Chance for northwestern, wash-u, etc....i will chance back!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello College Confidential community!</p>

<p>This is my first post but I have been lurking here for quite some time and I have found this website to be very helpful. I definitely owe my ACT and SAT score to CCers (Thank you silverturtle and xiggi!)</p>

<p>Anyways, here are the colleges I am considering applying to for biomed eng. as a premed:</p>

<p>Any BS/MD program in the Nation! (First Priority)
Northwestern
WashU
UIUC
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
Purdue
SLU
UIC
Rose-Hulman
Illinois Institute of Technology</p>

<p>Here is my background and stats:</p>

<p>Personal Info:</p>

<p>Asian Indian Male
Live in Central Illinois</p>

<p>Relevant Numbers:
4.0 UW GPA
School does not have weighted GPA or Class Rank.
36 ACT composite...36 math/sci/english, 35 reading
2310 SAT....800 M, 800 CR, 710 W</p>

<p>Relevant ECs:
Math Team...6th in state for individual Geometry
World wide youth in sci. and eng.....Biology, 1st regionals, 2nd sectionals, 6th state
Captain of Scholastic Bowl team
President of Students Embracing Diversity (club)
Founder and President of Health Professionals of Tommorrow (club)
Junior Varsity Tennis
Class Secretary
Active in religious activities</p>

<p>Relevant Volunteering/Shadowing:
100 hrs at nursing home
100 hrs at alzheimers center
100 hrs at local hospital
30 hrs physician shadowing</p>

<p>Relevant Work/Lab experience:
One summer (4hrs, 5 days a week) of research in a biochemistry lab, 50% chance of having my name published on the final manuscript
Media and Technology specialist for mothers business (design marketing things and research, buy, install, and teach software/hardware to mother and employees)
Currently writing an ACT guide book "Inside the 36 Mind", hope to get it published in print, if not that, then atleast on the kindle store</p>

<p>Chance me and I will chance you back, or proofread your essay, or really anything where you want a third party opinion!!!</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>Your college list is very strange.</p>

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<p>@20more</p>

<p>Why do you say that?</p>

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<p>You got great GPA and scores. Did you take any subject test?
You should have a decent chance for Northwestern and Washington U. All the other ones should be match to low match. Are you trying to get some merit aids? You should be able to aim higher.</p>

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<p>NW and Wash U are matches. Every other school on your list is a safety. I agree with @billcsho, you can definitely aim higher.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand why people think Umich Ann Arbor becomes a safety?
Northwestern, Umich and Washu in St Louis are all matches, the rest are lower than your standards. Aim higher.</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>You would likely be a candidate for a Camras Scholarship at IIT.</p>

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<p>Bump
10char</p>

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<p>Yeah…you should definitely aim higher.
I’m assuming you’re going to pursue Bio/chem
Aim for 800s for both Bio and Chem subject test</p>

<p>Great scores and academics and prizes
If your name is published in the manuscript then that’s good.
Make sure you are specific. Don’t just mention “biochem lab”; mention the specific research that you had done, for example “how neurons interact with other neurons when a person is nervous” etc.
The more specific you are, the less generic you can be, and that will help a great deal.</p>

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Chance back if you have the time. Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Bbbbbbbbump</p>

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<p>Northwestern-Low Match
WashU-Match
UIUC-Safety
University of Wisconsin-Madison-?
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor-?
Purdue-Safety
SLU-Safety
UIC-?
Rose-Hulman-?
Illinois Institute of Technology-Safety(IMO, UIUC is better choice compared to IIOT)</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for the feedback. I think that the overall theme is that I need to aim higher.</p>

<p>Can you please suggest some universities that may be match/high match/low reach for me.</p>

<p>I am definitely going to apply to NU, WashU, Umich and UIUC, but what others are “at my level”.</p>

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<p>I for one, think you should apply to at least 1 Ivy because your ACT score is almost perfect. I also believe that combined with your ECs and a killer essay, you’ll definitely get in.</p>

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<p>Try Duke, Cornell, and perhaps even Stanford. You should try a few Ivy caliber schools. These and NU should be low reach to high match for you. If you do apply a handful of these schools, you should be accepted by one or two. You know schools at this level is highly competitive. You may also want to try UCB along side with UMich and WashU as matching schools. UIUC and UWI would be great safety.</p>

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<p>Any more suggestions CC?</p>

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<p>Northwestern - High Match
WashU - High Match
UIUC - Low Match
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Safety
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor - Low match
Purdue - safety</p>

<p>Don’t really know about the others, so assume safeties, since your test scores and GPA, the main factors of admission, are excellent.</p>

<p>Northwestern might be a bit difficult to get into, but I think you have an excellent chance at getting into the rest. I didn’t see a single true reach school in there, so I would suggest getting some.</p>

<p>For biomed, it is blasphemy not to have Johns Hopkins on your list. Low Reach.
Duke is also good at bio, Reach.
Ivies in general aren’t that great for biomed, but UPenn is okay.</p>

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<p>Aim higher, you’re pretty amazing!
All of the schools you’ve listed are safeties, except for maybe a match at Michigan
WashU and Northwestern are high matches</p>

<p>Def look at some top school, maybe Johns Hopkins or Duke or even Ivys </p>

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