Chance me for Ivies, UCs, and others please- will chance back.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race/Ethnicity: White- Middle Eastern Asian- Pakistani</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>School Type: Public (Very competitive)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.87 (unweighted) and 4.64 (weighted)</p>

<p>Rank: 7 out of 572 students in the class of 2010 (No-one has a 4.0)</p>

<p>Tests:
[ul][<em>]ACT: 34 Composite
[</em>]SAT IIs: US History: 760, Math level II: 710, Chemistry: 690 (Not submitting)
[<em>]AP: European History: 4, US History: 4, Calculus BC: 4 (AB Sub-score: 5), Chemistry: 3
[</em>]IB: Art Design SL: 5, Spanish SL: 4
[/ul]</p>

<p>Class Rigor:
[ul][<em>]Full IB Diploma Programme
[</em>]All Honors/MYP Classes Freshman Year
[<em>]All Honors/MYP Classes Sophomore Year + 1 AP Class
[</em>]7 AP/IB Classes in Junior Year
[<em>]6 AP/IB Classes planned for senior year
[</em>]Junior year class rigor were the hardest classes available to juniors at our school- IB Theory of Knowledge, IB English A1, AP USH, AP Calculus AB/BC (in 1 year), AP Chemistry 2, AP Spanish 4, IB Art Design.
[li]Senior Year Classes: IB Higher Level 20th Century Comparative History, AP Government/Economics, IB Higher Level English A1 (2nd year- 2 year class), IB Standard Level Math, IB Higher Level Biology, AP Computer Science AB [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
[ul][<em>]M.S.A. (Muslim Student Association)- [11, 12]- Co-Founder and Vice-President (Leadership_
[</em>]Science Fair- [9, 10, 11, 12]- Two years competing at California State level (Won 1st place at County and District levels both years) - Project was conducted on Mammalian Biology
[<em>]M.E.S.A- [9,10, 11, 12]- 2 awards at County level (1st Place and 3rd Place)
[</em>]F.B.L.A. (Future Business Leaders of America)- [11, 12]- 2 awards at County level (3rd and 7th Place)
[<em>]Mock Trial- [10, 11, 12]- Elite 8 at County Level (Pre-trial attorney)
[</em>]History Day- [9]- Competing at California State Level (Won 2nd place at County and Distrcit levels)
[<em>]I.B.S.A. (International Baccalaureate Student Association)- [11, 12]
[li]Link Crew- [11]- Leading Freshman throughout the year and introducing them to high school. (Leadership)[/li][</em>]Forum Administrator/Moderator for a Gaming website- [11, 12]- Manage the Forums, the forum moderating team, and any issues that arise.
[li]Gaming Club- [9, 10] [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Sports:
[ul][li]Soccer- 11 years played, made the school team in my freshman year, started, and then quit the next year to focus on school since I was already on an outside team. I continued outside of school, made All-Stars every year.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Community Service:- Well over 200 community service hours
[ul][<em>]Tutor at school [11, 12]
[li]Tutor at Library [9, 10, 11] [/li][li]Hospital Volunteer [10, 11, 12] [/li][li]Soccer Coach [9, 10, 11, 12] -(Leadership)[/li][</em>]Soccer Referee [9, 10, 11, 12] - (Leadership)
[li]Remedy [12]- New Non-profit organization started by a classmate. Helping sell shirts to provide things to children and teens in hospitals.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Honors:
[ul][<em>]National Merit Commended Student
[</em>]AP Scholar with Honor
[<em>]National Honor Society
[</em>]Junior Honor Court (for the top 32 junior students- allowed to attend senior graduation with honorary robes)
[li]Honor Roll Student [9, 10, 11, 12] [/li][li]Multiple Awards from Competitions which are listed in my EC section [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Summers:
[ul][li]COSMOS Summer Program at UCI- Attended for a month and worked with two other students under the supervision of two UCI professors on a long-term research project. The project was on The Effect of Anisotropy on 12-Sided Snowflakes and Cobaltite and including research done in UCI science labs. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other Information:
[ul][li]Had two surgeries during the first semester of my senior year to fix a hole in my right lung. Caused me to miss 4 weeks of school and made it difficult for me to study however I have managed to keep my grades up even with this problem and currently have 3.83 unweighted and 4.83 weighted for this semester. Wrote essays for several colleges on the surgeries and how they affected me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Applied for Financial Aid. Parents make less than 65k a year.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Recommendations:
[ul][<em>]Counselor- Excellent
[</em>]Two teachers- Excellent/Very Good
[li]Club Advisor- Excellent[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Essays:
[ul][<em>]Volunteering
[</em>]Soccer
[<em>]Surgery
[</em>]Outside of school research (some universities had an option)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Colleges: I apologize for having so many but when I was recovering from my surgeries I had else to do than apply and do my schoolwork. (Plus I had Fee Waivers)
[list]
[<em>]Johns Hopkins- Deferred Early Decision (Will send them new subject test scores, first semester grades with the information on my surgeries since they happened after the ED deadline as well as some new EC activity)
[</em>]Duke
[<em>]Brown
[</em>]Carnegie Mellon
[<em>]Cornell
[</em>]Dartmouth
[<em>]Emory
[</em>]Harvard
[<em>]Northwestern
[</em>]Princeton
[<em>]Rice
[</em>]Stanford
[<em>]University of Pennsylvania
[</em>]University of Virginia
[<em>]Vanderbilt
[</em>]Washington University in St. Louis
[<em>]Yale
[</em>]Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health)
[<em>]Columbia
[</em>]Berkeley
[<em>]UCLA
[</em>]UCSD
[<em>]UCI
[</em>]UCR
<a href="Expecting%20a%20lot%20of%20rejection%20letters%20in%20March">/list</a></p>

