Chance me for Rice and Vanderbilt

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Black Male
Income bracket: 200k+

Rank 26/511 (5.08%)
GPA(unweighted)- 3.935
UC GPA(uw)- - 4.0
ACT- 33(35E 32M 34R 29S 7W); SuperScore- 34 (35S) (what kind of physics major am I lol)
Subject Test-780 Math 2 770 Physics
AP Scores- AP Physics 1(3) AP Physics 2(3) AP Human(3) APUSH(3) AP Seminar(3) AP World History(3) AP Lang(4) AP Stats(4) (I’m awful at AP Test)

EC:
Comepetive Tennis for 9 years-played alot of tournaments and won a few
Mckineney Courts Tennis Acadmey Student- Did this all year long from middle school to 11th grade
Varsity Tennis all four years- Senior Captain This Year,(Area qualifier and Bi-District Champs)
USTA Tennis Player-UTR of 7 and 16s boys champ(texas thing)
USTA JTT Tennis State 2 years in a row( 4th place one year 9th the other)
National Honor Society
Founder and President Of HS Physics Club
Mellon Summer academy for math and science-rigorous summer program for STEM Students, EQT and Siemans fellow Nominee
Research at DAS Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon the summer of my senior year-Biochemistry RNA stuff
Harvard Precollege- Took Intro to Quantum Atomic and Particle Physics,
Worked for about 1.5 years now at college prep place and at market street

Awards(not so good):
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar with honors
Academic Honors
Academic Letter
Varsity letter all 4 years
EQT and Siemens Fellow Nominee

Our school doesn’t have science Olympiad or any academic clubs other than AC Dec but I cant do because I have tennis during that period. I have universities by me but none of them were willing to allow me to do physics research. Tennis takes up a significant portion of my time so I cant join many clubs so anything I do I have to do in the summer

I can write essays pretty well and my Teacher recs should be good.

I really don’t know what else to put so just tell me if you need more. Thx

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You sound like a strong candidate for either.

I do suggest you consider getting more practice or help with timed essays, which likely have been bringing down your AP scores. (Useful skill anyway.) Be sure to have someone proofread your application essays and learn from any mistakes found. Good luck!

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thanks for the input

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You are a strong candidate. With great essays I could see you getting into Rice and perhaps Vanderbilt

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i’m not familiar with rice, but i can say you seem like a darn good candidate for vanderbilt. good luck! :slight_smile:

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I believe that you are a strong candidate for both schools. Each of these schools has a very different vibe. Good luck

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Vanderbilt takes a higher percentage of its class in the early decision rounds (ED and ED2) than Rice does. If you really want to get in Vanderbilt, consider ED2. Rice does not have ED2.