Chance Me! I'll Chance Back.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian Female
Academy of Mathematics, Technology, and Science in a Maryland Public School (~2200+ students)
GPA: 3.90(4)
WGPA: 4.68(5)</p>

<p>Scores: </p>

<p>SAT I: 660(CR), 780(M), 800(W) = 2240
ACT: 33 (composite)
SAT II: Math Level 2 (800), Chinese (760), Biology (720)
AP: (took 6, plan on finishing high school with 10-11 total) scores below </p>

<p>Coursework:</p>

<p>9th Grade:
- Honors Algebra 2 with Analysis
- Honors English 9
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors US History
- Honors Spanish 3
- Photography
- Gym</p>

<p>10th Grade:
- AP US Government & Politics (3)
- Honors Precalculus
- Honors English 10
- Honors Biology
- Honors Physics
- Honors Spanish 4
- Honors Computer Programming 1 </p>

<p>11th Grade:
- AP Biology (5)
- AP BC Calculus (5, Calculus AB Subscore: 5)
- AP Language (4)
- AP Computer Science A (4)
- AP Spanish Language (3)
- Honors World</p>

<p>12th Grade:
- AP Chemistry
- AP Literature
- AP Spanish Literature
- AP Psychology
- Honors Computer Programming 3 (they canceled AB! agh)
- Honors Multivariable Calculus (or AP Statistics, not sure which one is better) </p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>Silver for 1000m, Bronze for 500m Black Dragons Team (DC Dragon Boat Festival 2009)</li>
<li>Fifth Place in Informative Speaking, National Forensics League County Division (2009)</li>
<li>Fifth Place in Informative Speaking, National Forensics League County Division (2008)</li>
<li>Third Place, MSMTA Piano Festival 16 Age Group (2008)</li>
<li>Honorable Mention, MSMTA Piano Festival Duo Competition (2008)</li>
<li>Qualifier in Shuttle Arm Category, Final Frontiers Engineering Challenge (2007)</li>
</ul>

<p>*Experiences: *</p>

<ul>
<li>Paid summer intern at NICHD (NIH) – Section on Cell Biology & Signal Transduction (11)</li>
<li>Volunteer at the neurological institute in a local hospital in China (11)</li>
<li>Paid summer intern at George Washington University, Department of International Business and Finance (10) </li>
</ul>

<p>*School Extracurriculars: *</p>

<ul>
<li> School Ambassador (11, 12)</li>
<li> President of Biology Team (11, pres for 12)</li>
<li> Co-President of Forensics Team (10, pres for 11 & 12)</li>
<li> Co-President of Homeless Outreach Program Efforts (H.O.P.E) (11, 12)</li>
<li> Co-Manager of Coed Volleyball (10) </li>
<li> Executive Board for the Class of 2010 (selected by application) (11)</li>
<li> Charter Member of Key Club (selected) (11, 12)</li>
<li> MCPS Study Circles Program (selected by school staff) (11)</li>
<li> Environmental Club (11)</li>
<li> National Honors Society (12)</li>
<li> Science National Honors Society (11, 12)</li>
<li> English National Honors Society (11, 12)</li>
<li> Spanish National Honors Society (11, 12)</li>
<li> Mu Alpha Theta (12)</li>
<li> JV Girls’ Volleyball (10)</li>
</ul>

<p>*Out-of-School Extracurriculars: *</p>

<ul>
<li> Advanced English Teacher (6th-9th Grade students) at Chinese School (2 years)</li>
<li> Peer2Peer Tutor (1 year) </li>
<li> Chinese School Graduate (12 years of schooling)</li>
<li> Private piano lessons (11 years)</li>
<li> 2 weekly volleyball clinics (1 year and 4 years)</li>
<li> Girls’ Volleyball League (1 year)</li>
<li> DC Dragonboat Team (1 year) </li>
</ul>

<p>Good recommendations expected from AP Biology and AP Lang teachers, in addition counselor rec and NIH mentor rec. </p>

<p>*Chances for: *</p>

<p>U of Maryland (College Park)
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Dartmouth
Brown
U of Chicago
Wash U
UVA</p>

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<p>… REJECTED TO ALL lol jk</p>

<p>U of Maryland (College Park): in with $$
Princeton: reach
Stanford: reach
Columbia: reach but lower than the other 2 lawl
UPenn: ditto
Duke: ur brother goes there so low-mid reach
Cornell: in/ low reach
Johns Hopkins: ditto
Dartmouth: mid reach
Brown: lawl my dream skool mid/high reach
U of Chicago: depends alot on ur essay mid reach
Wash U: low reach
UVA</p>

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<p>College park is a safety, P and S are reaches, Columbia is a slight reach b/c of CR score, Same for UPenn and Duke. Cornell is a match, as is JHU, Dartmouth is a high match, same as brown and UChicago. Wash U is matchy, and idk about UVA OOS. Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746985-chance-me-california-schools-only-2-public-i-chance-back-i-promise.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746985-chance-me-california-schools-only-2-public-i-chance-back-i-promise.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>ooh i forgot to mention i have ~260 community service hours from a lot of volunteer work over the years</p>

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<p>U of Maryland (College Park) in
Princeton reach
Stanford reach
Columbia reach
UPenn reach
Duke in
Cornell in
Johns Hopkins in
Dartmouth in
Brown in
U of Chicago in
Wash U in
UVA in
can u plz chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/748134-plz-chance-poor-californian-who-has-compassion-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/748134-plz-chance-poor-californian-who-has-compassion-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>U of Maryland (College Park): In
Princeton: Reach
Stanford: Reach
Columbia: High Reach
UPenn: Low Reach
Duke: In
Cornell: (looks like we’re in the same sort of predicament)
Johns Hopkins: In
Dartmouth: Low Reach
Brown: Low Reach
U of Chicago: In
Wash U: (not too familiar with anyone who was accepted)
UVA: In</p>

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<p>Wow. I think the most spectacular aspect of your resume is the NIH research. I really envy that, and wish i could’ve had that opportunity. Congratulations!
You will appeal to all the Holistic schools, so Cornell, Brown, U of Chicago I think are high chances! John Hopkins will probably value you as well. Again, Stanford is like russian roulette… a 3.6 student who was amazing at magic got in from my school, but rejected a 4.8 research genius dude in 2007 from myschool. uPenn, Princeton and Columbia seem like good reaches too! Haha, dont’ forget to eval. me. If you know of any good neuroscience programs, give me a holla.</p>