Chance me for UChicago, Duke, Stanford, UC San Diego, IU, Purdue(Include scholarships for last 3)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm a junior in Northwest Indiana.</p>

<p>My stats:
SAT: 2310 (800 Math, 800 Critical Reading, 710 Writing)
ACT: 35 (36 Math/English, 35 Science, 31 Reading(not that speedy)
GPA: Unweighted(4.0), Weighted(4.69)
Courses:
9:
Honors Bio
Honors English 9
Honors Algebra 2
Gym
Ancient/Modern World History
Spanish 2
10:
Honors Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors PreCalculus
Honors English 10
AP Art History (Exam score: 4)
Spanish 3
11:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP Psychology
AP Calculus BC
Honors Spanish 4
Honors English 11(note: could have taken AP Lit, but really liked Honors English 10 teacher, plus English isn't my forte)
US History(note: not APUSH as we are capped at 6 Honors/AP classes)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Computer Science
AP Composition
AP Biology
AP Stats
Health/Speech
AP Spanish 5
AP Gov/Economics
Extracurriculars/Personal Interests/Awards:
Received "Principal's Award"
Consistently on High Honor Roll
National Honor Society member
AIME qualifier both in 10th and 11th grades
Nationally ranked in JETS/TEAMS competition and captain for it in 9th/10th grade (and presumably 11th)
Science Olympiad team member; we qualified for the national competition last year and probably will this year
Cross country runner-received varsity letter this year and the team qualified for state
Varsity debater, received "Outstanding Novice Award" in 9th grade and went to state all 3 years(2 in policy, 2 in Lincoln Douglas
Varsity Academic Superbowl all 3 years; got 3rd in state in Math/Interdisciplinary and 4th in science last year; competition still ongoing now; got state finalist this year in both Math/science
Project X-10th/11th grade, elected vice President (leadership EC)
Volunteer in program called "Teen Court" in which juries of teens decide the fate of troubled kids
Will probably do IU Honors Foreign Language program in Chile this summer
Personal interests:
-Economics; enjoy reading studies on the Internet, especially regarding policies
-Politics/statistics. I like doing analyses for upcoming Senate/congressional elections using excel
-Computer programming: enjoy doing Code Academy and took online course on it; will take AP Computer Science next year </p>

<p>Basically, I feel like my stats are strong but I don't have any "big" accomplishments to set me apart.</p>

<p>Chances?</p>

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<p>For Purdue, you do have a chance for the Presidential scholarship. ACT 35 is around the cut off that some students got it some didn’t.</p>

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<p>You’re right; your stats are strong- as for a ‘big accomplishment’ that is up to you to highlight in your essays and personal statement. A lot of what colleges think about you is based on what you write; you could choose to emphasize any achievement as long as you feel strongly about it.
Remember that the first 3 colleges you mention will tend to be almost arbitrary in choosing applicants because almost all the applicants are equally strong; a lot of it depends on luck.
That said, it doesn’t seem like any of your choices are out of your reach.</p>

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<p>Also, does Purdue only look at SAT Math + CR or do they look at Writing? Do they take the better of your 2 scores for scholarship considerations?</p>

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<p>Not sure how they look at the scores for scholarship considerations, but you are definitely in the range. Your stat is similar to my D and she got the presidential scholarship plus another one as oos student. Your SAT CR score is better than my D, while my D has better reading sections scores in ACT than yours.</p>

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<p>The only merit based scholarship that I know that you can get for UCSD is Regents and Jacobs. Not sure though if they award those to OOS students. Regents only awards you few thousand a year if you don’t have financial aid as an honorarium. Jacobs is full ride or close to full ride. You can google them if you want.</p>

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<p>Stanford is a low reach (most selective school in the country).
I’d argue that Duke and Chicago are high matches (even though they both have very low acceptance rates).</p>

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Interesting. I ended up getting into Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, IU, Purdue, and WUSTL, but rejected/waitlisted from UChicago, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and Penn.