Chance for top schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright. I don't want ppl to recognize me, so I'm being very general with my stats... </p>

<p>Personal factors:
Asian American male</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0
WGPA: 4.74
SAT: 2400 superscore (1st time = 2330, 2nd time = 2360)
SAT II: 800 chem, 800 math ii, 800 history
PSAT: 231
AP: three 5's, and five coming soon, taking about 4 next year(?)
IB: two coming soon
Service Hours: 479 hours</p>

<p>Highlights:
- Accelerated Math track: took AP BC Calc in Sophomore Year
- IB program; most rigorous courseload offered by school
- Even though in IB, taking AP exams for some credits</p>

<p>How I spent summers:
2008: sleep
2009: sleep
2010: Internship in a biomedical lab at state university (not so legit, but who knows); Secretary of students' volunteer group at a local famous hospital
2011: Paid Internship in a government organization... (it is legit i promise)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
- 1st viola section in All Eastern Orchestra
- 1st viola section in All State, since 2008 (8th grade)
- ^ all regionals since 2008 too
- 1st place in two international competitions for music
- was in prestigious regional orchestra (best in the region) since 2008 (8th grade)
- Finalist in famous international competition
- honorable mention in another famous international competition
- Selected to play at DiCapo Opera Theatre
- Played solo at Kennedy Center, played w/ orchestra at Carnegie Hall
- 2nd place in regional competition (still, pretty legit - $500 award)
- finalist in local small competition -_-
- top ratings at state and local level festivals for music
- selected by all generational community band for scholarship, played with them
- um... and a small local orchestra from 2006-2009 if that counts...
- student of the month for english
- school's english dept. award, and science dept. award (for year)
- recognized by school as one of the award winning students in community</p>

<p>School Clubs
- Founder and president of a service club for 3 years (pres all three years)
- Founder and co-president of another service club for 2 years (copres all two years)
- Co-Pres for one honors society (copres 12, member 11)
- Director for another honors society (member 12, director 11, member 10)
- Co-pres for an academic club (copres 12, secretary 11, member 10)
- Secretary for one honors society (member 12, sec 11, member 10, member 9)
- Marching Band (member 12, 11, 10, 9)
- Biology Tutor (12, 11)
- National Honors Society (12, 11)
- another honors society (12, 11)</p>

<p>Teacher Rec's
- English teacher: asked me if she could write one for me... so i guess, good
- Bio teacher: says he'll give me top rec
- another science teacher: idk... i asked before i asked my bio teacher... i think i'll just go w/ bio and english</p>

<p>Counselor Rec
- good relations.. she says she wants to adopt me..?</p>

<p>Faults with my Resume:
- my intended major is science, but i've only got 2 internships and a school award for it. seems like my passion is music, but it's not. i dont like music that much, it likes me apparently</p>

<p>Colleges I'm thinking about </p>

<ul>
<li>Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, Brown, Cornell, WashU, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Dartmouth, Northwestern, UChicago, Carnegie Mellon</li>
</ul>

<p>can you "chance" me for the schools above? (reach, match, or more specific)</p>

<p>thank you.</p>

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<p>18 views, not 1 post? </p>

<p>please chance so i can make some smarter decisions about where to apply :)</p>

<p>thanks a lottt in advance</p>

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<p>Harvard, reach
Yale, reach
Stanford, reach
Princeton,reach
Duke, high reach
Brown, match
Cornell, match
WashU, match
Rutgers, safety
Johns Hopkins,match
UPenn, low reach
Dartmouth, high match
Northwestern, match
UChicago, high match
Carnegie Mellon, match</p>

<p>I don’t think your ECs correlate too well with what you are going to do, but excellent ECs and your 2400 superscore/4.0 UW are outstanding.</p>

<p>Chance me back btw :D</p>

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<p>You will probably get into at least half of the schools mentioned. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Honestly, for the purposes of college admissions, you should probably just pretend to be most interested in music. You have demonstrated ability and passion there, so stick with it for now.</p>

