Chance for HYP + Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know I probably come a dime a dozen, but would you please chance anyway? I know HYP and the other Ivies are reaches for anyone, but also chance for matches such as JHU, UChicago, Duke, etc. Recommendations are also welcome. I plan on applying SCEA to Princeton, also.</p>

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<li>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, should rank 1/500-600ish</li>
<li>SAT: 2100 first sitting (sophomore year, lol)
2300 second sitting (740 CR, 790 M, 770 W)
^ should I retake? I definitely think I can pull up to at least a 2350, and considering I'm Asian my scores would be on the lower end of my demographic.</li>
<li>SAT II: 800s on Chem and Math II, 720 USH</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipino (under-represented Asian? idk, lol)
I go to a poor, noncompetitive high school in NJ lol. We had three Ivy League kids this year. One accepted to Harvard, one to Princeton and Yale, and one to Cornell and Dartmouth. None of them had above a 2200 SAT (one didn't even break 2000). </li>
<li>APs: Only took three this year (APUSH, Lang, and Chem, the most you could take). Self-studied AP Stats. Expecting 5s except maybe a 4 for Lang.</li>
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<p>Publications:
- Should have 5-8 DNA sequences published on NCBI by the time I apply to colleges (already have a few).
- Published by Oxford University Press for winning a biography competition with Gilder Lehrman. Co-authored with two other students from my school.</p>

<p>ECs (most important)
- Church. I'm the bassist and I practice and perform every weekend for about 8 hours, been doing for about 6 years now. Also a youth leader, helped with planning events, preparing programs, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
- Private unpaid SAT and math tutor to a kid.
- Research. Finalist for ISEF. Worked on project completely independently and used shanty school labs and equipment for my experiment.
- Waksman Student Scholars Program. I'd say you could call this a president-level position. I served as a teacher aide for about 15 students in a molecular biology class at my HS after attending a 3-week summer program. Teacher said it was the most successful class in the entire time she'd been teaching it.
- Served as captain of my unit for We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution competition. Class placed third in the state.
- Traveled alone to the Philippines to distribute crates of clothes, toys, etc. to family and other poor areas.
- Served as secretary for Science Club (just a fun experiment-based club, nothing special) this year. Should be president next year.
- Member of Democratic Club, worked on voter registration drives, etc. Should be president next year.
- Continually a high scorer from my school on the NJ Science League.
- Member of Academic Challenge team, should be captain next year. Team this year placed second at counties.</p>

<p>Prospective:
- Maybe Intel STS semi-finalist? Still working on another independent research project.
- Will be attending the New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences. Fairly selective program with about half of the attendees ending up at Ivy League schools. Princeton is usually the most common alma mater.</p>

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<p>FWIw, you are very much in the mix for all the schools you mentioned.</p>

<p>You are taking the most rigorous course load possible at your school (remember, in measuring rigor, you are not compared with all students; you are compared to the peers at your school). You’re grades cannot be topped (once, again compared to your peers). You’re scores are legit (could be better; could be worse).</p>

<p>The Ec that stands out to me is ISEF finalist. To get to ISEF, you competed with students from throughout your region (both public and richer privates schools). In that head to head competition, you were one of the few out of the many who advanced to Pittsburgh. The remainder of your ECs are great in that they show you to be dedicated to community as well as dedicated to what seems t be a theme in your resume - science. (that having been said, there are many other candidates wh will have similar type ECs.)</p>

<p>Your essay will be important; but I believe that you will be admitted to some fine schools and have several from which to choose. You have very good chances at JHU and the rest (and with an STS semi (a real speculation at this point) even better upside).</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input! You’re right on the spot with science being a major theme. I tried to make sure that my passion in science shined through while I made accomplishments in the humanities as well. Not necessarily to balance it out, but to show that I have diverse interests.</p>

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<p>hey , were you in the category “Cellular and Molecular Biology”?</p>

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<p>Wow, your application looks stellar. Perfect GPA and rank, awesome SATs, good APs, and awesome ECs. You have a better chance than many applicants for all the schools you mentioned. However, despite your near perfect application, acceptance into the Ivies, and most highly selective schools, is a crap-shoot for any applicant. After attaining an application like this, it all boils down to luck. Don’t get disheartened if you don’t find acceptance to your dream school(s), but again, you are very likely to attain acceptance to many, if not all your schools. Good luck! Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1358653-chance-rising-junior-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1358653-chance-rising-junior-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@truehype yess I was. CB035. You?
@rayyan0918 Thanks! I know it’s a crapshoot, I just wanted to know if I at least had some chances at a crapshoot lol.</p>

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<p>Ahah I was the asian guy you talked to across from you (:</p>

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<p>Gonna bump this, lol.</p>

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<p>your stuff looks awesome! :]</p>