Chance Me? (Bad ECs)

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 Math 800 Writing (10E) (12E - superscore)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800-Physics 800-Math2C 800-Chem 790-Bio(E)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (B in Chinese, freshman year, one semester)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/535 U/W Rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 5s. 1 4.
Physics C M- 5
Physics C E/M - 4
Chemistry - 5
Biology - 5
English Language + Composition - 5
AP Calc BC - 5
Environmental Science - 5 (self)
Macroeconomics - 5 (self)
Microeconomics - 5 (self)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very Rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]USAPHO - Quarterfinalist
USACHO - national qualifier (couldn't take because non-citizen)
AIME (4) AMC12 (104)
Scholastic Writing Awards - Gold Key (CA)
National Merit Semifinalist
Wondercup Finalist
Some School-Wide Awards (Honor Roll, Top of the Class, etc...)</p>

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Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>[/li]
<p>ACADEMIC
Academic Decathalon (Secretary, Captain) - 2 Years
Science Club (Captain) - 2 Years
Yearbook (Editor) - 1 Year <- Senior-Only
Math Team - 4 Years (High Scorer on CAML, ASMA)
Tutoring Club (Teach SAT :P)
SPORTS
Varsity Fencing - 3 Years
Varsity Tennis - 4 Years
MUSIC
Youth Orchestra - First Violin
School String Ensemble - Concertmaster, First Violin
Marching Band (Flutist)
WEIRD STUFF
Fly Airplanes at R/C Club (Flight Instructor)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400 Hours
150 Hours of Hospital
150 Hours of Tech Museum
100 Hours of Tutoring </p>

<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: Toured Europe for Concert
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[li] Additional Rec: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>How is it? Give me chances?</p>

<p>If you give us a school to chance, that’d be great :)</p>

<p>Uh, all the ivies + JHU, Stanford, and UChicago :)</p>

<p>dude frankly…
i dont even know why youre on this site lol your like DEFINITELY (not even exaggerating) gonna get in all the ivies. </p>

<p>*unless like you kill someone or your teachers say your racist or something super negative like that…which i would assume is <1 % of chance</p>

<p>good job buddy. you must be a genius or something lol</p>

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<p>Disagreed. I don’t know anyone who has gotten into all the Ivies (nor would I recommend applying to all of them), and a lot of people on this site are like this.</p>

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That’s quite a broad range; they’re all totally different institutions and very few students are a match for all of them whether major-wise or personality-wise, so I’d do more research on which schools you’d fit into the most and narrow it down so you’re not doing so many applications. Also, anyone impressive enough to get into all of the Ivies probably shouldn’t have wasted their time doing apps for all of them.</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars/etc. don’t look weak at all–piloting seems unique, and so do the Scholastic writing awards considering that you seem math-oriented–and hopefully you’ll be able to show yourself in your essays. Be careful to avoid the whole typical-Asian-male stereotype (given your great scores and the fact that you’re in tennis). It’s also impressive that you self-studied some AP tests, but AP tests aren’t that important as a whole.</p>

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Don’t bother mentioning that.</p>

<p>Of the schools you’re applying to, they’re all need-blind (except maybe JHU) so your income won’t be a factor.</p>

<p>Basically, I’m not chancing you (I can say you do have a chance, so long as you demonstrate that you’re a match for some of them personality-wise), but I think the greatest thing you can do to improve your application is to really try to make yourself stand out in your essays. What makes you different among every other great applicant out there with similar stats as yours?
Also, level of interest (whether or not you’ve contacted them, or interviewed with any in your local area) does matter for some schools; Brown listed interest as ‘very important’ on their common data set, for example.</p>

<p>yo everary, chill out there buddy don’t mean to freak you out with my words</p>

<p>I like how your quoting like each little part and saying something about them and not answering the guy’s question about his chances, which was what this thread was for</p>

<p>and, for the record, my bad man…i don’t keep track of everyone’s acceptance record like you do, so please excuse me when I say genesis has a really good chance at all his schools</p>

<p>You have as great a chance as possible.</p>

<p>^^I didn’t mean to offend anyone by disagreeing or come off as serious as I did (and now that I look back on that post, I do seem uptight), and I don’t ‘keep track of everyone’s acceptance record’…just told him to especially consider that Ivy schools get tons of great applicants like him every year and to really make his essay stand out.</p>