Chance me please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior right now at a competitive school in NY. I am a Korean American if that helps. I think that I want to do ChemE, but it is not definite, but I would like to do engineering. Can you chance me for Cornell, UPenn, Columbia Fu Foundation, MIT, Caltech, RPI and Cooper Union?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.72 UW (school is pretty tough)
PSAT: 221 (71CR 80M 70W)
SAT: 2220 (690CR 780M 750M)
Class Rank: n/a, top 10%</p>

<p>SAT II's: Biology - 710
Chemistry - 800
Math IIC - 800
Physics - projected 800</p>

<p>AP's: Chemistry - 5 (self studied sophomore year)
Statistics - 5 (sophomore year)</p>

<p>Grades this year are A+ for BC Calculus. A/A+ for AP Physics C: Mechanics. B+ for English. A/A+ for Spanish. B/B+ for US History.</p>

<p>I'm going to take multivariable calculus over the summer at Harvard summer school, and a psychology class. I plan to take a general chemistry class at Columbia during senior year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
English
AP Spanish
AP Macroeconomics
General Chemistry (Columbia)</p>

<p>EC: LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) - 3 years - President
Math Team - 3 years - top member (captain next year)
International club - 2 years - member
Asian Club - 3 years - member (president next year)
Volunteer at a hospital - 1 year
Honor society at school (I tutor other kids) - 1 year</p>

<p>Other Stuff: AMC 10 participant - freshman year - 119.5
AMC 12 participant - sophomore year - 112.5
AMC 12 participant - junior year - 111
AIME participant - sophomore year - 4
AIME participant - junior year - 6
Chemistry olympiad - sophomore year - 2nd in school, but not a qualifier for national exam
Chemistry Olympiad - junior year - USNCO qualifier
Biology Olympiad - junior year - open exam participant
Physics Olympiad - junior year - open exam participant
3rd in county for math team</p>

<p>So, can you guys chance me for the schools:
Cornell
UPenn
Cooper Union
Columbia Fu Foundation
MIT
Caltech
RPI</p>

<p>Thanks in advance, and can you give a recommendations for any other schools that I would have a decent shot at?</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot but I plan do start doing research soon in a bio lab in NYC.</p>

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<p>Whoops. I mean 750W not 750M.</p>

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<p>bump (10chars)</p>

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<p>bump anyone?</p>

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<p>i wouldn't know, but i'd say you're in pretty good shape... they're all low/high reaches but you should get into a good number of them, i'd say.</p>

<p>getting a 5 in self-studied AP chemistry sophomore year is really impressive.</p>

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<p>Cornell = low reach
UPenn = low reach
Columbia Fu Foundation = low reach
MIT = low reach
Caltech = low reach</p>

<p>.. but you seem like an awesome candidate for all of those schools</p>

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<p>Sorry, I disagree that they are low reaches. Look at common data sets, his SAT CR is well below arerage for all the schools other than RPI. He's an ORM from an overrepresented state. Class rank is estimated for schools that don't rank. The OP does not appear to be top of class. ECs are really weak for ivies. Expensive summer programs don't impress adcoms. They are all big reaches.</p>

<p>I would look at CMU level schools as good matches. Cornell is a reasonable reach.</p>

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<p>Is 690 really well below average? In any case, if suze is right, I won't get into any of the places I listed except RPI. Another thing about Cornell is that they usually take a lot of kids from my school, if that helps.</p>

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<p>Yes, it's good if your school gets a lot of kids into Cornell. Your competition is other unhooked Cornell candidates applying to the same school at Cornell. And yes, it's well below average and average isn't a good measure as 60% of ivy aceptees are hooked.</p>