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<p>I am currently a junior in high school itching to get out of Kansas and the midwest! Please chance me for the following schools, and I will chance back! Thanks! :)
Unless otherwise noted, I plan on being a physics major w/ a minor in mathematics (maybe).
UCB
UCLA
USC (CompSci+Physics double major)
NYU
Boston University
Wesleyan University
Carnegie Mellon
CalTech (lol why not)</p>

<p>regular public high school of approx 2100 students
asian female (100% chinese)
First generation american but both parents did go to college in US and have professional degrees
income ~$125,000
Divorced parents, live with mom</p>

<p>UW/W GPA: 4.00 / 4.475
Class rank: 9 of 475 (as of end of Dec. 2013 semester)</p>

<p>ACT: Oct. 2013: 31C. 34W. 30M. 28R. 31S. 10 essay.
April 2014: 33C. 32W :(. 32M. 33R. 35S. ??essay.
Superscore: 34C.</p>

<p>SAT I:Jan 2014: 2040: CR-600. M-720. W-720.
March 2014: 2070: CR-650. M-710. W-710.
Superscore: 2090.
SAT IIs: taking Physics and Math II in May 2014</p>

<p>Freshman year (All "A"s):
Choir
Pre-AP Modern World History
Pre-AP English I
Advanced Algebra II and Trigonometry
Spanish I
Honors Biology
Physical Education/Health</p>

<p>Sophomore year (all As):
Honors Chemistry
Honors Pre calculus
Pre-ap english 2
QUEST (gifted program, completed semester of computer credit and semester of humanities credit)
Spanish II
Teacher aide (semester class)
Pre-AP modern world geography (semester class)
Physics</p>

<p>Junior year (this year):
AP Lang (guessing 4 or 5 on exam)
AP Calculus BC (guessing 4 on exam)
AP music theory (tbh the teacher does not prepare us for the AP test at all)
College physics (school does not offer any AP physics)
Spanish 4 (took spanish 3 the summer before junior year at the local community college)
QUEST (gifted program. completing the last semester of computer credit, designed an engineering and technology project in conjunction with a science museum)
US history (1st semester at school, 2nd semester online)
CAD 1 (2nd semester only)</p>

<p>All A's this past fall semester.</p>

<p>My plan for 12th grade:
Multivariable-Calculus & Linear Algebra
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Literature
AP Spanish
QUEST
Government</p>

<p>Extra curriculars:
Varsity cross country (9)
Varsity Track (9)
Debate (9-12)
Forensics (9-12)
Kansas Association of Youth (9-12)-Officer every year except 9th.
SNHS (11-12)-20 hrs volunteering
NHS (11-12)-35 hrs volunteering
Library volunteer (summer 2012)
Daycare volunteer (summer 2012)
Science Olympiad (11-12)
Math Club (11-12)
Free tutoring for K-8 kids-100ish hrs volunteering (11-12)
Mock Trial (11-12)
Drummer in a local band, have toured across several midwest states (10-12)</p>

<p>Job experience:
City parks & rec lifeguard (seasonal during each summer starting in summer 2013)
Teaching swim lessons 8 hrs/week (started winter 2013)</p>

<p>Jeeez that's a long post. Thanks for your time and input! Leave your link, and I will chance you all back!</p>

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<p>UCB: Low Reach
UCLA: Match
USC : High Match
NYU: Low Match
Boston University: Low Match/Safety
Carnegie Mellon: Reach for Comp Sci, Low Reach otherwise
CalTech: Reach for Comp Sci, High Match otherwise</p>

<p>You’ll definitely get into a some of these, but schools like UCB and Carnegie Mellon are extremely competitive. Especially for Comp Sci.</p>

<p>Btw thanks for chancing me.</p>

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<p>I think they are all definitely matches or low reaches while BU can be a safety. You have amazing grades and strong extracurriculars </p>

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<p>UCB: High Match
UCLA: Match
USC (CompSci+Physics double major): Match
NYU: Low Match
Boston University: Safety lol
Wesleyan University: idk sorry
Carnegie Mellon: High match comp sci, match othewise
CalTech (lol why not): Reach in general</p>

