<p>I'm trying to get some realistic insight on my chances for college admissions and see what I can do to improve. I'm considering some top level colleges, but I'm not sure if my stats necessarily provide me a chance for admission to some of these schools. If I don't have a chance at top schools - I feel that the time could be better spent working harder on my application for reach/match schools.</p>
<p>School Type: Public High School Residential Early Entrance College Program
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Location: Texas
Race/Gender: South Asian Male
Unweighted GPA: 3.9-4.0 depending on my performance in classes this semester.
Weighted GPA: School does not weight courses due to nature of program
Rank: School does not rank due to nature of program</p>
<p>SAT I Scores:
Total (single sitting): 2340
SAT I CR: 800
SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Writing: 800</p>
<p>SAT II: Taking May 1st</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>Business/Leadership/Public Speaking Oriented:
Texas Forensics Association State Tournament Finalist (4th) Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking (2009)
National Tournament for Forensics in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking Alternate Qualifier (2009)
National Economics Challenge Texas Regional and State Tournament - 1st Place. National Semi-Finals Qualifier (2010)
Future Business Leaders of America National Tournament Qualifier (Semifinalist) - Division Economics (2008)
Future Business Leaders of America State Tournament - Division - Economics 2nd Place (2008)
Future Business Leaders of America State Tournament Division Accounting II Finalist (3rd) (2010)
Future Business Leaders of America Area Tournament - Division - Finance/Banking - 1st Place (2010)
Texas State Stock Market Game - Regional Finalist (2009)
<em>Various other Misc. Public Speaking/Debate Awards</em></p>
<p>Science/Academic Oriented:
National Merit Semifinalist - Score - 236 (Expected)
Texas Regional Science Olympiad Ecological Sciences - 1st Place (2010)
US Department of Energy Regional Science Bowl - Quarter-finalist (2010)
Academic Quiz Bowl Team Event (Category General Knowledge) Finalist (2007-2009)
*Rare chance of Siemens-Westinghouse Semi-Finalist/Intel Semi-Finalist based on current Computational Chemistry Research"</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Future Business Leaders of America (9,10,11) - President
Junior Engineering Technical Society (9,10,11) - Community Service Coordinator
Academic Championship/WhizQuiz/Quiz Bowl (9,10,11) - Team Captain
National Forensics League Team (Debate) (10) - Vice President/ Co-Captain
Scientific Research: Current research involves learning of computational chemistry programs - GAUSSIAN, VASP, AB INITIO METHODS - to model a chemical reaction to enable the extraction of ethanol based on a organic cellulose based polymer (Lignin)</p>
<p>While I understand my EC's/Awards are weak, I plan on developing some of them further. You'll notice that a few of my EC's were broken up in the 10th/11th grade, this is because the school I go to is a 11th/12th school, so I kind of had to start over most of my student organizations/clubs other than the ones that were present in both my 9/10 school and 11/12 school. </p>
<p>I understand there's no point in asking for chances for schools like HYPSM - because they are essentially reaches for everyone. Instead, I'll ask for your input on other schools that are a little more predictable.</p>
<p>First of all, I plan on Early Decisioning the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania. You'll note that most of my ECs are oriented in this direction.</p>
<p>I plan on applying to either Engineering or Business/Economics at the following schools.</p>
<p>Cornell (Chemical Engineering)
University of Chicago (Economics)
University of California - Berkeley (EECS - Third Year Transfer to Haas)
University of California - Los Angeles (Computer/Chemical Engineering)
Harvey Mudd (Chemical or Computer Engineering)
NYU (Stern School of Business)
California Institute of Technology (Chemical or Computer Engineering)
Rice (Chemical or Computer Engineering)
Duke (Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern (Economics)
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper School of Business)
University of Michigan (Computer/Chemical Engineering --> Ross Preferred Admit)
Georgia Institute of Technology (Chemical/Computer Engineering)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Computer Engineering)
University of Southern California (Marshall)
Emory University (Goizuetta School of Business)
University of Texas - Austin (Business Honors Program)</p>
<p>Thanks Everyone.</p>