Chance me for LACs - will chance back!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I plan on applying to Bates, Bowdoin, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Vassar, Pomona, Wesleyan, Cornell, and Harvard.</p>

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<p>Asian male, attends public high school in NYC that requires a competitive entrance exam for admission. School is competitive and there are about 290 seniors this year.</p>

<p>Hooks: Low-income; First-generation </p>

<p>Stats</p>

<p>SAT: 2210 (720 CR, 760 math, 730 writing, 10 essay)
Subject tests: Bio-E (720), Physics (740), Math II (800), U.S. History (760)
AP exams: Calc BC (5), Macro (5), Bio (5), Chem (4), World History (4), U.S. History (5), Enviro sci (5), Physics C (4), Psych (5)
GPA: 3.79/4.0 UW; 4.13/4.5 W
School does not rank</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Envirothon Club (9, 10, 11- team leader, 12- president) - Envirothon is an environmental science competition</p>

<p>Pre-Med Club (9- secretary, 10, 11, 12- president from gr 10-12) </p>

<p>During my time as president of the Pre-Med Club I expanded the club's presence in our school and raised over $1500 to donate to various health organizations. Also vastly expanded the clubs membership and diversity.</p>

<p>As the team leader of Envirothon in grade 11, my team won the city-level competition and advanced onto States, placing in the top 20 there. Team also won City competition in grade 9. This year (grade 12), I will lead fundraising activities and am expecting about $2000 to donate to various non-profit agencies that support enviro sci education. </p>

<p>Spearheaded an effort to start composting bins and other environmentally-friendly activities in teacher lounges and cafeterias.</p>

<p>Writes for a column on science activities with Scientific American; have all been published online. </p>

<p>TA'ed for my freshman English teacher for twoyears; tutored students who were struggling in biology and chemistry for two years.</p>

<p>Took after-school science research courses at a museum in gr 10 -- eventually led to internship (see below)</p>

<p>Work experience / Research</p>

<p>Interned for three summers at a local non-profit agency that promotes environmental awareness and environmental science in young disadvantaged children. This is my sole volunteer/internship activity and I will have about 430 hours when it's all completed.</p>

<p>Conducted research with a professor about endangered snakes; became a semifinalist in NYCSEF (NYC Regional science fair) with it and entered Intel but didn't place in Intel :(</p>

<p>Assisted a researcher at a museum with her research (was about environmental science/ conservation genetics); presented at various symposiums and conferences alongside her. Did not enter Intel or any other competition with it, though my name was published with the researcher's.</p>

<p>Went on various walks for things like diabetes, breast cancer, teen suicide, AIDS, etc. </p>

<p>Summer activities</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins CTY (Center for Talented Youth)- two summers
Internship and scientific research (mentioned above)
Went to the Galapagos Islands during one summer and Hawaii during spreak break to study environmental leadership as well as biodiversity and human impacts on it (received financial aid or did fundraising for these trips)
Took pre-calculus online with CTYOnline after gr 10 and am now in multivariable calc (online class)</p>

<p>I plan on asking recommendations from: (they all should be very good/excellent)
--Freshman English teacher (even though freshman teacher, she knows me extremely well)
--Calc BC teacher
--Executive director at place of internship
--Researcher from the museum who I worked with</p>

<p>Essays are great. Not the best, but above avg.</p>

<p>Plan on majoring in Environmental Science or Environmental Studies on a Pre-Med track.</p>

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<p>I know it's a lot of stuff, so I will gladly chance you back in return! </p>

<p>Also, if there are any schools I should look into, I would love to know. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I’m worried about my lack of clubs… I only have 2 :frowning: Is this bad?</p>

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<p>i think you’ll get into cornell and swarthmore after a precursory reading.
harvard is a crapshoot, but if your essays are good then whooop whooop!
& other colleges? i think in because they’re colleges i never heard of sorrry if that came off wrong… good intentions :D</p>

<p>chance me!
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<p>As long as you elaborate and go in depth as to why you’re passionate about your clubs, I think you should be fine. From what I’ve heard, adcoms don’t really like it when people list off ECs just to sound impressive. It looks like you’re pretty involved with the 2 clubs, so you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Being first-generation will help significantly, although your GPA is a little lacking. However, I do think you will get into most of the liberal arts colleges, with a 50/50 chance at Cornell. Harvard will definitely be a reach though.</p>

<p>Chance back please! :slight_smile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411989-chances-wharton-harvard-brown-columbia.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411989-chances-wharton-harvard-brown-columbia.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks, I chanced back. </p>

<p>@mmhswimmer, how and where would I elaborate about why I’m passionate about the clubs?</p>

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<p>If there are any personal essays i.e. not “Why X” essays, pick one and talk about them. What you did, what you learned, how it has impacted you, etc. Both clubs are relevant to your intended majors, so maybe tie that in as well. I personally wouldn’t talk about your clubs/achievements on the “Why X” essays. They’re more of an area to show your interest in the school. Hope this helps</p>

<p>Chance Back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411919-chance-uiuc-engineering-ea-northwestern-ed.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411919-chance-uiuc-engineering-ea-northwestern-ed.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thx… chanced u back</p>

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<p>buumpppppp</p>

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<p>You should apply early decision somewhere!</p>

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<p>Apply to Cornell ED. Better shot ED!</p>

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<p>kev, If your interest is ultimately pre-med, how about Hopkins? Rice?</p>

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<p>Dont know much about the other schools, but Harvard is hard to say.
However, for Cornell, I’d say you have a 60-40 chance, I really like your ECs, your SATs are in the middle 50 percentile. GPA’s a bit lacking but your ECs just might be able to cover it for you. Apply and keep your fingers crossed! All the best !
:)</p>

<p>Chance me back please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411650-chance-indian-hypd-cornell-mit-will-chance-back-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411650-chance-indian-hypd-cornell-mit-will-chance-back-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you guyinblue, I just chanced you back.</p>

<p>Murphy, i’m really looking for a LAC not a big research university like Hopkins and Rice. I like the benefits LACs provide, like smaller class size, more individualized attention, focus on undergrad studies, etc. But I am applying to Cornell and Harvard because they have been my dream schools for a while now. If I do get in to Cornell/ Harvard and a LAC that would be awesome and I would probably have to do revisits again and all that jazz. And as for Pre-Med, my main focus is on environmental studies, but I plan on doing a Pre-Med track just in case the enviro studies doesn’t work out so I have that option available too.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>