Chance me maybe (ED)

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<p>Here we go for ED Engineering, CALS, or CAS:
State: Illinois
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese</p>

<p>Standardized Tests
ACT (w/ writing): 34 (11)
ACT (w/o writing): 35
SAT 2: 800 (Math 2), 740 (Chem)
PSAT: 203</p>

<p>Courseload + Grades (Sem 1/2)
Freshman Year:
Honors Algebra 2/Trig: B/A
Honors Bio: B/B
Honors World History: B+/B+
Honors English I: A-/B
Gym: A/A
Orchestra: A-/A
Spanish 2: B-/B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English II: B/B
Honors Chemistry: B+/B
Honors Pre-Calculus (Math Analysis): A-/A
Gym: A/A
Spanish 3: B+/B+
AP Euro: A+/A (5 on AP Test)
Honors Physics: A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Stats: B/B (4 on AP Test)
AP English (Lang & Comp): A/A (5 on AP Test)
AP Calc BC: A/A (5 on AP Test)
AP Physics C: B/B- (Double 3s meh)
Gym/Health: A/A
AP Chem: A-/A- (4 on AP Test)
AP US History: A/A (4 on AP Test)</p>

<p>Intended Courseload for Senior Year:
Calc 3 (Multivariable Calculus through UIUC)
AP English (Lit & Comp)
AP Macro/Micro
AP Bio
AP Gov/Po
Gym
AP Enviro or Anatomy/Physiology</p>

<p>GPA (so far):
4.283 (w) 3.566 (uw)</p>

<p>Class Rank: Not reported in our district (EDIT: Reported Percentiles top 10%)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Volunteering: Volunteered as a teacher assistant at my Chinese school around 70+ hours and volunteered with a museum and got around 60+ hours also did some bits of volunteering with the Asian community center at times and got around 10 hours</p>

<p>Research: Researching at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine right now.
Assisting the professor in research with preventing organ transplant rejection without compromising the immune system</p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl/Knowledge Masters/QuizBowl (whatever you call it)
Varsity team for 4 years, helped our team to being varsity conference champs for 2 years (YEAH BABY) and several other top 4 finishes at tournaments</p>

<p>Math Team
3 Years, 2nd year as Junior Representative, 3rd year as Team Captain
2 Individual awards in Geometry and Algebra 2
Statebound first 2 years (hopefully going again 3rd year!)
Several varsity team events awards and overall team awards</p>

<p>Business Professionals of America
2 Years
Came in 2nd at Regionals and State for PC Servicing & Troubleshooting
10th at Nationals for PC Servicing & Troubleshooting (idk why I didn't stage, advisor showed us the Post-NLC results and I came up as 10th)</p>

<p>Tennis:
Not so serious about it, I played one year on the JV1 team, then I just continued at several athletic centers, and played some tournaments, but it remains my favorite sport of all time.</p>

<p>Other stuff: Love ultimate frisbee and soccer (probably 2nd and 3rd favorite sports), try to focus on one activity at a time (don't want to get overwhelmed), silk boxers, seafood, romance novels, being outside</p>

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<p>You should have a good shot!</p>

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<p>GPA is pretty disproportionate with your high ACT score. I think you would maximize your chances by applying to CALS, assuming they have a program that you are genuinely interested in.</p>

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<p>^His grades may look low numerically but they put him in the range (top 10%) as he said. I would treat him as a 3.8ish applicant. He has good scores and great ECs, so ED can work out well for him to make up for one possible weakness.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on applying to CALS (bioengineering) so I’m guessing I have an okay shot right?
Also, if anyone has any experience with ED financial aid I would love to hear some stuff about it. Being in the 100k income bracket, how much should my parents expect to contribute?</p>

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<p>Test scores look great. Your top 10%. EC’s in order. Strong applicant</p>

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<p>Psuedo-bump (also some of my own thoughts).
Browsed through the Cornell Class of '16 ED thread. I just loved how the Asians who got rejected say a 3.8 UW GPA is low. I think I beat all of them in terms of low GPA :). But screw that, I’ll show Cornell. I’ll show them that my numbers aren’t going to pull me down. </p>

<p>P.S. I may be writing this in a burst of rage, but I may come back and stare at horror at this post.</p>

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<p>The only reason your GPA is acceptable is because you are in the top 10%.
In most cases a 3.8 would be considered low as a 3.8 wouldn’t usually put you in the top 10%.</p>

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<p>^^
Uh… Aren’t you Asian? No need to single out a racial group like that. That’s just tacky.</p>

<p>I mean… A 3.8 is actually probably below average for an unhooked applicant and especially someone with an anti-hook. The average incoming GPA is skewed downwards by hooked applicants. There were 4.0 Valedictorians/Salutatorians who were rejected…</p>

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<p>Bump10char</p>

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<p>You have a good chance ED, above average chance. Wouldn’t be surprised if you get rejected though. Good luck.</p>