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<p>UCB- Not sure, haven’t heard of it
UCLA- low reach; good luck! I know quite a few people who have gotten in on way fewer credentials.
USC (CompSci+Physics double major)- don’t know much about it. Get a very high Math II score and you should be good.
NYU- low reach; most people I know got in on 2150+ SAT’s, but your ACT score definitely looks better on the apps.
Boston University- match. Maybe even a safety, because of all of your extracurriculars.
Wesleyan University- never heard of it
Carnegie Mellon- low reach (it would be a match, but the problem of race-conscious admissions is that many schools that are otherwise matches are rendered more difficult to get into. I’m 100% Chinese-American, and I have Asian-American friends who have had tragic rejections from schools that accepted way less qualified applicants just because they were white-Caucasian or Hispanic.)
CalTech (lol why not)- Definitely try for it! It’s a reach for everyone, even people who have gotten perfect scores.</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are great! The race factor hurts us Asians, even though we are a minority. As for the SAT’s, try to get it in the 2200+ range for the top ones like NYU, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, and definitely Caltech. Study hard for the SAT II’s, and don’t take two subjects at the same time. That way you’ll be able to focus your energies on just one each time and really get that high score.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>If you have Caltech on your list, have you considered Harvey Mudd? It is another reach, of course. One thing you need to think about is finances, though. If your parents are divorced, the net price calculators are likely to overestimate the amount of need based financial aid you will get. And public universities like the UCs don’t usually give much aid to out of state students anyway. NYU also has horrible financial aid. Plus, your family is in that “zone” where you may make too much to get much aid, but have a hard time pulling full cost unless your parents have saved a lot and both are contributing for your education. You need to have a serious conversation with your parents about how much they can pay for college before you go much further with your search. I would not accept a “we will take care of it” answer given the high price of most of these schools; parents often say that with the best intentions, then find they can’t or won’t pay when admissions decisions arrive. So better to find that out now than spring of senior year.</p>

<p>You could try having each parent run the net price calculators, then add together the cost of attendance of the two results to see whether you might get any aid at all. But remember that any new spouses’ earnings and savings will be taken into account at most of the schools on your list. If you have siblings in the picture who are going to be in college at the same time, that might make a difference.</p>

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<p>@Jotiko3 @pinkcakexo @wimbus1233 Thanks for the chances!</p>

<p>@OboeWhizzy‌ - UCB is University of California Berkeley. Also, do you mean low match or low reach for UCLA since you said you know people who were accepted with lower credentials? Keep in mind that I am OOS also. Thank you for chancing me!</p>

<p>@intparent Both parents are helping with tuition (my dad makes about $240k). I know that they both have separate college savings funds, and my stepdad is also pitching in. I will also be applying for scholarships and financial aid to offset the cost as well. Thank you for suggesting Harvey Mudd! Now, I am going to look into that school, too.</p>

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<p>My daughter is a freshman at Mudd, private message me if you have any questions.</p>

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<p>I think you certainly have a decent chance at all the schools with maybe the exception of Caltech. Caltech likes high scorers’ and I don’t know if a 33 ACT will be enough for them. That being said, it doesn’t hurt to apply and Caltech is definitely an excellent math/sci school. I think Stanford is a little bit more holistic but women are typically admitted at higher rates to Caltech anyway.</p>

<p>I’m curious - is NYU’s physics program really amazing and worth the cost? I would have applied to Columbia if I was looking for an NYC school. Columbia has an actual campus and some amazing researchers. NYU is more downtown and does not have as much of a campus. If you’re looking for another reach, I certainly think Columbia is worth adding. </p>

<p>Of course if you want to limit your reaches, I think your list is not bad as long as you have at least a few safeties. I imagine you’ll get into at least some of your schools. Anyway, there are lots of amazing physics schools on the eastern seaboard that you might also want to look into if you feel like it/ have the time. </p>

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<p>UCB - Low reach
UCLA - High match
USC (CompSci+Physics double major) - High match
NYU - High Match
Boston University - Low match
Wesleyan University - High match
Carnegie Mellon - Low to Medium Reach
CalTec - Reach</p>

