chance for USC, Cornell, Duke, Emory, UChicago, Northwestern, Tufts, JHU, BC, NYU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I am a senior and I've been researching up some colleges but I have no idea if I have a good chance at some of these schools so help me out please! =) oh yeah, ill chance back if you guys give me a link.</p>

<p>Background: I am a first generation asian male living in Southern California
Major: premed, I wanna do biology or biochem but since I never took SATII Biology I'm trying to go as a chem major and then switch. </p>

<p>Grades:
9th Grade:
Algebra 2/Trig H
Bio H
Eng I
Spanish I
PE
Computer/Health
10th Grade:
Ap Euro
Chem H
Eng II H
Ap Calculus AB
Spanish II H
Golf
11th Grade:
Eng III H (weighted class)
Ap Chem
AP US History
Spanish III H (weighted class)
Ap Calc BC
Golf
12th Grade:
Ap Biology
Ap Engish Language
Ap Economics/regular Civics (combined class)
Ap Statistics
Golf</p>

<p>I got straight A's in freshman 2 B's in first semester sophomore (spanish II H and calc ab) straight A in 2nd semester sophomore 1 B in first semester junior (Eng III H) and 2 B in 2nd semester (Eng III H and SPanish III H). As of now, I have straight A's in my Senior year and I think I could maintain it. 5 B's total, 9 ap classes, 2 weighted honors...unweighted rank is like 101/825...as you can see I go to a very competitive school xD</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Calc Ab 5 Calc BC 5 Ap chem 3 (i blanked out on free response portion =( )AP us history 4 Ap Euro 4</p>

<p>Sat's
2140 (800 math 680 CR 660 Writing)
SAT II's
U.s History 670 (will retake October) Chem 680 (will retake October) Math II C 770 680 Korean (-_- will NOT retake)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Eagle Scout
Won a writing competition
Golf 3 yrs by end of senior year
Historian of Key Club, one of the largest clubs at our school
went to mexico 3 times to help the poor as part of Student Legion of Mary (from church)
volunteer for 4 years at church helping mentally challenged kids
altar server at church 2 years
Volunteer at hospital helping the elderly over senior summer
National Merit Scholar (not sure about semifinalist yet)
attended a leadership course sponsored by UC Merced
attended a summer leadership course in a military bootcamp-like school (forgot the name but I have records of it somewhere xD)</p>

<p>I have over 500+ hours community service from church alone, probably around 700 or so combined?</p>

<p>I am fairly confident I can get great letters of recommendations from my ap chem, ap us history and glc.</p>

<p>Chance me for these schools!:
USC
Cornell (can you guys also chance cornell for RD and ED separately?)
Duke
Emory
UChicago
Northwestern
Tufts
JHU
BC
Nyu
UC Berkely, LA, san diego, irvine</p>

<p>Thanks for your help in advance! =)</p>

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<p>Long list, but here you go.</p>

<p>USC - High Match
Cornell RD - Reach
Cornell ED - Match
Duke - Reach
Emory - High Match
Chicago - Reach
Northwestern - Low Reach
Tufts - High Match
JHU - Low Reach
BC - Match
NYU - Low Match
Berkeley - Low Reach
UCLA - High Match
USCD - Low Match
UCI - Low Match</p>

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<p>I agree with the poster above me, but your SAT IIs might hurt a bit.
Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/999276-chances-some-reaches.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/999276-chances-some-reaches.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys for your thoughts! Couple questions though. If I raise my chemistry score to around 770 and u.s history just over 700 will it increase my chances drastically? What other weak points do I have in my application?</p>

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<p>^It will help, but definitely not drastically.</p>

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<p>Do you have any other suggestions besides increasing my Sat II scores on how to increase my chances? What other things do I lack that other applicants competing in these schools have?</p>

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<p>Besides SATII, you really need ECS that are relevant to your major. For example, Bio or Chem competitions.
I think USC, NYU, and Cornell are pretty good match for you.
Can you give more feedback on <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1000761-chance-me-nyu-cornell-ucla-ucb-mit-etc-then-i-swear-chance-you-back.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1000761-chance-me-nyu-cornell-ucla-ucb-mit-etc-then-i-swear-chance-you-back.html?&lt;/a&gt; Detailed possible school…</p>