Chance a rising senior

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am an Indian male. I live in New York and I will be a senior for the 08-09 school year. I go to a highly ranked and highly competitive public high school, with a large student body.</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.3
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
SAT I: 2230 (math-780, writing-750, cr-700)
SAT II: math level 2-800
biology-780
us history-770
AP tests: Calc AB-5
Biology-5
US History-5
Plan on taking:
Calc BC
English Literature
Statistics
American Government and Comparative Politics</p>

<p>Freshman Year Courses/Grades:
Geometry Accelerated- B
Biology Accelerated- B
French 2 - B
Language Arts 9 - A
World History - A
String Ensemble - A
Health - A
Physical Education - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Courses/Grades:
Algebra 2 Accelerated - A
Chemistry Accelerated - B
French 3 - A
American History Accelerated- A
Language Arts 10 - A
Symphony Orchestra - A
Drivers Education - A
Physical Education - A</p>

<p>Junior Year Courses/Grades:
AP Calc AB - A
AP Biology - A
AP US History - A
French 4 Accelerated - A
Language Arts 11 Accelerated - A
Symphony Orchestra - A
Health - A
Physical Education - A</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses:
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
AP English Literature and Composition
AP American Government and Comparative Politics
Physics Accelerated
Symphony Orchestra
Health
Physical Education</p>

<p>My school does not have A-, B+, B-, etc. It only has A,B,C,D, and F for letter grades. And it does not use class rank, but I think I am in the top 10%. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
President of Chess Club
Red Cross Club
Economics Club
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
National Honor Society
Math Honor Society
I play violin for school orchestra
I play classical Indian music
volunteer at hospital
volunteer at library in the summers
tutor at kumon learning center</p>

<p>Colleges I am considering (I plan to have a career in business):
NYU - considering ED
University of Michigan - considering ED
UPenn
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Babson College</p>

<p>I am open to suggestions for any other colleges I should consider.</p>

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<p>Hi sparkboy123 --- I'll chance you ... but can you chance me as well? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>First off, your thread title is absolutely horrible. It makes you sound demanding and impolite ... that's why no one has chanced you so far ... generally, intriguing thread titles do the trick ... I'm just saying that for future reference. </p>

<p>Your UW GPA of 3.8 is good, and you've clearly challenged yourself with more difficult classes such as AP and Accelerated classes. Something that also stands out in your grade transcript is your upward grade trend ... even though your courseload is getting progressively more difficult. That's good ... very good. However, I will note that UMich does drop all non-academic courses (including orchestra), so you'll have to recalculate your GPA for UMich. Just to clarify something, they don't have a ED program, they have a Non-restrictive Early Action program. Your SAT I is very good, as well as your SAT Subjects. Your ECs are very good, but I don't know if you have any leadership in those ECs. I like how you play classical Indian music ... interesting! </p>

<p>Overall, you're a good student. I'm gonna say that UMich is a very good school; however, OOS admissions tend to be more selective than admissions for IOS, and OOS students will get hammered by extremely high tuition rates (last I checked it was $38,000 for OOS --- I'm IOS so I get a 75% off discount!) ... what makes the matter worse for you is that UMich has a very bad financial aid program. (They care too much about research than to worry about undergrad students.) However, you're making a very good choice b/c UMich is known as "Harvard of the West" because as a public school, it has a WORLDWIDE reputation ... you'll go very far with a UMich degree. I can tell you're interested in Econ/Business, judging from your ECs ... you can also plan to apply for the Ross Business School Preadmit Program ... it's highly selective (they admit about 150 people/year), but it's very worth it b/c you'll have a BBA degree in 3 years from one of the most prestigious and respected business schools in the US (or world for that matter). I am gonna note that you will need to write another essay for the Preadmit program.</p>

<p>Chances:
NYU: Safety match
UMich OOS: Match
UPenn: Reach
Carnegie Mellon: Match
UVA OOS: Match
Georgetown: Match
Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign OOS: Safety match
Babson: Not familiar, but I heard they specialize in business. </p>

<p>Good luck, and remember to chance me too!</p>