Chance a guy with an anti-hook!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p><em>is an asian male</em></p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
CalTech
Cornell
Northwestern
UChicago
Columbia
Brown
WashU
Williams
Amherst
Duke
UPenn (and Wharton sub-chance :D )
University of Michigan
Rice</p>

<p>Definitely won't be applying to all those schools, I'm just curious!</p>

<p>-Intended Major: Chemistry/Finance/Biomedical Engineering, possible double major in Music
-State: MI
-School: Top 20 public in Michigan, although only 1 person gets into a top school every couple of years
-Ranking: 1 out of 176
-GPA: 4.00 uw (school only does unweighted)
-College GPA: 4.00</p>

<p>-SAT I: 2220 (730 CR, 760 M, 730 W, will retake for National Finalist Competition)
-SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 Bio
-ACT: 35 Composite (35 English, 34 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science)</p>

<p>I attend an interscholastic program in which students may take classes from the university. The program is for high achieving math and science students that were selected immediately following middle school.</p>

<p>Took most rigorous course load</p>

<p>Dual Enrollment Classes:
-Calc 1 (9th)
-Calc 2 (Summer of 9th)
-Calc 3 (Spring of 10th)
-Linear Algebra (Fall of 10th)
-Psychology (Summer of 9th)
-Macroeconomics (Summer of 10th)
-General Biology 1 (Fall of 11th)
-General Chem 1 (Fall of 11th)
-Intermediate Spanish 1 (Fall of 11th)
-General Biology 2 (Spring of 11th)
-General Chem 2 (Spring of 11th)
-Intermediate Spanish 2 (Spring of 11th)</p>

<p>Currently have 48 credits at the University</p>

<p>-Math & Science Award:
• Awarded by the New College of Florida for “Active learning, Research, Creativity, and Respect for the individual”</p>

<p>-Gold Medal Honor Roll: </p>

<p>-Award for Academic Excellence
• Maintenance of a 4.0 GPA in all dual enrollment courses</p>

<p>-National Honors Society (11th grade and 12th Grade)</p>

<p>-Language Arts Team (10th, 11th):
• Participated in numerous competitions, team earned top honors in the region</p>

<p>-Quiz Bowl (9th-12th), Captain of a team</p>

<p>-Band Council:
• Representative in Band Council (9th-10th)
• President (11th, 12th), ran all Band Festivals during high school</p>

<p>-Pep Band:
• Performed in the school pep band at basketball games and hockey games</p>

<p>-Marching Band:
• Clarinet Section Leader (10th), taught sectionals
• Helped earn the band ratings of I at marching band festival
• Participated in summer camps for drum majors
• Drum Major (11th-12th )
• Best In Command at CMU Drum Major Camp
• Best Drum Major First Runner up at CMU Drum Major Camp</p>

<p>-Clarinet (4 years playing):
• All-State Honors Band (9th -10th)<br>
• All-State Orchestra Principal Clarinet (11th)
• Chosen to perform in a Side by Side concert with the Grand Rapids Symphony through an audition process
• Accepted into Michigan Youth Arts Festival through extensive solo review (10th and 11th)
• Outstanding soloist in the state of Michigan (11th)
• First Chair in school Wind Symphony, the top band (9th-11th)
• Outstanding Woodwind Award (9th-11th)
• Youth Symphony Associate Principal Clarinet (9th-10th) (Regional Orchestra, I drive 2 hours there and back every week)
• Youth Symphony Principal Clarinet (11th – 12th)
• Woodwind Quintet (9th-12th), received 1’s, the highest possible rating, at every Solo and Ensemble Festival
• Clarinet Quintet Leader (9th-10th), received 1’s, the highest possible rating, at every Solo and Ensemble, premiered a piece written by a well known band director, performed at a large conference of educators.</p>

<p>Piano (9 years playing):
• Winner of St. Cecilia’s Piano Competition (10th)
• Rating of “Excellent” at St. Cecilia Sonatina Festival (10th-11th)
• Have played at some church events
• Jazz Band (9th-11th), started during high school, started attending clinics during 11th grade and participated in state festivals
• Jazz Combo (11th), started jazz combo program in the school, played piano in the rhythm section, featured more advanced soloists from the jazz band in the combo.</p>

<p>Percussion Ensemble (9th-12th): played xylophone, accepted to perform at Michigan Youth Arts Festival (only around 8 groups across the state are selected each year), received 1’s at every Solo and Ensemble </p>

<p>Student Government:
• Class Senator (9th-10th), helped in planning and setting up for each dance
• Executive Board Senator (Elected Position, 11th)
• Head of Dance Committee (11th)</p>

<p>Key Club (National Community Service Organization):
• Head of Relay for Life Committee (11th)
• Trick Or Treat for Unicef (10th-11th)
• Treasurer (12th)
• Performed fundraising for many charities, including Max’s lemonade stand
• Volunteered to ring bells for the Salvation Army during the holiday seasons
• Many volunteer activities</p>

