Chance an Applicant

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Academic Information</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.83
Unweighted GPA: 3.94 (two B's, freshman year, all others A)
SAT: 2310
CR: 770
M:790
W:750
PSAT:231</p>

<p>School Information</p>

<p>Top 10 (at least) public HS in IL
Very Competitive
Sends 30 to Ivies a year
No Class Rank (grade size 700)
All Honors/AP classes for Academic Subjects
Will have taken these APs (10) before I graduate. All scores pending but AP Euro.</p>

<p>Chemistry
Biology
Calc AB
Spanish Lang and Comp
English Lang and Comp
European History - 5
US History
Statistics
English Lit
Microeconomics
Studio Art</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Origami - I LOVE ORIGAMI and have multiple parts about my involvement in it. I consider this the most interesting part about my application</p>

<ol>
<li>Founded a Club at school</li>
<li>Teach Origami at the local community center for free</li>
<li>I am a Youtube Partner and get paid $$$ by Google for making origami videos</li>
<li>I will very likely win an national origami competition (yes, they exist) and have my work on exhibition.</li>
</ol>

<p>School Clubs</p>

<p>National Art Honor Society - Board Member
Citizen Club - A politics based club which has heavy involvement in volunteering and fundraising for international causes. I am the VP
Origami Club - Founder and President
Student Newspaper Photographer - Our newspaper produces 40 pages a month.
Cross Country
Track and Field</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p>I play piano for fun
I volunteered in Taiwan with the Red Cross in Taiwan last summer
I won an honorable mention for an art piece (regional) in the Scholastic Art and Writing competition</p>

<p>Schools</p>

<p>UPenn - ED
Northwestern
UMich
Illinois Urbana
Brown
Duke
Cornell
WashU
Chicago</p>

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<p>Anyone?</p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>It seems pretty likely that you could get into all of those schools, considering your stellar ECs and your really good weighted and non-weighted GPAs.
I would say that UPenn is definitely a match, and probably Illinois and UMich are safeties. The rest are really, really good possibilities, if not matches.</p>

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<p>UIllinois is definitely a safety. Overall, you have an excellent shot at all of them!</p>

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<p>Origami = guaranteed acceptance</p>

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<p>Writing about your origami interest in your essay would look good seeing as you seem pretty excited about it. GPA is good, rigorous schedule, and SAT is great. I’d say you’re in for Umich, Illinois, WashU. Upenn is never guaranteed but you still have a good chance so it’s worth applying.</p>

<p>Cornell and Brown also go along with Upenn. You have a good chance but you should also have a safety school, which you seem to have.</p>

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<p>As unusual as Origami is, it is not likley to blow away any adcoms. A couple of clubs, track and cross country with little leaderhsip in any is going to present a real challenge for you in terms of EC’s to the elite schools. Even with your excellent academics I would suggest that you have challenging admits in front of you:</p>

<p>Penn - Reach
Brown - Reach
Duke - Low Reach
Northwestern - Low Reach
Chicago - Low Reach </p>

<p>Cornell - High Match/Low Reach
WashU - High Match/Low Reach</p>

<p>UMich - Safety
Illinois Urbana - Safety</p>

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<p>^Agreed. Also, you might want to take some SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>^^ I agree, but would put cornell higher and washu lower</p>

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<p>you need to take SAT IIs</p>