Chance for Uchicago, HYPS, MIT

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA - 4.0(unweighted), ~4.75 weighted
AP- National AP Scholar 10 AP's through Freshman and Sophomore Year, 5 5's and 5 4's. </p>

<p>5s on:
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Statistics
Environmental Science
Human Geography</p>

<p>4s on
Biology
World History
US History
Language and Composition
US Government </p>

<p>Courseload Junior Year:
IB Chem (will take AP Chem exam), IB Contemporary History, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science AB, AP Physics B, AP Literature and Composition/IB English </p>

<p>ACT- 34
SAT II- 800 Math Lvl 1, 800 Math Lvl 2, 760 US History
Captain of Mu Alpha Theta
Math Tutor at School
Help Run an Math Competition Invitational with more than 800 participants
Treasurer for Science Olympiad
Volunteer at the local hospital
Volunteer for a kids summer camp ~120 hours
Teach a math class for 22 kids online</p>

<p>Major Awards:
2nd Mu Alpha Theta State Individual 2013
7th Mu Alpha Theta National Individual 2013
AIME Qualifier 2 years (hopefully usamo this year) </p>

<p>Weakness:
PSAT Score - 210</p>

<p>For demographics: I'm an Asian Male and family income is ~150k
Chance me please! With all the college early decisions coming out, I started wondering how I would fare for next year. Thanks~!</p>

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<p>They are all reaches (for everyone!). Your academics are stellar, and your PSAT score doesn’t even matter. I think you should apply to some lower tier schools as well, such as UCLA, Berkeley, and USC. You will definitely get in those.
MIT: low reach
HYPS: reach
Uchicago: reach
With that being said, I think you will definitely get in one of the schools you mentioned. Focus on your essays. Make them unique and not cliche. Best of luck</p>

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<p>You can definitely get into Chicago if you pay close attention to essays.</p>

<p>Pretty low chances for HYPSM, but the fact that you have any chance is good considering that most people don’t even qualify.</p>

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<p>Thanks both of you!</p>

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<p>I am going to also apply to Duke, Wash U, Northwestern for sure and I’m uncertain about the rest. I’m not sure how I would fare at any of those schools but from what I read, it’s a lot easier to get into those than the ones I listed above. The California schools are too far (East Coast) and I’m not sure if it would be financially great. I’m looking into other schools a bit closer to the East Coast.</p>

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<p>Your well qualified but you never know with these schools. Im confident that you’ll get into at least one though!
Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1595052-chances-harvard-cornell-penn-brown-johns-hopkins-duke.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1595052-chances-harvard-cornell-penn-brown-johns-hopkins-duke.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You are very well qualified, but HYPS are reaches for everyone. I’d say high match/low reach at Duke, UC, Wash U and NW. I like the username by the way!
Chance back: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1590399-chance-me-top-schools-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1590399-chance-me-top-schools-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You have a good chance at all of those. Obviously you won’t get into all of them, but you’ll definitely get into at least 1 or 2</p>

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<p>NO chance at MIT without SAT subject test in one science.</p>

<p>UChicago takes more Asians than HYPS.</p>

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<p>Thanks rhg3rd for that point, I’m taking SAT Physics and Chemistry this year and expecting 800 on chem and high 700s in physics. I will be sure not to forget that.
Thanks SBlizzard, sjh, scderek! I’ll chance you guys back too!</p>

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<p>What more can I do to come as close as possible to guaranteeing at least one of HYPSM</p>

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<p>HYPSM- reach (for anyone)
u chicago- high match/low reach just write a good essay. good luck
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1605147-chance-my-cousin-please-i-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1605147-chance-my-cousin-please-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>HYPSM: reaches (for anyone)
UChicago: mid-reach</p>

<p>But you could very well get waitlisted/denied at UChicago and into 1-2 of HYPSM.</p>

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<p>Thanks @bradybest and @showmestate700
I chanced your cousin back @showmestate700.</p>

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<p>All of these schools are on the same level. MIT/HYPS/UChi are all about equal. You have a long shot. You are upper middle class, asian, no sports, nothing standing out. Not being harsh but your chances aren’t that great. That said, you should still apply because you could pull a great interview or write a good essay that makes you stand out. There’s a lot of wild cards out there. I wouldn’t be surprised to see you get rejected from all of these schools. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see 1 maybe 2 acceptances</p>

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<p>@statlanta, thanks for the honesty. So what is considered to stand out in your opinion?</p>

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<p>They are all reaches unless you have hooks.</p>

<p>I applied to all those schools and I think I had better numbers and ECs than you do.
Got into 1
1 WL
and 4 rejection</p>

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<p>HYPSM and Chicago RD admit rates will be below 7%.</p>

<p>And you are an Asian… below 3-4% for you</p>

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<p>“You can definitely get into Chicago if you pay close attention to essays.”</p>

<p>Don’t listen to Petersuu…</p>