Chance me? Detailed -Selective schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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BACKGROUND
• Ethnicity: Indian/Filipino
• Gender: M
• State : NY
• School Type: Public
• Income Bracket: About 125k
• Projected Major: Biology

ACADEMICS
• SAT I : 2170 (700 M), (790 W), (680 R)
ACT: 34 (E 35), (M 30), (R 36), (S 34), (W 29)
• GPA (out of 4.0): 96.4140 W, idk what that is on a 4.0 scale
• Rank: 39/475 (top 10% of class)
• Senior AP classes: AP Chemistry, AP Gov & Politics, AP Eco, AP Lit, AP Calc AB

Earth Science H: 86, 1.00 B 8th grade
Algebra I H: 88, 1.00 B+

Career/FinManagemt: 95, .5 A 9th grade
Concert Band: 97, 1.00 A+
English 9H: 92, 1.00 A-
Geometry H: 95, 1.00 A
Global Studies 9H: 93, 1.00 A
Liv. Envirment H: 93, 1.00 A
Physical Ed./9th: 99, .25 A+
Physical Ed: 100, .25 A+
Spanish II: 90, 1.00 A-
SurvFineart: 96, .5 A

Alg 2 Trig H: 90, 1.00 A- 10th grade
AP Psych: 94, 1.00 A
Chem H: 77, 1.00 C+
English 10H: 96, 1.00 A
Physical Ed: 97, .25 A+
Physical Ed: 99, .25 A+
SAT Prep-LA: 96, .25 A
SAT Prep-Math: 95, .25 A
Spanish III: 91, 1.00 A-
Sports Marketing: 96, .5 A
World History AP: 93, 1.00 A

AP Eng 11 Comp: 94, 1.00 A 11th grade
AP Environmental Science: 94, 1.00 A
AP US History: 94, 1.00 A
Col. Spanish: 84, .5 B
Health: 96, .5 A
Intm. Spanish Conv: 93, .5 A
Physics R: 93, 1.00 A
Polar Bear: 97, .25 A+
Polar Bear: 99, .25 A+
Pre-Calc H: 92, 1.00 A-

ACTIVITIES AS LISTED ON COMMON APP

Community Service (Volunteer)
9, 10, 11, 12
Year
8 hr/wk, 25 wk/yr
Continue
Key Club, Treasurer (Affiliated with Kiwanis)
Led meetings, managed funds, increased membership from 19 to 50, fundraised, and started “Thirst” project (salvation of sanitary water).

Athletics: JV/Varsity
9, 10, 11, 12
School
12 hr/wk, 16 wk/yr
Continue
Track and field, Spring and Winter Varsity Track and Field, Captain
Top sprinter in school, qualified for counties every year of participation, Most Improved award 9th grade (spring), MVP award 12th grade (winter)

Career Oriented
10, 11, 12
Year
6 hr/wk, 10 wk/yr
Continue
New York Blood Center, Volunteer
Monitored blood donors after donating blood, stocked the canteen area with adequate snacks and beverages, and categorized test tubes.

Academic
10, 11, 12
School
6 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr
Continue
Mu Alpha Theta- Math Honor Society, Vice President
Ran all monthly meetings, participated and supervised all monthly math competitions, initiated math maze project for kids, and peer tutoring.

Religious
9, 10, 11
School
9 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr
Continue
Local Mosque youth group
Held many educational seminars (public-speaking), organized fundraising for UNICEF and MECA, initiated “WATER” project (Donating to countries in need)

Career Oriented
9, 10, 11, 12
Break
6 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr
Continue
Rite-Med Pharmacy, Volunteer
Filed paperwork and computer files, learned inventory management, and re-stocked drugs.

Other Club/Activity
10, 11, 12
Year
5 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr
Natural Helpers, Active member
Voted in by teachers and peers. Attended monthly seminars with the LICC, helped start up club participation in AFSP walk and the Newcomers breakfast.

Academic
10, 11, 12
School
5 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr
Continue
Sigma Tau Delta- English HS, Vice President
Held societal meetings, organized book talks, and led all trips for group talks with elementary school children.

