Chance me please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can someone please chance me? I'm a currently rising senior in VA. Thanks guys!</p>

<p>Major – CS or Physics
Schools I'm thinking of applying to – MIT, Cornell, Caltech, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, UMD, Carnegie Mellon, UVA, Virginia Tech, Rice U</p>

<p>GPA: 4.42 W, school doesn't give UW
Rank: School doesn't do it</p>

<p>SAT: 2370 superscore– 790 Math, 800 CR, 780 Writing (10 essay);
2340 at one sitting – 760 Math, 800 CR, 780 Writing</p>

<p>PSAT: Score was definitely high enough for semifinalist, hasn't come yet though.</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math 800
Going to take Physics and Spanish in October, probably high scores on them. yeah I know it's late :(</p>

<p>AP's: Calculus BC (5), Computer Science (5), US History (probably 5), Spanish Lang (probably 5), and Physics C: Mech and E & M (probably 5 on both, I'm hoping)</p>

<p>EC's:
-Tennis at clubs outside school for 2 years (Jr Team Tennis, made it to Sectionals last year, going to Districts this year)
-Johns Hopkins U robotics competition, team won 1st place in one event, 2nd in another
-JV Public Forum Debate two years, one year varsity
-Future Problem Solving State Bowl 2 years
-Member of Spanish Honor Society and National Honor Society
-UMD Young Scholar's Program in rising junior year summer (precollege program)
-Participated in Physics Team this year, took USAPHO exam (didn't qualify though :'( )
-NSE (National Spanish Exam): Won "Premio de Oro" (Gold Prize) 2 years, then won Top Scorer in the Nation award and US savings bond this year
-Participated in West Point Bridge Designer Contest, placed in top 200 of 6000 teams
-Updated and managed the tjSTAR (Thomas Jefferson Symposium to Advance Research) website this year, in HTML and PHP
-Tutored first graders as part of a Spanish Immersion program at an elementary school near my high school throughout this year
-Currently volunteering with Sewa International, including trying with some friends to set up a Benefit Chess Tournament for all ages through Sewa
-Built my own computer after ordering parts and reading up on it (does this even count?)
-Working on a project with my physics teacher involving simulating a particle accelerator using parallel processing and special relativity
-Interning currently at George Mason University, doing CS research with neural networks (without pay)</p>

<p>Sorry that was a little long, I wasn't sure how much I should put on there.</p>

<p>I'm kind of new here, but thanks for all of your help guys!</p>

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<p>Very strong chances at Georgia Tech, UMD, UVA (in state), Virginia Tech
Good chances at UCB, Cornell, Rice and CMU</p>

<p>For MIT and Cal Tech, what is your race and gender?</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for the fast reply! Sorry I just read the thread about what to put in chance threads and realized I broke a lot of those rules :/. Anyway, I’m an Indian male (considered Asian haha). I really wanna go to Caltech, but I do realize it’s a pretty tough school to get into.</p>

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<p>MIT: Reach
Cal Tech: Reach (You need to show your passion for Mathematics.)</p>

<p>Are you attending TJ or Governor’s School?</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m in TJ. Hm, I kinda figured MIT and Caltech would be reach but hey, that’s cool, it’s not like the other schools are bad or anything. Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>I think your school name will help your chances little bit.</p>

<p>MIT and Cal Tech have EA, so there is nothing to lose.</p>

<p>Are you applying to U Chicago (EA)?</p>

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<p>Yep, I’m going to apply EA to MIT and Caltech, see what happens. I feel that I have 10 schools on this list, which I’ve been told (and I think) may be too many. I was considering U Chicago, but I don’t know too much about it.</p>