Chance me for Ivy League :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am an Asian (Indian) male that is a junior at a competitive high school in Illinois that sends many graduates to Ivy League and similar. I am intersted in majoring in Biomedical Engineering.</p>

<p>Can you please chance me for the Ivy League schools. Especially the ones with a good engineering program. </p>

<p>GPA:
UW: 5.0
Weighted: 5.92</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT MathII-800</p>

<p>Awards:
Business Student of the Quarter-9
Dean's List-(9-12)
National Spanish Exam-Plata de Oro
National Merit Commended
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>APs: Computer Science A(5), European History(5)</p>

<p>Current AP: US History, Calculus BC, Language and Composition</p>

<p>Senior Year: AP Spanish Language, Multivariable Calculus, AP Physics C, AP Micro/Macro, AP Literature, AP Biology</p>

<p>EC:
Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader
Business Professionals of America, Chapter Officer, State Competitor
Math Team
Saxophone, Jazz Combo Club, Extra Curricular Band, Variety Show (9-11)
Yearbook, Writer
Peer Leadership, Committee Member
Religious Organization, National Youth Planning Board
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
Track and Field: Shot Put and Discus, Sophomore Outdoor Conference Champions (Recruited by Caltech)
Research at local clinic: Assisted with national trial, KAST Study, ATTRACT Study, 200 Hours, Research Intern
Diabetes Research at University of Illinois-Chicago</p>

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<p>How do you have an unweighted GPA of 5.0?</p>

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<p>In my school, we are on a 5 pt scale. So a 5.0=4.0</p>

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<p>you have a great shot at universities such as cornell, brown and penn</p>

<p>dartmouth and columbia would be high matches.</p>

<p>and like always, even though you fit the credentials for HYP pretty well, its gonna be reach regardless of anything…</p>

<p>but great job buddy, done well for yourself, im sure you’ll get into AT LEAST one ivy :)</p>

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<p>If you have good essays, recommendations, and apply to all, I’d say you have a fair shot at one. It doesn’t sound like you have real interest in a specific school, which may hurt you if you come across supplement essays and interviews. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Should I apply ED/EA to one of these schools. Or should I just wait and apply RD. I am thinking about applying EA to UIUC, MIT, Caltech.</p>

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<p>On paper you appear to be a great candidate, but apparently you lack the quanitative skills to know that you are?</p>

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<p>@sosomenza I think it would be qualitative skills. But never mind that. I know that I have good stats on paper and I am a good candidate, but I am just trying to confirm what I believe to be true about my ability to get into a good college. People with my stats get rejected all the time, so I really don’t know.</p>

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<p>No I meant quantitative. By your long winded outline, I could tell that you had the qualitative thing down pat.</p>

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<p>814560, ignore the cutting words of sosomenza. You did not have a particularly “long-winded outline”; I have read much longer outlines of students’ stats on this site. Question: how do you know that you are NM Commended if you are a junior? It does not come out until Sept of your senior year. Or are you making an educated guess based on past cutoffs ? (Could your PSAT possibly make NMSF in your state based on past cutoffs? You can research past year’s cutoffs for each state on CC). Also, I’d suggest taking the SAT as well. You aced the ACT, but you might even do higher on the SAT. You never know which you will be stronger in until you try. If you have a strong score, presenting them both (ACT and SAT) will look even more impressive. If you don’t do well, you don’t have to show your SAT at all; there are only a very, very few colleges that insist that you show every test/every sitting. For most colleges, what you show them is up to you. I’d recommend at least one more SAT II. Any subject is fine, but one in a humanities area would show your intellectual breadth (ie you would show them that you can do math and humanities well). However, I just noted that you are interested in biomedical engineering, so perhaps they would like a science SAT II (or you could do a science one AND a humanities one). I think you have a very good chance at the Ivies, although they are a reach for everyone, even the top students. I don’t know a lot about engineering, but I think that I heard that Columbia has a good engineering program. Amherst has a 3-2 program (3 yrs at Amherst; 2 yrs at Wash U or Columbia, I think?).</p>

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<p>I am a good 3 points lower than last year’s cutoff. I didn’t have a good test day since I was sick. But should I really still take the SAT without any prep. I am not sure how much time I have to prepare for it.</p>

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<p>Well, no one can determine whether a candidate is a match for Ivy or not. I gotta say, it’s a reach for everyone. I know a kid who had a 95.6 cumulative, 2380 SAT, 800 in Math II, 780 in Bio E, 800 in Lit, 800 in USH, had 13 APs with two 4s and all 5s, amazing ECs, but got rejected from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and MIT. He did get into Penn though.</p>

<p>On the other hand, this Native American kid had 2180 SATs, 89 cumulative, average of 740s on IIs, and a below-average ECs, but got into MIT and Columbia, and Harvard.</p>

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<p>Cornell is well known for it’s engineering and honestly you have a great shot to be admitted. However, while cornell is the easiest of the ivies to get into it is also the hardest to graduate from.</p>