Throw me a Chance?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Student at High School (Very competitive, probably around 50-60 get into Ivies each year)</p>

<p>Race: Chinese, International student.</p>

<p>GPA: Around top 5%</p>

<h2>EC: Shooting, Student’s Council (mainly)</h2>

<p>Shooting:
National Team for Shooting (a couple of overseas competitions, silver medals mostly)</p>

<p>Nationals 2005: Team 2nd
Nationals 2006: Team 2nd
Nationals 2007: Team 1st
Nationals 2008: Team 1st.</p>

<h2>Vice Captain of Team for 2 years. </h2>

<p>Chemistry Olympiad National (Training) Team. </p>

<h2>Silver Medal for country’s chemistry olympiad.</h2>

<p>SATs: 2300
CR 770
Math 800
Writing 730</p>

<p>SAT IIs:</p>

<p>Chemistry 800
Maths II 800
Physics (not out yet, hopefully a 800 too)</p>

<p>Quite a number of community hours, ~200-300, mainly on 2-3 different activities for 2008 including organizing a Youth Parliament, participating in National Youth Forums, etc. </p>

<p>Gunning for:</p>

<p>Harvard,
Yale,
Princeton,
Stanford.</p>

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<p>im not sure but i think you need at least 6 AP’s to get into schools like that… feel free to disagree so I can learn as well.</p>

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<p>im not sure but i think you need at least 6 AP’s to get into schools like that… feel free to disagree so I can learn as well.</p>

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<p>If your school graduates 50-60 into Ivies each year and you are in the top 5% of the class, don’t you think your chances are good? Regardless, your SATs are amazing and if your “shooting” skills are a big deal, I’d say you have a good chance anywhere.</p>

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<p>I definitely think you have a shot.</p>

<p><em>ba dum ching!</em></p>

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<p>You’ve got a great chance at the schools your applying to w/ such excellent test scores.</p>

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<p>well your tests are good and your gpa is good, your high school will help you with admissions to those places because its so prestigious, and if you make yourself really really stand out in your essays, then you can get in anywhere you want to go</p>

<p>chance me back at
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<p>Even for international students?</p>

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<p>you’re set. top 5% when 50 get into ivies? if your grad class is less than 1000, than youre pretty much good, right?</p>

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<p>I think the shooting is a great hook, if you can call it that. To receive national recognition in any sport is very helpful, even if you aren’t participating in that sport at the college.</p>

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<p>first I highly doubt that 50-60 people in your school get into ivies every year. International will definitely not help you out. The shooting will help you out, but I don’t think colleges recruit that “sport”. There is nothing that special about you, no offense. They will all be reaches for you.</p>

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<p>No you don’t need 6 APs. Schools look at you in a perspective of what your school offers, and if you took the most of what you were offered.</p>

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<p>Ah, I am not studying in the U.S. </p>

<p>International is simply from the U.S.'s point of view. 50-60 people from my school get into Ivies each year, but probably only 5-6 get into HYPSM each. </p>

<p>Though I’m sure not many people get in purely based on stats - I would think the recs and essays are more important. </p>

<p>Just wanted a gauge on whether for stats alone, it’s enough.</p>

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<p>you’re from singapore. and it’s not 5-6 to HYPSM each. that’s definitely a wrong statistic. for a fact, i know that last year only two students got into MIT from singapore and one wasn’t from RJ/HC (you’re probably from one of those). and harvard only takes like 2-3 singaporean kids a year. for princeton, the number is more like 4. once again, not all of those are from RJ. so your statistics are definitely not accurate except for stanford, for which there are more singaporeans getting in (But that’s also because more apply).</p>

<p>Anyway, coming to the topic for HYPSM from Singapore, it’s definitely not enough that you’re just good. The competition is so strong that you have to be excellent to get in. For MIT, generally a medalist at an international olympiad/ISEF participant/RSI kid. if you’re neither your chances are low. For HYP, generally something very solid in the arts and such or something similar to MIT. For stanford, a solid profile + good essays and recs. With your profile, I’d say you’re competitive, but I wouldn’t assure you that your stats are good for any of HYPSM.</p>

<p>cheers.</p>

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<p>oh and by the way, if you’re talking about singapore chemistry olympiad 08, there were tons of medalists. you better train hard as hell if you want to make it to icho</p>

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<p>Ah, I’m sorry, was just giving a brief generalization, wasn’t really sure of the exact stats. </p>

<p>I see… Thanks very much. I’ll try my best!</p>

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<p>haha zol, it’s fine. the stats are a non-issue. they give you a rough opportunity to predict but they can be grossly misleading. PM me with your msn if you’d like to talk more.</p>

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<p>Here are the matriculation statistics as far as I know for all applicants from Singapore (I am discounting international schools students - who might hold US citizenship):</p>

<p>Harvard - 2-3/year
MIT - 2-3/year
Yale - 2-3/year
Princeton - 5-7/year (increased a bit over the past 2 years or so)
Stanford - 8-10/year (note Stanford is not need-blind for internationals, so out of those 8-10, ~25% will receive FA while the rest are either full-pay or on government scholarships)</p>

<p>Are you in your school’s council Ex-Co? That might help.</p>

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<p>Nah, I’m not in the Exco. </p>

<p>Well… thanks srrinath and frank, any advice on what I should be focussing on now? I have roughly a year left before the stuff starts. Probably study and study… and what else?</p>

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<p>^ i think frank is being slightly harsh with the matriculation stats… in terms of admission stats, <em>slightly</em> more Singaporeans got in</p>