Chance A Detroiter( USC, Stanford, IVIES, Duke, etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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from Michigan
GPA: 3.5 UW 4.22W ( we don’t have pluses or minuses, which hurts me cause all my B’s are B+'s)
probably gonna get 1 or 2 B’s and 4 or 5 A’s 1st semester
Took a very rigorous course load at a renowned private school

AP’s taken/ taking: AB/Bc Calc, Psych, APUSH, BIO, Chem, Gov
IB’s: Organic Chem, TOK, Physics, Precalc
Total Honors/IB/AP: 16

ACT: 34(34,35,33,33 writing: 11)
Math 2: 770
Bio:660

EC: Volunteering: 450 in total (200 working in a hospital)(200 helping underprivileged children in India)(50 peer tutoring)(50 work in many of my clubs)

3 years JV tennis–> 1yrs JV captain

4 years V Track–> 2yrs Leadership Council

MIT Inspire finalist (top 100 out of 5k)( contest involving subjects in the humanities)- I presented a paper i wrote about Pablo Escobar and Drug Trade

Co-Founder of UNICEF Club–> 2-year member

GYLI Club(Global Youth Leadership Initiative)–> group leader --> 4-year member

Newspaper Club–> 4 year member–> editor for two years(Section then Senior Editorial Board)–> we got top 50 newspaper in the country

Summer Job at Kumon, tutored kids in math and reading

Shadowing a nephrologist

Attended the NYU Lead(SBI) Business summer program (I am creating an app with my cohort, it’s about mental health)

Research Assistant in a University level Lab that worked on diabetes, and schizophrenic people

Project Break The Cycle: I joined a business with my friends, it is a non-profit that sends money to orphanages in Libya. We sell T-shirts and hoodie, and I am a marketing officer.

Male, Indian, Middle Class,at least top 20% of my class about 20-30ish out of 180( we don’t have official rankings), Detroit,Michigan

Rec Letters: above average, One teacher know me really well and will give a great rec the other knows me pretty well as well
Essays: above average

Perlimary List(RD):
1.) Datrmouth
2.) NYU-Stern
3.) N’western
4.) Pomona
5.) Vandy
6.) Cornell
7.) Duke
8.) Stanford(Legacy: 1st cousin went there)
9.) WUSTL(Legacy: 2nd cousin)
10.) USC(Legacy(?): My cousin who went to Stanford is doing Masters here right now)
11.) UPenn( Legacy: Another 2nd Cousin)

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@HelpfulSource Thanks, I am mainly trying to get my list to be shorter, I have already applied to my match and safety schools EA

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@babzy1 Legacy status is restricted to parents and grandparents. Having a alumnus/a cousin does not make you a legacy for Stanford, Penn, WUSTL or USC.
Your GPA is quite low for the top schools on your list. What is your HS rank?

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@Penn95 My HS doesn’t rank but it is somewhere around 20-25 out of 190

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Your GPA is very low, which will make most of these schools out of reach for you.

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You are the wrong race to be admitted with those stats. Even Michigan is going to be a reach unless you attended a feeder school.

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I agree with the comments above. I hope that U.Michigan and Michigan State are on your list. I think that Michigan may be a reach but it is IMHO worth sending in an application.

2nd cousins don’t make you legacy, nor do cousins.