Chance Me! (Ivy, Stanford, MIT, etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a current junior and I want to see what chance I have for my dream schools especially:
H/Y/P
MIT
Cornell
Brown
Stanford
UPENN
UMich
UC Berkeley (Chemistry major)</p>

<p>Also I'm a female Korean student at a Korean international school, really competitive and as Asian as things can get.
My official nationality is USA though.. if that matters.</p>

<p>Freshmen GPA: 4.8
(Our school doesn't have a weighted system)
Sophomore GPA: 4.8
Junior Current GPA: 4.8</p>

<p>CLUBS:
HSSC (Student Council)- Freshman President
Mu Alpha Theta- Theta Division Captain, Alpha Division Captain, Current Mu Captain/Treasurer
Science Club- Art Committee Captain, Chemistry Division Captain
MUN- delegate (Participated in total of 6 conferences up to now), Current Chair (aka exec. member)
Aperture Club - member for 1 year
Together (Volunteering Service Club) - member for 3 years
Community Service Club - member for 2 years
NHS - Current Vice President</p>

<p>ATHLETICS-
Junior Varsity Girl's Basketball (Coach's Choice Award, MVP Award)
Varsity Girl's Basketball (Coach's Choice Award)</p>

<p>AWARDS-
Introductory Spanish Award
Chemistry Award
Biology Award
SEAMC (South East Asia Math Competition) - First Place Activities Rounds, Third Place Team Round
AISA (Asia International Schools Association) Math Competition - Team Rounds First Place
Science Olympiad - First place individual in chemistry division
Debate competition - Second place individual speaker award
KAIAC (Korean American Interscholastic Activities Conference) - All-Tournament Award Basketball</p>

<p>SCORES-
SAT Reasoning - W 790 M 800 CR 720 Total: 2310
SAT II - Math 2C 800, Chem 800 (going to take Bio E this May/June, Physics in Oct)
APs - World History 5 (taking Calc AB, Chem, Bio and Lang this May, expecting 5 on all, maybe 4 on Lang)</p>

<p>ETC-
Summer internship at stem cell research center in Berkeley under a grad student (going again this upcoming summer)</p>

<p>I'm really looking to go into engineering or chemistry/science-related majors..</p>

<p>Please chance me for the colleges stated above!</p>

<p>I would love any me advice on what to do for the rest of my junior year/senior year as well.</p>

<p>Also if there's anything else needed please tell me.
Thank you!</p>

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<p>Lookin good:) Keep doing the same and you’ll get there:) Sorry I can’t chance really, because Im a senior and just submitted my app:)</p>

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<p>You could probably get into at least one of those for sure. I’d say UMich/UCB/Cornell are almost match but the rest are really unpredictable. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Just a general note – when you all post your ECs and leadership roles, you need to EXPLAIN your role. Having a title isn’t nearly enough. At my school, at least, people hold the position of a club president but they don’t actually DO anything. Anyways, stats are great! (: Best of luck; international applications are extremely competitive. I agree with mrcyna that UMich/UCB/Cornell are good matches. Again, 행운!!!</p>

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<p>In my opinion, they are all matches except HYPSM (at least one of which I feel you will get into).</p>

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<p>Thanks! HYPSM is just random I guess… :(</p>

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<p>Academics: will you take Calc BC, both Physics C exams? Any university courses?
ECs: hard to read
Awards: hard to read
Writing & Essays: Would speak volumes</p>

<p>That said, you have done well so far.</p>

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<p>@TigerFree
Could you expand on what you mean by hard to read?
I’m taking BC and Phys C next year. I can’t take any university courses other than the limited few offered in Korean universities.</p>

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<p>hard to read: similar to comments by hangooksaram. by no fault of your own, you are part of a generation immersed in credential inflation. As a former professor, i have interviewed many with impressive paper credentials but when evaluated further, only a small fraction are able to perform up to expectations. So given the forum, it is hard to red either way just how impressive those lists are. Here is what I suggest.</p>

<p>1) If you are weak in these areas, you should make sure to present irrefutable and robust evidence in support of your candidacy, as you have time.</p>

<p>2) If you are weak and will remain weak, your incentive will be to mask your weaknesses. Your fate then lies with application readers and their ability to differentiate among the thousands with similar incentives.</p>

<p>3) If you are strong, then you owe it to your talents and accomplishments to present yourself in a manner that separates you from the thousands who wish to appear like you.</p>

<p>I am amazed that regardless of the huge surge in educational technology, competition and standardized tests, it remains much like it has always been: 20% of any entering class will separate to such an extent to make the other 80% look pedestrian and thus interchangeable with a large % of those who failed to gain admission. So if in the top 20%, make yours a clear case. If in the other 80%, realize what a massive pool you belong to.</p>

<p>Best, TF</p>

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<p>Two things to add. You are Korean American applying from Korea. This means you are in a pool with some incredible high achievers and a pool with a rather notorious reputation for going to almost any lengths to gain admission. Separating the legitimate (your moniker–nice) from the pretenders is probably harder for your grouping than for any other.</p>

<p>University credit? Internet courses abound. Also, are you permitted to cross register as HS students? Summers?</p>

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<p>Why are you doing more SAT II tests? The marginal benefit of another one when you already have 2 800s is pretty low imo.</p>