What are his Chances?

newyorka
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:39:25 +0000

Since it’s your buddy and not you, I’ll answer. I’m tired of being a negative voice on all the threads where people are saying “you have a great chance” to people who in reality don’t.

A 2250 and a 4.0 will not get the vast majority of people into HYPS and increasingly, at any ivy other than Cornell and Penn. Simply there are way to many of these applicants.

So, hopefully your friend will be recruited for crew and then he has a great chance. Otherwise, he has a very small chance as there is absolutely nothing that stands out and those getting into HYPS have way more.

MIT is a different animal and will depend on whether his application, including recs, show he is truly exceptional as a math/science student.

He has an average shot at Brown and Swat and the rest look good.