Chance a Disheartened Student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basic
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic
School: Public High School
Major: Biomedical Engineering or Biochemistry or Biology (depends on which school)</p>

<p>Scores:
ACT:
Single sitting: 32 (E: 30, M: 35, R: 27, S: 35)
Super score : 33 (E: 34, M: 35, R: 27, S: 35)
SAT:
Nov. 2008 : 1950 (CR: 610, M: 660, W: 680)
May 2008 : 1980 (CR: 600, M: 700, W: 680)
Not retaking the SAT. I'm not very good at it as you can see.
SAT II: Math II (790), Bio M (720)<em>, US History (670)</em><em>, Math I (600)</em><em>, Spanish (790)</em>*
** - Retaking in Dec.
** - Not using...and am not retaking US History. Taking World History instead in Dec.*</p>

<p>AP Tests:
[ul]
[<em>]Human Geography - 4
[</em>]Calculus BC - 3 (AB Sub: 4) ~~
[<em>]Statistics - 3 ~~
[</em>]US History - 3 ~~
[li]Spanish Lang. - 5 ~~ [/ul][/li]~~ denotes self-study.</p>

<p>Took AS courses my junior year and am taking A-Levels this year.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
[ul][<em>]A-Level English Literature
[</em>]A-Level Chemistry
[<em>]A-Level Biology
[</em>]A-Level History
[<em>]A-Level Maths
[</em>]French 4 Honors
[<em>]AP Computer Science A (online)
[</em>]Study Hall (did not want to take another academic class >_<) [/ul]
Self-study: AP Physics C (both tests), AS-Level French Language</p>

<p>Other Stats:
Percentile: 99% percentile.
GPA: UW (3.71), W (5.58)
Note: School bases percentile on weighted. We have a weird weighted system.</p>

<p>ECs:
SWAT - Students Working Against Tobacco: 9, 10
[<em>]100 hours going to schools in county informing students and community about the tobacco industry: their lies, how they try and attract younger customers (even though minors can't legally smoke)
Chess Club: 10
[</em>]Eh...got a trophy for a chess tournament for 3rd place.
Mu Alpha Theta: 10, 11, 12 (Vice-President)
[<em>]Peer tutored for the past three years,
[</em>]4th place in Mu division, Calculus, in State-wide competition
Engineering Club: 12
[li]Just a member.[/li]National Honor Society: 10, 11 (President), 12 (President)[/list]</p>

<p>Universities/Colleges
[ul]
[<em>] Cornell University
[</em>] University of Florida (In-State)
[<em>] Stanford University
[</em>] Boston University
[<em>] University of Minnesota – Twin Cities(OOS)
[</em>]Harvard University
[<em>]Washington University in St. Louis
[</em>] MIT (EA)
[<em>]Tulane University ("personal" application)
[</em>]Princeton University
[/ul]
Miscellaneous/Notes
I moved schools after Freshman year, hence why I took both APs and AS and A-Levels.</p>

<p>I've always taken the hardest schedule the school offers. </p>

<p>I took Calculus 3/Multivariable this summer and got an A but took a course in Differential Equations and got a C. I also took a couse in C++ programming and got an A. Took Alg. 1 and Geometry in middle school. (probably not a big achievement, though, since everyone is doing that these days)</p>

<p>Do I have a decent shot for the upper ones? Can I get any money for the lower ones? Is it alright retaking the ACT in December? Should I retake the Biology M test? Should I even bother applying to Harvard and Princeton and Stanford? Will the fact that I took Math I and Spanish and US History hurt me even though I'll have higher scores in other tests?</p>

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<p>you call yourself disheartened? LOL
i’m disheartened, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/794574-do-i-haven-any-chance-uc-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/794574-do-i-haven-any-chance-uc-school.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Overall, everything is just a bit low for the highest schools like stanford, harvard, MIT, and princeton. Wash U and Cornell are decent reaches as well. Everything else is within reach.</p>

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<p>Is Tulane a reach as well? :/</p>

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<p>Tulane is definitely a match for you and not a reach. Your ACT is above the average while your SAT is below. My guess, and it is a guess, is that you’re in at Tulane, U of Minn, U Florida, Boston U. The rest are reaches but you have the best shot at Wash U among those reaches. Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>You never know with HPS, as it is a crapshoot for everyone. The good thing is you are applying and will have a shot. Geographical location might boost you for Cornell. Your math relates well with MIT as well. I think you are definitely in UF, UMinn, Tulane and BU.</p>

<p>I say forget the SAT’s and go with your ACT. Also WashU superscores and that 33 is looking pretty good. Any reason why you are retaking SAT II’s instead of retaking the ACT for one last time. Your Math, BIO and Spanish pretty much covers your subject tests and those are great scores. I say focus on your essays.</p>