average jewish kid's chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, can you guys please share your opinion about my chances. I applied for MIT, NYU STERN, Caltech, Stanford, Georgetown and UC Berekly.</p>

<p>Rank- 118/875
GPA = 3.5
Average = 89.79</p>

<p>SAT = 670math, 650english,550writting (total 1870)
SAT = Math1 - 660 Physics- dont know yet History- dont know yet
Never took any AP tests.
But i dropped from AP Physics after 1 term. (would that look bad?)</p>

<p>I think my hook is that I'm very good at playing Chess and I won alot of medals, recognition and have alot of recs from politicans i met including bush.</p>

<p>My work experience is a bank internship.
What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>wow you are the 5billionth troll on this forum. Congratulations... retard -_-</p>

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<p>what's a troll?</p>

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<p>and no, i was being serious about my academics and stats. Opinions?</p>

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<p>You have no chance for admission. Try a CC</p>

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<p>why? can you please give a more detailed explanation?</p>

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<p>Crappy rank, gpa, test scores, and poor ECs.</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores and GPA are low for the schools on your list.
Your profile doesn't seem very hooking, but if you write a really good essay, have lots of great recs, and really play up the uniqueness of your chess abilities it will boost your resume.</p>

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<p>I have some great rec's from politican (Bush should mean something).</p>

<p>I'm very passionted about chess. I'm captain of chess team and considered a extremely good player. won numerous awards, including nationals.</p>

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<p>
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I have some great rec's from politican (Bush should mean something).

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<p>Rejection.</p>

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<p>anyone else..?</p>

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<p>bump bump...
Just curious. Would failing one term of Foreign Language during Junior year be a major setback to my application? I passed everything else and did well in most of them.</p>

<p>Anyway, in all; what are my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks for those who replied</p>

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<p>you have been told your chances. apply to less competitive schools.</p>

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<p>chances....you have no chances...at ANY of those schools...you MIGHT however get into the general studies program at NYU</p>

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<p>chess is not a hook chess just shows that you did SOMETHING in four years of highschool...unless there are other things you didnt put...but chess ALONE is not a good enough hook..did you volunteer at all or have a job? most colleges look favorably on that if im not mistaken...sports too..they like sports</p>

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<p>no sports.
I worked in a bank for 2 years...
I taught some kids at a local JHS about chess</p>

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<p>do you realize though that the average sat scores at those schools are well over 2100 and gpas of uw atleast 3.8? why do you need us to tell you that?</p>

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<p>true, but i dont believe numbers are everything.</p>

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<p>What is your USCF rating?</p>

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<p>I hate to seem as vicious as some of the people on the board, but the fact is you really don't have much of a shot at any of these. Yes, numbers aren't everything. But they certainly do matter. People that get in without good numbers have something else going for them - a unique ability, winning essays, surmounted hardships. "Average jewish kids" (shalom) tend not to have any of that. The chess thing is interesting, but by itself it won't balance out a weak record. Are we talking merely a good player or something like IM level? I could maybe see one of the best players in the country getting in somewhere, but a run of the mill 1800 player, probably not.</p>