Another Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT I: (Single Sitting) CR: 570 M 650 W:640 COMPOSITE (1860) (Planning to retake December) </p>

<p>SAT II: (Taking Math II and Chemistry in November) </p>

<p>ACT: (Taking in October) </p>

<p>GPA UW: 90.00
GPA W: 95.73
Rank: 12/509
(Our school uses a 100 point system, not 4.0) </p>

<p>APs: World History (4), English Lit. (3), US History (3)</p>

<p>Senior Workload: AP Bio., AP Physics B, AP Calculus, AP Government and Politics, Gym (Required), Energy and Technologies (Elective) </p>

<p>ECs: (A side note, my high school is from grades 10-12)</p>

<p>~Government and Debate Team Treasurer Grade 11, Co-President Grade 12 (G. 11-12)
~Academic Quiz Bowl, Junior Varisty Captain Grade 11, Varsity Captain Grade 12 (G. 10-12)
~Muslim Student Association, Treasurer Grade 11, President Grade 12 (G. 10-12)
~DECA, Grade 12 Treasurer (G. 10-12)
~FIRST Robotics Team, Web Master Grade 12 (G. 11-12)
~LifeSmarts Business Competition, Team Captain (G. 9-9)
~Science Olympiads, Grade 11 Team B, Grade 12 Team A, (G. 10-12)
~UNICEF, Grade 12 Treasurer (G. 11-12)
~National Honor Society/National Junior Honor Society (G. 8-12)
~Volunteer hours: 1300 hours total
~Paid Tutor (Grades 10-12)
~Harvard SSP (8 Credits)
~Stony Brook University STEM Program</p>

<p>Awards:
~Local/Regional Awards from Science Olympiads, DECA, Muslim Student Association, Academic Quiz Bowl, Government and Debate Team
~7th Place State Competition (LifeSmarts) </p>

<p>Recommendations:
1st Teacher Rec: Didn't read, I trust the teacher did it well.
2nd Teacher Rec: Didn't read, I trust the teacher did it well.
3rd Teacher Rec: Didn't read, I trust the teacher did it well. </p>

<p>Guidance Counselor Rec: In Process</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
Gender: Male
Location: NY
Income Bracket: $120,000 (Previously Unemployed for 4 years)
Prospective Major: NeuroBiology, Political Science</p>

<p>Schools Applying to:
-Johns Hopkins (First Choice)
-Harvard
-Columbia
-Duke
-MIT
-University of Rochester
-Stony Brook University
-NYU</p>

<p>I'v been told that my extracurricular activities are okay but my GPA and SAT scores are weaker than what the school above are looking for. May I get some feedback please? =)
Also any suggestions for some other schools (As far North as New Hampshire, as far South as North Carolina)</p>

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<p>John Hopkins: Reach
Harvard: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Brown: Reach
MIT: Reach
URochester: Low Reach/Reach
Stony Brook:High match
NYU:Low Reach</p>

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<p>~ Bump
Also, im unable to edit tyhe first post but, I mixed up my Writing Sat Score with Critical reading. The scores should be revesed (CR: 640 Writing: 570)</p>

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<p>Bump, I would appreciate some more feedback please ^^</p>

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<p>Not to sound mean, but did you have a bad day on the SAT? You have good grades, class rank, and academic extracurriculars, it’s just kind of suprising that you didn’t get at least in the 2000’s on it. I’d say study up for the SAT in December and try to raise your score (search for tips and try to memorize a lot of vocab words for CR, make sure you know your grammar rules and search “SAT 12 Essay In 10 Days” on this site for Writing, study math concepts from up to and including Algebra II for Math, and take a bunch of practice SAT’s to practice and get a better feel for the timing of the test and stuff). I’d say your SAT is your application’s only real weak point, if you can get at least 2100 on the SAT (but preferably 2200s or better) than your chances at places like MIT will go up significantly. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comment and the comment wasn’t mean at all so no worries. Negative and positive feedback, thoughts, and questions are all welcome. On my testing day I just tired. I was doing the “nod” and will admit that I did feel the pinch of time on more than a few sections. I’m trying right now to get my score up and by next week, should be signed up for the December exam. My free time is pretty low but I am trying to, at least an hour a day, use practice books to try to better the score.</p>

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<p>An hour a day will me more than enough. I raised my score 150 points in 5 weeks just by doing 1-2 sections of practice SATs per day. And then the week before I took 2 full tests.</p>

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<p>Sounds great. Hopefully i can get it to at least a 2000 or even a 2100.
Anymore thought or comments anyone?</p>

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<p>bumpitybump</p>

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<p>Bump. Anyone else with some comments?</p>

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<p>~Bump and characters.</p>

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<p>~another one bites the bump</p>