Chance Me for HYP and Others! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys! ^_^ I know I've posted here a few months ago, but since my college list and awards have changed (and I have raging senioritis), I thought I'd make a chance/predict-the-results thread to kill time while waiting on some RD schools - and post results when they arrive to put things in perspective for some underclassmen. Also, feel free to ask for a chance back!</p>

<p>Schools:
Harvard
USC
Princeton
Yale
UC Berkeley (in-state for all UCs)
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz</p>

<p>I was accepted early to The University of Chicago, Georgetown, and University of Michigan.</p>

<p>Stats:
- Grade: 12
- GPA: 3.93 UW/4.45 W (UC capped weighted is ~4.2, uncapped ~4.6)
- Rank: School only does decile rankings - top 10%
- SAT: 2400 (single sitting; 2nd try)
- Subject Tests: Math 2 (800), Spanish (800), US History (800), Bio-M (790)
- AP Tests: 9 tests (Calculus BC, Computer Science, Physics B, Bio, Statistics, Spanish, APUSH, English Language & Comp., Music Theory) - 5's on all of them
- Senior Year Classes: AP Chem, AP Lit, TA, Multivariable Calculus, Spanish 6, AP Macroeconomics, Business Ethics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars and Awards:
- Piano: Performed at Carnegie Hall, 1st-3rd place in some regional/int'l competitions
- Writing: Historical/policy paper accepted for publication in Concord Review, editor-in-chief of school literary magazine, founded NGO and related youth public policy journal (nominated for a minor award)
- Activism: Raised ~$30K to build schools in Uganda by founding tutoring service network; advised City Council on international development and environment (drafted, lobbied and passed a citywide plastic bag ban ordinance); Organized and led human rights campaigns in Cambodia, India, and Sudan; Advisory Board member of a humanitarian organization with around 100K members worldwide; Designed and developed a humanitarian iPhone app with around 15K downloads; Former World Affairs Council ambassador; panelist at UN Global Forum on ICT & Development and a delegate to a couple UN climate change conferences
- Clubs: President of school/local chapters of Amnesty International, Global Humanitarian Alliance, Sierra Club, School Broadcasting Radio (also co-founder)
- Sports: Tennis (JV/Varsity); Track (Varsity, one of literally 15 co-captains)
- Politics: Social media intern for Obama 2012 campaign and for another US Congressional campaign (each for one summer)
- Science: Independent genomics research at UCSF (Patent pending, Siemens/Intel STS semifinalist); alternate to Int'l Linguistics Olympiad; Semifinalist in USABO and USAPho
- Other: NMSF -_-</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
- Essays: I'm bad at objectively gauging their quality, but they got me into UChicago, so I'm guessing they were decent?
- Teacher Recs: I have no clue about my teacher recs, but I have good relationships with them and I think they both saw different sides of my personality. My additional rec from my research supervisor, however, was very positive :)
- Counselor Rec: Again, no idea. I'm guessing it's positive but fairly generic, since our counselors each need to write almost a hundred recs
- Hooks: None
- Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
- Income Bracket: Middle/Upper-Middle Class
- Intended Major: Public Policy (or Government/Int'l Development) and Biology double major; or, for the colleges that offer it, a single International Health major. I also want to minor in either Linguistics or Music!
- School: Large, competitive public
- State: California</p>

<p>Strengths: Test scores; Awards and depth of ECs
Weaknesses: ORM; Also, maybe the lack of focus in my ECs? I basically viewed high school as an opportunity to try out everything that seemed interesting to me and see what stuck.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone, and good luck to my fellow seniors! I'll be sure to chance back and post results as they come ^___^</p>

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<p>You’re legit, and your early acceptance to UChicago is a good sign. I think you’re in at all the UC’s + USC and I feel pretty confident you’ll get into at least 1-2 of HYP.</p>

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<p>Agreed with bradybest. I would say you’re definitely in for all the UCs and USC but HYP is never certain no matter who you are. You have a better chance than 95% of the people out there, but you never know. You might get in one year, might not the next. Still, I think you have a really great shot :)</p>

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<p>@bradybest @rachelshay23 thanks for chancing you guys!</p>

<p>Also, if anyone wants to chance me for Regents at the UCs I’d really appreciate it :)</p>

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<p>Damn your application is really strong. If i were an admissions officer it’d be hard to deny you. Very rare for you not to get into one of those top schools</p>

<p>Harvard: low reach
USC: accepted
Princeton: low reach
Yale: low reach
UC Berkeley (in-state for all UCs): accepted
UCLA: accepted
UC San Diego: accepted
UC Santa Barbara: accepted
UC Santa Cruz: accepted</p>

<p>It’d be sweet if you could chance me <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1601346-hyps-mit-wharton-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1601346-hyps-mit-wharton-chances.html&lt;/a&gt; posts 34 and 37 have some more information if you’d like to make a more informed post. Thanks so much and good luck!</p>

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<p>@Rubriv chanced! Thank you, by the way :)</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent chance at HYP. EA into UChicago is a good sign. You will definitely get in USC and the majority of schools in the UC system, since your test scores are strong, and you have varied ECs.</p>

<p>Good luck in the whole process!</p>

<p>Comments?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1606501-help-me-predict-am-i-doomed-enter-community-college-have-gap-year.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1606501-help-me-predict-am-i-doomed-enter-community-college-have-gap-year.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>In. Everywhere, forever.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chances, you guys!
And @bbff1234 I chanced you back - best of luck to you too in applying to American schools!</p>

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<p>HYP low reach/mid reach
UCLA match
UC santa cruz match
ucsb match
ucb high match
usc match
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1605147-chance-my-cousin-please-i-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1605147-chance-my-cousin-please-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the chance! :)</p>

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<p>Very nice work. On paper you are certainly qualified to go anywhere you want. But the real question is…Are you human? Are you capable of having fun?</p>

<p>Schools want people with more than just a good CV.</p>

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<p>^ I’d say yes, but of course I’m biased ;)</p>

<p>But still, that’s very true. I’ll keep that in mind ^_^</p>

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<p>Wow- your stats are very impressive.</p>

<p>I think you definitely have a good shot of getting into at least one, if not all of HYP.</p>

<p>Do you think you could chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1607824-please-chance-harvard-columbia-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1607824-please-chance-harvard-columbia-ivies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@travelgirl2015 chanced! Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I forgot to mention! I qualify for UC ELC at my high school :slight_smile: But I’m not sure that even matters for the UCs I applied to :P</p>

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<p>Update: Accepted to USC! You guys were right :)</p>

<p>(Sorry for the triple post!)</p>

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<p>ucs-high chance
ivies- reach because their great but you stand a chance
chance me back:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1609452-uga.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1609452-uga.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Really good chance, and yes, if your essays were good enough for uchicago than they are absolutely good enough for the Ivies.</p>

<p>My thread (chance pls): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I thought that Georgetown early admission doesn’t allow you to apply to other places early?</p>