Academic
10, 11, 12
School
4 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr
Rho Kappa- Social Studies Honor Society, Secretary
Helped run monthly meetings and took notes, kept a log of all that attended and organized in Microsoft Excel, peer tutoring.

Work (Paid)
11, 12
Year
15 hr/wk, 30 wk/yr
TestTakers, Administrative Assistant
Proctored students taking SAT exam, organized paper work and classes, graded quizzes, mailed score reports, typed evaluations, and managed payments

(I also listed Varsity Football, Varsity Volleyball, and travel Basketball in the additional information section. I did volleyball for one year, captain, scholar athlete. Varsity Football for two years and travel Basketball for four years, division champions 2013-2014, captain.)

HONORS/AWARDS AS LISTED ON COMMON APP

AP Scholar with Distinction
International
11

Most Improved award, Spring track (outdoor)
School
9

National Honor Society
School
11, 12

Science Honor Society
School
10, 11, 12

Most Valuable Player award, Winter track (Indoor)
School
12

My letters are rec from my 9th grade geometry teacher and math honor society supervisor, my 10th grade ap psych teacher and current intro to social science research teacher, and my 11th grade physics teacher. I also sent in a rec from the president of kiwanis (affiliated with school key club). Also, my counselor rec must have been pretty good since she loves me

I’d say my common app essay is 9/10, very unique. (if you’d like to read, please pm)

I am applying to the following schools RD:

Boston College
Boston University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
Johns Hopkins University
Stony Brook
Bing
Washington University in St. Louis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sophie Davis
University of Rochester
UPenn

Thank you to all who takes the time to read this lengthy post. I know these aren’t the best representation, but I wanted to alleviate some of my nerves because I think I may have applied to way too selective schools with my stats. Anyways, thanks guys. Good luck if you’re applying this year as well.

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Anyone?

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What the heck is “Polar Bear?”

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@awesomepolyglot lmao it’s basically gym

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I think why you’re not getting many chances is your thing is so long! You’re adding a lot of information that doesn’t need to be there and I couldn’t for your overall hs GPA

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@prettygreat haha yeah I know it’s so long, but I thought I might as well just add it. If someone wants to read it, they can but if not they can just read the stuff they need to read to chance me ya know?

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Yeah I’ll try and read through it and chance you

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Oh and by the way on a 4.0 scale you have a 4.0 which could get you into some ivies

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@prettygreat awesome! Thanks man! :slight_smile:

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You have all the right academics besides SAT, ACT is great for Harvard and pretty much any other ivy school. You have a high chance in pretty much any school ID say when applying, apply for 3 ivies 3 second tier and 3 third tier schools that would be your safety school.

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I will chance you for the schools you listed now I just saw those

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Pretty good chances. But 86 hours PER week? I’m not accusing you of over exaggerating, but isn’t that a bit too much? That would mean that you’d have to spend about 12 hours per day on the weekends and weekdays along with school.

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You have some pretty good stats; I would think that you’re a high match to Boston College, Boston University,Emory, Stony Brook, UNC, and Urochester.

I think that the other schools (Cornell, duke, jhu, WUSTL, Sophie Davis) are pretty much a reach for anybody, but you seem to have good stats and extracurriculars, so you seem pretty qualified and probably will be competitive for admission. Good luck on your applications!

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@ayyyyyyy huh? where does it say 86 hours per week? @synperiplanar thank you so much for your input. Hopefully I get in, thanks a lot! And good luck to you too if you’re applying:)

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I added them up

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Ohh, well a lot of these aren’t in the same time. I think the only ones that could be a little off are the honor societies, but not by too much

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@ayyyyyyy I actually just caught a mistake. The youth group is only in the summer. Do you think I should email my schools?

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Nah don’t worry, unless the youth group hours makes the hours per week to excessive.

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Also, chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1847372-final-chance-thread-ivies-stanford-ucb.html#latest

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@ayyyyyyy chanced!