Chance for Harvard EA PLEASE ^^

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying next year, so some of the things are educated guesses.
And also, chance me for regular decision Caltech, HYPSM, UMich, Berkeley please. Thank you.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720CR 800M 780W)
ACT:
SAT II: Physics- 800, Math II- 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 but 3 C (2 in sophomore yr, another for gym jr. yr)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP ENVIRONMENTAL 4
(these I'm guessing) APUSH 4 APENG 5 AP PHYSICS B 5 AP PHYSICS C Mech 5 APPHYSICS C E+M 5
Senior Year Course Load: most challenging (4/5 AP classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF probably... already NMSF with 223, National Honor Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): summer program summer observing weather phenomena, 1,500 hours of work over 3 years, National Honor Society (representative; probably treasurer next year), robotics team 2 years (member), math team 3 years (captain), science club 4 years (member), tutoring 1 hour/week junior and senior year, helping at school open houses
Essays: Above average
Teacher Recommendation: I asked my teachers for recommendations for summer program and they were extraordinary so the college recommendations will also be extraordinary
Counselor Rec: IDK but my school is small, so probably better than average</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: Chinese but I won't check off ethnicity box
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: enough for free lunch and SAT fee waiver
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college</p>

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<p>I’ll chance you for the ones that aren’t reaches on your list: UMI and Berkeley.</p>

<p>UMI: Low match (perhaps even safety)
Berkeley: Match</p>

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<p>How can you have a 4.0 but have 3 C’s?</p>

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<p>I’m not exactly sure about how your school calculates GPA :P, but your SAT score and extracurriculars are quite strong - I’d say you have a good chance of making it into Berkeley! :slight_smile: As someone who lives in NorCal, I’ll also say that UCs in general are kind of facing budget cuts right now and they’re therefore a lot more willing now than before to accept OOS kids. You also have a great chance at UMich! Based on the admits/rejects I know personally, Caltech would probably be a reach. And HYPSM are all reaches as well - don’t let that lower your hopes or anything, it’s just that those schools are reaches for EVERYONE. (:</p>

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<p>b/c I have 100/near 100 for all my other classes</p>