<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>I’ll chance back</p>
<p>I’ll chance back</p>
<p>Just a little more anyone?</p>
<p>Hi, you have an really interesting profile! I’m obviously not an admissions officer, but based on what I know about people who got in/didn’t get in to those schools I would say this.</p>
<p>Match: UT
High Match: Tulane, Georgia Tech
Low Reach: UCB, UCLA
Reach: Rice
High Reach: Columbia, Duke, CalTech, Georgetown, Yale, Stanford</p>
<p>Thanks! In general would you consider it 60-80% for a match
40-60% for a high match
25-50% for a low reach
15-25% for a reach
And 0-15% for a high reach</p>
<p>I’ve heard everyone define it differently, so I’m curious as to what it exactly means</p>
<p>Oh and where would you put Cornell and USC?</p>
<p>Idk about percents, sorry :(</p>
<p>But I would put USC as high match/low reach and Cornell as reach.</p>
<p>It’s ok, just trying to understand exactly what a reach or match means. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>No problem, chance me back?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1513738-chances-ivies-stanford-duke-top-lacs-top-publics.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1513738-chances-ivies-stanford-duke-top-lacs-top-publics.html</a></p>
<p>Hey man, so I can tell from all of the “Bump10char” 's that you’ve been posted that you’re pretty stressed about this entire process. I’m here to tell you please DON’T do that to yourself. I did that to myself and I suffered for the entire thing. When I got rejected from Stanford EA, then all of the Ivies (I got into Cornell off waitlist), as well as UCB and UCLA, I realized that I was left with a couple safeties…I beat myself up pretty bad (not physically of course, but I just thought that I wasn’t good enough). So I mean, just keep in mind throughout this entire process, when you face rejection (and no offense, but you will face it just like everyone else), make sure to realize that you ARE qualified, and you ARE good enough for these schools, it’s just space is so limited, the admissions officers have to make judgment calls on this abstract concept of “fit”. Just be happy with yourself, and no matter what happens you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Okay, so stepping off the soapbox to address a couple of your questions: engineering is harder to get into, especially fields like bioengineering/biomedical engineering just because there’s so much interest in these fields with much less space than in a humanities program. Now some places have CS in both engineering and humanities schools, so it depends. Also undeclared engineering is very difficult to get accepted to. But humanities is easier to get into (with the exception of Columbia), but I wouldn’t recommend trying to transfer from humanities to engineering, because then you’re a year behind and you’ll struggle, unless you put in 35-40 hours of just studying (not including class time) each week. Try not to play the acceptance game too much, and just focus on what you want to apply for - either engineering or humanities and stick with it. What I would focus on now, since your GPA can’t improve substantially, is taking the SAT and writing your app essays. LOTS of practice tests, and get at least a 2150 (with these schools, that’s the minimum I would say). Maybe think about a subject test or two, so you can show these schools that you really know your stuff. I would take Math 2 at least, and maybe another one in a subject you’re good at. And think of something good for your essays, and just write it. Make it come from the heart (don’t write want the college admissions officers want to hear, they see right through that). Also, get it edited at least 4-5 times by people you trust, i.e. an english teacher, a college counselor, your parents, or even a good friend, and have them give you feedback. And for your application in general, play to your strengths - emphasize your work experience, the aviation club, your external circumstances with your parents, and try to get that all across to them so they understand that you’re a smart kid, but your numbers just don’t reflect that. </p>
<p>Now, if you were to ask me to predict the possible outcome on your schools, I’d say from my experience with colleges that you’re going to get quite a few rejection letters (maybe not double digits like I did, but a few). There’s a reason only about 6% of people get into schools like Columbia, Yale, and Stanford. If you ask me to, I will give you my predictions for each of your schools sincerely, but only if you want them. The bottom line is it’s very difficult to get into these schools, but just make your application the best that it can be, and you never know what could happen. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>You have a LOT of ECs but not a lot of depth to any of them. I think you have a great shot at all schools save ivies and Stanford</p>
<p>Yeah it is kinda bugging me, I just want to get it over with and get accepted somewhere</p>
<p>And yeah, give me your sincere predictions, won’t hurt</p>
<p>You can go ahead and give me USC, Pepperdine, Brandeis, and USF also if its not too much trouble. Thanks!</p>
<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>Bumper cars! :D</p>
<p>Okay so my predictions for you are (assuming Stanford EA):</p>
<p>A = Accepted
W = Waitlisted
D = Deferred
R = Rejected</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford: R</li>
<li>Yale: R</li>
<li>Berkeley: R</li>
<li>Duke: R</li>
<li>Cornell: W</li>
<li>Columbia: R</li>
<li>Georgetown: W</li>
<li>CalTech: R</li>
<li>Rice: R</li>
<li>UT: A</li>
<li>Georgia Tech: A</li>
<li>UCLA: R</li>
<li>USC: if it’s Southern Cal, then R; if it’s South Carolina, then A</li>
<li>Tulane: A</li>
<li>Pepperdine: A</li>
<li>Brandeis: A</li>
<li>USF: A </li>
</ol>
<p>Lemme know if you have any questions on my predictions.</p>