Chance for top engineering school!!!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Intrested in:
MIT
CalTech
Stanford
Cornell
UCBerkeley</p>

<p>Tkx for help. It's a bit long :(</p>

<p>Academics:
chinese american at strong school in minnesota
GPA: 3.88UW (rank 4th of 450), 4.42 W (ranked 1st of 450)
PSAT: only 217 should be a semi-finalist
SAT: 2240 CR 700 M 800 W 740
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, 760 Chemistry (Do i need to retake?)
I've taken/will take every AP class my school offers and I've scored 5s on 6 AP tests, and 4s on 1 AP test, and I plan to take the remaining 2 AP classes next yr. I am have taken up to college calculus 3 classes at the U of MN.</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer</p>

<p>I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries.
Summer internship at the University of Minnesota doing semi-individual research under a professor.</p>

<p>Activities</p>

<p>math team -4 yrs
science olympiad team - 3 yrs
Minnesota Youth Symphony (played in both the 2nd and 3rd highest levels of 4 levels) - 2yrs
School's chamber orchestra 2 yrs
Cross Country Running - 3 yrs
Track and Field - 3 yrs (didn't do it during junior yr)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards</p>

<p>Science Olympiad:</p>

<p>2nd Place in 2008 National Science Olympiad competition, 9th place too
1 Sliver medal at Regionals
Ton of invitational medals</p>

<p>Math Team:</p>

<p>10th grade:
27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school</p>

<p>11th grade:
6th place in division :(</p>

<p>Math League: 5nd Place in state this yr, 3rd place last yr, MVP both yrs</p>

<p>Passed AMC every yr since 9th grade and has taken the AIME every year. Highest score on the AIME was a 9</p>

<p>Captain nxt yr</p>

<p>Sports: Nothing significant</p>

<p>So along with my chances, I was wondering if I should retake my SATI or II and if the fact that I did well in 10th grade on math team but not so well 11th grade is going to hurt me. Again, thx for your help :)</p>

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<p>Hi cgar514! I'll chance you ... but can you chance me too? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Your GPA UW 3.88 is very good. Good job! Your SAT I is also very good; please don't retake those SAT Subjects!!! A 700 on USH doesn't mean that the admission officer at MIT will go ... "What?? A 700! This kid's a failure ... that means I'll have to REJECT him ... muahahahaha there goes his $100 application fee!" .... That won't happen in real life ... in our nerdy nightmares ... maybe. Anywho ... you have taken advantage of what your school offers by taking 9 AP classes in total ... good ... just watch out that you do have 2 AP classes your senior year, which is fewer in number than your junior year ... it may show that you're going for the easy route for the last year ... see if you can change your schedule around to deal with that. Your ECs are very good, and those honors and awards are highly impressive. It's very difficult to score a 9 on the AIME ... let alone pass the AMC 12 (I missed the passing mark by one question b/c I was stupid enough to not notice that they were asking for reciprocals on Question #2 ... let me see The reciprocal of 1/2 + 2/3 is 7/6!!!! God, I'm such an idiot) Anywho, colleges will know about your awesome AIME score, which does put you up with one of the highest-performing math nerds in the US, and that will impress admission officers alot more than an 800 on the Math Level 2 test. It definitely will rise eye-brows. </p>

<p>Overall, you're a good student, with a very sharp talent in math. Btw can you PM me about how you're so good on the AMC tests? I want to qualify and do well on the AIME next year .... thanks!</p>

<p>Chances:
MIT/Caltech: Slight reach (Nat'l honors in both science and math should help but your GPA and SAT I score is definitely not the most elite ... but it's okay)
Stanford: Slight reach to Reach ... it's a top Ivy, but your nat'l honors in science and math will also help.
Cornell: Safety match (Those honors should push you over the top)
UC Berkeley: In for IOS, but OOS will be a match </p>

<p>Good luck, and remember to chance me and PM me about the AMC/AIME!</p>

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<p>bump, chances plz :)</p>