Am I looking good?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all. I will be applying to Michigan State University, the University of Michigan-AA, the University of Chicago, Purdue, UIUC, and Columbia for the Class of 2013. I will be a senior next year and just thought that I'd ask the community and see what my chances were at those schools. I will be looking to do some sort of engineering at the aforementioned schools (Probably CE or CS). </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Pakistani (Asian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low (<30K)
Hooks: Brother attends UMich Engineering right now.</p>

<p>I go to school in Michigan.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.86 W, 3.79 UW (Huge upward trend. 3.975 UW my sophomore and junior years combined)
ACT: 31 (will retake in September, expecting 32-33)
AP's: Calc AB, European History, and Stats this past year. Expect a 4 or 5 on all of them. Will be taking Calc BC, Chem, and Physics B senior year (next year).
SAT II's: Will take Math I/II and Physics in October. (Expecting 700+ in both)</p>

<p>Islamic Association 9, 10, 11, 12. (Tresurer in 11, President in the upcoming year)
Debate 9, 10
Quiz Bowl 9, 10
Physics Club, 11, 12
NHS 11, 12</p>

<p>Volunteering:
150+ Hours of Community service (Hospitals, NHS events etc.)
Also will do some internship work for a telecommunications company in native Pakistan this upcoming summer.
Essays: Gonna be Great
Teacher recs: Great
Counselor rec: Great</p>

<p>Miscellaneous: Father passed away during the start of my freshman year, which is primary reason for such a bad start.</p>

<p>Thanks you in advance for your input.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char bump</p>

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<p>anyone? anyone?</p>

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<p>Chicago and Columbia seem huges reaches, given your stats, though the upward trend in grades would be favorably noticed. You keep saying that you are expecting certain scores on tests. Expecting is NOT having, and saying you WILL have them is kind of irrelevant now. As you don’t currently have them. You should re-chance when you actually have the scores you are projecting.</p>

<p>Having said this does not mean you would absolutely not get into Chicago or Columbia. It does not mean you should not apply. These are both schools where essays matter, in fact, and this you should take into account. However, taking your stats as they actually ARE, and ignoring meaningless projections, these two schools will be high reaches for you. Not impossible, but… If Chicago and Columbia are dream schools, well…you have every right to dream and reach.</p>

<p>So, work on grades and scores. Check also with your school’s Naviance site for the stats of others from your high school who applied to these colleges, especially Michigan, Purdue and UIUC. If your stats are on the low side of the middle accepted range for Michigan, Purdue and UIUC, you will need to work on identifying more schools where your stats are a real match.</p>