<p>SAT I=2280
SAT II=800 Chinese, 800 World History, 800 Physics
Cumulative GPA (9-12 projection)=4.5
Director of the San Diego Table Tennis League
Director of the school’s Tutoring Program
President of the school’s Chess Club, International Debate Club
potential candidate of the Captain of the school’s Chess Team
Member of California Scholastic Federation, KEY Club, Academic League
300 hours of community service in KEY Club, library, hospital, and political campaigns
particpiated in Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition, National Poetry Contest, United Nations Environment Programme Photography, and many other competitions (did not win any)
1st Place Individual in the 2005 San Diego Scholastic Chess League Pizza & Chess Tournament
Wrote and submitted 4 different political essays for publication in professional journals (still waiting for a reply)
National Honor Roll, Who’s Who in High School Students, Academic Outstanding Achievement Awards, AP Scholar, National Merit Letter of Recommendation
nominated to attend National Young Leaders Conference, Congressional Student Leadership Conference, People to People Future Leaders Summit, Presidential Classroom (due to financial difficulty I did not go to any of them)
I think I have more but can’t remember them right now…
Anyways, I want apply to Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, UC Berkey, UCSD
What are my chances?
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>I have similar stats. I also didnt get into all those cool conferences due to financial reasons. But yeah, you have a pretty decent shot at all those schools</p>
<p>Well, what schools are you applying to? and BTW, does the nomination to the conferences really matter a lot on the college application?</p>
<p>BTW, my class rank right now is #1 out of 462. this should help me out, wouldn’t it?</p>
<p>none of the following things matter, and should never be put on an application:</p>
<p>National Honor Roll, Who’s Who in High School Students, Academic Outstanding Achievement Awards, AP Scholar, National Merit Letter of Recommendation
nominated to attend National Young Leaders Conference, Congressional Student Leadership Conference, People to People Future Leaders Summit, Presidential Classroom </p>
<p>Rank is very important and will help you.</p>
<p>I do not understand why you say these are not important. Are these just the things to fill up the Awards/Honors section of the college apps?</p>
<p>actually most of theseb awards are scams.</p>
<p>AP scholar is an actual achievement isn’t it? Though the rest are baloney</p>
<p>oh yeah. and probably also National Merit Letter of Recommendation.</p>
<p>Remember, if any award asks for money, then thats a scam. most colleges know about these scam awards.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s a good role of thumb. Anything that asks for money (outright, asking you to buy something, etc.) is usuallly a scam</p>
<p>So, can you guys give me more examples of awards that aren’t scams?</p>
<p>There are many awards that aren’t scams. There are local awards, school awards, community-related awards, volunteering awards, awards related to sports, awards related to music, awards related to academics.</p>