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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the comments, it has been very helpful!

I ll try to answer all the questions:

The counselor has told us that there are kids who have made it to HYPS with similar profiles in the past, but also said that especially for Harvard and Stanford most (but not all) of the kids who have gotten in during the past few  years had something very extraordinary or were legacy. But she told us that because our son is so set on applying there then we should let him since there is a small chance he could make it.

Re Major: He wants to study bioengineering and do either a second major or a minor in economics.  In terms of long-term career he is not sure yet, he either wants to do research, or become a health economist (i.e. do Phd) or work in the business side of healthcare/life sciences.

Re ECs: He founded the life sciences club at his high school, is editor in chief of the school newspaper and co-president of the comm service club.

Re internship experience: He worked in a biology lab at Columbia two summers ago and this past summer he interned at the Fed (got this through family connections of course).

And yes we are white. [/quote]

Ok, so this begs the question of why isn't Johns Hopkins and Cornell are not on this list? Would you go to BU before JH? Yes, I'm a counselor and I responded before that his best and most likely only shot at Ivy is Columbia early. By all means apply to SHY (though for his strengths H and Y shouldn't even be in the mix) but whatever, his choice. I would pretend those super reaches don't exist, plan on not getting in, and really think harder about that list…and LOVE THY SAFETY[/quote]

OP here. Right now he is thinking bioengineering but he wants to have the flexibility of switching to another life sciences major or even just to economics or even something else if he discovers a new interest. We firmly believe college is a time to explore your academic interests and keep your options open. So we do prefer a school with strengths across the board. JHU is amazing for Bioengineering but doesnt provide much flexibility and isn't as strong across the board. Plus we visited both JHU and Cornell and he didn't like them at all so it would not make sense to add another two reaches that he doesn't like to the list. BU is included as a safety.  What other safeties would you suggest?[/quote]

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