Chance me for a longshot!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Freshman:
English 9H: A-
Geometry H: A+
U.S. I, H: A
Biology, H: A
Mandarin I, CP: A+
Summer Algebra II Course, H: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore:
English 10H: A-
PreCal, H: A+
APUSH: A-
Chem H: A+
Italian II, H: A+</p>

<p>Junior:
English 11H: A
Computer Programing 2 Java, H: A+
AP Calculus BC: A+
World History, H: A (Really wanted to take WHAP, but I had scheduling issues)
Chemistry AP And Chemistry AP Lab: A+
Italian III, H: A+</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Lang & Comp
AP Italian
AP Physics B
AP Java</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9083 (We calculate our GPAs weird...)(out of 4.0)
Weighted GPA: 3.9917 (out of a possible 4.5, which cannot be achieved)
RANK: 4 out of about 400</p>

<p>8 APs in total (7 classes, 1 self-taught(more like learning AP Environmental in 6 days...))
Test Scores:
SAT I: 2170 (760M, 760W, 650CR)
SAT II: 780 Chem, 770 Math II, 720 USH (probably won't send this one :P)
PSAT: 201
APUSH: 5
AP Calc BC: 5
(I haven't heard from AP Chem and Enviro scores yet)</p>

<p>ECs:
Clubs/Sports:
-National Honor Society (11,12) (Treasurer, 12)
-Key Club (9,10,11,12)
-Swim Team (9,10,11,12) (Head Captain, 12)
-Marching Band/Concert Band (4 - 9,10,11,12) (Drum Major/Student Conductor, 12)
-Asian American Club (9,10,11,12)
-Participated in 2011 Spring Regional Model UN Conference</p>

<p>Community Service:
-Math Summer Enrichment Tutoring (10,11) (about 88 hours/year)
-Community & High School Swim Classes (10,11,12) (around 40 hours/year) (as captain, I will now take the responsibility of continuing these classes)
-Science Buddies for Elementary/Middle School (11) (around 3 hours/session)
-Painted a mural in my city at an elementary school to support the diversity in our city</p>

<p>Extra Info (that may be needed?):
-Asian American male from a poor, under-privileged city in Massachusetts (but very competitive top 10)
-first generation to apply for college (both parents fled China, and have no high school OR college education)
-low to low-middle class</p>

<p>COLLEGES:</p>

<p>Stanford U. (possible EA, depending on circumstances... not even sure if I'll even get in)
Cornell U.
Princeton U.
Brown U.
UC Berkeley (?)
UT Austin (?)
Northeastern U.
Boston University
WPI
UMass Amherst</p>

<p>List is definitely not complete yet. Any suggestions for COMPUTER SCIENCE or CHEMICAL ENGINEERING majors would be nice :)
(?) denote whether or not I want to apply because of any money problems.</p>

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<p>I really nice a good chance, please!
-bump-</p>

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<p>UMass, WPI, BU, Northeastern, definitely. Berkley and UT Austin, most likely. Ivies and Stanford are kind of a gamble with anybody, but you definitely have strong enough stats.</p>

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<p>Is there anything I need to improve next year?</p>

<p>Any other suggestions (for colleges) based on my interests in majors?</p>

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<p>I honestly don’t really know a whole lot about engineering and computer science, so I can’t really suggest any places for you, but you have some great schools on your list. I don’t think there is really anything else you can do to improve since your stats are already great…just work hard on your essays, get great recommendations and wait and see! Maybe try taking the SAT again if it was your first time…you aren’t far off from a 2200+.</p>

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<p>Hah… about that. The 1st time I took SAT I’s, I got the 2170, but I dropped 170 pts on my second try. Probably shouldn’t go for a third :P. </p>

<p>And thanks. I always though I was a bit under-averaged in terms of my stats, having looked at the (ridiculous) stats that others have on this forum.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I wouldn’t take it a third time then lol. I take everything people say on here with a grain of salt…who knows if what they’re saying is true or not. You’re definitely above average…I mean, think of it like this: the average SAT is a ~1500, the average GPA just depends on where you are but I doubt as a whole, it’s a 3.9. Just try to focus on you and not compare yourself to all the other people on this site…even if their claims are true (not saying that everyone is lying because a lot of people probably are telling the truth), they don’t make up the majority of the students applying to colleges, unless it’s a top school.</p>