Chance a URM AA Male

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective
Come from an Urban Public Highschool
ACT: 31 (E:31, M:31, R:34, S:29 W:TBA)
SAT: 1910 (CR: 620, M:680, W:610, 10 on Essay)
SAT II: Math II: 660, Chem: 620
GPA (4.0)- UW: 3.9, W:4.1
Rank: 1/538
Full IB Diploma Candidate (Maths SL: 6, Music SL: 5)
History HL, English A1 HL, Spanish B SL, Design Technology HL
APs- Calculus AB
Other courses: Physics and Orchestra </p>

<p>Subjective
Teacher Recommendations: Strong
Essays: Strong- interesting, not the typical topics and are developed well.
Interviews so far: All have gone very well, told that I have a different perspective compared to other applicants from my area.
Supplemental Recording- good, but the editing was not the greatest (it was hard trying to remove microphone noise)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Spanish Club (Treasurer)- I also tutor spanish students
Science and Technology Program (Senior Researcher)
Change for Children in Ghana (assisting a school get electricity in Ghana through fund-raising)
Union College Community Outreach
I Volunteer in a local Organic garden every summer where some of the produce is sent to the food pantry.<br>
Youth Orchestra- Participated in Annual benefit concerts for a childrens cancer center.
Leadership Workshops
Cello (8yrs)
Piano (9 yrs)</p>

<p>Work Experience
Bagging/ Stockboy at a local grocery store
Organic Gardening</p>

<p>Awards and Honors
Rensselaer Medal
Minority Achievement awards (One from a local university, the other the YMCA)
3rd Place State science fair, Senior Life Sciences Division</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes- in the process of applying
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering, but considering Biomedical as well.
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, sends a few grads to top schools every year
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not really sure- parents are divorced. Mom makes around 60k, dad makes around 30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, possibly music?<br>
Im a twin, and he is planning on going to college to (he has applied). </p>

<p>Strengths and Weaknesses: Im not really sure. It seems like some of my stats are fairly average?</p>

<p>Where I have applied (In ABC Order)
Brown
Case Western
Columbia
MIT
Northeastern
RIT
RPI
SUNY Buffalo
UPittsburgh</p>

<p>Also, if there are any suggestions to make this neater, please comment as well!</p>

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<p>Brown-reach
Case Western-in
Columbia-reach
MIT-reach
Northeastern -reach
RIT-in
RPI-match
SUNY Buffalo-in
UPittsburgh-no idea</p>

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<p>call me crazy if you don’t get into all of your schools! Well I don’t know much about MIT but still! I don’t know what the person above me is talking about: Northeastern as a reach !?!?1?</p>

<p>How often do you see an AA MALE that is number one in his class and has an ACT score of 31?</p>

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<p>I think you are going to get into all the schools. While some of the higher schools such as MIT and Stanford might be a low reach, you are a URM and will definitely get in.</p>

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<p>I’m only family with MIT, Brown and Northeastern.</p>

<p>Northeastern-In
Brown- High Match
MIT- Reach</p>

<p>The only thing I’m confused on is how you weighted is only 4.1 when you unweighted is 3.9. I’m not too familiar with the IB program, so I’m not sure if your schedule is very competitive or only moderately.
*I’m terrible with chancing to let you know haha… So take mine with a grain of salt. P.S. I updated my stats :)</p>

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<p>^^ Oh, I have a rigorous schedule. I decided to continue with AP Calculus over University Stats and take Physics with the Design Tech ( I have no study halls this year). Its just that everyone’s GPAs (the entire class) is a bit lower than normal. Instead of a 4.4 or something, I only have a 4.1 at the moment. MY GC says it might go up, because she suspects that there is something wrong with the computer system that calculates GPA (at one point it wasnt even weighting GPAs).</p>

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<p>Ahh I c. Well then I think you have a good chance anywhere.</p>

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<p>Brown- reach
Case Western- in
Columbia- reach
MIT-reach
Northeastern -in
RIT-in
RPI-in
SUNY Buffalo-no clue
UPittsburgh- no clue</p>

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<p>Brown-reach
Case Western-dunno
Columbia-reach
MIT-reach
Northeastern -in
RIT-dunno
RPI-match
SUNY Buffalo-in
UPittsburgh-in</p>

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<p>btw thanks for the chance</p>

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<p>Brown-reach? I don’t know much about this one.
Case Western-NO CLUe…sry
Columbia-low reach
MIT-low reach
Northeastern-DEFINITELY IN!!!
RIT-NO CLUE…sry
RPI
SUNY Buffalo
UPittsburgh</p>

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<p>Northwestern, Brown, and MIT are going to be really hard to get into with only a 1910 SAT. But I think you’ll have a good chance at Northwestern and Brown because you’re ranked #1 in your class. All you need then is something to demonstrates your passion and commitment to what you want to major in.</p>

<p>Ex. I have a friends who only got a 2000-some SAT, but is ranked pretty high in her class and is passionate about art. She did enough paintings in her house to open an art museum. So she got into UPenn’s School of arts and sciences.</p>

<p>I initially thought test scores determine everything, but I was wrong, and colleges are understanding. If you’re really passionate about your major, they’ll let you in. Everyone applying to high-ranking schools is going to have good academics, but you need something you spent on your own time to make yourself stand out from the crowd.</p>

<p>But some schools, like MIT, wanna see passion AND test scores, and basically require you to be perfect in every way, shape, or form.</p>

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<p>Brown -Low reach
Case Western - Not sure
Columbia - Low reach
MIT - Low reach
Northeastern - In
RIT - In
RPI - In
SUNY Buffalo - In
UPittsburgh - Not sure</p>

<p>Your URM status will definitely help you but those low SAT I/SATIIs along with the lack of ECs will hurt you.</p>

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<p>Brown-low reach
Case Western-match
Columbia-reach
MIT-high reach
Northeastern -match
RIT-not too familiar with
RPI-not too familiar with
SUNY Buffalo-in
UPittsburgh-in</p>

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<p>Brown - Low Reach
Case Western - In
Columbia - Reach
MIT - Reach
Northeastern - In
RIT - In
RPI - In
SUNY Buffalo - Safety
UPittsburgh - Safety</p>

<p>URM definitely helps</p>

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<p>@Significa and DarkKnight- Yeah, but my ACT score is 97th percentile ^^</p>

<p>I also didnt post all of my ECs, only my stronger ones.</p>

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<p>Brown - low reach, high match
Case Western - never heard of it, but in
Columbia - low reach
MIT - low reach
Northeastern - in
RIT - in
RPI - in
SUNY Buffalo - dunno
UPittsburgh - dunno
good luck !!!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chances you gave!</p>

<p>I think you’re in everywhere except MIT, Brown, and Columbia which are reaches.</p>

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<p>Brown - low reach
Columbia - low reach
MIT - pretty high reach (because they’re big on test scores)
Northeastern - in
dunno about the rest!</p>

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<p>while i am definitley sure youll enter all of your desired Universities easily speacialy Northeastern (UR WAY IN ) i still doubt you have a good chance at MIT … MIT always seeks perfection in every single way test scores , rec’s , EC’s etc. so i doubt about it, try though who knows? maybe you’ll be lucky and get accepted!!! Good luck any way :)</p>

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