Typical Asian at private schools

<p>Hi! I’m a Taiwanese senior that attends a competitive public high school in Wisconsin. </p>

<p>My stats aren’t super like the rest of you insane guys who are going to hyps, but they are decent. :P</p>

<p>GPA: (7 pt scale, 93-100 A, 85-92 B, etc…)
3.975 uw (One B+ in APUSH grr…)
4.675 w </p>

<p>Rank: 5/342 (1.5%ish)</p>

<p>AP’s
11: Biology (5), US History (4), AP Physics B (@ Northwestern University)<br>
12: Lit/Comp, Chemistry, Statistics, French 5, Calculus BC, Microeconomics</p>

<p>EC’s ( x years hours/weeks)
Cross Country (4 years 20/20)

  • Captain/3-year varsity letter
    Taiwanese-American Association (4 years 9/52)
  • Student President/head of volunteer board
    Orchestra Mentoring Program (4 years 10/40)
  • Founder/President
    Mu Alpha Theta (4 years 5/40)
  • Captain/Tutor
    MYSO/Chamber Orchestra (4 years 9/40)
  • Violin mentor volunteer/Concertmaster
    Tennis (4 years 20/20)
  • Manager/2-year varsity letter/state qualifier</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer
Hospital Volunteer
Violin Tutor at local College
Accountant </p>

<p>Test Scores (urghh… -_-)</p>

<h1>1 ACT: 30 (9)</h1>

<p>32 E 36 M 27 R 27 S </p>

<h1>2 ACT: 32 (9)</h1>

<p>30 E 35 M 30 R 32 S
ACT (superscore): 33 (9)
32 E 36 M 30 R 32 S</p>

<p>SAT I’s:
(not sent)</p>

<p>SAT II’s:
Math I 760
Math II 740
Biology: E 790</p>

<p>Chances at
Matches

  • UW-Madison Honors/Med Scholars (in at actual college)
  • Northwestern</p>

<p>High Match

  • Washu
  • Rice</p>

<p>Low Reach:

  • Duke</p>

<p>SUPER Reach:

  • Stanford
  • Yale
  • Harvard</p>

<p>Thanks for your input! :)</p>

<p>u need a higher class rank</p>

<p>ur asian.</p>

<p>however, u also…</p>

<p>have good sat II scoress.</p>

<p>amazin ecs</p>

<p>so… yeah.</p>

<p>yea… you seem like a stellar applicant. Wish you the best of luck. Because thats all ivy admissions are. I think your in at the others, crapshoot at HYS</p>

<p>not high enough rank… :(</p>

<p>thanks for the input! anyone else? :)</p>

<p>I personally find your rank good…
1.5%?
Seriously guys…</p>

<p>“I personally find your rank good…
1.5%?
Seriously guys…”</p>

<p>QFT. Your rank is really good, psychedelicsushi, and your ECs are great.
Your SATII Math IIc score isn’t absolutely stellar, but everything else is good, although I can’t comment on the ACT since I know nothing about it.
HYS is a reach for pretty much everybody, but you’re great for the other schools. Good luck!</p>

<p>Also, Asian (Taiwanese!) solidarity, dude. We get owned by admissions, but oh well. By the way, if you don’t mind me asking, why is your family in Wisconsin? I know a handful of Asian kids from Wisconsin at my school and I was just wondering why so many Asians are from there. They’re crazy smart too.</p>

<p>thanks! another bump ^_^</p>

<p>ANY opinions are welcome :)</p>

<p>pleeeease anyone else? :)</p>

<p>I agree, your rank is superb. Your ACT score isn’t terrible by Ivy standards, either. If your essays were good, I’d say your chances are pretty decent at the Ivies.</p>

<p>5/342 not good enough! Holy crap people. Seriously though you’re a very well rounded person with lots of good things going for ya. I’m sure at least one of your super reaches will accept you if you write good essays. Good luck!</p>

<p>I’d imagine with close to 4.7 weighted you’d rank hgher but certainly thats still a great rank, even for the ivies…</p>

<p>I guess its too late to give the ACT another go but you still have good shots at your reaches…</p>

<p>sorry aninvertedlove, i completely missed your post. :(</p>

<p>ugh… my sat ii’s are a lil low. it really kinda sucks. </p>

<p>my parents are in wisconsin, because of my dad’s job. buuut there are a lotta intelligent asians here. lol. :)</p>

<p>yeah, unfortunately i could not fit ap’s in my sophomore year due to orchestra, so 1,2,3, + 4 are just slightly ahead of me because they could take ap’s their sohpomore years. </p>

<p>yeah, i really would have liked a 33 or 34 to feel more “safe.” :confused: oh well.</p>

<p>Don’t worry, I think that your recs and essay will matter most here. My app will probably be worse than yours possibly, and I have a feeling ill get into Yale.</p>

<p>Deep breath, relax. Your ACTs are good. Ur GPA is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Better than mine, and you have pretty solid E.C.s I doubt the admission officers are going to reject you for a little thing like SAT IIs. If it helps, your app probably will trample mine to death… :)</p>