How are my stats for competing at an Ivy/ T20 school? I am a rising junior. How can I improve my chances of acceptance?Answered
-Internship at a National Laboratory
-Math Club President (Member for 2+ years)
-Choir Council Vice President (Governor and then Secretary the past 2 years)
-Association of Statewide Student Legislature Student Voice Network Member
-Student Council for 2 years (Fresh+Soph but lost relection for Jr year)
-Paws and Claws Club President + Founder (Animal awareness club, 2+ year of presidency)
-Link Crew Student Officer (upperclassmen who help the freshman at the beg of the year)
-Drama Club Member (2 year)
-Chemistry Club Member (2 year)
-Key Club Member (1 year)
-Buddy Club Member (1 year, volunteering with special needs kids)
-Peter and the Starcatcher Musical (Had a lead role)
-Spongebob the Musical (Ensemble)
-One Acts Festival 2023 (House Manager)
-School-wide award for 'Best Lead Performance in a Play'
-Model UN Best Delegate Award
-State Math Competition First Place (Perfect score)
-Regionals math competitions x4 (6th, 3rd, 1st, and didn't place)
-Key Club Community Service Award
Community Service: 136 hours in total (54 freshman year, 82 sophomore)
4.0 unweighted GPA
I've taken 5 aps in 2 years (scores 5, 5, 4, 4, 3)
Next year I also plan (hope) to do the following
-Found an Astrophysics Club
-United States Youth Senate Program
-Statewide Arts Leadership Youth Program
-MITES program / NASA internship / some research camp in the summer
-3 state-level award for theatre
-Stage manage a Shakespeare play
-Act in 2 other musicals
-Take 4 more AP classes
Am I competitive for Ivys and T20s? What can I do to improve my chances? My top school is MIT.
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While you're violating the third rule of CollegeVine's community guidelines, i.e. "3. Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!", I'll answer this in brief. Use CollegeVine's chancing (fill your profile) to see how you pair up. If the average acceptance rate of a particular university is say... 3% and you're 4%+, I'd say you're fairly competitive. If you want to improve, just make sure you add a lot of tier 1 and tier 2 ECs, (the closer to 1a the better). More APs (if your school offers more), etc.
Hi @ClaraStickney, Collegevine is not REDDIT, you can't ask any Chance me Questions on this blog site. I highly suggest you fill out a detailed Collegevine Profile and run it against your college list to see how well you are prepared. CV's chancing engine is very good compared to other free chancing calculators.
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