chance for MIT, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>chinese+male=death :(</p>

<p>SAT: 2210 (660, 800, 750: CR, M, W)
GPA: 4.86
Rank: 13/475
SATII: 790 Math 2, 730 Physics, 740 Math 1
ACT: 32
AP's: World History: 4, US ap: 5, Eng language AP: 5 (how the hell did i get a 5 on this and a 660 on my SAT CR),
currently taking this year: Chem AP, Physics C ap, Calc BC ap, US gov ap, English lit and comp ap</p>

<p>EC:
Engineering club, Model UN, Math team, School newspaper, yearbook, NHS, Technology club, Student Organization.</p>

<p>Webmaster for 4 clubs, Secretary, Editor for yearbook and newspaper, along with other positions such as treasurer, student representative.</p>

<p>Awards:
1st chem regional science fair
1st website competition
Science research achievement
RIT computing medal (irrelavant? idk)
certificate of community service from school (300+ hours) - volunteered with FEMA and have a little anecdote about it</p>

<p>engineering certificate (some random stuff school gives for best science and math and tech and comp)</p>

<p>Interview:
MIT....it was fun, talked for 90 mins till my mouth was dry</p>

<p>Research:independent research at city college of new york, will publish study in research journal</p>

<p>Recs:
Science teacher loved me, computer teacher loved me (unfortunately can't write to save a life), Counselor...didn't read but i think its good, Social studies: not sure....should be all right.</p>

<p>Other stuff:
Immigrated to america when i was 10 (my essay is also on this)
first generation if that matters
Will retake SAT again to bring up CR by at least 50 points, it won't affect my MIT app. Of course i will prob get deferred. </p>

<p>But what do you think?</p>

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<p>Cornell: Match
Carnegie Mellon: Match
Columbia: Reach/ High Match
MIT: Well, here it gets complicated because you're Asian, and basically it is very difficult to get in if you are, everyone knows this. Because you say the Interview went very well, and if you did an ED application, I think you can get in because your courseload is very good. MIT(ED)- High match/Match, MIT (RD)- Reach Good luck, Chance me too thanks!</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/592997-help-help-potential-nyu-stern-applicant.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/592997-help-help-potential-nyu-stern-applicant.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>lmao....i think ur equation sums up college selection for all asian males. I think u will get into Cornell and CMU. High reach for CU just b/c of columbia's low acceptance rate. MIT....idk, flip a coin? u are a very competitive candidate, but so is everyone else. The interview might pull you through. Wow, 90 mins.....thats longggg.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot at MIT, but it's very difficult to tell since you are asian. Your sat score puts you in the running, especially your perfect math score. Your math sat 2 score of 790 is also very impressive. </p>

<p>Being a first generation college student will help you and might even cancel out the fact that you're asian. </p>

<p>You're also in luck with that MIT defers such a large amount of EA applicants that you won't have to worry about getting rejected. </p>

<p>Your activities and awards are impressive. You don't seem like the typical asian kid too much so you'll stand out from the crowd of other asians applying. </p>

<p>Your chances are above average and above the posted acceptance rate that MIT puts out there. maybe like a 20% chance? (considering MITs overall acceptance rate is around 10%).</p>

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<p>bump....anyone else?</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot at MIT, but it's so hard to tell because of the really low acceptance rate, same with Columbia. </p>

<p>Carnegie-Mellon and Cornell seem like matches to me. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>MIT - Reach (critical reading score is a bit low)
Columbia - Reach (reach for everyone)
Carnegie Mellon - Match
Cornell - High Match</p>

<p>Please chance me? I am kinda worried, especially with all the competition these days.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/593655-i-sent-my-ed-app-nyu-stern-will-i-get.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/593655-i-sent-my-ed-app-nyu-stern-will-i-get.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>well
if anyone from your school will get into MIT, its going to be you
i agree with the other replies. you have a good chance at CMU and Cornell
Columbia is pretty good
and MIT... well. I think you can do it.</p>