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<p>didnt take SAT? thats fine with act w/e</p>

<p>and honestly thats alot of schools to be applying to, i mean if ur essays are all good then thats fine, but i would have focused on a few schools, know their mission for my major, and really let them know i am interested in that school and not just apply to every top school and hope to get into one of them. from ur stats u have a chance, all comes down to ur essays</p>

<p>Duke - high reach
Brown - high reach
Carnegie Mellon - dont know
Cornell -high reach
Dartmouth -high reach
Emory -reach
Harvard - high reach
Northwestern -high reach
Princeton - high reach
Rice - reach
Stanford - high reach
University of Pennsylvania -high reach
University of Virginia -no idea about this school
Vanderbilt -match/reach
Washington University in St. Louis -high reach
Yale - high reach
Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health) - match, but dunno about nursing
Columbia -high reach
Berkeley - match/reach
UCLA - match
UCSD - match
UCI - safety
UCR -safety</p>

<p>of course i could be wrong, but from people that i knew who got accepted to the top 20 schools and from stats, profiles, etc. they all excelled and they all applied to only a handful of schools from the top 20 list</p>

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<p>I started my essays back in September and then had two weeks of time to revise anything I needed while I was recovering from my surgeries. Thanks for the chances though.</p>

<p>EDIT: As for Georgetown, I’m applying for their Human Science major in the School of Nursing and Health. And my main focus was on Hopkins, Duke, Princeton, and Georgetown.</p>

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<p>You have a great profile! I’m really surprised you got deferred from JHU ED! I think you have a pretty good shot in the RD round.
Duke - reach/match
Brown - reach
Carnegie Mellon - match
Cornell -reach/match
Dartmouth -reach/match
Emory -match
Harvard - reach
Northwestern - match
Princeton - reach
Rice - match
Stanford - reach
University of Pennsylvania -reach
University of Virginia -match/safety
Vanderbilt -match
Washington University in St. Louis -reach
Yale - reach
Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health) - match
Columbia - reach
Berkeley - match/
UCLA - match
UCSD - safety
UCI - safety
UCR -safety</p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

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<ul>
<li>Johns Hopkins - Low reach

