Carnegie, NYU, Wash U, Penn, Brown, Emory, Vanderbilt..I WILL CHANCE BACK!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p><em>updated</em></p>

<h2><strong><em>SCHOOL STATS</em></strong></h2>

<p>School stopped school rank but probably top 5%
GPA: 3.87</p>

<h2>middle of nowhere school</h2>

<h2><strong><em>BACKGROUND</em></strong></h2>

<p>Another Asian
financial burdens.
Self thought myself Japanese and Korean</p>

<h2>1st generation in America</h2>

<h2><strong><em>SCORES</em></strong></h2>

<h2>SAT score: n/a </h2>

<h2><strong><em>AWARDS</em></strong></h2>

<p>Violin 13 years.
2 years in the best orchestra in my state. (sounds egotistical...)
1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one (concert master)
4 years in state's orchestra competition and concert master
2nd place national chess champion in my division
25th place international chess champion in my division
8th place state champion in my division
1st place in Robotics in state
2nd place in Robotics in southern central America
1st place in Robotics in state (2nd time)
southern central robotics American qualifier
various math competitions awards
JCL awards</p>

<h2>countless chess awards</h2>

<h2><strong><em>CLUBS AND WORK</em></strong></h2>

<p>HOSA (1st year)
Robotics (2 years)
Founder of Art Club (process of creation; revolves around creating a partnership with a company)
Debate club (2 years)
chess club president (2 years)
Quizbowl (2years)
photography club (2 years)
Track (2 years)
Vice president of math tutoring organization(2 years)
outstanding achievement in mathemetics in middle school (minor awards) 2x
outstanding achievement in music in middle school (minor)
president of numerous clubs in middle school (minor)
Vice president of math tutoring organization
NHS
Beta club
dog walking business.
teaching violin
guided new volunteers at a company.</p>

<h2>150+ volunteer hours</h2>

<h2><strong><em>LETTERS</em></strong></h2>

<p>-letters i have a really good relationship with my AP biology and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter</p>

<h2>-college letter probably revolves around how violin/chess/racism/ and blind sister has changed who i am or something like that...</h2>

<h2><strong><em>RANDOM</em></strong></h2>

<h2>taking the most rigorous schedule right now... took physics one year earlier than anybody else.</h2>

<h2><strong><em>AP's</em></strong></h2>

<p>our school only allows us 1 AP during our sophomore year and i couldn't take it due to my time schedule because our school only has 4 periods each semester....im still a junior
1st semester:
no AP's
2nd semester:
AP calc
AP physics
AP english
AP biology</p>

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<p>How much can you pay per year? Are you an international?</p>

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<p>idk in all honesty. i am not international. </p>

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<p>Disregard my first question because it doesn’t matter much if you aren’t international
CMU/Washu/Emory/NYU: match
Ivy leagues: reaches</p>

<p>NYU gives really crappy aid, so I think you need to have a second thought about it. So bad that it’s hurting the school.</p>

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<p>thanks for the input!
can somebody tell me what is preventing me from getting into brown ? </p>

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<p>I think you have great ECs but maybe make sure u write a powerful essay so u cud get accepted because that’s what sets u apart, ivys are looking for ppl who stand out in some way </p>

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<p>For Brown, they want you to show tremendous interest. You need to show up to a bunch of info sessions. Other than that, the GPA is a tad low, but if you can put forth your national awards in music and chess, you have a good shot. Oh and make sure your test scores are up to par (2300+ for Ivies or 35+). Other schools, 2100-2300 or 33-35 should be fine, since you didn’t provide any test scores in this thread.</p>

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<p>what if i don’t have enough money to go to all those info sessions and stuff? </p>

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<p>You don’t have to go to visits, etc. Email admissions and tell them of your interest. If you are in a major city, schools come there for info sessions, so ask if they are coming to your area.</p>

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<p>And to the poster of #6, since when is a 3.87 GPA low?</p>

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<p>Good GPA and EC’s, but with no SAT it’s really hard to tell. Shoot for 2200 plus for all of these schools, and even then that may not be enough for CM, WUSL, Brown, Penn, etc. etc. I think you’ll get into NYU, but they don’t give out much financial aid so you’d have to take that into account. Ball out on the SAT/ACT and you’ll get a better idea of where you can go. Chance me back <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1707789-already-applied-but-what-do-you-think-my-chances-are.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1707789-already-applied-but-what-do-you-think-my-chances-are.html#latest&lt;/a&gt; </p>

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<p>I think you should consider CMU a match.</p>

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<p>All your GPA and ECs stuff are nice…but have you taken SAT/ACT and the scores aren’t out yet?? Because these scores could possibly play an important role for admission to some colleges,So at least an prediction of your score would be nice</p>

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<p>NYU/Carnegie/Emory/WashU/Vanderbilt-Low reach to Match
Ivies-Reach
Your extracurriculars are great as well your gpa! As long as your essays and SAT scores are good,you should have a good shot at all the schools.</p>

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<p>your extracurriculars are really great, along with your GPA, but you need to first take the SAT to see how well you do. But do well on theSAT, and you basically are set</p>