Chance Me!! Indian girl :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Please chance me for the following!

  1. Amherst
  2. Caltech
  3. UC Berkeley
  4. UCLA
  5. UCSD
  6. Carnegie Mellon
  7. UChicago
  8. Columbia
  9. Cornell
  10. Dartmouth
  11. Duke
  12. Georgia Tech
  13. Harvard
  14. UIUC
  15. JHU
  16. MIT
  17. NYU
  18. UPenn
  19. Princeton
  20. USC
  21. Stanford
  22. UT Austin
  23. Yale

Bio:
Female | Location: CA | Ethnicity: Asian Indian | Intended major: Computer Science
I go to a very competitive high school (70% Asian)
Hooks: N/A
Income: 100,000+

Numbers:
ACT: M 36 | E 35 | R 34 | S 33 / C 35
SAT II: Math II: 780 | Chemistry: 800 | Physics: 800
GPA: 3.778 UW | 4.278 W, Sophomore: 4.17 | 4, Junior: 4.5 | 5, Senior: 5 (so far)

Weighted Classes:
Sophomore: Honors Physics, AP Euro, Honors Precalculus/Trig
Junior: AP Physics C: Mech, AP Lit, APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Comp Sci
Senior: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Chemistry, AP Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Music Theory

AP Scores:
5s: AP Physics 1 (Self-studied), AP Physics 2 (Self-studied), AP Physics C: Mech, AP Physics C: E&M (Self-studied), AP Lit, APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, APCS, AP Gov, AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, AP Chemistry, AP Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Music Theory
3: AP Euro
2: AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 (re-took and got a 5)

Extracurriculars/Projects:

  1. Piano (9-12): Completing all 10 levels of Certificate of Merit Evaluation Exam, received branch honors and qualified for musical convention recital in level 5, 6, 8, and 9, receiving senior award (completing 3 levels in HS)
  2. Internship at a non-profit (10 Summer): Worked in a team of 4 to create online Advanced Java coding course to teach younger children through video lectures and tests
  3. Staff member at a non-profit (11): Managed a team of 3 to create online Introduction to Linux course to teach younger children through video lectures and tests
  4. Started my own online courses (11): Currently have math (Algebra through Calculus) and coding (Java, Python)
  5. CSF (9-12): Active member of CSF for 5 semesters, 60 hours volunteering
  6. Physics Olympiad (10-12): Active member of physics olympiad club at my school
  7. Girls Who Code (9-10): Active member of GWC club at my school
  8. Created an app that allows students at my school to find study groups for particular subjects (11)
  9. Created an app that allows students at my school to find other students who are willing to tutor them in subjects in which they need help (free tutoring) (11)
  10. Created an app that helps lower stress with various meditations (11)
  11. Created an app that allows students at my school to buy and sell used books (11)
  12. Internship at Sandia National Labs (11 Summer)

Honors/Awards:

  1. USAPhO Semi-finalist (11)
  2. National AP Scholar (11)
  3. PVSA Gold Award (250 hours) (11)
  4. National Merit Semifinalist
  5. Likely National Merit Finalist

Recs:
AP Physics: 9/10
AP Calculus AB: 9/10
APCS: 8/10
AP Lit: 8/10

Essays: 9/10

Thank You!!!

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Did you mean National Merit Finalist? You’d already know about your Semifinalist standing by now.

Did you apply EA or ED anywhere?

Everything about you looks impressive- grades, stats, courses, ECs. It’s clear you have a passion for CS as well, which is great. But as I’m sure you know, at top schools admissions for Asian-American students interested in CS is extremely competitive. Hopefully your essay and recs catch the eyes of admissions committees.

  1. Amherst- match
  2. Caltech- reach
  3. UC Berkeley- high match
  4. UCLA- match
  5. UCSD- match
  6. Carnegie Mellon- match
  7. UChicago- low reach
  8. Columbia- reach
  9. Cornell- low reach
  10. Dartmouth- reach
  11. Duke- reach
  12. Georgia Tech- match
  13. Harvard- reach
  14. UIUC- match
  15. JHU- match
  16. MIT- reach
  17. NYU- low reach
  18. UPenn- reach
  19. Princeton- reach
  20. USC- match
  21. Stanford- reach
  22. UT Austin- match
  23. Yale- reach

Let us know how you do by posting in the results threads that pop up on CC. Best of luck!

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oops sorry!! just changed it :slight_smile: I didn’t apply EA anywhere. I feel like my GPA is kinda low for HYPSM though :\

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You look great on paper, but I disagree with some of Pineapple’s analysis. NYU is a match. UChicago is a reach. Amherst is a reach. JHU is a low reach.

You are going to go somewhere great - don’t worry.

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Are you really applying to 23 schools?

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I did overlook your unweighted GPA (3.78 is low for Ivies/top schools) but believe other measures of your academic performance are stellar. That GPA could be your Achilles Heel for some of the top schools, though.

@ThankYouforHelp Chancing can be pretty subjective. For a few schools I may have been influenced by people I know who were admitted with much less impressive applications.