Chance and Advice Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First off, I'm an Asian male
Also, I am now a junior, so this is all tentative..
My high school usually sends 20-25 kids to good schools while most go to the state school</p>

<p>UW GPA - 3.7 with an upward trend
W GPA - 4.2
Class Rank - 41/254 (Could Change by the end of the year into being in top 10%)
Workload - Pretty Rigorous (Note that it's not the most rigorous it can be, didn't take APUSH at all and only took Honors English at Junior year =)
Also, I finished at Spanish Level 3 and couldn't move on to Spanish Level 4 due to scheduling conflicts, My guidance counselor said that she would send a letter explaining that had I been able to take it, I would have..Do you guys think that this letter will even do anything? Also, since I couldn't move onto Spanish 4, I ended up taking Italian 1 =&lt;/p>

<p>SAT 1: 2270 (1540) Only took it once..wondering if I should take it again
Math: 790
Reading Comprehension: 750
Writing: 730 (8 Essay.)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 750
Biology M: 770</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Chemistry: 5
World History: 5
At Senior Year, I would be taking (but don't think that the scores I would get would matter as I would take these tests in May, so the application process would have been done by then):
AP BC Calc
AP Biology
AP English
AP Government</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Freshman Year: Key Club, Band
Sophomore Year: Key Club, Varsity Tennis
Junior Year: Academic Decathlon (Made it to States), Key Club, Debate, Math League, Science League, Newspaper, Varsity Tennis
Senior Year: Academic Decathlon, Key Club, Math League (Treasurer), Science League, (Possibly Debate?), Newspaper (Possibly an Editor?), Varsity Tennis</p>

<p>Community Service: 200+ hours
Tutoring, Hospital, Babysat little kids while they waited for their parents</p>

<p>Distinctions:
National Merit (Most likely Semi-finalist)</p>

<p>Essays: Okay/Good
Recs: Okay, basically just the usual recs that teachers give to kids that they know to be bright and capable, but don't really know on a more personal basis</p>

<p>Now, Colleges that I would like to go to
Cornell: Dream School, would definitely ED if i can make it in there.
Columbia: Reach, I know..
UPenn: Another Reach =\
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Duke
Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>That's about it..If anyone can recommend me some colleges that would be around my level that's in the Northeast Region, would really appreciate it. Also, how bad does it look if I'm not in NHS? </p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this thread and replying</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Anyone? Please?</p>

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<p>Concerning J.Hop & UVA, here are my stats. Accepted to both,with $18,000 & $20,000 in gifts> Might give you a means of comparison. Good Luck! Everything looks impressive, but unfortunately being a chinese male would help you very much…</p>

<p>unW GPA - 3.97
Rank = 16/219</p>

<p>SAT
M-680
R-730
W-610 (10 essay)
Math II = 620
Bio= 730</p>

<p>ACT = 31</p>

<p>AP’s = Bio, Chem, Calc AB, Lit (all 5’s)</p>

<p>Extra C’s:

  • 3 Time All State Athlete
  • 2 yr Varsity Captain
  • 6 Time varsity letterman
  • Eagle Scout
  • VP Med. Club
  • Internships at International Pharmaceutical Company</p>
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<p>Advice: Get that Math SAT II up. You are an asian; a 790 makes you look much much worse compared to other asians.</p>

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<p>Err, that 790 was for the SAT I, on the Math Level 2, I got an 800…if that helps any =
And to tinydancer, judging from your stats, what’s really hurting me is my rank and GPA =(, I can’t really do much for either at this point though so I guess I’ll just pray that the adcoms see something in me that I don’t haha</p>

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<p>You need to read the common data sets for these schools. If 94% of the class is in the top 10% of their graduating class and you are not, the school is an unrealistic reach without a hook. When 40% of the class are recruited athletes, legacies and URMs, why would they bend below top 10% for someone without one of those hooks?</p>