Chance me for UCs, Ivies, and Engineering!!!! Will Chance Back!

Hi. I’ve applied to a bunch of places, could I have something like a percentage estimate for my odds of getting in? Thanks. Applied in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering to all, so schools/colleges of engineering.

Applying to…
-University of Michigan - Accepted EA
-University of Maryland
-UC Berkeley
-UCLA
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Georgia Tech
-Columbia University
-Harvey Mudd College
-Cornell University (5 legacies, parents, grandparents, great grandparents)
-Carnegie Mellon University (Applied to school of CS, I know it’s ridiculous)
-Johns Hopkins University (Applied to BME Program, I know it’s ridiculously hard but they also consider you for the general school if you don’t make BME)
-USC
-Princeton University (2 legacies, one of whom is still very very connected w=to the school (was an interviewer, knows some admissions people))
-Stanford University

Objective:
-SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (790 M, 790 R/W, 23/24 Essay) (1 Sitting)
-SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Bio
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80 w/o freshman year , 3.7 with. (4.0=A, 3.0=B, no +/- weighting)
-Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0): 4.7 w/o freshman year , 4.5 with. (All AP/College level honors-y are on a 5.0)
Lots of the schools i’m applying to cut out freshman year from their GPA calculations.
-Weighted and capped GPA (For UCs): 4.03 ( I know it’s low, but it gets lowered since I tok more classes than is normal during sophomore/senior year, which deflates it)
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, extremely competitive magnet program school

AP (place score in parenthesis): National AP Scholar, Computer Science (5), Biology (5), Physics (5), Chemistry (4), Statistics (4), BC Calculus (5), English Lang (5), World History (4), NSL (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, Mathematical Physics (Crazy hard), Marine Biology, Political/Sports statistics, Honors English, AP Macro, Research Project

Pretty crazy course rigor throughout HS: Quantum Physics, Organic Chemistry, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, Cell Physiology, Immunology, Analytical Chem, Physical Chem, Bio Chem, and all AP english and social studies’.

All the math/science courses i’ve taken are college level, above AP.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with distinction.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis):

Debate Team (Captain of school team), Also on an independent team. Top 200 in the country, made NSDA Nationals and a bunch of other national tournaments. Round of 16 at a big international debate tournament, have gone far in a bunch of other national tournaments too.

3rd degree Black Belt, Have won a few sparring competitions

Independent Soccer Team (Captain, Goalkeeper) On it since kindergarten
Independent Baseball/Basketball teams, Low-level

Surf and Rock climb a lot, wrote some essays about the rock climbing community.

Job/Work Experience: Interned in a well-known Parkinson’s disease lab over the summer at UCLA, independently invented something to improve their research… Possible that I may get a patent on it. They’re using it now.
Camp counselor the previous two summers

Volunteer/Community service: Lots of miscellaneous stuff, but the Camp counselor work experience was as a volunteer.
Summer Activities: (See above)

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Essays are 9+, both parents are writers and I have them working with me on them. I’ve got a lot of dramatic, good stories about how my grandparents have Parkinson’s so I did Parkinson’s research, carried a kid out of a valley on my back during a camping trip when he gashed his knee open, etc. I pretty consciously tailored my essays to what the different schools I applied to were looking for in students.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Computer Science Teacher, 8/10. He had everyone he gave a rec to fill out a form, so I gave him a bunch of good material to write about. Very eloquent guy, Harvard journalist turned CS major, should be a good rec.
Teacher Rec #2: Economics teacher: 9-10/10. Loves me, I get hundreds on everything in his class.
Counselor Rec: 7/10. I talk with her fairly often, she likes me. Gave her some good material to write about, wouldn’t expect anything too fantastic though.
Additional Rec:10/10 From the PI of the lab where I worked, well-respected researcher. Said he would write a “Glowing” rec for me at the end of the internship
Interview: I interview well, have had a few and they’ve gone well so far.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but don’t really need it
Intended Major: Computer Engineering/Computer science/BME, maybe double major with econ/business
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, Magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No real hooks

Thanks for reading this far. Again, just a percentage for each college… I know some are hard to predict.

