<p>Just a quick note, there's no such thing as a pre-med major is there..?</p>
<p>And, I personally think that for brown, you're a reach/high fit...just get those SAT scores up a bit? i think your ex currics are really good, especially that optometrist one! good luck with that!</p>
<p>Anyways, mind chancing me? I'm currently a 10th grader, but bear with me =]</p>
<p>Asian Male
Top 100 School Last Year - Public
Gifted Program </p>
<p>Freshmen Year:
Gifted Trig
Gifted Sophomore English
PE (req'd)
Concert Band
Gifted Chem
Chinese 3
APWH</p>
<p>I received a total of 1 B..so, UW: 3.92857 W:4.5 (school grades A's as being from 90-100, so grade inflated -.-)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year: (thus far, and I'm now a IB diploma cand)
Gifted Precalc
IB Chinese 4
Health 1st semester - Gifted Theory of Knowledge (2nd)
Symphonic Band
IB SL Physics
APUSH - IB
IB/AP English 10</p>
<p>UW: 4.0 W: 4.85</p>
<p>2nd semester is essentially all the same except I am taking a Gifted TOK class which is part of IB. So far, not bad.</p>
<p>Junior Year:
IB/AP Calc
Ib/AP 11 English
TOK - then racket sports (fill PE req)
IB Physics HL
IB Bio SL
IB Chinese 5
IB/AP US GOV</p>
<p>If i manage to get all A's and maybe 1 B, should be fine right?</p>
<p>Senior Year: (projected by the principal)
Psych 101 and bio?psych 202 from the local university (a good one) comes to the school
Intro to Comm and Intro to Short Story Writing
IB/AP Calc HL
Ib/Ap Environmental Sciences
Ib/Ap AP Chem
Last two periods will be filled by internships that the school helps arrange</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT I. CR: 690 M: 580 W: 590 (this is a mock test that i didn't study for, obviously i will be taking prep classes to boost this)</p>
<p>APWH: 5 on the test</p>
<p>Many more to come =] =[</p>
<p>Extra Currics:
Track and XC Freshmen Year
XC Soph Year, I lettered - will do track and xc for the rest of high school. plan to letter from now on.
Band, 5 years (includes marching band where we play in the macy's day parade etc)
Piano, 10 years
National Honor Society
Volunteering at the local hospital
Volunteering at the local science center
Various other services such as food banks etc.
Business Week - Company Leader, 2nd place
Plan on doing an intern program this summer - applying
Intern program hopefully at a college senior summer</p>
<p>i think i need more leadership?</p>
<p>And yeah, I hope to go to U Penn, Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley, and Wash U as my top picks. Backups will be UCLA, UCSD, and others?</p>
<p>Thoughts, suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Wow, your common app essay could have a theme of "finding your voice" since you can talk about your stuttering and your liberal opinions within your conservative community!!</p>
<p>Brown-Reach
Tufts-Low reach
Columbia-Reach
University of Michigan-Match
Wash U-match
Cornell-low reach
NYU-low reach</p>
<p>You'd have an even better chance if you bring up the SAT scores and work on your essay about stuttering I guess. </p>
<p>I think your list is pretty good, except I don't think you have a safe enough safety with Michigan out of state. You probably want to take the SAT again.
Columbia is a reach for everybody, and so are Brown and Cornell, and Tufts and WashU aren't definites, either.
As for the stuttering, I think it could make for a good "overcame adversity" essay. I think the key to such an essay is that the problem is a serious one (which a stutter certainly can be), and that you have really overcome it significantly.</p>
<p>Brown - High Reach
Tufts - Low Reach/High Match
Columbia - Reach
U Mich - Match
Wash U - Low Reach
Cornell - Reach
NYU - Low Reach</p>
<p>What makes YOU special, over and above the other thousands of candidates? that's what you should try answer.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate you chancing me back: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/657806-chance-me-i-have-cookies-i-ll-chance-back.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/657806-chance-me-i-have-cookies-i-ll-chance-back.html</a></p>
<p>bumpbump..</p>
<p>Brown I think is a reach for you, although you still have a decent shot. Columbia I think is in that same category as well. The others I think you have good shots at. Cornell I think you will get in, however dont count on my opinion. good luck in whatever happens. Judging by those stats and your high school career thus far, it looks like you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Cornell is a good shot for u. you should make it. Up your sat scores for brown.</p>
<p>chance me back</p>
<p>pleasee!!!</p>
<p>This year Brown will officially move into the taking only 10% category. When you factor in that 40% of the class is hooked, this puts Brown into the territory of the crap shoot schools. So even the val/2350 candidates who would have glided in easily three or four years ago are no longer shoo ins. The big issue is to find some way to stand out after you have the stats.</p>
<p>i can read your essay and comment on it. email me if you want.</p>
<p>Ha thanks man, but I havent even started it yet. I also forgot to add that i'm a legacy at columbia</p>