Chance me for Harvard, MIT and Hopkins

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ACT (breakdown): 33 (35M 31 E 32 R 33 S)
SAT II (subject, score): Math Level 2 800
Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t have GPA system
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t have ranks either; but mostly top 10%
IB (place score in parentheses): Taking the IB diploma program- Predicted 42/45
Math HL - 6
Physics HL - 7
Chemistry HL -7
Economics SL - 7
Spanish SL - 6
English SL - 7
IELTS: 8.0
AP Calc BC - 5 (AB subscore 5 as well)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Varsity Football (soccer) for 4 yrs
Varsity Athletics for 4 yrs ( state level athlete)
Varsity cricket for 3 yrs
Co-Founder Math club
Economics and entrepreneurship Club, 11th and 12th grade ( Organised 2 TED talks by inviting top executive officials for the club)
Model United Nations 11th and 12th grade
Visual arts and music club
Photography and Travel
Can speak 4 languages fluently
Also played the Violin for 7 yrs
Gym (if that counts)
Also organised our school annual fest with a group

Job/Work Experience:
Internship at a technology firm
Worked at a research institute with a professor during the summer and got a good rec from him.

Volunteer/Community Service:
Organised a Fund-Raiser for a charity
Took part in several charity runs like 4k,10k etc.
Volunteered at an orphanage and old age home for 3 yrs
Travelled to Northern India for volunteer service; (part of a group)

Additional Accomplishments/Awards:-
Have written a research paper in Physics
Won a Robotics competition held by IIT, in 11th grade
Finalist at Genius Olympiad
Several awards in Quiz competitions
Several awards and medals in the sports mentioned above
International Award for Young people (IAYP) gold award
Got distinction for scoring 90%+ in 8 online Edx/Coursera courses on various subjects from Physics and Cosmology to Game theory and Nueroscience

I am planning to apply to Either hopkins, CMU ED
No financial aid required
I am an International student from India (if you havent figured that out yet :P)

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You can only list 10 ec’s including work experience and community service and only 5 awards, shorten that list accordingly. I would say you have good chances include GTech to your list of schools along with berkeley and maybe Harvey Mudd. Currently all the schools on your list are reaches as they are for all and JH is not really that famous for CS you might want to consider that.

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@Bored1997‌ I want to Major in Physics. And can you suggest unis that have a great Physics Undergrad program?
Thanks!

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Ok then CMU is not that much of a reach neither is JH, Berk is a good option, Caltech Princeton and UMich are good too.

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For a safety you can consider UWash and UCSB both have good physics departments.

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@Bored1997‌ SCS program in CMU is really competitve, but the MCS is not that much I think. How is NYU’s program?
And will no financial aid help for an international.
I suppose you’re an international too, most probably indian?

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Yeah, I’m indian (guess someone went through my profile ) :stuck_out_tongue: Yes no aid helps at all schools except MIT, harvard, caltech and some other elite schools that are not currently on your list.
For future reference as I think you are confused
Safety(most probably will be admitted)
Match( Might be admitted)
Reach( A very small chance)

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NYU is good but not that good as in it is ok.

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@Bored1997‌ I do have a rough list of Universities I want to go. I just wanted to know what people had to say.
So, are you a senior?

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Yes

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@Bored1997‌ So, which Universities have you applied?

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UCLA, UCB, Georgia Tech, Harvey Mudd, NYU, Cornell, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, University of Washington Seattle, MIT, upenn and Stanford.

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Here is my profile-
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1724529-interview-preparation-and-affect-on-chances-p1.html

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@Bored1997‌ You have great stats! I’m pretty sure you’re gonna get into a few for sure.