<p>Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644231-chance-me-duke-ed-uva-uc-berkeley-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644231-chance-me-duke-ed-uva-uc-berkeley-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well needless to say your GPA is awesome and your test scores aren’t that bad either. Your varsity sports are going to help you a lot, too, as well as all those hours of volunteering. Do you have leadership positions anywhere else except Kansas Youth? </p>

<p>I’d say UCLA and Berkeley would definitely have you, USC would be within your reach if you have good recs and essays, and the hardest to get into would be CalTech. But I’m no expert, especially since I’m international.</p>

<p>Please chance me back? :slight_smile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1645010-chance-me-ivy-top-lacs-nyu-usc-ucla-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1645010-chance-me-ivy-top-lacs-nyu-usc-ucla-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UCB: high match
UCLA: match
USC: match
NYU: match
BU: low match
Wesleyan: high match
CM: low reach
CalTech: reach</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>UCB - High Match
UCLA - Highish Match
USC (CompSci+Physics double major) - Match
NYU - Match
Boston University - Low Match
Wesleyan University - Idk what this is
Carnegie Mellon - High Match / Low Reach
CalTech (lol why not) - Reach</p>

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<p>@runorrun‌
Lol, the acronym for Berkeley just didn’t ring a bell! That would be a medium reach, because it’s a lot harder to get into Berkeley than UCLA. And for LA, I’m still thinking it’s a low reach because the people I know who have gotten in on fewer credentials were white-Caucasian.
I also know of many Asian-Americans who got accepted into much tougher schools like MIT but still got rejected from Berkeley. The reason is that, because it’s a public school, it has to accept about 70% of undergrads from just California, making it more difficult for people from other states to get in. Plus, you and I have the added burden of being Asian-American.
Best of luck!</p>

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<p>UCB - High Match, aim for 750+ on sat2s
UCLA - Match
USC (CompSci+Physics double major) - Match
NYU - Match
Boston University - low Match
Wesleyan University - Don’t know too much
Carnegie Mellon - High Match / Low Reach(compsci)
CalTech (lol why not) - Reach maybe possible with 800 sat2s</p>

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<p>My stats are lower than yours. I was waitlisted at Boston and accepted to NYU with honors, so you will probably get into both. Not sure about the rest; didn’t apply.</p>

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<p>If you aren’t committed to an urban environment, consider adding Cal Poly-SLO (San Luis Obispo) to the list. I’d say other UCs would be pretty safe for you, but you aren’t likely to get any meaningful financial aid from out-of-state. They have instituted a new financial program for middle-income families, but it does not include the non-resident surcharge (currently $23k), and - at least this year - they do not notify families of their eligibility, much less the amount, until JULY, and so it’s not a lot of help. Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken (NJ), also - you might have some geographic distribution working in your favor. They are very well-respected, and you are a quick, inexpensive, PATH-train ride away from midtown Manhattan. </p>

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<p>I think you could definitely get into BU and NYU with good essays. I would consider Carnegie Mellon, UCB, and UCLA high-ish matches, but I do not know much about the UC application process. You seem like a very qualified applicant, and I wish you the best of luck!</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good chance at all of the schools! Of course, Carnegie and Boston are always a bit of a stretch, but with your states I believe it can be done. Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1645418-chance-me-northwestern-brown-brandeis-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1645418-chance-me-northwestern-brown-brandeis-i-ll-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for chancing me! </p>

<p>NYU: match
UCB: high match/low reach
USC: high match
UCLA: high match/match
Boston University: Low match
Carnegie Mellon: Match - unless you’re applying to their comp sci program? (Not sure since you said comp sci for USC but none of the other schools).
CalTech: Reach like it is for everyone, but I think you’re definitely competitive.
Wesleyan: Don’t know enough about it to chance accurately, sorry. </p>

<p>I would say just try to get your SAT/SAT II scores up as high as possible. Your ECs and academics are solid. The only thing working against you is that you’re an ORM, obviously. Good luck!</p>