Chance a random guy. (UMD, MIT, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Hopkins, GaTech)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Male from suburban Maryland. 80K income. Top 100 public HS (Newsweek)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.00 WGPA: 4.74
Distribution
GPA: 3.0-3.5 34% 3.51-4.00 26%
WGPA: 4.51+ 8% (My school inflates)
So, the top designation is top 5%, which I have, but beyond that, I dunno.</p>

<p>SAT: 710 CR 740 M 690 (10) W Will re-take in November.
SAT IIs: 790 U.S. History 790 Physics 800 Math 2</p>

<p>Honors:
Math Honors Society (11, 12)
Science Honors Society (11, 12)
National Honors Society (12)</p>

<p>APs:
9: US Gov (5) 10: US History (4) Stats (5) 11: English Lang, BC Calc, Micro, Macro, World (all 5s) 12: Physics (both) Spanish Lang, English Lit </p>

<p>Awards:
National History Day - County level first place (10)
Medals in Science Olympiad in two tournaments (11)
Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist (12) - This is pretty prestigous, only 300 out of 5000 with GPA 3.7+ get it.
National AP Scholar (12)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:
Math teacher - excellent
Social Studies teacher - same</p>

<p>ECs:
Self-studying MV Calc and Diff. EQs (12)
President of Club (11 , 12) (This year is nuclear energy, the year before was mustaches and beards club (it was legit) )
Science Olympiad (11, 12) Got to be leader of an event for this year. ( 10 out of 40 ppl get this)
Chorus (9, 10) No distinctions, 3 best out of 7 basses, lol.
200 hours volunteering (9 - 12)</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Basketball (9 - 12) Couldn't make the team, but good essay material - I basically mentor this one guy (6 years old)
Reading books on physics, politics, etc. Politicking in general. (10 - 12)</p>

<p>Chances for:</p>

<p>UMD - College Park (Scholarship?)
Vanderbilt
Notre Damce
MIT
GaTech (Scholarship?)
Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>Thanks, and I'll chance back, give me the link.</p>

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<p>Hey, it’s the guy from the “chance me long and chance me hard” thread. Just to let you know I would chance you, but unfortunately I have no idea what those universities require (international student - haven’t even heard of a couple of your choices), except to say that MIT routinely turns down 2400s just because it can. I just didn’t want you to think I was being rude by ignoring you when you did me the favour of giving me your opinion.</p>

<p>Good luck applying!</p>

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<p>No problem, man.</p>

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<p>Bump10Char.</p>

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<p>UMD - College Park (Scholarship?) - match, I’m not too sure about a scholarship though
Vanderbilt - low reach/ high match
Notre Dame - low reach/high match
MIT - astral reach
GaTech (Scholarship?) - match
Johns Hopkins - low reach</p>

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<p>This is what I think
UMD - College Park - in probably with a good amount of money.
Vanderbilt - high match
Notre Dame - probably a high match (Notre dame is hard to tell since it is like 1/4 legacy, 1/4 athletes, and 1/4 URM)
MIT - reach (sorry, but you have a very low chance)
GaTech - low match, but probably no money. State schools are really bad at giving oos people money.
Johns Hopkins - low reach</p>

<p>Look at more schools ranked in the 15-40 range. You could probably get a lot of money from some of those places. </p>

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<p>MIT is actually in your range I think with that GPA and if you get a higher SAT score you will probably have a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>UMD - College Park (Scholarship?) match with money
Vanderbilt - definite match
Notre Dame - definite match
MIT - this, this institution which refuses to open it’s doors to normal human beings, the bane of my existence, is still a very slight reach. if you could get around a 2300 on your SAT you should be on your way.
GaTech (Scholarship?) definite match, unsure about the money.
Johns Hopkins - match</p>

<p>these are the best stats i’ve seen in a while…just work on your sat and you should be able to get in anywhere…no joke.</p>

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<p>Ga Tech has presidential scholarship which is full rider scholarship. But it is difficult to tell whether you can get or not since it based on many factors beside grade.</p>

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<p>Thanks, jim, dannav, and skas. ;)</p>

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<p>MIT never does something “just because it can.” Obviously it decided that those 2400ers weren’t a good fit for MIT, regardless of their test scores.</p>

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<p>Bump again.</p>

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<p>I’m gonna ressurrect this, I’ll chance back.</p>

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<p>I think MIT is not that impossible. If you raise your SAT I score and add some great essays showing your interest in science, you may have a chance.</p>

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