<p>These are all pretty random, but:</p>

<p>Harvard, reach
Yale, reach
Stanford, reach
Princeton,reach
Duke, low reach
Brown, reach
Cornell, match
WashU, match
Rutgers, safety
Johns Hopkins, match
UPenn, low reach
Dartmouth, low reach
Northwestern, match
UChicago, match
Carnegie Mellon, match</p>

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<p>Your information looks really good. Admission in to the ivy league is a crapshoot for almost everyone. At this point, it will be up to your essays and evaluations </p>

<p>Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Harvard: Low Reach
Yale: Low Reach
Stanford: Reach
Princeton: Low Reach
Duke: High Match
Brown: Low Reach
Cornell: Low Match
WashU: Low Match
Rutgers: Safety
Johns Hopkins: Low Match
UPenn: High Match (Unless Wharton)
Dartmouth: High Match
Northwestern: Match
UChicago: Match
Carnegie Mellon: Low Match</p>

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<p>Ivies + Stanford + duke are reaches/high reaches
WashU/northwestern/johns hopkins - low reaches
Rutgers is a safety</p>

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<p>Harvard: high reach. 15% avg.
Yale: high reach, same percent
Stanford: high reach, “”%
Princeton: same “”%
Duke: mid reach if applying RD, low reach/high match if ED 35% RD, 50% ED
Brown: mid to high reach 20%
Cornell: ED high match or low reach, RD mid reach (55% ED, 30% RD)
WashU: match to high match; 60+%
Rutgers: in with merit money; 100%
JHU: low reach high match, 50%
UPenn: mid reach 35%, ED high match 55%
Dartmouth: mid to high reach, 25%
northwestern: match, 65+%
Uchicago: high match, possibly merit aid
Carnegie Mellon: match, 70+%</p>

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<p>ECs ok but not great. That along with academics makes for a “cliched Asian applicant.” I know that sounds wrong, but it’s true. With a 2400 and good grades, along with the great majority of your ECs having to do with music, you’ll look like many other applicants they are going to see, especially Asian and Indian, as they are prone to very high grades coupled with musically-inclined ECs.</p>

<p>Not many ECs or other activities really match up with the intended science major.</p>

<p>Also, the lack of summer activity could hurt. Maybe just stress this summer’s activity so that they don’t just see “sleep” for 2 summers in a row.</p>

<p>Maybe try to capitalize on the music stuff as a central theme for your app? Many adcoms say having a “theme” has become the new way to go. That could help.</p>

<p>Good luck! I’ll give you my opinion:
Harvard- high reach
Yale- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Princeton- high reach
Duke- reach
Brown- reach
Cornell- low reach
WashU- reach (“Tufts Syndrome” aka they reject “too-good” applicants a lot)
Rutgers- safety
Johns Hopkins- match
UPenn- reach
Dartmouth- mid to lowerish reach
Northwestern- low reach/ pretty high match
UChicago- high match/ low reach (they are all about “fit”)
Carnegie Mellon- match (a bit highish maybe for science)</p>

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<p>I think your music awards and music related ECs help your chances.</p>

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<p>Jesus u are such a stereotypical asian</p>

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<p>You have as good of a chance as anyone</p>

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<p>Looks good, but there’s nothing “beyond the ordinary” to set you out from the crowds of asians that apply</p>

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<p>I don’t think “crowds of asians” get 1st in two international music competitions. Anyways, I think you have a swell chance at all the schools except for HYPS which are crapshoots.</p>

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<p>the fact that i go to a SUPER competitive school might not help much :(</p>

<p>my school doesnt rank,
but if i did, i feel like i’d be #10 -_-"
definitely not in top 4</p>

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<p>very good chances!!! best of luck out there.</p>

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<p>If the school needs a viola you are a sure admit.</p>

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<p>“the fact that i go to a SUPER competitive school might not help much”</p>

<p>I attended a SUPER competitive HS and I think I know what you mean. It is rather difficult to stand out since there are so many high performing students.</p>

<p>There is nothing much you can do about it. If I were you, I will apply to many colleges and apply EA to the colleges that like your HS.</p>

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<p>thank you guys! your predictions were a big help, esp when i compared them with my own</p>

<p>more replies are welcome from anyone who sees this thread :)</p>