Chance me please :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:
Country: Mexico (international student)
ACT: 30 (30 E, 33 M, 28 R, 30 S)
TOEFL: 100/120 (minimum recommended score)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/60 (top 3.3%)
AP & IB: Not available at my school, taking hardest curricula
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Calculus, Computer Science, Geography and Ecology, Statistics
English, Chinese, Philosophy
Major Awards: MOSTRATEC World Finalist (international science and technology fair held in Brazil), Silver Medal at Infomatrix Latin America Computing Contest, Disney’s Friends for Change ecological project award, Mexico’s National Young Talent Award for Science and Technology

Subjective:
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian
Extracurriculars: Robotics Club (participated for 9 years, professor in the last 2 ones, 6 hrs/wk, FIRST Lego League Coach), Green Club (President and founder), Taekwondo (black belt)
Job/Work Experience: Development Intern for an online engineering program driven by the MIT
Volunteer/Community service: President of a foundation that sells brownies to fund and instruct projects related to science and technology in an orphanage.
Summer Activities: family trip to South America (2014) and Engineering Summer Academy at UPenn (2015, received college credit, GPA: 4.0)
Essays: about my first day teaching robotics in an orphanage --I think it is strong and genuine
Teacher Recommendation: truly exceptional
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: really good (written by my boss)
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Applying for financial aid: Yes

Colleges: USC, Penn, Columbia, NYU, Texas at Austin, Notre Dame, Duke, Lehigh, Rice

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I would say you would get accepted into each every school based on your achievements and stats you seem to be an incredible person! Please chance me
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Your scores seem a little on the low side for Penn, Columbia, Duke, and Rice, but I still think you have a great shot at all of your schools. Your ECs are awesome and your GPA is great, I can’t envision a scenario where you don’t get into at least one of the above mentioned, probably at least two or three. You’re a sure shot at all of the others. Good luck, but I don’t think you’ll need it!

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I would say that although your scores are lower and this could impact your chances, you are an under-represented minority. Thus, I can honestly see you getting accepted to some of the schools that are on your list! I think Lehigh, Texas, and NYU are matches for you. The others are a little bit on the reach side, with Columbia, Penn, and USC being higher reaches. All in all, I would expect some great acceptances and an awesome time at college in the US. Good luck! :slight_smile: