Chance me, please (Ivy + UC + Others)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello Everyone.</p>

<p>I'm a rising senior who wants to be reasonable on where I'm applying.</p>

<p>Could someone chance me for Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, U-Chicago, Washington U, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, Berkeley?</p>

<p>Safety: Embry-Riddle</p>

<p>SAT I: 2380 (800 Reading 800 Math 770 Writing 10 Essay), first try
SAT II: 750 Chemistry, 770 Math II, 740 World History, 690 Latin
Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
Weighted: 4.8
Rank: School does not officially rank, in the top 1% of class of 340
AP: 5 Lang, 5 Chem, 5 US History, 5 World History, 4 Music Theory</p>

<p>At my school, most AP classes are only available to seniors, and most classes taken as soph/junior are honors. </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Macro/Micro
AP Latin
AP Gov
AP Lit</p>

<p>Awards:
Book award (school)
Won some regional essay competition
Won a national history essay competition
National Latin Exam: Gold (grades 9-11)
National Etymology Exam: Gold (grades 9-11)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (Ranked by importance):
Latin Club (9-12): held state office and now hold a national office. Also on quiz bowl team, consistently places 1st, 2nd, 3rd at state competition
Editor for Local Newspaper (11-12); (originally wrote for school paper from 9-10)
Student Council: (12): vice president
Science Olympiad/Science Bowl (10-12): Science Bowl captain
Mock Trial (10-12): co-captains for two years
Congress Debate: (10-12)
Model UN (9-12): president for two years
Intramural Soccer: (9-12)
Cyberpatriot: (11-12): Founder</p>

<p>Outside of Latin Club, none of the competitive activities I'm in do that well apart from local awards.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service:
Coordinator (appointed by staff) and volunteer at a service site for children: (4 hours a week during school/ 36 hours during the summer for 5-weeks)
Peer Tutor: grades 9-11
< 400 hours total</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Summer camp at service site: 9th-11th
Internship at Law Office: 10th
Latin Convention: 9th-11th
Italy Cultural Trip: 11th
Washington Trip (all expenses paid for by winning essay competition): 11th
Writing Project Program at University: 11th</p>

<p>Job Experience:
Law Internship (stated above)
Service site coordinator (stated above)</p>

<p>Essays: Not sure how well I do. My essays are usually hit/miss.
Teacher Recs: Latin teacher and either English or chemistry teacher. Had chemistry teacher for 2 years but didn't talk to much but knows how I struggle outside of school. English teacher, I had one year and complimented me on my versatility. Had discussions a lot.
Counselor Rec: Counselor likes me, I sometimes went to my counselor for personal problems just to let it out, (not sure if good or bad)
Supplemental Materials: Can I submit writing samples?</p>

<p>Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: History/Classics or Engineering (Not sure)
State: CA
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks: None</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is off. 800+800+700 does not equal 2380. </p>

<p>Anyway…
-High reach: Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UPenn,Columbia
-Mid reach: UChicago, WashU, Berkeley
-Low reach: Johns Hopkins, UCLA</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

<p>(And yes, you can send whatever supplementary materials you want.)</p>

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<p>Excellent scores, and GPA. Nice looking ECs and profile. </p>

<ul>
<li>High Reach: Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia</li>
<li>Mid Reach: University of Pennsylvania, Washington U., U-Chicago (If you have excellent essays, you can grab it.) </li>
<li>Low Reach / Match: Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, UCLA.</li>
</ul>

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<p>TBT and david
UCLA and UCB are almost safety for OP.</p>

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<p>OP</p>

<p>My friends and I (Asian males, HS class of 2011) had better numbers and awards and ECs than you.
HYPSM and Columbia: WL or Rejected (all of us)
Wash U: WL (all of us)
Uchicago: 2 accepted and 2 rejected</p>

<p>Do you get the idea?</p>

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<p>^Don’t get discouraged by that information. We have no idea exactly what those colleges’ adcoms were looking for in 2011, nor do we know about those students’ applications.</p>

<p>And no, Berkeley is not a safety.</p>

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<p>From CA and 2300+ and 4.0UWGPA
UCB and UCLA are almost safeties for OP</p>

<p>Explain to me why UCB is mid-reach and UCLA is low-reach!</p>

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<p>Your scores and extracurricular activities look great! But most of the colleges on your list are reach schools for everyone. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks you everyone! Just making a list of colleges to apply to and just needed to make sure I wasn’t applying to too many reaches.</p>