Chance me for Duke ED (Trinity), UChicago EA and other Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior applying for mechanical engineering to about 11 colleges:
Princeton, DUKE ED, UChicago EA, Stanford, Harvard, Cornell ILR, Michigan Ann Arbor (Ross BBA), Columbia Fu School, ***** I am applying to Safeties and matches, they are not listed here</p>

<p>Here's my profile
SAT - 2180 CR 680 M 800 W 700 (one sitting)
SAT II - Biology E 700, Math 2 800</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Chinese</p>

<p>Academics
GPA is weak: 3.92w, but there is a <em>sharp</em> upward trend if you go year by year. 3.2w (9th) -> 4w (10th) -> 4.45w (11th) -> 4.7w (12th)</p>

<p>AP Classes show this progression i.e. a B- in Alg2 became an A in BC Calc</p>

<p>Honors: National Language Exam Perfect, National Language Exam Silver, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, NHS (School Wide)</p>

<p>ECs
Co-Founder Co-CEO of Charity organization thats raised 10K+ for educational causes and tutored STEM for a few hundred hours in total
Founder/CTO of Early Stage Tech Start-Up with Prov Patent and Patent Pending
Co-Founder/Co-Editor of Tech Blog and Meet-Up Group with Provisional Patent
Founder/President of School Investment Club
Treasurer of National Honor Society
Treasurer of DECA
Intern for multiple Political Campaigns</p>

<p>Essays:
Decent</p>

<p>Recs:
One is great, other is average</p>

<p>Chances? i know I am a borderline applicant due to my GPA, but I sent in my first quarter grades (GPA ~4.7w). Also the specific instances of my 9th grade performance is explained in the additional information section, most likely parroted by counselor.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Your chances aren’t great. You don’t have outstanding extracurriculars. Some schools do like to see an upward trend, but your GPA overall is just not good. Your SAT scores are not good. 800 in math is not uncommon at Ivy Leagues and your reading and english are very low for good schools. This could be explained if you learned english as a second language but do not count on it. Also, look up some of the articles about Ivy Leagues “discriminating” against Asians. Don’t count on any Ivy Leagues or other top tier schools. Sorry.</p>

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<p>Bump </p>

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<p>LOL please ignore @whuffy 's comments. I doubt they hold any sort of truth. You are a pretty decent applicant; just make sure you write great essays! Good Luck. </p>

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<p>I took the ACT got a 33, will be taking again next weekend. Its just that I didnt send the 33 to Duke or Uchicago since it was too late at that point. I wouldve gotten higher but the ACT I took had an oddball reading passage that screwed my reading score over. I normally get 33/34 instead got a 28.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>While your scores are solid, they are not eye-popping. That coupled with you are competing with other Asians who have scores (that is to say admitted students) about 15-20% higher than yours. Ivy schools, Stanford, U of Chicago are going to be a medium to high reach.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>