Chance me for Mechanical Engineering major

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for a mechanical engineering major at the following schools:
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UCI, Cal Poly SLO
Carleton, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, Vanderbilt, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities</p>

<p>Weighted GPA- 4.54
Unweighted GPA- 4.0</p>

<p>SAT- 2160 (650 CR, 800 M, 710 W)</p>

<p>AP SCORES:
Calculus BC- 5
Chemistry- 3
European History- 4
Statistics- 5
U.S. History- 5
World History- 5</p>

<p>SAT SUBJECT TEST SCORES:
Chemistry- 700
Math Level 2- 740
U.S. History- 760
World History- 680</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Psychology
IB English IV HL
IB History IV HL
IB Biology HL
IB Spanish SL
IB Theory of Knowledge
String Orchestra
Cross Country</p>

<p>AWARDS:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commended Student
Certificate of Merit Advanced Level Piano
Honor Orchestra
IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
National Honor Society (Secretary-12, Treasurer-11)
Girl Scouts (Vice President-11/12, Secretary-9/10), Day Camp Counselor 9-12
Music for Seniors (Co-President-12)- play piano/violin at senior home
California Scholarship Federation
Key Club</p>

<p>OTHER EC's:
Cross Country (9-12)
Piano (9-12)- CM Advanced Level, Branch Honors, performed at state convention
Violin (9-12)- Honor Orchestra, freshman orchestra concertmaster, first violin for advanced orchestra
Pit Orchestra for School Musicals (9,11)</p>

<p>UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UCI, Cal Poly SLO
Carleton, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, Vanderbilt, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities</p>

<p>I know it's a lot of colleges and I'm trying to narrow it down to 15 or less.</p>

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<p>You have a very high chance of admission at: UCSD, UCD, UCI, CALPOLY, UMinneosta</p>

<p>You have a good shot at : Carleton, Cornell, UMichigan, UCLA</p>

<p>You have a decent shot at :UCBerkeley, Rice, JHUEngineering</p>

<p>The rest are reach/low reach shots(Or I just dont know the school well enough) but you should be a competitive applicant for sure.</p>

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<p>You have nothing that really relates to your major (No Extra Curricular’s or physics classes)
The UC’s, state schools are hit or miss, and reaches for the rest. Although being a girl will help - especially for engineering (not to be taken the wrong way)</p>

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<p>I took IB Physics SL as a junior but I didn’t take the IB test or SAT subject test.
Do you think I have a better chance at biomedical engineering? I want to design prosthetics which is why I chose mechanical but I think biomedical would be more interesting.</p>

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<p>You can always double major! or Do mechanical minor or vice versa.</p>

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<p>Always do something which you think will be fun or exciting cause then work will be play :smiley: BiomedEngineering is gaining a lot of surface and some even go to Med School after.</p>

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<p>Some of the schools listed are “lottery” schools. Hard to chance. In other words, you have about the same 10% shot as the many other highly qualified applicants.</p>

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<p>How did you score a 5 on calculus bc and then get a 740 on math 2? Did you have to take a bunch of subject tests or something that day? Also class rank?</p>

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<p>I took the Math Level 2 subject test as a sophomore and Calc BC as a junior, so maybe that’s why. And the curve for Calc BC is really high so about half the scores are 5’s</p>

<p>My class rank is in the top 10%. My school doesn’t do individual rankings</p>

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<p>Can I get another opinion?</p>

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<p>Got any hooks?
What are your essays about? Are they sob stories about how you over came the death of a hamster, or are they about some wacky experience?
You have decent stats, it might depend on your school, are they ranked highly?</p>

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<p>My high school is ranked in the top 500 in the country by Newsweek (top 3%)</p>

<p>My UC essays are about 1) cross country and how my experience has made me want to develop prosthetics and artificial limbs for disabled people so that they can experience the same feeling I get when I finish a race, and 2) a trip my school orchestra went on to the state music convention to perform and my passion for music, specifically as a member in orchestra</p>

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<p>Your from where again? Ca?</p>

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<p>yes, I’m from CA</p>

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<p>Whats your schools api score</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley, UCLA: reach
UCSD, UC Davis: high match
UCI: match Cal Poly SLO: safety
Carleton, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, Vanderbilt - these are all reaches. Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, Cornell are extreme reaches. Sorry to tell you that. As you don’t have much experience or ECs in engineering, that will be a problem. Try to engage in some projects. That will work.
University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities: matches</p>

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