~~Chance Me for Competitive Schools~~

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to: WashU, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, University of Maryland, University of Virginia</p>

<p>Background
Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese to be exact)
Sex: Male
Residency: Maryland
School Type: Public, ranked 250-ish on the latest national high school rating report
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hooks: Low income (does this even qualify as a hook?)</p>

<p>Stats
GPA: 3.72 unweighted (out of 4).
SAT: 2110 (770M / 670CR / 670WR)
SAT II: Biology M: 750; Math II: 770; US History: 710
Class Rank: 11 out of 482 (top 2% of class)</p>

<p>AP Classes/Scores
AP Biology - freshman year - 5
AP Chemistry - sophomore year - 4
AP World History - sophomore year - 5
AP Statistics - sophomore year - 5
AP Calculus AB - junior year - 5
AP English Composition - junior year - 4
AP US History - junior year - 4
AP Psychology - junior year - 5
AP Physics C Mechanics + E&M - senior year
AP English Literature - senior year
AP Calculus BC - senior year
AP Economics Macro/Micro - senior year
AP Government - senior year </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (Grade Level of Participation)
Varsity Tennis<a href="11%20-%20Present">/u</a>
JV Tennis<a href="10%20-%20Present">/u</a>
Spanish National Honor Society<a href="11%20-%20Present">/u</a>
National Honor Society<a href="10%20-%20Present">/u</a>
Science National Honor Society<a href="11%20–%20Present">/u</a>
-Co-founder (11)
-Vice President (11)
-President (12 - Present)
National Mathematics Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta)<a href="10%20-%20Present">/u</a>
-Secretary (11)
-President (12)
Key Club<a href="10%20-%20Present">/u</a>
Chess Club<a href="9%20-%20Present">/u</a>
-Vice President (10 - 11)
-President (12)</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements
National AP Scholar (2010)
AP Scholar Award with Distinction (2010)
[Varsity] All-Academic Team Award (2009 – [2010])
Maryland Athletic Association – Scholar Athlete Award (2010)
National Merit Scholarship: Commended Student (2010)
County Physics Olympics (2010): First Place Team
Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission Award – Chinese Language Study Program for Expatriate Youth
濟陽柯蔡宗親會 Scholarship Award (2008) (Awarded by the Jiyang Ko & Tsai Association of Tainan City, Taiwan for academic excellence)
AP Scholar Award with Honor (2009)
Maryland State Grade Chess Championships (2008) – 10th Grade, Third Place
Perfect Attendance (2001 – Present)</p>

<p>Community Service
peer tutoring at my high school, tree planting at various locations, soup kitchens, science fair judging, and a "counselor" type organization at my school where we introduce incoming freshman/new students to our high school (give tours, explain how our school works, etc.), over 100+ hours logged</p>

<p>Work Experience: assistant tennis coaching (summer of junior year + fall of senior year)</p>

<p>Global experience: Chinese Language Study Program abroad during the summer.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Great teacher recs, decent counselor rec</p>

<p>Essays: good-great</p>

<p>Any opinions? Tips? </p>

<p>Post a link if you want me to chance yours.</p>

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<p>Columbia and Princeton will be reaches because of your UW GPA. Brown’s acceptance rate is similar to that of Princeton but I think its applicant pool is not as self-selecting as Princeton’s so I say Brown is a low-reach/high-match. You have a decent/great chance at the other schools. The rest of your application looks fantastic.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1024469-just-applied-cornell-ed.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1024469-just-applied-cornell-ed.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah Princeton/Brown/Columbia are my “shot-in-the-dark-why-not” schools, but I’m surprised about Brown’s applicant pool information. Interesting. </p>

<p>Thanks for your input, I’m chancing you now!</p>

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<p>Browns pool is on par with Princeton’s.</p>

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<p>SAT score will probably make all ivies, except cornell, a really high reach for you.</p>

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<p>WashU - match
Brown - low reach
Cornell - low reach
Columbia - mid /high Reach
Princeton - High Reach
U of Maryland - Safety
U of Virginia - Safety</p>

<p>you have good stats but I would say all the ivies are reaches so…</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. (Yeah that’s how I feel about all Ivies haha.)</p>

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<p>U of Maryland and U of Virginia - safeties
Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Cornell - reaches (ivies are always reaches)
WashU - match</p>

<p>You have great EC’s and decent scores so you have an excellent chance at all schools.</p>

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<p>you have much better ECs than i do, i think u have a decent chance at getting in :)</p>

<p>btw, don’t put “perfect attendence” on there :)</p>

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<p>WashU - match
Brown - low reach
Cornell - low/mid reach
Columbia - Reach
Princeton - High Reach
U of Maryland - Safety
U of Virginia - Safety</p>

<p>I agree with everyone else, you have good EC’s and good scores, which should give you a decent chance with all the universities. But who ever knows anything about Ivies :/</p>

<p>Good luck and chance back :smiley:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1024526-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1024526-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What are you guys thinking? I don’t think you’re looking at real stats. WashU is not a match RD with these stats. How can Brown be a low reach and Cornell be a mid reach? I know you mean to help but this thread is crazy! A 3.7 and 2110 makes any ivy a huge reach!</p>

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<p>^Please, know your facts. 2110 is above average for Cornell. His ECs and awards far overshadows his GPA. And the fact that he’s ranked 2 in his class shows that his school has grade deflation, not to mention his crazy rigorous schedule. I would say Cornell is more of a match than a reach for him. Princeton and Columbia are the only true reaches for him.</p>

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<p>Sorry, ryanxing, you’re naive about top college admissions. Cornell, as part of the NYS school system, takes much lower stats students into their land grant schools. An out of state student applying to CAS or engineering needs way higher stats than Cornell’s published average for any real shot.</p>

<p>This candidate has a good rank but below par scores for any ivy. A close look at ivy stats will show you while not impossible, they are all distinct reaches.</p>

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<p>I still highly disagree. When I visited Cornell,</p>

<p>Me: “Is there any geographical disadvantage?”
Admissions officer that reads CA apps: “Not really.”</p>

<p>I do understand that the acceptance rate for NY applicants is higher than it should be, but according to the admission officer, there is no significant advantage even for applicants from California. And yes, I know that OP’s CR score is lower than the average. Taking into account the rest of his application, I find absurd to reject him just because of a sub par CR score. Again, his ECs and awards are outstanding.</p>

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<p>EC’s are stereotypical and stats are slightly below par for top universities.</p>

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<p>Here’s something you can count on, adcom deliver PC answers, the schools stats deliver truth. The job of adcom is to get as many students as possible to apply, so they can reject more and go up in the rankings. Very unfortunate, but just a job like many others.</p>

<p>But OK, I’m a bit slow but I got it after reading your thread. He says you’ll get in so you owe him? This site is weird and I’m hoping all of you have applications in at target schools.</p>

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<p>Ivy schools are always a toss up; I’m expecting Cornell to be a low reach while Princeton, Brown, and Columbia to be high reaches. No one has said anything about JHU yet, and I’m applying to their BME program, so I believe that will be a reach as well. </p>

<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>

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<p>WashU St. Louis is a reach, especially for BME.</p>

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<p>All say yes to everything except Princeton and columbia</p>