Chance Me at HYPSM, and Ill Chance you!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>sorry guys im not going for hypsm im going for columbia, gtown and northwestern but i hope you guys still continue to read</p>

<p>hi, im an asian american who lives in a pretty affluent community in New York will be a senior in 08, about 8-12% of each class goes to Ivy leagues each year, was ranked in top 20 high schools few years back</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Weighted: 4.4 (weird system of weighting), Unweighted 3.9
Class Size: ~220
No class rankings but top 10%
have taken the most advanced classes</p>

<p>AP scores
World History-5
US History-4
English Comp-4
Physics-4</p>

<p>Courses Senior Year-
AP Calc BC
AP French
AP Bio
AP Economics
AP Literature
Intel Prep</p>

<p>The main scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 760</p>

<p>SAT II: Chem: 760
Bio: 700
Math2: 720 (expecting 750-800 in october)</p>

<p>ACT: 32</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Sports: county swimmer, going on 4 year varsity swimmer, captain senior year
going on 2 year varsity volleyball, captain senior year</p>

<p>Music: (trombone) making a cd for colleges
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Principal
Going on the 4th years of all included:
Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Brass Choir (1st/2nd Chairs)
section leaders for all</p>

<p>Clubs:
Historian of National Honor Society
Secretary of French Honor Society
Active member of Math Honor Society
Member of Science Honor Society
Active member of Tri-M music society, hoping to be officer
Member of International Club
Member of key club</p>

<p>Research:Going on 4th year Intel prep at school
Summer research program at Garcia MRSEC
Applying for Siemens and Intel competitions (hopefully placing well)</p>

<p>Community service: 2 time treasurer and 1 time VP of church youth group (~150 members), spent about 10-15 hours per week on saturdays and sundays
Missions trip to Manaus, Brazil for 10 days
(not sure if these count but,)MetLife building performance with brass choir in NYC
various performances with jazz ensemble, marching band
various community service with clubs</p>

<p>Misc Awards:
2 time 9th place finalist for the National French Competition "le grand concour"
1st place and 2x3rd place finishes at Rohm and Haas science fair (local)
Highest, High and honors at Long Island Science Congress
Letters of gratitude and recognition for research from Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer</p>

<p>i left out a bunch of stuff but this is just a general overview</p>

<p>Where I am might apply as well...
GWU 7 year med program
University of Chicago
University of Michigan at Annarbor
Rice University
UC Berkeley
New York University</p>

<p>i really appreciate your time! thank you very much</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley out of state is a reach.</p>

<p>Is NYU for CAS or Stern. CAS is likely, Stern is a reach.</p>

<p>Columbia (the college) is a reach, whereas SEAS is a low reach/high match.</p>

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<p>You have a chance at all of them. Make sure your essays set you apart from other male/asian/new yorkers. Intel will help. I hope you place well. U of Chicago has great acceptance rates. Search it on this forum or under colleges. I am considering it also. Here is my link, let me know what you think.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=379450%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=379450&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Don't bother applying to UC Berkeley. It's OOS so it's as competitive if not more competitive than Ivies. Your grades and EC's are your major assets. However, your test scores could use some improving. I would feel safer with a 2300+ but a 2210 is a fine score. Columbia College is a reach, Gtown is a low reach as is NU. As for your other schools:</p>

<p>GWU 7 year med program-Not that familiar
University of Chicago-Depends on Essays
University of Michigan at Annarbor-Low Match
Rice University-Low Reach
UC Berkeley-Reach
New York University-Likely</p>

<p>If you want to go to Columbia a lot it seems like a great choice for ED, RD will be brutal.</p>

<p>Please chance me at:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361246&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Don't listen to anyone that tells you not to apply somewhere.</p>

<p>It's your life, and you should be the one making the decisions not some kid on the internet that knows barely anything about you.</p>