Chance me please!!!!!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Indian male
GPA (unweighted): 3.91/4.0
GPA (weighted): 4.34
RANKING: 4/470</p>

<p>SATII's:
Physics:720
Math II:790
SATI (best single): 2190 [CR: 690 W:750 M: 750]
SATI (superscore): 2240 [CR: 690 W:750 M: 800]</p>

<p>APs I have taken (I have low scores...but I swear I studied all my teachers' notes)</p>

<p>AP Biology: 3
AP European History: 3
AP Stats: 4
AP Calc AB: 3 (Probably a mistake...teacher said its highly a misscore because it got delayed. I explained this on app)
AP Physics B: 4
AP English Language: 3</p>

<p>Scholastic Awards/ Recognition</p>

<p>----- Caltech Signature Award 2009
----- ELKS Most Valuable Student Scholarship State Level Finalist
----- Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award 2009
----- Betchel Science Challenge Competition Semifinalists x2 (First ever team from school to qualify to semi-finalist)
----- Regional Science Bowl Team Member (Just competed for first time..no award)
-----Tech Challenge Competition hosted by the Tech Museum of Innovation of San Jose (1st place for "Best Engineering Journal" Award)....made to local newspaper.
----- Rensselaer Medal for Achievement in Mathematics
----- National Merit Commended
----- AP Scholar with Honors
----- COSMOS Dimploma of Excellence in Science and Mathematics. Research in UCSC with
a professor</p>

<p>Non-scholastic Awards/ Recognition/ EC
-----Peninsula Chess Center 1st place Trophy
-----Berkeley Chess Tournament 3rd place, 2nd place, and another 2nd place
-----Campbell Chess Tournament Senior Division Finalist</p>

<p>ECs:
----- Livermore Hindu Temple priest for 4 years--publicly give sermons in shrines and youngest member. I teach Sanskrit too. I learn Sanskrit through Y! Messenger from teacher in India
Engaged in Vedic Research at India during the Summer. I wrote about this.</p>

<p>----- Creator of chess club in school. Member of Peninsula Chess Center and Kolty Chess Center. Member of United States Chess Fed...chess has inspired me to make new board games...I invent new board games for fun.
----- 3rd President of Math Club in school history. Last year when I was only VP, I got second highest AMC 12 score in school (though I missed the AIME qualifying score by a question ...). I tutor students.
----- Vice President of the newly created Science Bowl team...I petitioned our school to offer AP Comp Sci.
I've done "great service to the school by doing so" according to a teacher.</p>

<p>Additional info?
One additional rec from the director of COSMOS</p>

<p>Hooks:
---- I came from India to America in fifth grade?
---- Our school is complete CRAP...yeah. So I guess that's a plus?</p>

<p>Major: I want to major in Physics and minor in Religion...I wrote about how similar the two can be.
I also wrote an extra essay on my interest in engineering after the Tech Challenge.</p>

<p>I'm applied to:
Duke [Pratt]
Cornell [Engineering] and [Arts and Sci]
Princeton [Engineering]
Stanford
MIT
Caltech
Cal
UCLA</p>

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<p>What state are you from?</p>

<p>Your school’s insufficiency can either hurt your chances or have no effect. It will depend on how much the admissions weigh the ranking of your school and the general rigor of the classes, compared to the ones you enrolled in. </p>

<p>URM status, as we all know, helps. Your SAT may be a little low for the Ivy Leagues, but I think you’re in competition for Stanford (iffy), MIT (iffy), Cornell, and Duke. The others I am not so sure about!</p>

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<p>I’m from California, the Bay Area. Our school just barely missed the State expectations in its standardized tests…and recently some of the faculty including the principal has been the recent attacks of the local newspaper.</p>

<p>But it offers like around 13 AP classes. So I guess its an okay school? I was exaggerating when I said crap I guess.</p>

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<p>bump?!?..please?</p>

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<p>DUKE/CORNELL/UCLA-High Match
The rest-Reach</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>^Is Caltech and Cal a reach too? I’m from California btw.</p>

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<p>Wow you’re just oozing diversity! Your EC’s are totally impressive as is your GPA. Your SAT isn’t as high as some Ivy’s want but again, I think you make up for it in in your other areas. Your AP Scores aren’t as high as they should be, however I think the most harm that they could do is probably not get you credit upon entering college.</p>

<p>Duke [Pratt] Low Reach/Match
Cornell Reach/High Match
Princeton [Engineering] Match
Stanford High Reach for anyone
MIT High Reach for anyone
Caltech High Reach for anyone
Cal ?
UCLA Match</p>

<p>Goodluck!</p>