[jho]

Alright, so decisions come out in next than a week & I'm officially FREAKED out T_____T The Ivy leagues I applied to are Harvard, Princeton & Yale.

So.. yeah. I was just wondering what you soompiers think of my chances >< Alot of you guys are from the States so you'd have a better idea than I do.

In my case, my grades are acceptable (right now I have about a 93-94%.. But in grade 9-10 my grades weren't that great, but they've been improving by 3-4% every year, starting at about 82% in grade 9) but my SAT scores are pretty crap. Pretty crap as in the 600's or so for each category *please shoot me*

But yeah, supposedly alot of admissions people say that they're more lenient towards Canadian students because they don't get as much of an opportunity to study for their SATs. But I dunno if that applies to all colleges~

BUT.. other than that, everything else is supposedly really good I guess. I've won an international poster design competition before that won me 2 trips to the Olympics (Salt Lake and then Athens, respectively), single-handedly organized an arts exhibition & charity auction that raised $8000 for the SickKids Foundation, founded the Free the Children chapter at my school, president of a volunteer club at my school, grade rep for student council, participated in 2 short term missions trips with my Church (we taught Vacation Bible School to Aboriginal children in Northern Quebec), vice chairperson of my youth group, a weekly volunteer at my church (for the past 4-5 years), participated in many arts exhibitions (I also included some of my artwork in my apps), currently studying grade 8 piano, and um.. Some other extra-curriculars that aren't THAT important I guess ><

*EDIT* Oh right.. If it DOES matter, I'm a first generation college applicant.. and um.. *no idea*
*runs away* XDD

Soooo.. What do you guys think?
I feel so weird posting so much.. personal info about myself ><
I'm so scared =/ Arg.

[josebiwasabi]

it depends on what you mean by your 9-10 grades being 'horrible'. if i were to look at solely your SAT scores, i'd say probably not. however, we all know colleges do more than just crunch numbers.

i think you have a chance because of your leadership positions in all your activities. you definitely have a nice wide variety of them.

good luck! hopefully you get in

[itzxaxducky]

Yet there is still a whole lot more to the application process, as in your personal statement and showing them why you really wanna go there.

[Eddie]

not to sound like an ass or anything, but don't have too high expectations for yourself this coming thursday. a 1900-2000 -- especially as an ASIAN applicant -- won't cut it for schools like harvard, princeton and yale. sure, numbers definitely aren't everything, but they're the components of the application that "get you in" to the next stages. your gpa doesn't seem too high either.

but as the above poster mentioned, there's so much more to this random process than gpa and test scores: your ecs, essays, recommendations will ALL count especially at schools of this caliber.

best of luck! and don't take what i said too harshly. i'm just a hs senior as well, who's basing his opinions on last year's seniors, this year's ed applicants, and other personal observations.

[jho]

not to sound like an ass or anything, but don't have too high expectations for yourself this coming thursday. a 1900-2000 -- especially as an ASIAN applicant -- won't cut it for schools like harvard, princeton and yale. sure, numbers definitely aren't everything, but they're the components of the application that "get you in" to the next stages. your gpa doesn't seem too high either.

but as the above poster mentioned, there's so much more to this random process than gpa and test scores: your ecs, essays, recommendations will ALL count especially at schools of this caliber.

best of luck! and don't take what i said too harshly. i'm just a hs senior as well, who's basing his opinions on last year's seniors, this year's ed applicants, and other personal observations.

That's okay. I actually don't expect to get in either (all my friends who applied have near-perfect scores ), I just wanted to hear other people's opinions. Thanks~!

[flyaway]

ur grades sound ok
i think SAT's are a BIG factor for admission. iuno about canadian students
but ur extra curric's might pull you thru. i think you have a shot!
also alot of other factors contribute too (essay, rec's, etc)

[LDYxCR1STAL]

awww don`t let yurself down by listenin` to everyone else`s opinions
yu knoe yurself best, yu did everythin` that yu could
if yu don`t get in, i`m sure it`s js b/c that college wasn`t meant for yu
& i`m sure they`ll regret it when yu become extremely successful ;]

the whole college admissions process is extremely tricky & confusin` & whatnot. not everythin` is based on yur grades.

keep yur hopes up & g`luck this week w. HYP!!

[chibifry]

hey
Honestly, you have nothing that makes you a competitive applicant except for some of the ECs you've listed. Your SAT scores are really, really, really low for ivy league schools. In addition you're an international applicant so wouldn't it be harder for you to gain acceptance? I'm not sure how that works..

I have a friend who applied to Harvard and she goes to one of the top public schools in the nation where the average SAT score (verbal + math) is over 1400.. she has an amazing GPA and holds a lot of executive positions and has achieved a lot in terms of ECs. However she was rejected, and I was really surprised.

So my post is basically.. I know you know that you dont have the stats of some of your other friends but I wouldn't expect to be admitted. If I had your stats, my applying to HYP would be just for my mental sanity that says, "at least I tried"

[sphynkter]

who cares if you don't have a likely chance of getting in. there are some random people that have gotten into ivy leagues. so when senior year comes along apply to as many ivys as you want. if possible, you can try even harder to build up your stats. prepare like crazy for SATS and try to raise your gpa as much as you can. work as hard as you can to get into your dream school and if it doesn't work out then whatever, atleast you tried.

[edit] woops, i missed the part of how you already applied to the IVYs. well in that case good luck

[itzxaxducky]

No one seems to care about the personal statement that can really make or break your application. I mean you can have the most outstanding stats but that only means so much.

I know someone with a 1900 SAT score that got into Columbia, with a few C's on that transcript as well. But then again, Columbia is very..diverse in its admissions.

[Platinum]

1900 got my friend into harvard

the other got a 1770... (harvard as well)

my friend who got into brown , she got 1700

the yale @ my school got 1800~

so its not really about SATS, its more ur statements and ur activities as well

[Elysia]

^ lol, damn that sucks. my sats were really good (2200+) but my ecs and gpa suck. so HM.

[chibifry]

You know I have discovered the secret to ivy league admissions:

just forget about SATs, ecs. whatever.
are you part of the taliban? or was part of the taliban?

taliban = acceptance

[josebiwasabi]

You know I have discovered the secret to ivy league admissions:

just forget about SATs, ecs. whatever.
are you part of the taliban? or was part of the taliban?

taliban = acceptance

LOL

[sphynkter]

1900 got my friend into harvard

the other got a 1770... (harvard as well)

my friend who got into brown , she got 1700

the yale @ my school got 1800~

so its not really about SATS, its more ur statements and ur activities as well

whoa. really? that's interesting. what were their gpas?

[mynameizrachel]

from the numbers you have...no chance. but then again...you have a crapload of activities. maybe if you wrote exeptional essays, you have a chance.
best of luck