Chance me please!!! for Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior. Average CA high school. Thanks.
About me: I enjoy sports and business and lurking on CC. lol
GPA - 4.0/4.70 - highest rigor
Rank - 3 of 520</p>

<p>PSAT - 220 (hopefully NMSF)
SAT - 2340
CR M WR - 740/800/800</p>

<p>Subject Tests
math II - 800
World history - 800</p>

<p>AP
last year
world history - 5</p>

<p>this year
chem
calc BC
us history</p>

<p>next year
Macro/micro
us gov
spanish lang
physics c
stats
english lit</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>9th grade
1. Chivas USA (MLS soccer team, community service, summer internship)
2. CSF - turoring
3. Soccer (most improved) – frosh and AYSO
4. Tutoring - neighborhood
5. Members at Large – application member of student council</p>

<p>10th Grade
1. Sacramento Safari (Torrance Leader) – PTA trip, lobbied for schools $$$ in Sacramento (by plane)
2. CSF (Board)
3. JV X Country
4. Soccer (def MVP, most improved) – frosh and AYSO
5. Kiwins – key club
6. Speech and Debate ( 6 awards – 1st and 2nd place OPP, 3rd place and superiority OO, Excellence Extemp, Undefeated Parliamentary Debate) (recruitment leader) (Most Likely to become CEO of a fortune 500 company, lol)
7. Chivas (turned internship into some paid and some unpaid) – marketing: focus groups and surveys
8. Tutoring neighborhood
9. Members at Large
10. Science (Chem H) Spartan Laurel</p>

<p>Summer 2010
1. Really Great Rate (hourly job for a marketing company, data analysis)
2. Chivas USA– paid</p>

<p>11th Grade
1. Soccer (AYSO)
2. Some Chivas USA
3. JV X country, Varsity Track
4. CSF- board
5. CMLs – 1st place in school for math contests
6. Tutoring (a lot more than previous years, $20/hr)
7. Sacramento Safari (again)
8. Members at Large</p>

<p>Recs
<em>shrug</em> probably average</p>

<p>Essays/Interviews
Not there yet</p>

<p>Chances for:
Stanford (ED)/Harvard/Yale/Princeton - 1st tier
Northwestern (legacy)/Brown/Penn (legacy)/Columbia/Rice - 2nd tier
Cal, UCLA, UCSD - in state</p>

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<p>and i’m not a minority
AKA bump</p>

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<p>Stanford does not have early decision, but they do have SCEA. Which is not binding</p>

<p>Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton: Reach (for everybody)
Northwestern (legacy): Match (IN)
Brown: High Match
Penn (legacy): Match (IN, for sure you will get in here if you apply ED)
Columbia: Low Reach
Rice: Match
Cal: Match
UCLA: Match (In)
UCSD: In for sure</p>

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<p>bump…does that seem accurate?</p>

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<p>don’t shrug off those teacher recs… at HYPSM they seem to be close to the most important things next to transcript. other than that everything seems great. good luck!</p>

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<p>you have an impressive profile :)</p>

<p>HYP : Reach
Stanford : Match/Reach
you should be able to get in the rest … except Columbia maybe… </p>

<p>chance back :slight_smile:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1079059-chance-me-ambitious-applicant-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1079059-chance-me-ambitious-applicant-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>is there any advice from anyone to improve this resume??? Thanks.
I’ll probably continue all of the 11th grade stuff to 12th and get multiple job/internships at businesses this summer. I’m good with interviews too.</p>