>Employment
Newspaper Company - Newspaper Carrier, 4 years, 1hr/week
Kmart - Toy Department Associate, 3 months, 8 hr/week</p>

<p>Please list your opinions of my chances for getting into HYP, Upenn and Cornell .
Also, any suggestions for other colleges I can apply to, things I can do over the summer, or just suggestions in general are greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Awesome! You have a good chance every where. You have a nice GPA, SATs, and ECs, just hope that your essay is as good.</p>

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<p>Great chances. HYP is always difficult and occasionally surprising, but your SATs and rank are stellar.
The biotech apprenticeship is less common than your other ECs-- not to say that they’re not impressive, but imo, the internship could set you apart.
Anyway, I can’t see you not getting in to at least one of HYP and probably to Upenn and Cornell. People from my school got in to the latter two with much less impressive stats than yours.
Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for your opinions!</p>

<p>However, the biotech thing wasnt an internship per se, it was more of a expanded service that my intermediate unit offers. I basically went to a class in a college in the city with other people in the “apprenticeship” and we learned biotech every other week for maybe 4-5 hrs on fridays from a professor. Would the colleges <em>need</em> to know the specifics of this? or would they just assume that it was something awesome?</p>

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<p>You are solid for Penn and Cornell, especially if your school is competitive. Unfortunately, HYP as an Asian candidate from the NE with no apparent hook are unlikely unless your recs and essays can really make you stand out from the tens of thousands of applicants who look a lot like you on paper-Asian, high stats, tennis, interest in science.</p>

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<p>thats what i was afraid of: blending in to the applicant pool
what can i do to make myself stand out?</p>

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<p>any more ideas or chance opinions?</p>