<p>Community Service:
• Volunteering at Hospital
• Relay for Life, 40 hours
• Tutoring every week after school (11th), 65 hours
• Volunteering at District and State Band Festival, 60 hours
• Volunteering at a summer program at a local private school , 20 hours
• Performing with a community band to raise funds for various local establishments, 70 hours</p>

<p>Research Internship (Paid, Summer after 11th Grade Year, at the university)
• Studying the effects of UVB radiation on zebrafish, and the effect of NCP on melanocytes and adult stem cells</p>

<p>Research Internship (10th Grade, with a pharmacy professor):
• Goal: To synthesize thiazolidendiones that affected the PPAR-β/δ in addition to PPAR-γ receptors to see if said thiazolidendiones are equally or more effective at treating Type II Diabetes.
• Earned the U.S. Navy Award</p>

<p>Really hoping the the Drum Major awards show leadership within leadership, and that it also shows that I'm not just an Asian with the average music awards. I was the only Asian at the camp out of 200 :P</p>

<p>Please Chance! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your academics are pretty impressive; just try to get that SAT up unless you’re just planning to send that ACT. Your ECs are pretty good and your leadership roles are sufficient. However, an Asian with music will be seen as another typical Asian; but maybe universities will see your accomplishments and intense involvement in music as something that separates you from the bunch. </p>

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<p>Thanks! I chanced back. Yeah, I’m really hoping the other groups shine through, like the percussion group playing at a state conference, jazz band, and being best in command as a drum major</p>

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<p>You aren’t as typical as most Asian applicants, with drums and the like, and your academics are very good. Only thing to work on is the sats. Just curious, what math classes did you take 11th and twelth? You have some great academic ec’s and I am very impressed. But you have nothing finance related which is confusing, most of your ecs seem more targeted to Leadership/ premed. Good luck! Ou have a good shot</p>

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<p>thanks! yeah, i’m studying for the SAT’s. GAH vocab words. And i didnt take math my junior year, but next year i’m taking Physics with Calculus and also Differential Equations. Yeah, idk about finance. I’m actually thinking of premed, but i’m keeping my options open.</p>

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<p>Other than Michigan, they are all reach schools.
Better chances at Cornell, Northwestern, Rice and Wash U (if no FA).</p>

<p>Apply to Vanderbilt and Middlebury because being an Asian male might help your chances.</p>

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<p>As my own school’s drum major I’m jealous as ****</p>

<p>Good work.</p>

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<p>Sorry for double posting but</p>

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<p>HAHA what. I’m Asian and I know lots of Asian musicians, from what I read, OP is anything but typical.</p>

<p>Go write good essays and you’ll be a happy kid in the spring.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys for all the posts! I should also mention, I’m definitely the only Asian in my school. It’s a very rural town and the whole area is very country/farm oriented. Probably one of about 10 asians in our entire school district, not even exaggerating.</p>

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<p>Asian? Sorry, don’t even apply. 35 ACT Vals are a dime a dozen.</p>

<p>No, but really, you shouldn’t need to post on CC to verify this. Your chances are good.</p>

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<p>SUPER ASIAN! (except w/o the stellar test scores) apply to Duke or Wharton something Early Decision and hope for the best, you’ll probably get in with the boost of ED.</p>

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<p>What is your top choice? Princeton and Harvard recently restarted EA programs, and I’d definately apply EA (not binding) to both of those, or ED to Penn (because like 1/2 the class is accepted ED there). But your stats are great (Don’t worry that much about sat- you won’t be denied for a 2220.) and along with all of the other ECs, you don’t really need that ED boost</p>

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<p>thanks guys! Princeton and Harvard are both binding EA, so i can only apply to one. but how significant is that ED boost?</p>

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<p>Colleges love to see people apply for ED because it tells them that their school is your first choice and would go there even if you get in elsewhere. Well it’s not a golden ticket to that college, but with solid stats, chances are you will get in.</p>

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<p>If only you had 4 years of varsity basketball or something. You look kiiiiinda typical to me, but then again you gotta live in 16 different countries before you’re 16 years old and start 5 million-dollar businesses to be considered out of the typical range.</p>

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<p>You, like tons of people on this board imo, are qualified to apply to the ivies on your list. Like whatever ivy school said: a huge percentage of the applicants they get are good enough, but they can only take so many. in the end, the opinion of people on the chance board isn’t going to do much for ya. your time would better spent on getting started on the essays than on getting chanced. your stats are fine, so just focus on making yourself seem extra special/unique through the essays and cross your fingers. the only person who can get you into your dream school is you. what do we know? good luck!</p>

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<p>You are a very qualified candidate for any of the schools that you listed! As for your “anti-hook” it may hurt your chances a bit, but you definitely stand out! congrats on your achievements so far!</p>

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<p>u have a great shot at all of those schools! Good luck!
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<p>The biggest problem I see is a lack of focus in your EC’s. You seem like the jack of all trades person judging by all the EC’s you mentioned. Sure you may have done well in some of them, but nothing amazing. However, your internships are impressive and can make or break your application depending on how you “market” them to adcoms.</p>

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<p>You should get into anywhere.</p>

<p>chance me?</p>

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