Chance for Stanford, Rice, Duke, WUSTL...

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<p>For my son. Chance for Stanford, Rice, Duke, WUSTL, Cornell, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UC Davis, Davidson, Whitman</p>

<p>Probably a physics major, might want engineering if he does do engineering would drop Davidson and Whitman</p>

<p>California resident, one parent went to college
I think his gpa is around 3.78 unweighted. His counselor told him that his UC gpa is 4.2.
Test scores
PSAT 222
SAT 2200 CR 720 Math 740 Writing 740
Sat2 Math 730. He will most likely be retaking this in Oct
Sat2 Physics 760
Will have completed 10 AP classes and 1 college class, including AP physics b and c
4 years of foreign language</p>

<p>Plays AYSO Soccer and volunteer coaches soccer
Interact volunteer and other misc volunteer work about 150 hours total
Summer job at fast food place
UC COSMOS program last summer and a UC engineering internship this summer.
Vice President of Robotics club
Designed and built a motorized skateboard
Self taught electric guitar</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Stanford is too much of a reach. ED at Rice/Duke/WUSTL/USC will get him in for sure. Everywhere else is pretty much a guarantee so he should just apply to those RD in the spring. He has great chances.</p>

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<p>Duke would definitely be reachy, but I agree with everything else the previous poster has stated.</p>

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<p>I think coming from CA, with no exceptional ECs, Stanford is unlikely and Duke a reach, 50/50 at WashU, very good chance at all UCs, USC and LACs.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback! I’m not letting him do ED anywhere so that we can compare financial aid packages.</p>

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<p>You don’t have the strongest group for good aid. If aid is important, you may want to look at some better merit aid schools and/or some less competitive need based aid schools depending on which you need.</p>

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<p>Could you suggest some?
He wants to stay out of extreme cold, and small rural areas.
Should he try to increase his SAT score?</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>