Chance for a Chance

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a High school junior and I just wanted to see possible chances at some interesting schools to me</p>

<p>White, 11th grade
Taken all honors and 1 AP fresh/soph years( got a 5)
GPA so far: 3.79 UW/ 4.27 W
Don't now my PSAT scores yet, Plan on taking SAT twice
Will take SAT MAth II, World History and Physics by October 2012
I took a Practice ACT and got a composite 32, will take the actual one later.</p>

<p>My Junior year classes look like:</p>

<p>Honors English 11
Honors Spanish Lvl 4
Honors Physics
Electric engineering course/ Digital
Global issues
AP world History
Honors Precalc (RL= rapid learner/more in depth)</p>

<p>Senior Year:</p>

<p>AP Calc BC
AP physics C
AP Comparative Politics
Honors English 12
AP Environmental science or AP Chem(double period)
Philosophy</p>

<p>EC's:
-2 years JV football
-will be two years of Water polo, which a friend and I co founded and co captain(Only public school in area)
-Robotics up to 2 years (could be treasurer next year?)
-Looking for internship at either NIST or NOAA
-Key club member </p>

<p>Volunteer work:
165+hrs working at a elderly home (fixing things, helping individual residents), Food stand, went to disaster sites to help relief and rebuild.</p>

<p>*I also took a UMD math test that offers full scholarship (don't know what I got yet) and Plan on taking AMC 12 though I failed last year.</p>

<p>I love Mechanical/aerospace engineering so my school list is</p>

<p>RPI
CMU
WPI
Cal tech
UC berkley
MIT(reach lol)
Purdue
Georgia tech
Maryland
U michigan
Cooper Union</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>It’s sad that we live in a day where this has to be the first line of your post.</p>

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<p>Not if you get a 2400 the first time!</p>

<p>Knowing nothing about the admissions procedures of these schools, I’d say you have a good shot at all of them except the ones you don’t have a shot at.</p>

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<p>but if I put Asian, is it OK? I didn’t want to but ive read some posts and based on your grades theres a little race assumption</p>

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<p>Well yeah, there is. That’s why it’s sad.</p>

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<p>…bump</p>

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<p>I believe you have a good shot at your schools. You should do well on your SATs , seeing that you are a good student with good grades and good EC’s. I like the robotics as well and key club should appeal a bit. Good luck!! </p>

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<p>Besides M.I.T. (High Reach) and UMich (Reach) I think that you stand a good chance to get into the rest of the listed schools. One of the weak points of your application are the EC’s. You should definitely aim for one internship and besides that work on your Robotics- club.</p>

<p>I’d be grateful if you could chance me back. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1235498-chance-international-ivies-other-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1235498-chance-international-ivies-other-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Some more input, thanks, I have been chancing back</p>

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<p>more chancing…</p>

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<p>please chance :slight_smile: for a chance</p>

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<p>Your GPA so far and your course rigor look strong, but I can’t really tell without numbers this early in the game. Your estracurriculars look a bit weak for those reach schools, but good enough for the safer ones. Here are the schools I know enough about to guess at:
Cal tech - high reach.
UC berkley - mid reach.
MIT(reach lol) - yeah, lol, high reach.
Georgia tech - probably in.
Maryland, U michigan - safety.</p>

<p>(and thanks for the chance!)
Good luck!</p>

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<p>i don’t think you are in for california tech or MIT, and the rest you are in pretty good shape for. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1238653-please-i-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1238653-please-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Caltech and MIT are both are slight reaches for you - continue to work hard junior and senior year, and you’ll stand a pretty good shot. It’s hard to say where you’ll come in because you don’t offer SAT scores. My advice would be continue your community service and ECs, they both seem pretty strong. Every other school on your list are targets. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks. I hope my PSAT score is good enough to reflect projected SAT. I am in Maryland if that helps anyone and the only legacy i have is my dad went to maryland for engineering. Does anybody know anything about ETH zurich</p>

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<p>Caltech/MIT - reaches for lust about everyone</p>

<p>RPI/Berkeley/CMU/Gatech/Michigan/Cooper- I think you’ll be fine if you can get at least 1400/1600 on the SAT. </p>

<p>WPI/Maryland/Purdue - I think you’ll get in unless you really have a bad day taking your SATs/ACTs.</p>

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<p>*just about…but there could be lust too.
a 1400 is like a 2100 now?? I’ve always liked CMU and RPI, but when I heard about cooper union I was like, a small school in NYC, interesting. Might visit next summer. Also, when do you propose is the best time to start writing essays? Near the end of Summer?</p>

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<p>Caltech and MIT are definitely high reaches. Berkeley is probably around a low reach. The rest you should be able to get into. Good luck to you! :D</p>

<p>Chance me please(:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1241354-decent-gpa-high-sat-1-weak-ecs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1241354-decent-gpa-high-sat-1-weak-ecs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I appreciate the input, does everything seem reasonable?</p>

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<p>I live in the area near RPI, and I know alot of students grades far lower than yours who have gotten in. Granted, most of them are girls, so that makes them a minority :P. you seem to have strong grades though and I’d say except for Caltech and MIT, which could still be possible, all your schools are solid target schools. Good luck! </p>

<p>Chance back please</p>

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<p>I just want a good engineering school</p>