Any perspective would be nice.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>*Chances for USC, Claremont, Cornell, Chicago, Northwestern, and Dartmouth
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Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: **650 (M), 630 (V), 660(W) 11 Essay
**ACT: **27 (91st percentile) did 95 percentile and higher in math and English, however I was massacred in science
**SAT II: 720 US History (retook for higher score Jan '07), 670 World History
GPA: 4.19 (W), 3.677 (UW)----(Freshman years grades are not weighted at our school)
Rank: Top 3.8%
IB Diploma Candidate
Toughest course load available in the school district
AP- 4 US, 4 EURO</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: A
Teacher Recs: A
Counselor Rec: A
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Location/Person:**
State or Country: Southern California
School Type: Competitive High School Suburban 2500 students
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Legacy:
Father got his Ph.D. from USC's Engineering School in 1977 and keeps in close contact with school.
Aunt got her Ph.D. from Cornell and is very good friends with the faculty in the school.</p>

<p>Interview:
Great at Claremont. The guy said my SAT were in their range, so not horribly worried.
Chicago- Wonderful, we talked for an hour and half about EVERYTHING, it was so much fun
Northwestern- Interesting and informative, couldn't have gone better
Dartmouth- **The guy absolutely loved me. We talked for more than 2 hours and he showed me old pictures and stuff from the campus. This was by far y best interview. He said he would call my principal and tell him how great I was. We still keep in contact and he said my interview has been one of the best he has ever had. His rec will be amazing.
**Cornell- Great we talked for an hour about all the pranks on the campus and the way of life in the cold. Wonderful.</p>

<p>Not applying for financial aid.</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Major: Cognitive Psychology
4 years- JV and V Tennis Team
4 years- Extensive research at local university
Research going to be published in scientific journal in the late spring. Sent copy of it to all colleges.
3 years- State Science Fair in Los Angeles (USC)----All projects directly related to major
3 years- Country Science Fair gold medal every year
3 years- District Science Fair Blue Best Ribbon every year</p>

<p>Research applied toward project entered into the Intel Talent Science Competition
2 years- Volunteered at Hospital
11th and 12th- Vice president and secretary of French Honor Society
10th-11th- President of School site council, got lots of recs from advisor who is vice principal of my school
4 years- Tons of local awards for volunteering and excellent patient contact in hospital
Community service: around 250 hours</p>

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<p>USC and CMC are the only matches, and they are high matches, on your list. Any ivy is unlikely to happen. Chicago is unpredictible, if you have a great app/recs, your scores will be OK.</p>

<p>Are you speaking of alumni interviews when you say they went great? A great interview with the Dir. of Admissions is a plus. It's meaningless with an alum. As adcoms say, they are encouraging to everyone.</p>

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<p>I really want to go to CMC and the interview there was with an admission counselor/student person.</p>

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<p>cmc is a reach...cmc is as hard to get in as some of the above which you listed, and even at usc it is risky, make sure you applied to some matches or safeties gl! and enjoy the weekend =D!</p>

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<p>anymore perspective?</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>