Dang

are you real lol

@bubblepop12444 I think so lol. I’m just worried that my gpa will hurt me at a lot of these places, most people from my school who get in have more like a 3.9-4.0 UW.

UCB and UCLA are reaches based on your GPA (UCs heavily emphasize GPA over test scores).

OP is in top 10% of his class, so it doesn’t matter because they consider GPA within the context of the difficulty of his school. Your course rigor is incredible…

Bump

Stats and overall profile seem strong, but a lot of the acceptances will depend on intangibles.

University of Maryland- ACCEPT
UC Berkeley- REJECT
UCLA- ACCEPT
Washington University in St. Louis- ACCEPT
Georgia Tech- ACCEPT
Columbia University- REJECT
Harvey Mudd College- WAITLIST
Cornell University- ACCEPT
Carnegie Mellon University (CS)- REJECT
Johns Hopkins University- REJECT BME, BUT ACCEPT GENERAL
USC- ACCEPT
Princeton University- WAITLIST
Stanford University- REJECT

Chance me back: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1958083-chance-african-american-male-for-stanford-columbia-penn-m-t-cornell-etc-ill-chance-you-back.html#latest

Actually, you buried the lead: you are a double legacy at Princeton, with one parent still active and knows some adcoms there? You’re a great student with great ECs but that tidbit is the one that’ll put you over the top at Princeton IMO. And UMD has a 45% acceptance rate – literally the only reason you wouldn’t get in to a school that accepts nearly half its applicants is if the school does “yield protection.” Try not to worry, if you can! :slight_smile:

For exact percentages, PM gumbymom for UC schools or just wait for gm to reply here.

Other than your capped weighted being on the low side for UCLA/UCB, the rest of your application is excellent.

What is your fully weighted UC GPA since both schools will use this GPA also? I think you have a good chance at both UC’s although the following numbers do not support this assumption.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:
UCB: 12%
UCLA: 14%

Good luck.

I wish my high school had those courses. They sound sick. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in everywhere

@JenJenJenJen The legacy I have with connections is a grandfather, not a parent… I’m hoping it can still help me though.

@gumbymom my UC weighted is something like 4.6-4.7, I talked with an admissions counselor from Berkeley who made it clear that all the classes I’ve taken will be counted as uc-approved.

@2coo4skoo Haha, lets hope so.

Ugh bump

Why are you bumping this thread yet again? You’re well qualified for any of these schools. Legacy helps as well. Not sure what other response you’re looking for.

-University of Maryland - accepted might get a money too
-UC Berkeley - accepted
-UCLA - accepted
-Washington University in St. Louis - accepted
-Georgia Tech - accepted
-Columbia University - waitlisted/accepted could go either way
-Cornell University - accepted
-Carnegie Mellon University - accept
-Johns Hopkins University - accepted
-Princeton University - waitlist
-Stanford University - if your essays are really unique then you might have a chance they get a lot of essays that sound like yours - reject

chance me back

@adrinitis chanced you. On my Stanford essays, I know my common app wasn’t too “unique” I guess, about how a lot of my family has Parkinson’s so I did Parkinson’s research, and that whole process. I think my supplements, however, were really strong. I tried not to be that person really reaching for a unique essay, which I’m sure Stanford gets a lot of as well… I just wrote some funny essays and one about rock climbing that I thought was really good. I feel like a lot of people fall into the trap of trying to be too unique and cute, which I tried to avoid; we’ll see if it works out.

The essence of having a unique essay is talking about something you’re passionate about… unique is all about you and as long as you channel that passion through you’re essays you should be good. You seem like you’re passionate about researching Parkinson’s disease.

University of Maryland - accept
UC Berkeley - accept
UCLA - accept
Washington University in St. Louis
Georgia Tech - accept
Columbia University - accept
Harvey Mudd College - defer/ then probably accept
Cornell University - accept
Carnegie Mellon University - accept
Johns Hopkins University - defer
USC - accept
Princeton University - defer/ then accept
Stanford University - defer/ then more toward reject

If you have applied EA to all of those, you should have gotten most of them by the time you posted this. Why are you posting this thread then?