Chance me for UMich, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, WashU, Vandy, and Cornell?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a rising senior from the state of Washington, and I am a Caucasian Male from a public school of 1100 students from grades 10-12, plus a freshman campus with a class of roughly 350 students. My high school is in the class 3A (third-largest) division in Washington. My school offers relatively few AP classes (only 6 or 7 for all years of high school), but offers a college-in-the-high-school (CHS) program. The classes work as dual-enrollment and the CHS classes I have found to actually be more difficult than the AP classes I have taken.</p>

<p>Class Rank: School does not rank; however it is quite obvious I am number 2 behind a girl who is almost a shoo-in at Harvard, which would place me at 2/~350
GPA: 4.00 UW, school does not weight GPA (I calculated it once, and it was a 4.52 using a maximum score of 5 for honors/AP/CHS classes)
ACT: 32 (35 Math, 33 English, 31 Reading, 30 Science) with an 8 on writing portion
SAT: N/A (I was not planning on taking the SAT because all of the practice tests I took on the SAT put me in the 1900-2000 range, which would indicate my ACT score is better)</p>

<p>Classes Taken So Far (All Solid A's):</p>

<p>Honors English (9,10)
American Literature (11)
Speech/Debate (11)
Alg II/Trig (9)
Pre-calc (10) - CHS course (through Central Washington University)
Calculus I and II (11) - CHS course (through Central Washington University)
Honors Pacific Northwest History (9)
Honors World History (10)
United States History 1940 to Present (11) - CHS course (through University of Washington - Seattle)
Honors Biology - Ecology (9)
Honors Biology - Microbiology (9)
College Preparatory Chemistry (10)
AP Chemistry (11) - Expecting a score of a 4 or 5 back in July
Spanish I (9)
Spanish II (10)
Spanish III (11)</p>

<p>Schedule for Senior Year:</p>

<p>AP Statistics (School does not offer beyond Calculus II)
AP Government
Contemporary World Problems (History requirement for graduation at my school)
Physics - CHS course (through Central Washington University)
AP Biology
Film and Literature
Spanish IV - CHS course (through Central Washington University)</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Eagle Scout (completed summer between sophomore and junior years)
National Honor Society (11, elected President for next year as a senior)
DECA (Marketing Club) Nationals Competitor in School-Based Enterprise (11)
Attend the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (includes before-school seminary for all four years of high school, like a 0-hour class)
Varsity Tennis (Third in state as a team while a sophomore, seventh as a junior, possibly team captain next year as a senior)
JV Cross Country (10, 11, will try to make varsity as a senior)
JV Basketball (9)
State Competitor at National History Day (9)
300+ Hours of Community Service so far (mostly related to organizations assisting special needs children - I volunteer for special needs children because my sister is mentally handicapped)</p>

<p>Hooks: None (would a sibling with a mental disability count?)</p>

<p>Essays: I plan to write about getting cut from tennis as a freshman, making varsity on the third place team at state, and maybe becoming team captain as a senior</p>

<p>Recommendations: I will get great rec's from my Calculus teacher (also XC coach) and Chemistry teacher, and I am considering to have my Scout Leader write me a letter of recommendation (his would be more about me as a person, rather than just academics)</p>

<p>What are my chances for applying to engineering schools at Duke, UPenn, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Washington U in St. Louis, and Cornell? Also would applying EA help at all? I'm hesitant to want to apply anywhere ED.</p>

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<p>Duke, Penn, Stanford, Vandy, Washington, Cornell ------- Reach for everyone
Michigan - Great chance</p>

<p>EA does slightly help</p>

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<p>Anything I can do to improve my chances for every school but Michigan (assuming I can get accepted there)?</p>

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<p>I think a 33 on the ACT would help as well as some more leadership positions </p>

<p>but you already have a chance at all those schools</p>

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<p>Ok, thank you for the input! Does a 33 really make that much more of a difference than a 32?</p>

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<p>so i wanna know what you guys think. be honest. </p>

<p>UW gpa: 3.7
W gpa: 4.0</p>

<p>sat M: 690
sat CR: 610
sat W: 660</p>

<p>sat2math1: 750
sat2ush: 750
sat2chem:640</p>

<p>aps: mostly 4s</p>

<p>ECs: resident of the enviornmental club. president of cultural unity club, secretary of NHS. varsity cross country</p>

<p>so im going to be retaking some of my standardized tests but this is what i have for now…</p>

<p>what are my chances??</p>

<p>thanks a bunch everyone and if someone has extra advice of more i should do or what i should rly improve let me know… thanks</p>

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<p>Ahmadiance66: Are you asking for your chances at the same schools I listed on my thread, or a different set of schools?</p>

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<p>same schools.</p>

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<p>Dude, start your own thread. Don’t hijack this one.</p>

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<p>Any other opinions for chances or beneficial advice?</p>

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<p>Do you have any safety schools?</p>

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<p>SgtDonut - My safety schools are University of Washington (Seattle) and BYU (Provo)</p>

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<p>Okay, great. I think you have a good chance at Vanderbilt, but I’m not sure about the rest.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the input! Do you happen to know if Vanderbilt does Early Action, or just Early Decision?</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt only has early decision</p>

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<p>You have a chance at all. That’s all I can say, and all really anyone can have with the most selective schools- a chance. Do your best to show yourself on the app, maybe raise the act to 33 do there are no regrets on the app (won’t kill you though) and pray! It’s a good thing you have some nice safeties set up as well. Good luck, you’ll do fine in admissions.</p>

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<p>You are getting a lot of advices from high school students. Just remember that.</p>

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<p>Although mostly high schoolers are giving chances, the op does have a chance at all. I think it is ludicrous when some <em>older</em> posters tell OPs that they have no chance with similar stats. It’s shocking even when guidance counselors tell us otherwise.</p>

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<p>GoldOwl - Ok, thank you.
Divy1234 - Thank you! I’m really hoping I can get into Duke or Stanford (one of the two).
DrGoogle - Good point, thank you!</p>

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<p>Also, Stanford will be really hard though. Duke is a little more in reach. Not that Stanford is impossible just know it is really difficult.</p>