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Hey Guys, I am an 11th grader, looking to apply to college next year. My interested colleges are:
Cornell, UPenn, Brown, CMU, University of Austin Honors, Schreyer Honor College

I will likely either early Cornell or UPenn as those are my “reach schools”.

Majors: Materials Science/Nanotechnology, Actuarial Mathematics, Physics

Stats:

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 690R, 800M, 760W, 12E (will retake to increase CR)
SAT I (aggregate): 2250
ACT (breakdown):will not take
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 780 US History, Will take Physics this year
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (Got 1 B+ in 10th grade English, all other grades are A or A+, Math/Sciences = Straight A+, straight A/A+ in 11th grade)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Will Take AP Calculus BC, Physics C, and Statistics AP Tests this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): will not take
Junior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB (But am studying for BC, as I know the material), AP Statistics, AP World History, Honors English 3 (Not AP)
Senior Year Course Load: Will take Math and Science at local university (finished my schools curriculum), AP English, AP Economics, some electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):All are science fair related:

“Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science” award given to one person (me) out of 1200 competing in Tri-State Science Fair (PA-NJ-DE)
“Superior Innovation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering” award given to three people (including me) out of 1200 in Tri-State Science Fair
Tri-State Science Fair category awards in Engineering and Physics
One of 15 students from fair invited to UPenn’s Nano/Bio interface laboratory session

This above was all for my 11th grade Science Project, on “Enhancing Thermal Dissipation of CPUs through Plasma Etching of MWCNTs”. It missed ISEF finalist by one place but I have applied for patents.

Accepted with full scholarship to CMU Governor School for the Sciences (Acceptance Rate = 13%, surprised I got in)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Indian American Youth Group, Trombone Section Leader of Band, Jazz Band, various Solo Awards, Science Fair, PJAS State qualifier every year since 7th grade, all School Honor Societies
Job/Work Experience: Started Transportation Envisioning Blog/Youtube Channel in which I envision how efficient transportation can be implemented on America’s infrastructure. Won various governmental and press attention
Volunteer/Community service: Cops and Kids Volunteer
Summer Activities: CMU Governor’s School for the Sciences (This is for the coming summer)
Essays: We’ll See.

Will Apply To:
-Cornell
-UPenn
-Brown
-CMU
-Schreyer Honor College
-UT Austin Honors
-University of Ann Arbor
-Penn State
-Georgia Tech

Intended Major: Materials Science/Nanotechnology, Physics, Actuarial Mathematics (My parents want me to do Engineering, but I will not as the three aforementioned careers are more exciting to me.)
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Math/Science Grades, Science Fair Awards
Weaknesses: Will only qualify for NM Commended (Missed cutoff by 3 points), English Grades

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There is no University of Ann Arbor. I guess you mean UMich at Ann Arbor. You do have multiple reach schools on your list. Your intended majors are from different schools inside the same university. The chances would be different for different major/school. My suggestion is to add a couple more match schools to the list. Before you go any further, check out their NPC to see if they are affordable to you first. For instance, UMich is going to cost you $55k-$60k per year.

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I think you have a good chance in the schools you listed above. I would be surprised if you got denied acceptance. Chance me?

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I would not be surprised if OP got denied by 2/3 of the schools on the list.

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@billscho Just curious, why would you say that? I understand for the Ivies, but what about schools like UMich, CMU and Georgia Tech? I think with those stats he has a very good shot at those schools.

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@rdeng2614 Besides the Ivies, UTA and UMich are also highly competitive for OOS students. SAT 2250 is only within the mid 50 for UMich, nothing really stands out. Look at the UMich forum and you will see how many high stat students got rejected and waitlisted this year. If OP is applying to CoE, the chance is even lower. The median ACT for admission last year was 33 (~2220 in SAT) while >60% were in state students. Also, the average admission GPA for CoE has been at 3.9 for years. The admission rate was 27% overall but OOS students would be much lower than that.

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Schreyer’s is a part of Penn State, they are not two different schools. I think that for Engineering, you have a chance at Penn State and Texas

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@billcsho Ok thanks!

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Thank You. Sorry I did mean UMich-Ann Arbor. From what I have heard Cornell and UPenn ED are actually easier than UMich regular. Is that true?