<ul>
<li>Duke - reach</li>
<li>Brown - reach</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon - high match/low reach?</li>
<li>Cornell - reach</li>
<li>Dartmouth - reach</li>
<li>Emory - match?</li>
<li>Harvard - reach</li>
<li>Northwestern - reach</li>
<li>Princeton - reach</li>
<li>Rice - low reach?</li>
<li>Stanford - reach</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania - reach</li>
<li>University of Virginia - high match/low reach?</li>
<li>Vanderbilt - high match</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis - high match</li>
<li>Yale - reach</li>
<li>Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health) - reach</li>
<li>Columbia - reach</li>
<li>Berkeley - match</li>
<li>UCLA - match</li>
<li>UCSD - safety</li>
<li>UCI - safety</li>
<li>UCR - safety</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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<p>I really, really, really hate to tell such a dedicated student that he might be rejected from many of his dream schools. You may be aiming too high and setting yourself up for disappointment. </p>

<p>Johns Hopkins - I don’t know. Intuition says that JHU is a high match, but very few applicants are ever accepted after a deferral :frowning:
Duke - low reach
Brown - high reach
Carnegie Mellon - low reach
Cornell - reach
Dartmouth - reach
Emory - low match; I know two people similar to you that got in with merit money.
Harvard - high reach
Northwestern - ?
Princeton - high reach
Rice - match
Stanford - high reach
University of Pennsylvania - reach
University of Virginia - reach for OOS
Vanderbilt - high match
Washington University in St. Louis - ?
Yale - high reach
Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health) - ?
Columbia - high reach
Berkeley - high match
UCLA - match
UCSD - match
UCI - safety
UCR - safety </p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/846686-chance-someone-who-totally-overdid-lacs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/846686-chance-someone-who-totally-overdid-lacs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the chances, I’ll chance you back. And I’m really hoping to be one of the few that is accepted after being deferred. I’m sending in a letter stating why I feel I would be a good student at hopkins as well as an extra letter of recommendation (also updating my resume).</p>

<p>EDIT: And I’m not really expecting to get into the Ivy League Universities. Applied for the heck of it because I had so much free time.</p>

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<p>You are applying to schools all over the entire united states - west to east , north to south. You need to have more focus your applications. Your scores should get you in to one of the schools. but remember at top schools it’s always more about hook - legacy - athletics, than most anything else. better to be a sat 2100/act 30 / gpa 3.6 with generous legacy instead of a 2400 / 4.0 unhooked applicant. Try to distinguish yourself as much as possible. The medical issues could cut either way - so be careful with that, it may help, but it also may look like a sob story. just my opinion, good luck</p>

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<p>Well, your list is really top-heavy. I understand why you did it this way. You have a good record with some interesting elements–I would say that you have a reasonable chance of getting into at least a few of your non-UC schools. But it wouldn’t be a shock (or a catastrophe) if you end up at a UC.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chances. As far as the medical issues go, I’m not using them as an excuse; instead, I discussed how having the surgeries makes me unique among pre-med students since most students don’t have these sort of issues at this age.</p>

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<p>yeah…if you got deferred from hopkins with that, your essays probably were just bad or your Rec Letters or you didn’t present your ECs accurately</p>

<p>if that is true, some/many of those schools will be difficult</p>

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<p>Your profile on paper looks very impressive, and you seem like a very well rounded student who will do well wherever you end up.</p>

<ul>
<li>Johns Hopkins - Low Reach </li>
<li>Duke - Low Reach</li>
<li>Brown - Reach</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon - High Match</li>
<li>Cornell - Low Reach</li>
<li>Dartmouth - Reach</li>
<li>Emory - Low Reach</li>
<li>Harvard - High Reach</li>
<li>Northwestern - Low Reach</li>
<li>Princeton - High Reach</li>
<li>Rice - Low Reach</li>
<li>Stanford - High Reach</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania - Reach</li>
<li>University of Virginia - Match</li>
<li>Vanderbilt - High Match</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis - Match</li>
<li>Yale - High Reach</li>
<li>Georgetown (School of Nursing and Health) - Match</li>
<li>Columbia - Reach</li>
<li>Berkeley - Match</li>
<li>UCLA - Match</li>
<li>UCSD - Safety</li>
<li>UCI - Safety</li>
<li>UCR - Safety</li>
</ul>

<p>I don’t know how you had time for all those apps, haha. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Chanced you guys back, thanks. Anyone else?</p>