another day, another request for evaluation.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here we go:</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Southeast Asian (1st generation)
Gender: Male
School: Highly competitive public school
Rank: 58/789
Location: NYC</p>

<p>Academics -</p>

<p>GPA: 95.75/100 W, 94.37/100 UW (Classes taken in junior high school for high school credit brought me down about 1.5 points) Upward trend though
SAT: 1350/2070 (bad day)
SATII: Chemistry – 720
US History - 730
APs Taken: Grade 11: AP Chemistry (5 on AP); US History (4 on AP)
Current APs: Grade 12: AP Calculus AB; AP Physics B; AP Government & Politics; AP English Literature; AP Microeconomics
Excellent standardized test scores.
Most rigorous academic schedule possible.</p>

<p>EC's:
Violinist on Symphony Orchestra
School Newspaper
Science Quiz Bowl Competitions
280 hours of very intensive research conducted (paper submitted to Intel STS)
Recommendations: 1 is gold-plated; 1 is very good
Counselor rec: Excellent
Essay expected to be very good to excellent. (essay focuses on my research experience)</p>

<p>Can’t remember all awards but the best one must be the Assistant Principal’s Association award.</p>

<p>Be rough if necessary (we can all dream):
New York University
CUNY Honors: Hunter College
Cornell University
Columbia University
SUNY Binghamton
University of Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College
John’s Hopkins University
Haverford College
Rice University
Stonybrook University Honors College</p>

<p>Thanks for your input.</p>

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<p>You sound a lot like me. :p Except, better ECs.</p>

<p>In which case, I can say that Columbia, UPenn, and possibly NYU, Cornell, and JHU are reaches, the first two much more so that the others. You're probably in at the others.</p>