Chance me for MIT, Caltech, Princeton, and Stanford!!!! Please!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Stats:
SAT: 2340. Math: 790 Reading: 750 Writing: 800 (Essay 9)
SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio M: 780 Physics: 790
GPA: 4.0 UW. 4.92 W
Rank: 3 out of 548 (Top 0.55%)
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Physics B: 5
Environmental Sci: 5
World History: 5
Biology: 5
Calculus BC: 5 (AB Sub-Score 5)
Macro/Micro Economics: 5 and 5
English Language: 5
Subjective
Supplementary Material: Two supplementary letters of rec from internship mentors Sent in an additional essay about Why MIT.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope… just another ORM
Personal
Location: California
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese). Permanent resident
Gender: MALE
Other
Extracurriculars:
*Science Bowl (vice president 2 years),
*Economics Team (2 years),
*FIRST Robotics team (Team 1717)
*Boys Tennis Team (4 years),
*Piano (4+ Years),
*Sustainability club (founder/president),
*Internship in UCSB Economics (summer),
*Internship in EE at UCSB (summer),
*Ping Pong Club
*245 hours of community service at Hospital
Etc.
Awards:

  • Westmont College High School Math Competition Team Winner
  • Capital Markets Contest: (state) 1st place
  • California State Economics Challenge Championship: (State) 1st in California,
  • National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
  • Regional Science Bowl: (Regional) 1st place for two years
  • National Science Bowl: (National) Nationals Qualifier for two consecutive years
    *FIRST Robotics: (Regional) San Diego Regional Finalist and Motorola Quality Award
  • National Merit Finalist
  • Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation: Towbes Foundation Scholar ($7500 merit scholarship)
  • National AP Scholar

Really motivated to study electrical engineering, especially focusing on embedded systems and analog IC design.

After graduation, I want to join a top Tech company in Silicon Valley. Definitely interested in working on wearable devices.

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Why? You’ll know in 8 weeks, and none of our opinions matter.

You have a competitive pedigree, but being an Asian Male from California with a STEM focus and stereotypical ECs is the worst possible demographics. There’s absolutely no way to predict how you’ll do. Your essays and recommendations will be key.

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You certainly are qualified but like the above poster said it’s impossible to chance you completely just because of how competitive the schools are. I think you’ll get into one of the four maybe more but I can’t really say which. You are qualified and have done everything you can. Take some time to relax you’ll hear back in the next 8 weeks. Best of luck!

Chance back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1851091-chance-me-please.html#latest

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@Djokovic I agree with the other posters; while I definitely think you’re qualified, it’s a crap shoot at this point. Probabilistically speaking, you should be accepted to at least one of the schools. The best solution is to wait to it out and relax/take it easy.

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Where did you apply early?

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Crapshoots for all of them. You’re qualified, but you are in the absolute worst demographic of applicants out there, which sucks, but well, it’s reality.

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You can’t do chances for these schools. It’s all a crap shoot.