chaaaaaance. (: please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ah, so i’m only a junior. and some of this is prediction, mostly on the lower prediction side. if that makes any sense at all. :P</p>

<p>1) Basics:
Ethnicity: Asian
Sex: Female
Location: NJ
non-competitive, public school
school doesn’t rank, but i’m positive i would be in at least the top 5%, prob top 2%</p>

<p>2) GPA/courseload:
~4.3 weighted as of soph year. not sure about unweighted.
(will most definitely be raised this year. predicting about a 4.4-4.5)

  • hardest courseload possible
  • APs: psychology, lang&composition, chemistry (will take tests)
  • the rest are honors.
  • will take 5 AP classes for senior year.</p>

<p>3) Test Scores
217 on PSAT
780 Math Level II
700 on Bio
750 on Chem
2300 SAT</p>

<p>4) Extracurriculars
-cofounder/VP of a human rights club. (10, 11, 12) – our first year, took a lot of effort to start, but raised several hundred dollars and planned 2 successful schoolwide events so far.
-officer of Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
-captain of Science League (9,10,11,12)
-captain of Chemistry Olympics team (10,11,12)
-officer of Peer Tutoring (10, 11, 12)
-delegate for Model UN (10,11,12)
-lacrosse (9,10,11,12) 2 years JV/2 years Varsity
-representative/publicity officer/vice president of SGO (10,11,12)
-treasurer of human psychology club (11,12)
(… the rest are insignificant clubs that i won’t put down.)

  • inventing is also a passionate hobby of mine, started when i was very young. have won multiple awards … see below. and have a uniqueish? story behind this.</p>

<p>5) Volunteering

  • student ambassador at a well-known science museum, 200+ hours
  • guidance office volunteer, 300+ hours
  • various activities through Key Club/Peer Tutoring/others…</p>

<p>6) Summer

  • UIBE - international cultural exchange program in beijing.
  • Camp Rising SUn - international, leadership camp run by a nonprofit organization. given a $10,000 scholarship chosen from thousands worldwide. one of the most amazing experiences of my life and will most likely write an essay on this since it has had such a huge impact on me.
  • CTY
  • HOBY: chosen as the only representative for my school, leadership program, also an amazing experience, and have stayed active in organization ever since.</p>

<li>Achievements/Awards</li>
<li>modern marvels invention contest - honorable mention</li>
<li>everyday edisons invention contest - semifinalist</li>
<li>patent for invention/in talks with companies about marketing invention.</li>
<li>my school’s guidance award - for citizenship & having a strong impact on the community </li>
<li>commended on PSATs</li>
<li>NHS</li>
<li>National French Honors Society</li>
</ol>

<p>chances? some schools i’m possibly looking at are …

  • brown (possibly ED)
  • yale
  • JHU
  • georgetown
  • umich
  • upenn
  • cornell
  • dartmouth
  • northwestern
  • carnegie mellon
  • stanford
  • umich
  • brandeis</p>

<p>thanks in advance. i’d appreciate any feedback. (:</p>

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<p>i forgot to mention my main concern -- which is that i don't have focused EC's / a strong strong passion.</p>

<p>i'm interested in a lot of different things, and i guess that shows. i like international relations, psychology, science, etc. and unfortunately, they don't really relate.</p>

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<p>i forgot to mention my main concern -- which is that i don't have focused EC's / a strong strong passion.</p>

<p>i'm interested in a lot of different things, and i guess that shows. i like international relations, psychology, science, etc. and unfortunately, they don't really relate.</p>

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<p>your interests don't have to relate to one another...that's a stupid rumor cc kids started. anyways, I think you still have WAYYY to many clubs...otherwise, great chances at everyschool except for stanford/yale depending on your uw gpa
good luck!</p>

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<p>A lot will depend on your rank at the top schools. Being from an uncompetitive high school in an overrepresented state, you'll want to be at the very top of your class.</p>

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<p>I've read a lot of these CC chance things, and it seems to me you're the first person I've read who actually has a patented invention under consideration by a company for production. If that actually got picked up and marketed by the company I would think that would be a major plus - more than these typical things I read here all the time. Of course, that's assuming you are near to the top and have good test scores (whcih you do).</p>

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<p>err. well i've gotten only one B+ in honors freshman english. likely that i'll get another B+ this year in AP. but that's it. idk. what does that turn out to in an unweighted gpa?</p>

<p>hmom, what do you mean about rank in top schools? my school doesn't rank at all, so how will they compare me to everyone else? i'm positive i'm at the very top of my class, but colleges won't know that. >.< which i guess is bad</p>

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<p>bumppppp. any other opinions? (:</p>