Chance me for Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cornell, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, and UPenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cornell, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, and UPenn
Hey guys. So I am a rising junior and I thought this would be a good time to start thinking about the final touches to my resume that I should make before applying to college. UPenn is my dream school(Wharton and Jerome Fisher dual degree specifically) and I really want an opinion on how I'll fare. Here is my resume:</p>

<p>I go to one of the best(top 5) high schools for math and science and STEM-ranked by US News and World Report
GPA: 96.04 --no class rank is given
SAT(from practice tests): 2320 -- I am pretty sure I will replicate this
SAT II: Math2-800 Physics-800
APs: I took 6 and they're all 5s and I dont feel like listing them</p>

<p>Extracurriculars(I copied directly from my resume so please bear):
Research intern at Rutgers BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology:
• Will have papaer published by end of 2013-2014 school year
Founder of two clubs and acting president of one of them
United States Physics Olympiad(USAPhO):
• Named one of 400 national semi-finalists
Euro Challenge:
• National Semi - Finalist</p>

<p>New Jersey Physics I League:
• High School Team Member
Columbia Science Honors Program:
• Admitted and attending(2013-2015)
American Computer Science League:
• National School Representative to the All Star Competition (2013)
• 4th Place Team Member
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Stock Market Game:
• Captain of the National Capitol Hill Challenge Winners (2013)
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Stock Market Game:
• Captain of the New Jersey and regional winners Year Long Division (2013)
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Stock Market Game:
• Captain of the New Jersey and regional winners Spring Division (2013)
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Stock Market Game:
• Captain of the New Jersey and regional winners Diversification Challenge(2013)
US Geography Challenge:
• New Jersey State First Place and National Qualifier (2013)
Certified by Oracle Workforce Development Program in Java SE:
• Certificate in Java Programming Language using Java SE6 (2012)
Kellenberg High School Academic Team Tournament:
• Second Place(2012)
National History Bowl:
• Team Member of the New Jersey State Champions (2012)
• Team Member of the Fourth Place Team at Nationals (2012)</p>

<p>Sports/Music:
I play squash and sing Indian classical music(carnatic music)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
400+ hours including one summer in New Delhi India working at a school for disabled children</p>

<p>Plans for this year(* indicates that it is a competition and that it is uncertain what level I will get to):</p>

<p>NHS Induction(I have all the credentials just need to submit)
Submit my paper to a few local science fairs and Intel and Siemens(most likely the later two will be during my senior year)*
USAPhO(wanna get semi-finalist again)*
I'm also in the process of developing a Financial Analytics API and a website that aids in the creation of research papers and they should be release later this year.
Take 3 more APs</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian(Asian)
Income Bracket: $250,000+</p>

<p>Also I'm in the most challenging classes in my school so if that adds anything.</p>

<p>Any help/suggestions/comments would be great. Is this a good path to continue on or should I change to something different/or add something. Thanks again for the advice!</p>

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<p>Stanford: reach
MIT: reach
Princeton: reach
Columbia: reach
Penn: high reach
Cal: high match
Cornell: match</p>

<p>Honestly, you have the credentials to get in. I put reach for most of them because, as we all know, schools of that caliber are reaches no matter what. Since you have the scores and the EC’s, focus on the essays. Show passion and add personal touches and you are good.</p>

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<p>You should have what it takes to get into all of these schools, but something that you and everyone posting here should keep in mind is that you are coming from an extremely overrepresented demographics—New Jersey, Asian, STEM-focused school—meaning that much more will be expected of you compared to many people from outside your area and compared to most people you see on the forum even though there are plenty of people very much like you on here.</p>

<p>Another issue I see is that you seem too much just like every other STEM student from New Jersey. This screams generic High Tech applicant all over. I do not say this belittle what you have done; you’ve done what is most important for your first few years: stay competitive. You need to use your junior year to stand out, and being on the sidelines in History Bowl, i.e., not winning in the Bee or winning other individual awards, or not showing that you have done more with the internships similar to those many other people have done through science fairs, Intel, etc. (Siemens is for seniors only) will be what keeps you out of schools that are very EC-driven in admissions such as Stanford and Wharton. </p>

<p>Now, for Princeton, Cornell, and UCB, you have excellent chances, but the rest are on-track to remain reaches.</p>

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<p>eastcoastboy is being way too harsh haha. I think you’re a competitive applicant for all those schools. Of course you never know what’s gonna happen with the top Ivies, but I think you should be able to easily get into Berkeley and Cornell</p>

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<p>You’re competitive for every school listed, but keep in mind that you are, in fact, an overrepresented demographic. Princeton and any other school out West will make it a Low Reach, but for the rest of the Ivies, it’s a reach. Not unreachable, though, by any means.</p>

<p>Stanford: Low Reach
Berkeley: Please…
Cornell: Low Reach
Princeton: Low Reach
MIT: Uber High Reach
Columbia: Reach
UPenn: Reach</p>

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<p>I have a few friends at High Tech and a few that graduated from there. You should do TSA! Maybe won’t do wonders for your college application but it’s a whole of fun. ;)</p>

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<p>Nice EC’s. </p>

<p>Where are you publishing?</p>

<p>I think everywhere (minus J/F = high reach and UCB = safety) would be a low reach/high match for you.</p>

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<p>Probably in Theoretical Population Biology since the professor and grad student I am working with have a relationship with them.</p>

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<p>All are high reaches except Berkeley and Cornell (low reaches). It’s hard to be more specific since we don’t have junior year grades or test scores, but you’re certainly on the right track! :)</p>

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<p>Stanford: reach
MIT:High reach
Princeton: reach
Columbia: reach
Penn: high reach
Cal: not sure abt that
Cornell: match</p>

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