Chance me for Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Cornell

<p>Chance me please!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: didn't take
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II and 800 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 35 Composite without essay, 33 with a 10 on the essay
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 uW
[<em>]Rank: unranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: 5 Calc BC, 5 USH, 5 Chemistry, 4 Stats, 4 Lang, 3 World</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Michigan
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country captain, Varsity Wrestling Captain, Varsity Lacrosse team member, 3 year HS Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster (since sophomore yr), extracirricular Youth Orchestra for 7 years, 12 years private piano, 11 years private violin, Model UN for 3 years, perfect record of 18 proficiency 1 awards for Solo & Ensemble, A top 100 soloist chosen in MSBOA violin (sophomore year) piano (junior year)
[</em>]Other: I'm taking AP Physics, AP Economics, AP Psychology this year. I'm sending in a video recording of me playing piano as an art supplement.
[/ul]</p>

<p>I'm sending in applications to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Cornell, Stanford, Wash U, and Northwestern. All to their respective schools of engineering, except Wash U.</p>

<p>Chance me please!! :)</p>

<p>Your ACT score and extracurriculars are quite low, compared to most applicants.</p>

<p>can’t really tell if @MeIsHM is just messing with you or not….
I think youre chances are as good as anyone’s! Your test scores can’t really get much better and you show commitment and passion for your extracurriculars. If you write good essays that really show who you are to the adcoms, I think you should get in to at least one of those schools!!!
Best of luck :)</p>

<p>ACT is a little below average for those schools and the extracurriculars are weak</p>

<p>*** is wrong with you guys? 35 is low? 2 800’s are low? Your chances for these schools are very good. Please don’t listen to these trolls. However, don’t expect to get into all the schools you mentioned because that would be kinda impossible, since they’re reaches for literally anyone. However, I think you will get into at least one of the schools you mentioned (probably washu, Cornell and Northwestern, with the rest being reaches since they are ultra selective). Anyways, just do very well on the essays. Try to focus on non-cliche topics</p>

<p>Thank you for your responses and your feedback!
@Classof2018app What are some cliche topics that I should try to avoid?</p>

<p>your score is amazing. I don’t understand how could they say that’s quite low??? But your ECs, to be honest,I don’t think it’s good enough to get into Harvard, Princeton in RD. I have a friend got into Harvard this year by EA and her ECs is a little bit more impressive than you since you don’t have any national award.
Chance me back: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=16750531[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=16750531&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@Classof208: The 35 on the ACT will not count because it was taken without Writing, so most, if not all, of the schools listed by the OP will only consider the 33, not the 35. I’m not saying that the 33 is bad, I just wanted to clarify.</p>

<p>33 is not that good</p>

<p>Penn: Reach
Cornell: Low Reach
Wash U: Low reach if not apply for FA</p>

<p>HYPS: Miracles do happen</p>

<p>all of the schools that OP mentioned want audio recording, not video. Actually, you most likely won’t be able to upload any video recordings in Slideroom due to the size limitation.</p>

<p>all of them are reaches sorry
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1595598-santa-clara-early-action-worried.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1595598-santa-clara-early-action-worried.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>These people are silly. Those scores won’t keep you out. EC’s look good but not outstanding. My guess is you’re solid but nobody is a shoo-in at these places, and you can’t get in if you don’t apply–good luck…</p>

<p>Low-reach for all</p>

<p>If I send in a recording of me playing piano, will it help my chances? I’d like to think my piano recording is very good, and have gotten very positive feedback from music teachers and musicians.</p>

<p>Have you made All-State?</p>

<p>It’s hard to say. All reaches from your stats right now. However, I think you have a decent shot if you applied yourself to the essays and other intangibles. Wish u all the best.</p>

<p>God, I feel that I’m losing schooling…comments?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1609820-urgent-help-am-i-really-doomed-to-lose-schooling-or-go-to-a-community-college-will-chance-u-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1609820-urgent-help-am-i-really-doomed-to-lose-schooling-or-go-to-a-community-college-will-chance-u-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Stats are good, but ECs are generic. Without anything really unique, you are going to fall into the “Smart Asian Student” trap. If schools wanted all of their students to be like this, they could have that, but they obviously don’t. Try doing something to make you stand out. Restore an old muscle car. Get an internship at Blackwater. </p>