chance me, please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ok, so i just stumbled on this forum, saw a few "accepted profiles", and got very, extremely worried about my chances for college. soo...assuage my fears or confirm this sinking feeling i have that i'm not getting in anywhere significant, haha</p>

<p>Location: SC
Race/Gender: Asian Female
GPA uw/w: 3.9/4.877
Rank: 9/334
School Type: public, suburban
Course Load: probably most difficult at my school. i basically ran out of AP classes to take
Senior Courses:
-AP Lit
-AP Calc BC
-AP Euro Hist
-Psychology 101 (USC-Lancaster credit)
-Environmental Sci Hon
-Gov/Econ Hon
Essays: i don't think they're all that stellar, but hopefully they aren't too bad
Recs: not sure how good they are either, since i havent gotten most of them back yet or i cant read the ones i did get back
Intended Major: Biology/Pre-med</p>

<p>AP Scores:
-AP Calculus AB: 5
-AP Biology: 4
-AP Statistics: 5
-AP Art History: 4
-AP US History: 5
-AP Chemistry: 3
-AP Computer Science: 5</p>

<p>SAT I: 2370 (Composite, taken 2x)
-Math: 780
-CR: 790
-Writing: 800</p>

<p>SAT II:
-Math Level 2C: 800
-Chemistry: taking in Nov/hoping for mid-700s
-U.S. History: taking in Dec/hoping for close to 800</p>

<p>EC:
[Clubs and Activities]
Project Club 2008 (9th-12th)
- Our class's planning committee for prom, graduation, homecoming floats, etc.
National Honor Society (11th-12th)
National French Honor Society (9th-12th)
National Art Honor Society (9th-12th)
Beta Club (9th-12th)
Key Club (12th)
Varsity Tennis (7th-12th)
Academic Team (10th-12th)
Energy Challenge Team (9th)
National Forensic League (9th-12th)
Student Congressional Debate and Public Forum Debate
Youth in Government (9th-12th)
SC Bar School Mock Trial Team (11th)</p>

<p>[Awards and Honors]
National Forensic League:
National Qualifier in Congressional Debate (10th, 11th)
State 4th place in Congressional Debate (11th)
State Best Presiding Officer in Congressional Debate (11th)
State Quarterfinalist in Public Forum Debate (10th)</p>

<p>Youth in Government:
Most Outstanding Chair (11th)</p>

<p>High School Varsity Tennis:
Varsity Letterman (7th-12th)</p>

<h1>1 Singles & Doubles (7th-12th)</h1>

<p>All-Region (8th-11th)
All-State (11th)
Most Valuable Player (8th-11th)
Lead team to playoffs (11th-12th)</p>

<p>USTA Junior Tennis:
State Top 10 Ranked (8th-12th)
State Top 25 Ranked (11th-12th)
State Closed Hard Court Championships Finalist (10th)
State Closed Clay Court Championships Finalist (10th)</p>

<p>Academics/Other:
Rotary Club of Greater Greer for High School Top 10 Ranked Students (9th-11th)
National Merit Semifinalist (12th)
AP Scholar with Distinction (12th)
Energy Bowl State Championship Team member (9th)
SC Bar Mock Trial Most Effective Witness (11th)
Martin Luther King Award for Athletics (11th)</p>

<p>[Leadership]
Class Treasurer (9th-10th, 12th)
Academic Team captain (12th)
Varsity Tennis captain (9th-12th)
Beta Club Sophomore Vice President (10th)
Youth in Government Committee Chair (10th, 11th)
Youth in Government Premier Presider (12th)
National French Honor Society Vice President (11th)</p>

<p>[Community Service]
Greenville Hospital Systems Teen Volunteer (300+ hours)
Miscellaneous volunteer activities (50+ hours)
- Meals-On-Wheels, Adopt-A-Highway, Boys & Girls Club of Greenville, local festivals</p>

<p>[Work]
Retail Associate (16 hr/week during summer, 8 hr/week during school year)
Tennis Instructor (2 hr/week)</p>

<p>[Other]
Research Intern at Furman University Biology Labs (summer 2007)
Clemson University/BB&T Economics Summer Camp (summer 2007)
-Selective, all-expense camp for rising seniors
Full scholarship for any one class at Furman University (summer 2004)
- Awarded to top 5 scorers in the state on the SAT for Duke TIP
- Course title: Integrated Precalc/Calc I
- Grade earned: A (GPA: 4.00)</p>

<p>sorry for the long list, i just copied from my resume...but yeah, it seems like i have pretty standard stuff for an asian female. what are my chances of getting into these colleges/programs:</p>

<p>Emory (Emory Scholars Program)
Oxford at Emory (Oxford Scholars Program)
Brown (PLME)
Duke
Rice (Rice/Baylor med. program)
Yale
Harvard
UPenn
Wash U St. L (University Scholars Program in Med.)
Tulane</p>

<p>thank y'all so much! help a newbie out :)</p>

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got very, extremely worried about my chances for college.

