Chance me for engineering please? Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Penn, Columbia, and more!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Girl, so that might help. White, so that won't. Here's the abbreviated version:</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to:
Cornell (parents went here for grad school)
CMU
Carnegie Mellon
RPI
University of Rochester
UPenn
Columbia
UConn
(does this list look okay?)</p>

<p>2250 with 770 math, 1500 M+CR
760 math 2
780 physics
790 math 1 (don't ask me why I took both haha)
AP: Physics 5, Lit 5, Spanish 5 (taking computer science, studio art, euro, and calculus this year. only 6 AP classes are offered in my school but I'm doing computer science online and self studied spanish)
GPA: About 97% I think? School doesn't weight heavily, haven't gotten an A- since freshman year</p>

<p>Bausch and Lomb science award plus departmental math award two years and book awards and stuff, AP Scholar, NMSF, state standardized test award, stuff like that</p>

<p>ECs (really short version):
-robotics captain
-stage manager/production manager
-instructor at art studio
-math and science tutor
-national honor society
-professional face painter
-built a telescope
-lighting and sound for some famous dance groups
(all since at least 11th grade, mostly 9th)
-materials engineering summer programs at NC State and Brown over the summers
-got a good art supplement for schools that accept them</p>

<p>recommendations: "It doesn't outright say I want to adopt you, but I think it's pretty clear" from math teacher, Spanish teacher said one of the best he's written. additional rec from the executive director of the art center I work at (teaching and management, will talk about my friendliness, humor, and people skills along with problem solving)</p>

<p>I feel really silly doing the whole "chance me" thing, but no one in my area gets into "top schools" ever. Everyone goes to my state flagship. For that reason, I don't have anyone to compare to and I'm going into this process really blind. Do I stand a chance?</p>

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<p>Columbia: Reach/High Reach (since its acceptance rate is 7%)
UPenn: Reach
Cornell: Low Reach/Reach
Carnegie: Match/High Match</p>

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<p>Thanks! anyone else?</p>

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<p>I disagree with gnazareths, just because Columbia has a lower acceptance rate does not mean that it is more of a reach, schools skew their acceptance rates.
Anyway, id say columbia is still tough, but with your grades and scores for math and physics, which is what engineering schools look for most, you have as good a shot as anyone, and I’d say you should be fine with Cornell and Carnegie Mellon, with the other two being more up in the air.</p>

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<p>I won’t be surprised if you were accepted to those schools. Make sure essays are top notch.</p>

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<p>Yay!!! Thank you guys. I’m hoping for Cornell as my main semi-realistic school that I would love to attend, it’s still a reach though for sure. </p>

<p>I’m working really hard on my essays; I’m a decent writer (5 on AP Lit, 750 on writing) so hopefully they’re up to standards, though I don’t really have anyone to run them by. Might try some people on CC. Thanks for the input/encouragement!</p>

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<p>bump. any other opinions?</p>

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<p>So that’s why you are the way you are. You’re just a pretentious little jerk. You can stay off my thread if you find me so annoying.</p>

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<p>@KiaraInNYC‌ lol wut</p>