chance for Stan and Chicago and Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-About myself: Southern asian, male
-Unweighted GPA;3.96
-Weighted GPA;5.1
-# of AP/IB/honors courses; 15 Total AP, 7 senior, 5 junior and 2 sophmore, 1 freshman
Senior Schedule
AP Physics B
AP Statistics
AP Micro
AP Macro
AP US Gov
AP Lit
AP Euro
-class rank/size: 4/650 - when they get midyear report i will be 3rd =]
-SAT/ACT scores
ACT-30 ( i know it SUCKS, i took october and im taking december, HOPEFUL 34 =])
-SAT II scores
Taking BIO and MATH2 in DECEMBER
Work Experience
Interning at Optometrist's office as pre-eye examination procedures assistant
I also work at a mortgage brokerage office to help pay for my "extra money"
Clubs
Cooking Club - cooking is a hobby - co-founder/co-president 9th grade
NHS - committee chairperson for conducting the tutoring program we have
SNHS
Mu Alpha Theta - math national honor society - historian
PreMed 10/11 grade - 12 bad sponsor
-ECs --
Varsity Bowling! - yes its fun for me and i actually do well without intention
Service Leadership Congress - model UN setting where we debated about global issues and their solutions during summer before senior year.
Photojournalist - another hobby
Tennis: Private Team, we still compete but on a private level. It's rediculous at my school to get on the team ugh. </p>

<p>Community Service:
Committee Leader of a group that dedicates 10 hours a month towards second harvest food bank for a total of 100 hours and nominated for Presidential Service Award in 2009
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
American Heart Association Event coordinator
Ronald Macdonald House - i cook (hobby) for families who are in need of financial aid for their ill children...so sad...
Special Olympics, usually comes to my town for events like track, swimming, etc twice a year </p>

<p>-honors/awards --
AP English Language Award
AP Human Geography Award
Anatomy "King" Award for overall highest grade
Volunteer Award at Pasta for Pennies Fundraiser
AP Scholar (i forgot the rest of it)
TOP TEN scholars in freshman sophomore, and junior class (three awards)</p>

<p>Recs
Counselor: Great - she wants me to get in everywhere for some reason
AP Economics: Godly - read it
AP Chemistry - haven't read it, but i got my ap score changed from a 1 to a 3 cuz it was her first year teaching and almost everyone got a 1, so im guessing itll be showing my commitment towards a goal</p>

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<p>OK...so IMO you are a pretty decent candidate. I do hope however that you were more positive in decribing your accomplishments on your applications. You have good stats, not incredible but very solid. Write an amazing essay and pull together all your extra curriculars. You have some amazing things you have involved yourself in. Be Proud!
Good Luck to you! :)</p>

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<p>you should get into all of those schools</p>

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<p>thanks guys, and yes and im hoping i did make my accomplishments more positive with my resume and common app.
and kmitch09 what part of the stats are not incredible that i should work on from now until december?</p>

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<p>oooh. Cooking club.</p>

<p>In other news: you're basically all set. :D</p>

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<p>I think you should feel a little cautious about all of these schools. While you're a lock at most universities and liberal arts colleges, Stanford, Columbia and Chicago are some of the toughest schools around. I don't want to get your hopes down; just keep in mind that each school receives some of the best applicants in the nation, and you have a good deal of competition.</p>

<p>I think Chicago is a high match, but Stanford and Columbia--though I hate to say it--still seem to be reaches. Best of luck, though! </p>

<p>If you'd like, you could evaluate my own chances: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/593381-middlebury-hamilton-amherst-do-i-have-shot.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/593381-middlebury-hamilton-amherst-do-i-have-shot.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>P.S: Now that I think about it, your cooking and charity extracurriculars make you a very unique candidate. (Who else takes time to cook for disadvantaged families?) On that note, I'd say you're a high match at Stanford.</p>

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<p>bumpbump!!</p>

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<p>the only test scores you list is your ACT, so we don't have much to go off of.</p>

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<p>I did not take the SAT I, ill be taking th SAT II though. Is that the part of my stats the iffy?</p>

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<p>bumpppppp.</p>

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<p>you should at least list your AP test scores, since you already took eight, also, you need higher than a 30.</p>

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<p>i think that you have a good shot at all three schools! congrats on your hard work! chance me back!</p>

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<p>a person I know had similar credentials to you and a similar background/ethnic background... here were his stats...</p>

<p>Freshman year:
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP Physics B
AP Stats</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP US History
AP Calc
AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
AP English</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Modern European History
AP US Government
AP Comparative politics
AP Spanish
AP Physics C Mechanics
AP Physics C electricity and magnetism
AP Bio</p>

<p>SAT: 2350</p>

<p>ACT: 36</p>

<p>800's on all 3 SAT IIs</p>

<p>Some speradic EC's... similar to yours....</p>

<p>In At:
Harvard
Princeton
etc.</p>

<p>So I say you have a shot :)</p>

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<p>yeah, except the op doesn't have a 2350, 3 800s, and doesn't list his AP scores. not to be negative or anything, i'm just saying that they aren't that similar, except for the number of APs taken.</p>

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<p>bumped up.</p>

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<p>it has been a while, since new decisions are out. anyone?</p>

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<p>I think you're in at UChicago!</p>

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<p>With how Stanford decisions are looking I'm gonna have to say rejected there. You have a chance at Columbia and Chicago (depending on essays) though!</p>