chance me? class of 2015

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT: cr:800 writing:800 essay 12 math: 710
SATII: math II: 770 Bio: 760 Korean:800 Japanese: 800 chem: 800
AP: APUSH 3, bio 5, calc ab 5, psychology 5, japanese 5, world history 4
GPA: 3.3 uw 4.1 weighted..... (<--- sucks BUTTT) i know :/ wish i could do something</p>

<p>rising senior over summer
classes nxt year
1) AP Gov/ Mac Econ
2) humanities
3) Japanese 5(AP)
4) physics AP
5) Chem AP
6) Stats AP</p>

<p>xtra curricular
- UCSF researcher [AIDS related]
- hoping to win Siemen's Competition this october~december
- 600+ volunteer hours
- volunteer @ Kaiser hospital
- volunteer @ food pantry
- volunteer @ korean school
- volunteer @ japanese school
- VBS leader
- Korean school leader
- Korean school archery team captain/ TA
- piano 13 years
- viola 5 years
- San Jose Youth Symphony: 3 years
- California Philharmonic youth Orchestra: 2 years
- VERY DEDICATED Model United Nation memeber: 2 outstanding delegate award (2nd place)
- Varsity Soccer for all 4 years
- Benefit concert for 2008 china earthquake.. raised over $200,000.
- compose music [hoping to send copies of my music to the school.
- President of a music organization: 5 groups consist of 4 members each. We go to school with mostly low income family, and teach them the beauty of music, and the reason and importance of music.
- Presidental volunteer award:gold
- robotics: 2nd year in a row.. our school went to the nationals
- executive leader of non profit organization for helping those in need within the county; consisted mostly of adults. 1 of 9 executive leaders which only 2 are students; me and local college student.
* couple more awards i did not put in.. but science related*</p>

<p>major:
chem and east asian studies double major.</p>

<p>I know my GPA suck .. buttt!!!!! like MAJOR but..... which schools can i get into?
:/
1) cornell [top choice..ED maybe?]-arts and science
2) Johns hopkins [also top choice.. ED maybe?]
3) Boston college
4) duke
5) stanford
6) washington university in st. louis
7) emory
8) NYU
9) uc Berkeley
10) rice....</p>

<p>chance me !!!! >.<
btw i'm an azn boy
american citizen</p>

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<p>i really think you need to take a step back and realize that none of these schools are within reach for you because you have a 3.3. your SATs are stellar, but that’s not going to make up for your low gpa. i would pick 1 or 2 of the schools on the list you have right now and keep them as ultra reaches and then be way more realistic and pick schools that you actually have a shot at.</p>

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<p>His GPA may be low, but I think he has a fighting chance. His ECs are quite exceptional- if his essays show that he is passionate and has potential, he may be in good standing despite a low GPA. To say that NONE of the schools are within reach isn’t very reasonable.</p>

<p>But it’s a fact that GPA/rank is the most important and it will weigh you down a lot.</p>

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<p>^ i’m not too sure. other applicants also have insane ECs and the gpa and SATs to match when they apply to these schools. just my opinion, but i think the OP should think about this logically</p>

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<p>thank you so much for the reply!</p>

<p>i know my gpa is REALLY low. it’s cuz i didn’t know gpa was THAT important… i went to classes for the sake of learning. . not to get good grades XDDD just like the korean way :stuck_out_tongue:
hmm… :frowning: i hope i could go back in time to change !!>.<</p>

<p>these are my top choices… i’m only gonna choose like 3 from this list :stuck_out_tongue: don’t worry :]</p>