<p>Location: Northeast
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian (yuck)
Gender: M
Junior
Stats:
PSAT: 226
SAT: 2310 (760M, 800CR, 750W)
SAT II’s: Bio M: 760, Chem: 780
UW GPA: about a 4.00 (still accumulating grades)
Rank: no rank but in top 5
AP: Euro 5, going to physics c, english, calc bc, spanish this year </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper: Managing Editor, Production Editor, Treasurer, Op-Ed Columnist
Mentoring Program: Co-Director
Scientific Magazine: Co-Editor in Chief
School Rep to Board and parent teacher association
Mock Trial Co-Captain (next year)
Environmental Club (President)
Literary Magazine for Poetry: Editor
Diversity Club (VP)
and few other smaller clubs…
Varsity Tennis, Varsity Golf
Awards
National History Day: 1st in regionals (2 years), 1st in states, attended national’s
DECA: placed top ten @ states
National Engineering Contests
Siemens Semifinalist
1st in NJ (Engineering) in ISEF Regional Fair–partner is from jersey
Life Science Award
Columbia Engineering Association Award
National Biology Teacher’s Association Award
Lexus Environmental Challenge 1st place
All County and All-State Violinist
some other local math and science fair awards
work at dental office, volunteer at senior center and local councilwoman’s campaign
Research over this summer at Stony Brook University
Other schools:
NYU
Columbia
Yale
Princeton
Penn
Stanford
Oxford</p>
<p>Like any applicant with strong grades, scores and ECs, you have a shot. I do need to say, though, without a hook, we regular people stand less of a chance at H. However, at the rest, I can’t imagine that you wouldn’t get into at least 2 (NYU is pretty much a given, and one of the others would be an admit).</p>
<p>I would say you have a great shot.You are definitely qualified, and your stats prove that. However, many of the schools on your list seem to be unpredictable with their admissions. With so many qualified candidates, it will be difficult to get acceptance into many of the schools on your list, especially Harvard. Do you have a safety that you like?</p>
<p>thanks for responding guys…I was considering nyu and jhu as safeties (not to sound arrogant). I would happy going to either of those places.<br>
lol I’ll have to fed-ex that cookie out to wherever you live :]</p>
<p>i would not apply to oxford unless a) financial aid is a nonissue (and i mean really a nonissue, like you have 180k+ lying around to spend on college, because there is zero financial aid) and b) you have a very strong interest in a specific subject, and oxford is the best for that subject. </p>
<p>the reason is that, as i’m sure you know, the english universities require you to apply directly to a “course” and expect you already to have a substantial background in that subject. at least at cambridge (i’m unsure about oxford), this means they want proof of your competence <em>in that subject</em> that is far beyond ap test scores. a cambridge admissions tutor told me that they want american h.s. students to apply only if they (the students) are ready for american graduate level work in their course. this all boils down to the fact that admissions are much more academically stringent than hyp–oxford and cambridge combined admitted about 35 americans last year, most of them “affiliated students” who already had b.a.'s from american colleges. cambridge in particular typically admits 3 american h.s. students a year.</p>
<p>if you really want oxford in particular, it’s still worth trying. the people in admissions there are very friendly, but they’re pretty firm about what they want. it’s essentially going to grad school. good if you’re 110% positive about your subject, very very bad if you aren’t.</p>