Bay Area (CA) Junior -- Chances for Stern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Looking at these other "chance me" made me fully doubt myself. Oh well.
1.5 Generation Asian Male (Parents immigrated. Born in the US)
Fairly competitive public school. (Ranked 200-300 by Newsweek)</p>

<p>By the end of the junior year:
GPA: UW 3.65, W 4.19 (Had sleeping problems, couldn't stay awake in class)
Rank: 20ish /585
SAT: Math 760, Writing 730, Reading 680
SATII: Math IIC 770 (About to take it again to get 800), (Haven't taken these two, but kind of have an idea) German 800, Literature 770ish
PSAT: 210, National Merit Commendation</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken/Will Take -- AP Score:
10th
World History -- 5
11th
Chem
German
Calculus AB
Statistics
12th
Psychology
English
Human Geography
German
Econ/Civics</p>

<p>Honors Classes Taken
English 9-11th
Pre Calculus</p>

<p>ECs (lacking..)</p>

<p>Jazz Band A
9, 10, 11, 12
Perennially near top in state
9th: Reno Jazz 2nd, Folsom Jazz 2nd, Hawaii Festival (Can't remember the exact name) 1st, various other awards, mainly 1st
10th: Reno Jazz 2nd, Folsom Jazz 1st, Monterey Next Generation Festival 8th, various other awards
11th: Folsom Jazz 3rd, got invited to Monterey and Reno again</p>

<p>DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America -- Business, Marketing Club)
11, 12
11th: [Norcal] 2nd Technical Sales Written Exam, 2nd Overall, 2nd Marketing Math test [State] a top 3 at state would qualify me for internationals, very possible
12th: Possible club president next year and a repeat at previous achievements?</p>

<p>Various other clubs not really at the national level (10, 11, 12)
Working on bigger fund raising projects</p>

<p>Spent 2 weeks in Costa Rica building houses and providing help for the homeless, about to go again in the summer (11th grade year and 11/12 summer).
Spent 1.5 weeks in Mexico doing the same thing for orphans my sophomore year.</p>

<p>Additional Information: My school offers very weak club programs such as Science Olympiad and Debate. Math, Science, and Decathlon teams don't exist either. Doesn't offer any sophomore/freshman honors classes besides english and math</p>

<p>I've only decided I wanted to study business the end of last year, and hopefully my weak ECs wont take me out of Stern consideration</p>

<p>Also other universities I would like to attend
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
Wharton (Far reach I know)
Emory
Washington in St. Louis
USC</p>

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<p>Bump.
also if its of any interest, I was on the JV Football team sophomore year</p>

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<p>Somewhat weak GPA, good scores, good ECs. </p>

<p>Berkeley: reach, slight reach if your essays are great
UCLA: slight reach (50-50)
Wharton: reach
Emory: high match (~60%)
USC: high match</p>

<p>Going to a competitive school may help.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! what about NYU Stern though? I think out of the colleges I've listed, I would most rather attend Stern</p>

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<p>For Stern, I'd say slight reach (50-50).</p>

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<p>Thank you 10chars</p>

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<p>yea, I think Stern is a reach, but you could definetly make it.</p>

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<p>Question: If I win more than one event at the State conference for DECA, does that count as multiple wins, or just one win on apps</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>looks like you have a good chance, especially because of DECA. good luck!</p>

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<p>thank you so much</p>

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<p>i actually think you'd be a match for berkeley and UCLA since you live in california. i got in to both of those from out of state (of course, that was four years ago) but i had comparable grades (slightly better GPA and SAT, but not a single honors or AP class) and i severely lacked ECs, whereas your ECs are good. wow them with your personal statement.</p>

<p>i also wouldn't mention this falling asleep thing unless it is a real medical condition -- doesnt sound so good.</p>

<p>wharton would be a reach. not sure about the others.</p>

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<p>Haha yeah I'm not going to mention that, but if I get rejected anywhere, that'll be my excuse. Getting into Berkeley and UCLA would be amazing; thanks for the feedback. Btw, norma jean is a sick band</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley: match
UC Los Angeles: high match
Wharton (Far reach I know): far far reach
Emory: high match
Washington in St. Louis: high match
USC:high match
Stern: reach</p>

<p>Consider EDing one of the schools you want to go.. either Wharton or Stern.. that'll increase your chance of getting in</p>

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<p>Wow that brought my mood up. what percent would you say is a match? Like 60-80%?</p>

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<p>What is your UC GPA?</p>

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<p>how many classes do they weight</p>

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<p>4 classes I think. 8 semesters, not including 9th grade.</p>

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<p>Do you go to MSJ? lol</p>

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<p>3.96 UC GPA. And no, I go to Foothill in Pleasanton. MSJ is like ranked in the top 100
oh yeah and I heard UCs weight community college classes that are UC transferable.. Is that true? If it is, then my UC GPA should be 4.03</p>