Chance Me for Top Schools Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior. Average CA high school. Thanks.</p>

<p>Objective
GPA - 4.0/4.74 - highest rigor
Rank - 2 of 500</p>

<p>PSAT - 220 (one short of NMSF)
SAT - 2340
CR M WR - 740/800/800</p>

<p>Subject Tests
math II - 800
World history - 800</p>

<p>AP
world history - 5
chem - 5
calc BC - 5
us history - 5</p>

<p>this year
Macro/micro ap
us gov ap
spanish lang ap
physics c (self study while in physics b ap)
english lit ap
multi calculus H</p>

<p>Honors
Average for top schools
academic letter/honors in specific subjects / 4 years honor roll / NM Comended / ap scholar w honor / CSF lifemember / won math competition in school</p>

<p>ECs (super consolidated)</p>

<ol>
<li>CSF (CA version of NHS) - 4 years, Board (10-12), President (12)</li>
<li>MLS soccer team - community service, summer internship, turned into paying job. Grades 9-11.</li>
<li>Soccer - awards. All 4 years.</li>
<li>XCountry/Track - 3 years. 2 year varsity. Top varsity jumper.</li>
<li>Play softball with my dad on sundays</li>
<li>Prestigious position on the State PTA (2nd best EC) and other PTA-related ec's 10-12</li>
<li>Speech and debate - 1 year, lots of awards</li>
<li>Student Council - Member at Large - 4 years</li>
<li>My own blog - 12th grade</li>
</ol>

<p>Work Experience Subset
I have had a job since I was 15 and have worked full time every summer in high school.
1. Worked for online sports firm, one of my articles was syndicated by Yahoo and rose to #2 worldwide in the rankings (best EC and common app essay)
2. Worked for online marketing firm
3. Tutored in the SAT on an innovative pricing system
4. Kept a student undergoing chemo treatment up to date with geometry while out of school.</p>

<p>Recs
hmm...one amazing and one above average...counselor will be average due to school size</p>

<p>Essays/Interviews
common app essay will be top top top. The rest will be way above average, but nothing like the common app one. I'm great with interviews</p>

<p>Chances for:
Stanford/Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Northwestern (legacy)/Brown/Penn (legacy)/Rice/USC
Cal, UCSD - in state</p>

<p>Likely major: maybe maybe math
not a minority</p>

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<p>I think the first reply takes the longest, so I’ll spare you that trouble. bump</p>

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<p>You definitely have the GPA/SAT. It is going to come down to the essay. So you have done soccer/xcountry/softball. For HYPS and the ivies, if you are going to apply as Math major, then your ECs don’t tie that together. Any Math competitions? Your work experience seems to tie you to more of a business type major? I guess without knowing details of all that and how you are going present yourself, it is hard to chance. But your gpa/Sat score definitely puts your foot at the door. Great chances for the UCs, others are a reach for anyone.</p>

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<p>If I intended to major in something else, would that help me? I just thought econ/stats were seen as “easy” majors.</p>

<p>Any other input/chances? 130 views and only one response.</p>

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<p>This is the last time i bump. Ah well.</p>

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<p>HYPS: Nobody knows</p>

<p>NW, Rice: Decent chances
USC: Very good chances</p>

<p>Brown ED: Decent Chances
Penn ED: Decent Chances</p>

<p>Brown RD: Reach (acceptance rate (below) 10%)
Penn RD: Reach (acceptance rate (below) 10%)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input</p>

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<p>Wow… I really can… um… Wow… Thats pretty impressive… like really really impressive. Self studying eh? Thats shows you’re a good student.</p>

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<p>You look incredibly well qualified! With HPYS, you never know, but you should be in at Northwestern, Rice, USC! It depends on where you apply early (if you decide to), but Brown and Penn are low reaches if you don’t! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response. I think Stanford EA. How about for Cal and UCSD?</p>

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<p>I saw this on another post and I thought it relevant. My school sends about 5 to UCLA, 5 to Cal, 5 to USC each year. 10 for top out of state last year (Rice and up). This accounts for the top 5% in my class. However, 2 years ago only had 3 out of state top schools. Last year there were 2 HYPS but none two years ago.</p>