ayo straight thug here checkin his chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i already posted this but i want a better response - hence the catchy title</p>

<p>Grades:
3.82 Unweighted - Top 10 % (Cum Laude)
3.5 Fr., 3.8 Soph, 4.0 Jr.</p>

<p>SAT - 2300 - 760 Reading 740 math 800 writing -
SAT II - 800 W. Hist, 800 Am. Hist, 710 Bio (Freshman), 790 Math IIc, 780 Physics</p>

<p>AP Classes:</p>

<p>Soph
European History (5)</p>

<p>Jr.
American History (5?)
Physics C Mech (5?)
Environmental Sci. (3? - yeah, owned)</p>

<p>Sr.
English - Literature
Chem
Physics E/M
Spanish
Advanced Topics in Mathematics - Multivariable Calc etc. (Not an AP, I am taking a BC Calc level course over the summer)</p>

<p>Sports(including senior yr):
Varsity Football - 2 years
Starter on O-Line
Varsity Track - 1 year
Shotput, Javelin, discus</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
- 2 Weeks at Uncle's Law Firm - 8 hrs a day, basic clerical work - not too exciting
- 6 Week Research Internship at Not-For-Profit Pakistani Environmental Outfit - I was part of a team that toured the slums of Karachi then wrote a report with recommendations for the treatment of sewage that were later implemented by the Pakistani government (I hope that sounds good). I was also paid, so this is a job too.
- 4 Week Internship at Pakistani microfinance bank (this summer, extensive computer analysis of microfinance). I will be paid for this too
- President - Face2Face Club (HW help to immigrant children)- next Oct. i will be running a schoolwide assembly about Hispanic immigration as part of my duties for this club.
- Peer Tutoring Program at school
- Occasional columnist for the school newspapers.
- Longtime Volunteer at local nursing home - about 250-300 hours of volunteer work, very good source of recommendations
- Senior Project - i dont know yet, but it will be good. something to do with pakistan and engineering</p>

<p>Add't: Very good teacher, counselor recs - my high school is competitive, we send up to 40 to the Ivy League every year (usually 15 or 16 to Cornell). I am of South Asian heritage, and am looking to study either engineering or economics</p>

<p>Schools (I live in NY)
Columbia (1st choice) - CC
UPenn - Engineering
Cornell - Engineering
Johns Hopkins - Engineering
Georgetown
Northwestern - Engineering
UCLA - Engineering
Emory
Michigan - Engineering
NYU (Safety?)
Lehigh (Safety)
RPI (Safety)</p>

<ul>
<li>What are my chances at Columbia/Penn, and which one should I apply ED to? Also, should I look into any other schools? I await your responses.</li>
</ul>

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<p>anyone? any takers?</p>

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<p>add-in - i speak 4 languages</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - reach (but attainable)
UPenn - Engineering- low reach
Cornell - Engineering- low reach
Johns Hopkins - Engineering- high match/low reach
Georgetown- reach (but attainable)
Northwestern - Engineering- low reach
UCLA - Engineering- (OOS)- reach
Emory- high match
Michigan - Engineering- match-ish
NYU (Safety?)- low match
Lehigh (Safety)- safety
RPI (Safety)- low match</p>

<p>Chance me please. I'll give you an imaginary cookie! ^_^</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Man, you are picking all the wrong Ivies.</p>

<p>Look, with only a top 10% rank, you will have a terrible time at the Ivies you have listed here (except maybe Cornell). Instead, because of the upward trend in your grades, you should be applying to Princeton and Stanford (Ivy-equivalent), where they throw out the freshman year (I figure you are about top 3% without the freshman grades).</p>

<p>Also, you should plan on applying to the UCs using their "option3"--application by test scores only. Using this, you should get into UC Berkeley or UCLA easily. See the third option below:
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You will get a score of 483 out of a possible 500 using this methodology. (I think it takes about 480 to get into UC Berkeley and 475 to get into UCLA from out-of-state, but I can't say for sure). With your busy ECs and sport background, I'm guessing they will give you a lot of credit for leadership and let you in.</p>

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<p>calcruzer you have given me a lot to think about - thank you, even though I feel that Princeton and Stanford are pretty big reaches. Does anyone know which other schools throw out freshman year?</p>

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<p>also, do UC schools take a lot of applicants on test scores alone? I have no idea about this</p>

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<p>All your safeties should be fine, I think.</p>

<p>UCLA might be tough because you are OOS</p>

<p>JHU, G-town, and Cornell seem to be high matches to low reaches.</p>

<p>Penn is...Penn so you know crap shoot but you have a shot. Columbia, IDK, but I really want to go there too.</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - I think you have a good chance :D
UPenn - reach
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match/ low reach
Northwestern - match
UCLA - I thought UCs were strict about letting OOS applicants in? dunno
Michigan - low reach/ match
NYU (Safety?)- match</p>

<p>I didn't know enough about some of the other ones to chance you for them ^^;</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - Small Reach, but you can prolly do it
UPenn - maybe a bit more of a reach, but still possible
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match
Georgetown - low reach
Northwestern - def match
UCLA - match
Emory - don't know much about the school
Michigan - match</p>

<p>and your safetys are fineeee--gl</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - slight reach
UPenn - slight reach
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match/slight reach?
UCLA - match
Michigan - match</p>

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<p>If you go Columbia Fu Foundation... I suggest Early Decision... the acceptance rate for ED to Fu is like 40%... granted the competition is a bit more fierce, but you shown demonstrated interest, and since your stats and chances are as good as anyone's... 40% doesn't sound too bad, does it now?</p>

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<p>Princeton = Ivy, calcruzer, not Ivy equivalent.</p>

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<p>sunshineyday: While his wording was ambiguous, I think he's not nearly stupid enough to not know that Princeton is an Ivy. I think his sentence actually meant "...Princeton, or Stanford (an Ivy-equivalent)."</p>