Chance me!!IOU!! for Rice, Cornell, UPenn, Hopkins, UTAustin, UMD-CP

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior
Asian Male
Public Highschool in Maryland
Intended Major: Biology</p>

<p>Ranking: top 1%
GPA: 4.0 unweighted ; 4.7ish weighted
SAT I: 2100 ; 770 math; 630 reading ;700 writing (will be retaking in Oct, Nov if necessary)
SAT II: Biology 770; US History 760
AP:
US Gov: 5
US History: 5
Calc AB: 5
Biology: 5
English language: 4</p>

<p>Senior classes: AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Physics, Honors Anatomy & Phys.</p>

<p>Work Experience
-University of Maryland College Park; general assistant to tenured research professor
Summer 2009 & Summer 2010; hours/week: 40; weeks/year: 11
National publications (as first author) in the Plant Disease Management Reports of the American Phytopathology Society (experimental trials of reducing fungal disease spread in watermelons)</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
Total hours: 300 (kinda weak)
-Local Library (basic duties)
-University of Maryland College Park: volunteer 150+ hours in preparation/pre-requisite to working there as mentioned in work experience</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular<br>
Local Youth Orchestra: Violinist (I&II)<br>
Rock n’ Roll Revival (school organized fund raising concert over 100+hrs spent each year): Violinist (II-IV)
Mu Alpha Theta: VP(III) & President (IV)<br>
National Honor Society (III-IV)
Spanish National Honor Society (III-IV)<br>
National Honor Society of High School Scholars (I-IV)<br>
Chinese Club: President (III)<br>
Student Government Association: Co-chair (III)<br>
Math Team: JV & Varsity (I-IV)
Cross Country: JV (II)</p>

<p>Awards
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award Medalist
University of Maryland Math Competition: County Winner
Regional (3 states) High School Mathematics Competition: 3rd place
American Mathematics Competition School Winner
PSAT National Merit Qualifier (probably commended)</p>

<p>Will get letter of recommendation from UMD professor (emphasizing research publications)</p>

<p>I feel like I'm aiming too high compared to other CCers.
If you know of any other colleges that i am suited for, please post as well!</p>

<p>EVERY POST/CHANCE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! And I'll try and chance you back! :D</p>

<p>**********<strong><em>EDIT</em></strong>***********
Will get instate tuition for both UMD-CP and UTAustin.</p>

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<p>Woops forgot to name the schools I’m applying to:
UPenn
Rice
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
UMD College Park</p>

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<p>You probably fit the profile for the most competitive people at all of these schools. If you increase your SAT in October/November, I would give you an excellent shot at all of these schools (but you probably have a really good shot already). Although, UPenn and Cornell are reaches for almost everyone, and it is hard to predict who gets into these places.</p>

<p>Rice -75%
Cornell -70%
UPenn-60%
Hopkins-60%
UTAustin-80%</p>

<p>Don’t know much about UMD-CP though…</p>

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<p>^Above poster knows nothing…</p>

<p>Excellent grades and rank, but your ECs and test scores are weak. </p>

<p>Penn and Hopkins (if you are applying for BME) are both significant reaches, with Cornell and Hopkins (Arts / Sciences) being reaches, and the rest are high matches.</p>

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<p>I understand that my EC/Volunteer activities are mediocre. However, I’m relying on my research papers and recommendation from the professor to help me stand out from the other applicants; especially since i worked with graduate students and have 500+ hrs in the lab and in the fields.
<strong><em>EDIT</em></strong>****
What I’m saying is, does my chances increases when having this in mind?</p>

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<p>Attaching published research papers and capitalizing on your lab experience would be a very good decision, but remember that rec letters will never make or break an application. After all, what else can they say aside from “so-and-so student was great”.</p>

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<p>Ha ha. roboteer may be one of the few chancers worse than I am. UPenn at 60% and Cornell at 70%??? Maybe with 2400/36 and a national SIEMENS award. Sorry if I seem demeaning, just giving you an honest estimate. In other words, I concur with billabongboy. Again. Good to see the lab work, by the way.</p>

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<p>Ehh…I’ve only taken the SAT once (end of sophomore year…lol…lazy…). I plan to retake in October and atleast score 2250+ (based on practice tests). Again, with this in mind, What are my chances?</p>

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<p>More chances please? Bump</p>

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<p>Your ECs on’t do much until you have competitive scores.</p>

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<p>Sure chances Zhong Chou!!!
Heheeee…</p>

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