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<p>You're worried? Looks like you have pretty crazy stats, IMHO.</p>

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<p>well, thanks :)
i'm just worried because i saw some stellar stats and ECs on people who didn't get into basically the same schools i'm applying to</p>

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<p>that's bull crap that you got worried...you just wanted to post your amazing stats like everyone else on this forum.</p>

<p>You're in everywhere.</p>

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<p>I think you would be in anywhere also. Great stats.</p>

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<p>ha, thanks madboy i'll take that as a compliment. but honestly, i just wanted honest opinions from ppl who seem like they know what they're talking about (relatively)</p>

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<p>You might want to take a look at the Multiple Degree Programs section considering you're applying to some of those :).</p>

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<p>I am not sure about your extra curriculars, but I think the top tier schools might resent your low AP scores. I am still a Junior who is a global nomad and in 2 years, I've take 9 AP courses and haven't missed a single "5"</p>

<p>Though you may not believe it, numerical/quantitative data and leadership are perhaps the most important aspects. According to leadership, you seem fine, and your academics seem alright, except you could have done better on your AP tests as well as taking more subject tests. Your SATI scores are stellar, but Colleges put more weight on AP scores and Subject Tests than SATs and GPA.</p>

<p>Overall, I think your chances at the HYP are around 15~20% (which is still pretty high). If you'd just gotten all 5's on your APs, you'd probably have an almost seamless resume.</p>

<p>Anyways, I wish you best of luck.
(BTW, I only have better grades and AP scores than you, but your ECs are absolutely amazing, which I think you should emphasize on your essays)</p>

<p>Best
Kowloon</p>

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<p>thanks so much for your honesty kowloon, what you pointed out is EXACTLY why i'm so worried about even say, duke. i realize my gpa/rank and AP scores are low, but theres nothing i can do about those now. i'll only have 10 APs done by the end of this year but thats really only because my school doesnt offer that many APs at all. i dont think i have time to take more than 3 subject tests..i know i can take up to 3 in one sitting but i'd rather know i have a really good chance of scoring pretty high on a few tests than having a lot of tests but scoring lower.</p>

<p>thanks to everyone else who replied too! :) any more opinions, anyone?</p>

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<p>oh, and i'm only applying harvard/yale as a snowballs chance in hell type thing. theres a few people around my area who got in with way better resumes than mine soo yeah i'm not hoping for anything haha. i'm just crossing my fingers for brown w/o PLME or upenn or something</p>

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<p>You know you'll pretty much get in anywhere midget except maybe Harvard. Oh and i stole your format to do my own chance thing.</p>

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<p>LEMUR!!! i'll go chance ya too hahaha</p>

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<p>id say your in at all except for rice/baylor, plme at brown, and washington st louis thing. you have excellent stats but those programs are super hard to get into and there basically reaches for everyone. personally, i know a few people who got into rice/baylor and they were absolutely amazing. great scores and jaw dropping ec's . the only thing that really hurts you for these is a lack of medical related ec's.</p>

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<p>sorry, i didnt realize you were applying to harvard and yale too. you have a really good shot at them, but then again it is harvard and yale.</p>

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<p>Oh, another recomendation would be not to overwhelm the admissions dean with too much. Most schools will view such a list as impressive, while the VERY top such as HYPS will view it as a mere flattering and shallow contributions (that is why it is absolutely CRITICAL that you write about a specific EC experience in depth and color while free responding</p>

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<p>yes, i am writing about my research project in-depth, and am relating that to medicine. would that count as a medical EC? also, i volunteered a lot at my local hospital...again, medical ec? i don't really know what counts and what doesn't. </p>

<p>i realized i made a mistake including so much after i sent in my common app to emory, so i can't change that now. if i have time, i'll fill out HY and the BA/MD programs' individual applications and hone my resume more. then again, on the common app, i sent in the little stuff in a supplemental document entitled "Additional Activities and Honors". does that make any difference?</p>