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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>EA MIT and EA Caltech
Asian male (chinese)--Californian Resident Class of 2010
GPA (unweighted): 4.0/4.0
GPA (weighted): 4.92/5.0
RANKING: 4 out of 555, Top (0.7%)</p>

<p>SATII's:
Bio/m:780
Physics:790
Math II:800
SATI (best single): CR: 750 Writing:720 Math: 790 total: 2260
SATI (superscore): CR: 750 Writing:750 Math: 790 total: 2290
I am aiming for 2300+ in October in single sitting. (most likely gonna break the 2300 for superscore). Will be my 3rd and last try</p>

<p>APs :
AP Biology: 5
AP World History: 5
AP Calcu BC: 5 (subscore 5)
AP Physics B: 5
AP Environmental sci: 5
AP Macro econ: 5
AP Micro Econ: 5
AP English Language: 5</p>

<p>Scholastic Awards/ Recognition/ EC (Level of award: school,state,regional,national, international) (* = team competitions, four per team)</p>

<p>-----Westmont College High School Math Competition 2008 and 2009<em>:: (regional) 1st overall in 2009, 1st in Written test 2008
-----Capital Markets Contest 2009</em>:: (state) 1st．Won free trip to NY stock exchange floor and other tours
-----California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009<em>:: (State) 1st in California
-----National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009</em>:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
-----Regional Science Bowl 2009<em>:: (Regional) 1st (our school only participated once before)
-----National Science Bowl 2009</em>:: (National) no award, just got to participate
-----National Merit Semi-Finalist 2009-2010:: (National) confirmed
-----National AP Scholar 2009:: (National) confirmed with my Eight 5's
-----School of Modern Language Certificate of Excellence 2008:: (School) from local city college XD
----Member of the school FIRST Robotics Team* (seniors only): Head of Finance. </p>

<p>Non-scholastic Awards/ Recognition/ EC
-----Music Teachers' Association of California:: Certificate of Merit for Piano 2006, 2007, 2008: (state) for levels 4,7,9,
-----American College of Musicians: National Piano Playing Auditions 2008:: Intermediate C (State) state winner
----- Most Improved Player on HS Tennis Team 2007 and 2008:: (school) been on the team for 4 years
----- 240 hours of community service at hospital
----- Numerous leadership roles in clubs. (sci bowl, math club, etc.)
Summer:
----- Intern in Electrical Engineering Department at UCSB this summer with a Ph.D student to apply Gallium Nitride (a semiconductor) into solar cells.
----- Interned with Economics Professor at UCSB.</p>

<p>Additional info?
Two rec additional rec letters from internships.
Our school is best in the county and sends 1-5 people to top notch schools (MIT, Yale, Princeton, etc)
My two teachers have good stuff to say on rec letters. (done way more stuff with them than sitting in classroom)</p>

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<p>oh and I am only one in my school to do EA MIT I think. TONS of SCEA Stanford >.<</p>

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<p>holy crap, your stats are god like.
Although you seem like the typical asian (mit and caltech with amazing stats) so i dunno.
I am asian also, please don’t take offense.</p>

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<p>好, 我会给您一个"chance"! </p>

<p>LOL - I just felt the need to respond that way after seeing your thread title. (I’m Chinese too, by the way) </p>

<p>Your interests are pretty well-defined (economics and music are the two that jump out from your application), although for the schools you mentioned, you will be competing against an extremely competitive pool, especially since you’re an Asian male from an over-represented state. Have you tried taking the AMC/AIME yet? I think the MIT application even asks for scores on those tests, although whether you choose to report them or not is completely optional. Also, have you considered entering your science research into the Intel STS or Siemens Westinghouse competitions? Those are very prestigious as well. </p>

<p>Either way, whether you decide to do one of these or not, you’ll still need awesome essays. I don’t know exactly how good your recommendations are, but make sure they say something about your uniqueness and ability to contribute.</p>

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<p>SBCC looks like a match ;)</p>

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<p>agreed :stuck_out_tongue: …</p>

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<p>this kid isnt even Asian people! Look at his display name! Its a Montenegro Last Name!</p>

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<p>it’s the name of my favorite tennis player thank u very much</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Seriously? -_-</p>

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<p>Even though MIT and Caltech are extremely difficult to get into, i think you have a legitimate shot. your Math on SAT I should be improved to an 800 for caltech though. your stats are amazing: great ranking, gpa, ap scores, awards…everything. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/782289-uva-unc-duke-chance-me-ill-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/782289-uva-unc-duke-chance-me-ill-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You have a great chance! I think you will probably get into one of the two. I agree with the above poster though, it would help if you could get your math up to an 800, which shouldn’t be too hard considering you’ve already gotten a 790, and an 800 on your SAT II. It seems like your rank, GPA, and AP scores are all exceptional, so I believe you’re definitely qualified. Best of luck!:)</p>

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<p>Your thread really stood out.</p>

<p>If you can stand out like that to the admissions officers then you’re in, dude.</p>

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<p>you’re in</p>

<p>just don’t mess up your interviews/essays/have bad recs</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786572-duke-ed-swarthmore-ed2-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786572-duke-ed-swarthmore-ed2-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i have to admit, i looked at this thread only b/c of the funky font.</p>

<p>It sounds like you’re pretty much a great candidate for MIT. Good Luck! =)</p>

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<p>Affirmative action would have to be worse than anyone could imagine for you not to get in. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Your chances are probably better at Caltech than MIT, but you’re got a good shot at both</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786164-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786164-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Nice stats. I would say match for MIT.</p>

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<p>You have stunning stats and achievements. I think you are a great candidate for either school. Best of luck…</p>

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<p>You need to ask about your chances? My god…</p>