Chance Me Please: Ivies, Stanford, Pomona, Georgetown, Duke.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 730 M, 790 W
• SAT II: 760 U.S. History, 800 Chem, 800 French
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-5% Class size: 700+
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP Bio (5), To be known:AP Chem (), AP US History (), AP English Language (), AP French ()
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Photo, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Calc AB
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Probable: National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Scholar, Actual: Second Place in Discours (French Impromtu Speech).
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club [4 years], Future Medical Professionals Club <a href="Founding%20Member%20and%20Treasurer%20Junior,%20President%20Senior">2 Years</a>, National French Honor Society <a href="Corresponding%20Secretary%20Junior,%20Vice%20President%20Senior">2 years</a> Science Honor Society <a href="Treasurer%20Senior">3 years</a>, English Honor Society [3 years], National Honor Society[2 years], USABO Team Captain, USACO co-captain, Founder of Photo Club
• Job/Work Experience: Research
• Volunteer/Community service: DOCS program (Student Liaison) Little Haiti Clinic. Project Virchow Organization (my own organization). Haiti Relief Coordinator at my school. Medical Mission to Honduras?. Emmaus Medical Mission to Haiti?. PRAES Ecological Missions in Colombia and Fundacion Balsa Verde, a cooperative ecological organization.
• Summer Activities: Discovery to Cure Internship Program at Yale.<br>
• Essays: Teachers say im an exceptional writer, so I guess they'll be good.
• Teacher Recommendation: Probably good.
• Counselor Rec: She has too many students, so she doesn't really know me.
• Additional Rec: Research PI/ Program Director?
• Interview:
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<p>• Intended Major: Biology
• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• School Type: Large Public (3800 students)
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 80,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

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<p>…???</p>

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<p>Excellent ECs. I would be surprised if you didn’t get accepted in at least half of the Ivies.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how you become a team captain in USABO or USACO. These aren’t team activities - you either make it to the camp or you don’t.</p>

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<p>^ There could be a club that exists for the purpose of preparing for these exams, or something along those lines.</p>

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<p>Yeah. We start meeting from the beginning of the year once or twice every two weeks, and theres someone who leads the lectures, along with the teacher (or in his absence).</p>

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<p>bump. btw, just found out from my teacher: 5 in AP Chem.</p>

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<p>Strong stats, URM, hispanic going into science and engineering = in.</p>

<p>Your chances are solid at all the privates that has any emphasis on affirmative action.</p>

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<p>Excellent chance at all.</p>

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<p>2270 is not out of anyone’s SAT range.</p>

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<p>Thanks, guys!</p>

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<p>Oh, I also forgot to mention. Im not a U.S born hispanic; I was born in Colombia, so English is my second language, and Spanish is the language I speak at home.</p>

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<p>^^ talk about that in your essay, and how you aspire to be a scientist and use the technical skills to improve the lives of your people = automatic in. I guarantee it lol.</p>

<p>ignore Hannibal, his information seems to be very misleading in many of the chancing threads.</p>

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<p>I would say not only misleading, but false.</p>

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<p>^^ yeah, im incorporating that into the main theme of my essay, but I dont think I’ll make it the main point.</p>

<p>^I’ve noticed.</p>

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<p>^Hannibal you’re blatantly wrong.</p>

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<p>Any advice? What should I strengthen, what should I concentrate on? Any input is strongly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Someone said something about your SAT score not being in the range for Ivies - COMPLETE BS. I have a friend who got into Cornell with no outstanding EC’s, excellent grades, but an SAT of 1960. So… yeah.
You’ll be fine everywhere, just write a great essay and get some solid recommendations. Good luck and congratulations on all your success so far.</p>

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<p>SAT I: Competitive score
SAT II: Competitive scores
GPA: Good GPA
Rank: Good Rank
Courseload: Rigorous Courseload
ECs: Good leadership and commitment, well-rounded too
Work Experience: Good
Volunteer Work: Hard to comment without knowing how many hours you volunteered in total, however they seem good</p>

<p>You’re a URM with a 2270, good ECs and all the rest. Most likely you have a good chance at all unless you botch your intangibles (essay, recommendations etc.).</p>

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<p>Wow. Seems awesome.</p>