Chance me for Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, University of Illinois - UC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all, thanks in advance for any advice!</p>

<p>Applying to:
Stanford
MIT
UC Berkeley (Eng)
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (Eng)</p>

<p>Intended major: Computer science or electrical engineering </p>

<p>Asian(Filipina) Female
Competitive Jesuit prep school in Chicago
Class size: 518
Rank: school doesn't rank but according to a graph showing grade distributions, I'm in the top 10%</p>

<p>UW GPA: 94.14
W GPA: 97.85</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR (School limits AP's to 3 per year)
AP Lang/Comp
Honors Comp Sci
Theology Quest
Honors Micro/Macro Econ
Honors French IV
AP Calc AB
AP Phys C</p>

<p>TEST SCORES
ACT: 32 Composite (34 English, 31 Math, 34 Reading, 30 Science, 08 Writing)
SAT II scores : 770 US History , 710 Math II, 610 Physics (retaking...)
AP Exams:
• AP Statistics – 5
• AP United States History – 4
• AP Calculus AB – will take
• AP Physics C (both) – will take
• AP English Language/Composition – will take
• AP Macro Economics - will take
• AP Micro Economics - will take</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Girls’ Cross Country - 3 years (2 minor, 1 major award)
• Girls’ Track - 3 years (2 minor, 1 major award)
• Architecture Club - 3 years (published article in Crit! magazine reviewing my design teacher/club moderator's book on Filipino architecture)
• Newspaper Sci/Tech Writer; School News Page Editor - 3 years;1 year
• JETS/WYSE (president) - 1 year
• Spirit Squad - 2 years
• Piano – 13 years</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP
• Newspaper School News Editor (2011-2012)
• Clavius Scholar (Math/Sci honors program: Required unweighted GPA > 90%, minimum of 4 honors or AP classes, 50 hours of service
• JETS/WYSE President 2010</p>

<p>SERVICE
• Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota (built a house) July 2011
• 100+ misc. service hours </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Stanford
MIT
UC Berkeley (Eng)
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (Eng)</p>

<p>Don’t hold your breath for Stanford/MIT. You’re a female going into engineering, which is a hook in itself, but in terms of CS/eng-related ECs, you’re lacking. I’d say both are high reaches for you. UCB engineering is toouggh to get into… again, the missing ECs are hurting you here. Don’t count yourself out, though! Berkeley, as you may well know, has taken a liking to OOS students in recent years, and your scores are within a feasible range. I’d call this a mid reach, perhaps a low reach. UIUC I honestly don’t know much about… but I hope you get in, because I know they’re great in both CS and EE.</p>

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<p>You’re a good applicant, but the fact that you’re a female engineering applicant will help you a lot. </p>

<p>Stanford and MIT are tough; I wouldn’t count on them (I wouldn’t think anyone should), but I wish you good luck with those anyway. I think you will likely get into the others, though. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1219836-chance-me-uchicago-columbia-yale-georgetown-more-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1219836-chance-me-uchicago-columbia-yale-georgetown-more-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think you’re in at UCB and UICI.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies!
I agree on Stanford/MIT - I applied for kicks and giggles mostly.</p>

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<p>you will get in i hate how people think its all about numbers and its not my auntie is the admissions officer at uc berkley she told me she doesnt care about the numbers past a certain point and trust me your way past that point after that they look at your essay to see what makes you special what makes you …YOU!</p>

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<p>You should get into University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Good luck!</p>