Chance Me for UPenn (ED), Duke, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Tufts, Georgetown and more...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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GPA: 3.8621/4 (Upward Trend Evident 3.6 frosh year to 4.0 junior year)
ACT: 35
AP: 12 AP Classes Total
Awards: NM Commended, AP Scholar Distinction, Book Award Winner, 3x Regional Writing Contest Champion
INDIAN MALE

EC’s
1.) CTO of online cultural e-magazine. 750,000+ yearly readers. Editing, publishing, managing tech options, functionality, very involved stuff.

2.) ABRSM Distinguished Pianist
Completed 8th Grade (final level), Grade 5 Music Theory Complete. Performed at Regional ABRSM Distinction Honors Concert in Boston, MA.

3.) Alto/Bari Sax
1st Chair Select Wind Ensemble. 1st Chair Alto Jazz. Was 1st Chair Tombrone a few years ago (I played these parts on the Bari Sax).

4.) Carnatic Vocalist/Violinist
Very skilled in Carnatic vocals and violin (reached final level of training in both)…

5.) Founder/President of a Finance Club
75+ members, largest in school, revived long dead AP Econ curriculum at our school.

6.) BIG DATA Research
Skilled in R, Pig, Hadoop, SQL, HTML, Java, Python. Completed many courses. Currently pursuing a Big Data Specialization @ Johns Hopkins.

7.) Patent Holder
Provisional Patent Pending

8.) Regional Cultural School (keeping it vague to protect my location/identity)
currently teach little kids Indian culture and language. I was a graduate of this program.

9.) Surgical Intern/Physician’s Assistant
Recorded data. Observed surgeries. Responsible for recording BP, reading ECGs, and dressing wounds (India)…

10.) Founder/CEO of nonprofit
non-profit that incorporates my avocational interest in photography. Online photography community (170+ members)…sell our photos—> proceeds go to children suffering from AML

Expanded Resume includes: Many volunteering opportunities, Ayurvedic Internship, a crap ton of other clubs, Track, and Basketball.

Common App: 8-9/10
Supplementals: well done usually (9/10)

Schools: Those listed in the title, and UCLA, UC Berkeley, Notre Dame, Stanford, and a lot of the other matches/safeties

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I think you have a good chance at Cornell and Tutts, Notre Dame. Hard to guage others without your essays.

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really strong EC’s, definitely good GPA and test scores. The Ivy’s are unpredictable in admissions but you’re definitely a contender. Cornell, Duke, and Tufts are higher in chance.

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bump

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EC’s are very good and your gpa isn’t that far behind considering it has a strong upward trend. If you applied to all the Ivies I’m sure you’d get into 2-3. Stanford and MIT would be harder but still possible, I think you’re selling yourself short on your college list. Add some harder to get into colleges into there man.

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anyone else? please…

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How is unique to you in comparison to other, ‘more qualified’, applicants?

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Fantastic extra curriculars and great test scores. The gpa will probably hurt a bit, but it should be partially mitigated by your upwards trend. With some killer essays, i’d say you have a pretty decent shot at the ivies.

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Yeah you should try Harvard. Those EC’s (the CEO and CTO ones) are pretty nice. You clearly demonstrate leadership abilities. How did you even get the CTO one? I find it a bit odd that a e jounral with 750k readers would hire a high school student regardless of how good that student may be. I would like to know the story behind that.

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bump

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What’s your class rank?
Intended major?
Which area of the country do you live?

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From an adult perspective, when you see a student listing a lot of pushing-the-edge of credibility ECs and then you fall across (as #7) “Patent Holder” (Provisional Patent Pending) it reinforces the impression that there is hot air involved. Why? b/c anybody can submit a patent application and then say “patent pending”. You are NOT a “Patent Holder” until the patent is granted. That can lead a reader to wonder if you are puffing your ECs at that level, are you puffing others on your list?

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@sgopal2 no class rank (top 10%), undecided interdisciplinary (I’m indian, with pre med but have an intent do music)…New England

To everyone else, I have not lied about my credentials. They are all true. I have come here to solicit opinion not have my integrity questioned. I want honest opinions, I have nothing to gain by lying to you.