Chance me? (Columbia, NYU, Yale, UPenn, UMich)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m currently a High School Senior. My top choices are Columbia, Harvard, NYU Stern, Yale, and UPENN. I’m applying to Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, UChicago, UMichigan, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory. For safeties, I’m doing Fordham and Rutgers.

Objective:

  • 4.25 weighted
  • 1560 SAT
  • 21 SAT Essay
  • 780 Math 2 SAT II
  • 750 Chem
  • Rank not offered

AP Exams:
(Freshman can’t take AP, sophomores can take one, Juniors can only take 3)

  • AP Statistics (4)
  • AP Calculus BC (5)
  • AP Macroeconomics (4)
  • AP Chemistry (4)

Current Classes:
Multivariable Calculus (accelerated math program), AP Art History, AP Psychology, AP French Language, rest are honors classes

Extracurricular Activities:

Writing-
New York Times Student Editorial Contest Finalist

Business (DECA):
DECA International Top 20 Finalist
DECA Northern Regional Division - 2nd place
DECA States - 4th place

School Related:
National Honor Society, AP Scholar with honors, Chinese Club President, Stock Market Club

Fencing:
Varsity Captain, First Team All-League, District Championship Finalist, State Championship top 20

Volunteer Service:
Presidential Volunteer Service Award, member of volunteer music performance group for senior centers, teach fencing at a child enrichment program

Piano:
winner of 10+ different competitions of private organizations, state-level, and international competitions (won’t disclose for a little bit of private identity)
submitting portfolio to colleges that accept them
Solo performances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden

Research:
Lab intern at two different universities
Co-author of two published journal articles
Submitted application for Siemens

Languages:
English, Chinese, French

I’m decent at interviews and my essay had positive feedback from most teachers. I’m an asian female though :
I live in a affluent primarily white community, but only like 5 people get into or go to ivies every year out of classes of like 300. I’m hoping that my research and music portfolio will put me ahead of my peers though since no one from my school has ever done it before. The only thing I’m worried about is my GPA because according to naviance a large portion people from my school who get into ivies have 4.2-4.5 and I’m on the lower end of the spectrum.

What do you think my chances are?
Also, does other people getting in for sports affect my application?

Any response is greatly appreciated :slight_smile:

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Are you applying early?

Although it is hard to tell, I think your chances are great.

I am also an Asian female and have test scores similar to yours. I come from a less wealthier community though and most of the people from my school get into the schools mentioned scored around 1450-1530.

I think it all depends on the community and how many people apply from your school. I wish you luck!

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@girl14195 If your Siemens research paper is something that you are truly proud of, submit it as a supplement along with a supplemental recommendation from your research mentor. Some of the schools on your list (From personal experience: Harvard and Yale; I’ve heard similar things about other schools on your list, but have no first hand knowledge.) will forward the paper to a faculty member with relevant expertise in the field of your paper for a read. If they are impressed by the paper, with your grades and stats, you’ll have a decent chance.

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Are you applying to any of your top choices early?

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@taylorharry @Penn95 i’m doing mit, umich, and uchicago early i think? only early action because I want to see all of my choices but I like those schools particularly

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3 questions:

Home state, uwGPA, and intended major?

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@billcsho nj, 3.78, public health

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3.78 is a bit low. Can you recalculate without subgrades for UMich chancing?

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@billcsho what’s a subgrade?

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^ Plus or minus. Basical, treat all As as 4.0, all Bs as 3.0.

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@billcsho 3.93

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Great. That would increase your chance for UMich a lot. Your uwGPA 3.93 is slightly above the admission average while your SAT is near the 75th percentile. Your chance at UMich LSA would be higher than the average OOS admission rate of ~20%. It would be a very low reach.

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@billcsho thank you!

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What are my chances at New York University?
I’m currently a junior.

UW: 3.9
W: 4.1
Number of AP classes (including 5 senior classes): 9
Number of honors: 3
AP scores (so far):
2- 5s 2- 4s
ECs:
9th- Speech/ debate
10th- Newspaper, philosophy club
11th- Newspaper, Flag team, LGTBQ club, philosophy club
12th (Planning)- Newspaper, Flag team, LGTBQ club, philosophy club

Editor for the school newspaper
founder/ president of the philosophy club

Anything advice, improvements or things I should have done?

Freshmen year:
Physical Education
Algebra 1
Biology
English 1 Honors
Modern World
Spanish 2

Sophomore:
Early Bird Physical Education
AP United States History
Algebra 2
English 2
Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
Geometry
Spanish 3 Honors

Junior:
Early Bird Physical Education
AP English Literature and Composition
Pre calculus
Physics
Personal Finance (Sem. 1) / AP U.S. Government and politics (Sem. 2)
Sociology (Sem.1) / Contemporary American Issues (Sem. 2)
Spanish 4 Honors

Senior (Planning):
Early Bird Physical Education
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP World
Political campaigns and elections (Sem. 1) / Philosophy (Sem.2)
AP Spanish Language

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@kiwitree1234 please make a separate thread for your own posts, it’s typically not very polite to take over someone elses, thanks!