<p>i’d say reach, more so than “low” reach… but what do i know? :p</p>
<p>I’m a little ignorant about who has good chances into where, and I’m also new to the boards (which probably accounts for some of the ignorance!)</p>
<p>I hope that I’m not hijacking this thread, but I have a question. Your extra curriculars, to me, seem excellent. So why aren’t people impressed? Is it just because of the schools you’re applying to? Or, to get into a selective college (not as selective as the ones you’re talking about, though!), do you really have to have drop-dead amazing ECs? Just wondering!</p>
<p>I think people are not interested in my extra curriculars because many other people will most likely have the same extra curriculars as me. Most people in the forum are only impressed by national competition winners. </p>
<p>Not everybody can win these competitions because acceptance into ivies outnumbers the amount of national contest winners.</p>
<p>You don’t really have to have drop dead ECs, but winning a state or national competition would really help. Publishing a book, being a state or national officer of an organization, or creating a business could really help. Most people have ECs that follow, at least, an idea of their passion. However, don’t forget that you should also be involved in your school.</p>
<p>Do a great job at Northwestern interview. It will definitely help. But do a practice interview first with someone you know and trust, so that you don’t come off too nervous, too compensating (for ACT’s) or whatever. I doubt you’ll get into HYPS, but Colgate and NU are in the ballpark…Hopefully, your essays and recs are great… Don’t think that colleges really care about the summer programs…</p>
<p>Are you sure the colleges don’t care about the Summer programs?</p>
<p>NYU asked about them.</p>
<p>Any answers?</p>
<p>from what i’ve heard, colleges only care about summer programs if they are selective, meaning if you paid to attend, it basically doesn’t amount to much in top colleges’ eyes</p>
<p>What are my chances for the private colleges?</p>
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<p>His extracurriculars are pretty average or below average for an Ivy applicant. They aren’t impressive outside of the context of his very low achieving school. </p>
<p>Your chances at all your private schools, UCB, and UCLA are pretty low.</p>
<p>I thought Boys State, the Princeton Humanities Symposium(not a paid extracurricular), and Young Legislators would be helpful for admission(also, I was interested in all those activities, too).</p>
<p>By the way, I know people, who graduated from my school last year, who attended UCLA and UC Berkeley. They were near my rank and they had similar test scores (around the 1800 range).</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get into Northwestern or any other private university I listed. I know UCLA and UC Berkeley are very good universities, but I want to attend a university that not many students(incl. alumni), who attended my school, has matriculated for college.</p>
<p>Every student in California always talks about the UCs, but I want to attend a college, which would not be a mirror image of high school(the majority of people attending UCs are from California).</p>
<p>Hopefully, I am accepted into most of the colleges I applied for admission.</p>
<p>Ok…</p>
<p>Are those all of the opinions?</p>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, NYU, Brown, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, Colgate, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Cal State Long Beach, and Cal State Sacramento.</p>
<p>In at Cal States, UCI, UCD, UCSD,
Match for UCLA/UCB
High Match for Colgate, NYU, Cornell, Northwestern
Reaches for HYPSCornell</p>
<p>I think you’ll get in for sure for your in’s and matches. You should get into 1-2 of your high matches and if you get lucky maybe one of your reaches.</p>
<p>I’m Filipino American also (and I’m also valedictorian at a crappy public). Come chance me!</p>
<p>Thanks, llpitch.</p>
<p>Good luck! Hopefully, you get into the colleges you want to be accepted for admission.</p>