this is overpriced imo but I'm long out of date on admissions trends. 1530 and 4.0 are pretty mid and below their thresholds last I checked, so there'd have to be something else outstanding. my main references are my own (and my peers') applications 18 years ago:

my peers with 1600s + 4.4 to 4.5 gpas got into ivys. a few made it with slightly lower scores and crazy good essays. My essays weren't good, but I got rejected from Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, and UCLA with a 1570 + 4.2. (took a full ride to UCSB in the end)

edit: I did do a screening interview with Princeton, so I was considered, but didn't make the cut or waitlists to any of them.

@Stralor To clarify, I have a 4.659 weighted, 4.0 UW, 5s in ap physics C, calc BC, CSA, us history, total of 11 5s and 3 4s. I'd say medium strength ECS, I agree my SAT is the weakest part of my app.

@AidenKap ah! that's MUCH better! I think I had like 2 4s and 5-6 5s.

@johnapple also it's crazy that there are even 14+ AP courses to be had these days! I think my school had 9-10 total at the time and I skipped Art History and Chemistry (well, I took a month of chem and was gliding through except for crushing on someone and decided to transfer out to maintain my sanity lol). Computer Science (is that what CSA means?) was brand new and considered an elective back then - nowhere close to an AP option

@Stralor omg I just looked it up. there are 40 possible AP courses these days. holy useless bloat batman

@AidenKap did you take ACT or any AP???

@AidenKap In what field??? And which Ivy's??? Not tring to be intrusive, but affects chances

@StockKing there are only 8 Ivys so I imagine the two that are missing aren't likely to skew it too bad

@Stralor (market tags also indicate a preference for math & physics)

@Stralor That's true but like if it's not Harvard and Yale, then it will skew

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@Stralor Because the acceptance rates are a lot less

@StockKing he's majoring in awesome