CHANCE for CMU, Cornell, UMich!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances for CMU, JHU, Cornell?
Asian male who immigrated here at age 8
Attends one of NYC's private Ivy League Preparatory Schools</p>

<p>Freshmen year grades
Bad 4 c's
Sophmore year grades
AP AB Cal- A-
chem A-
Game Design and Programming A-
english C+
french C
Speech B-
History B+
Music Theory A</p>

<p>Junior year
AP BC Cal A
AP Physics B B+ Caught off guard at first, also my tutor messed me up, however, got full marks second Semester</p>

<p>AP Computer Science A B+ changed teachers 4 times, including a college student and a c++ programmer, not a java programmer. Really confusing</p>

<p>AP US History C+ ( one term paper brought me down from a b+ to a c+)</p>

<p>English B- - did bad first semester, nearly failed. However, got a B+ second semester by learning from trial and error</p>

<p>French C+ - My teacher taught by speaking, hardest class I've ever taken because I could not understand the grammar rules when she isn't drawing diagrams or writing the sentences on the board.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2080, expecting 2200 or more next time.
SAT II: Math IIc 800, Chem 760, Physics 760 (could have done better), US history 730</p>

<p>Recs and essays are better middle and excellent, leaning more towards excellent</p>

<p>Senior year load
MultiVariable Calc
AP Chem
AP Physics C
AP Stats
Advanced C++ programming
English
American Politics/Econ (each 1 semester)
Expecting to get all A- except for english, which I'll probably get a B</p>

<p>ECs:
sports manager for 2 years, quit junior year. It took up a lot of time and I think this is why my grades were so low
school newspaper for 1 year
math team/club for 2 years
peer tutor for 1 year
NYSSMA level 6 piano player
Did 5 years of medical research, but on record it is 2 years due to age restrictions</p>

<p>Planning to Major in ChemE, SoftE, Math/Applied Math, CS, Biochem, Business.
What are my chances for</p>

<p>CMU(CS, Tepper, CIT)
JHU
cornell
RPI
Georgia Tech
NYU(stern or college of arts and sciences)
BC
URoch
UMich</p>

<p>Applying to UChicago and Caltech, but I have a low chance of getting in</p>

<p>other schools?</p>

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<p>Sorry to say this, but your GPA isn’t good. Your ECs are okay, but besides the medical research (which you should definitely play up on your application/essays) you don’t have much. What scores have you gotten on your AP examinations? You should shoot to improve your SAT, but your Subject Tests are great (don’t worry about the physics one, 750+ is great and your 730 U.S. History will only be viewed as a positive addition to your resume). Make sure you have a great essay and recommendations.
Assuming you get good grades in your Senior year classes, raise your SAT to 2200+, and have good essays/recommendations:</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University - reach for CS, not sure for others but probably high match
Johns Hopkins University - reach
Cornell University - low reach/reach
University of Michigan - match
RPI - high match/low reach
Georgia Tech - high match
NYU - low reach
Boston College - high match
University of Rochester - match
University of Chicago - low reach
Caltech - probably reach</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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