another chancing thread; i'll chance back!

Applying to College
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<p>hey guys, i'm a sophomore (soon to be junior; summer, here i come!), and i live in northern virginia. unfortunately, i live relatively close to thomas jefferson high school and now feel obligated to somehow keep up with their crazy schedules at my school haha. oh well. </p>

<p>please chance me for:</p>

<p>MIT (1st choice)
Stanford (2nd choice)
Caltech (3rd choice)
UC Berkeley (4th choice)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Polytechnic University
University of Virginia
University of Maryland- College Park
University of Texas- Austin
Princeton University
Cornell University</p>

<p>and add any colleges you think i may have missed! thanks so much!</p>

<p>my stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Male
East Asian :(
4.35 GPA (weighted); projected 4.61 (weighted)
4.00 GPA (unweighted)
Rank 1/745
206 PSAT
~2020 SAT (670-680-670)</p>

<p>SAT II: took it today lol
chem 730
math ii 750
world history 770</p>

<p>ECs:
Marching band, percussion (#1 in marching band state, I believe, although I can't find an official source saying this)
Robotics team (FRC); won engineering inspiration at two regional competitions, ended up 1st and 2nd at each competition; went to worlds in st louis; placed 20th or so out of 88.
Youth Orchestra, Wind Symphony (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, Concert Orchestra (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, NCFC (church) (first chair oboe)
Piano (privately studied, 10+ years)
Boy Scout, Life Scout, Order of the Arrow (hoping to finish up Eagle soon); 25+ merit badges completed
Math Honor Society
Math Club
Academic Team (captain)
Interact Club
Key Club (treasurer)
Olympiad (IBO, IPhO, etc.), founder, prez
ChemClub (IChO), founder, prez
MCC (math competitions; ie preparation and taking amc, usamo, aime, etc)
National Honor Society
Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology</p>

<p>schedule:</p>

<p>freshman: </p>

<p>pre ap english 9
advanced spanish 2
pre ap algebra ii/trig
advanced computer math
pre ap biology
pre ap world history ii
intermediate band
marching band</p>

<p>sophomore: </p>

<p>functions/analyt (precalc)
pre ap English 10
pre ap Spanish 3
web technology
ap computer science a (4)
ap world history (4)
ap statistics (5)
marching band</p>

<p>ap environmental science (5)
ap chemistry (3) <----------- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(</p>

<p>junior:
ap calculus BC
computer Science AB
ap physics C
advanced band
it Advanced Web Technology
it database Design
challenges of engineering II/robotics
marching band</p>

<p>ap us history
ap english 11
ap spanish
ap psychology</p>

<p>senior:
ap music theory
advanced band
advanced database
iT programming
challenges of engineering ii/robotics
advanced computer studies
ap government
marching band</p>

<p>ap chinese
ap biology
ap microeconomics
ap macroeconomics
ap comparative government (or euro, haven't decided yet)
ap english 12</p>

<p>community college: linear algebra, multivar calc</p>

<p>(i ran out of STEM aps to take for senior year, so i kinda filled it with any other aps my school offered LOL; not sure if this is a good idea though)</p>

<p>on the side, i'm learning mandarin chinese (seeing as i am chinese, i kind of feel obligated to do this haha)</p>

<p>Anyways, thanks again!</p>

<p>oh yeah haha. i almost forgot. if you're all the way down here, make sure to post a link to your chancing thread and i'll chance you back.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon University(low reach)
Georgia Institute of Technology-match
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-match
University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor-high match
Purdue University-safety
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-match
Virginia Polytechnic University-safety
University of Virginia-low match
University of Maryland- College Park-match
University of Texas- Austin-match
Princeton University( reach)
Cornell University-reach</p>

<p>So your obviously a very motivated student, your GPA is high, great EC, challenging courses(dont worry about AP Chemistry its really hard, and colleges dont consider that until after you have been accepted ). Your SAT I and SAT II is average. If your serious about Princeton and Cornell then you would retake both. Other than that you sound like a EXCELLENT canidate for the other schools. GOOD LUCK!</p>

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<p>thank you so much for your response!</p>

<p>i am retaking the SAT and SAT II tests soon; mostly likely in november. </p>

<p>i dont mean to be obnoxious, but i think you missed the first four schools in my list haha…</p>

<p>MIT (1st choice)
Stanford (2nd choice)
Caltech (3rd choice)
UC Berkeley (4th choice)</p>

<p>thank you so much!
is there a thread you want me to chance back on?</p>

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<p>ill finish up his 4 missed schools…since your gpa is good and your a val and your extracurrics/awards are ****ing amazing, you should have a great chance at getting into your first 4 choices IF you raise up your test scores. a 2020 sat is great, but not great for schools like MIT. also, your schedules definitely make you a standout compared to other kids. MIT is definitely looking for kids who have taken multivar calc, linear, and other higher math courses. just raise your scores and youre set dude. </p>

<p>heres my chance link - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1180868-will-i-get-into-these-electrical-engineering-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1180868-will-i-get-into-these-electrical-engineering-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i chanced you back!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump!</p>