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Chance me for transfer to an Ivy League.?
This Fall attending Engineering Honors Program at top 20 nationally ranked University,
Recipient of most prestigious Merit Scholarship.
High School Record:
12 AP courses
11 Honors courses
Awards:
National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar.
Senior Year: (AP Test scores)
5 in AP Calculus BC
5 in AP Calculus AB
5 in AP Economics.
4 in AP English Literature
4 in AP Government & Politics
Junior Year (AP Test scores)
4 in AP Chemistry
5 in AP Biology
5 in AP US History
5 in AP English Lang
SAT Subject Test Performance:
750 Math II
750 Biology
PSAT Performance:
760 PSAT Writing.
740 PSAT Critical Reading.
690 PSAT Math.
SAT: Higher than PSAT in all sections.
Additional Details
Nationally,
Top 1% on both the PSAT and the SAT. Top 1/2 of 1% on the PSAT (National Merit Semifinalist)
Top 2% of AP takers (National AP Scholar)
Weighted GPA: 4.1. class rank: Top 15%
School does not provide unweighted GPA. GPA was cut by high school for transferring from another district for taking a year's worth of un-weighted HS courses in middle school.
Extracurriculars include
1. HS Chess Champion.
2. President of the High School Chess Club.
3. Participates at a National level in an outdoor sport.
4. Member of the Philosophy Club.
5. Math tutor to middle school kids in economically disadvantaged neighborhood..
Great points. thank you. Your points are well taken, these aren't earth shattering achievements.
Although,
1. In the Hispanic cohort NMSF & Nat. AP Scholar are rare and Ivies seek diversity.
2. There are over 16,000 undergrad students admitted to the Ivy leagues each year not less than 6,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv_league
3. Schools such as MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, Chicago, Harvey Mudd, Cooper Union, Duke, CMU & top national LACs etc also need to garnish their share of the top student pie.
4. Flagship state universities such as UIUC, Michigan, Georgia Tech & UT Austin need to draw from the same pool.
5. Internationals form a fixed small percentage of the total pie.
Kali there are only 20,000 National AP Scholars in the country.
2 Answers
- PastaBellaLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Your SAT II scores (though they sound good) are weak for the top Ivy League schools- 750 in Math II is only the 68th Percentile (very poor), and a 750 in Biology is an 81st percentile (good, but not Ivy League). Top 1% of the SAT is anywhere from 2280 points to 2400 points and achieved by 16,000 students per year (a fairly big spread). And, there are 16,000 National Merit Semifinaliststs each year, and (depending upon the Subject) top 2% of AP takers is over 89,000 people strong.
You have many "average" "A" student activities and scores, but nothing that the top 3%-5% of students from any school in the U.S. wouldn't also have. For Ivy League schools, you need to stand out much more. Not only do you need a 3.9% to 4.0% unweighted (which from the looks of your scores, you may not have) and a 2250 SAT / 34 SAT, but you also need academic awards at the State or National level, such as Science Fair wins, National Math Competition awards, and programs like Model UN at the State or National level, winning Debate team, etc.
When you combine all of the Ivy league schools together, there are only about 5,300 Freshman spots available each year. Yet, EACH of the schools receive between 28,000 and 37,000 applications each year. The average acceptance rate for all of the Ivy schools is only 8%. Even taking overlapping applications into consideration, there are still over 100,000 of many of the most brilliant students in the world who apply. The majority of them ranked #1 or #2 in their graduating class, and some have already written books, invented something that got them noticed, have already attended University sponsored career or enrichment camps/programs, and some have been commended for social and humanitarian projects. This is what you will be up against - do you think your background is good enough to crack the top 8% of these applicants?
- 8 years ago
You're inflating the value of National AP Scholar and National Merit Semifinalist.
You're fairly average for an Ivy League applicant. I think your ECs are a bit weak, but overall your application is okay.
GPA seems fairly low.
