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[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a&gt; </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>