Chance Me Pleaseeee!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>currently a junior</p>

<p>asian/female/southern california</p>

<p>very competitive, well known high school in so'cal, sends many students to top schools every year.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.72UW, 4.1 W (school doesn't rank)
SAT 1: 800m, 720cr, 780w (2300 total)
SAT 2: IIC 800, planning to take u.s. history and physics as well.
Classes:
Junior year: apush, ap english, ap calc ab, ap physics b, spanish 3, music
Senior year: ap art history, ap english, ap chem, calc c/d, ap government, orchestra</p>

<p>8 aps total, 4 honors
taking semester of psychology and political science at local community college in summer (online)</p>

<p>ECs:
orchestra officer (1 year)
executive student council (2 years, treasurer)
4 years advanced orchestra
ocean science bowl (1 year)
cofounded debate club (prez)
2 years track team (JV)
3 years free peer tutoring
8 years violin
played 1st violin in most prestigious youth orchestra in so'cal (carnegie hall performance, 2 years)
affinity for animals (secretary)
destination imagination (team captain)
volunteered at hospital (100 + hours, 2 years)
school leadership service team (next year)</p>

<p>got accepted to competitive research internship in the summer (10% acceptance rate), paying position.
going to volunteer in russia w/red cross in the summer as well.</p>

<p>i'm hoping my hook will be that i lived in scandinavia for many years as a child, and the internship thing. (even though i don't think that is a hook.)</p>

<p>awards:
National Honor Society
National Merit commended
Scholar Athelete Award
California Scholarship Federation</p>

<p>typical i know...</p>

<p>schools i'm looking into:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
Johns Hopkins (1st choice, ED)
Cornell
Northwestern
Brown
Boston U
NYU
U Michigan
U Chicago</p>

<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>Awesome stats! I can't really chance you (seeing as I'm a junior too), but based on my knowledge you are ahead of the game! I'm just wondering though, how do you already know that you're commended? I thought we had to wait a bit longer.</p>

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<p>hmm, well i got a 222 on my PSAT. the cutoff score for CA is usually 216 or so, so i'm just predicting =]</p>

<p>chances anyone...?</p>

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<p>yea u cant go wrong wit those grades... i'm a junior from tx, and your grades and scores are really enough to get you in to any of those schools i bet, plus some scholarship $</p>

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<p>thanks, anyone else?</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley-Match
UCLA-Match
UCSD-Match
UCI-Safety
Johns Hopkins (1st choice, ED)-High match, low reach
Cornell-high match, low reach
Northwestern-match
Brown-reach
Boston U-safety , in
NYU-safety
U Michigan-safety
U Chicago-match</p>

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<p>nyu is a def match.</p>

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<p>if i were to also apply to a school like oxford or cambridge in the uk, what would my chances be there?</p>

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<p>I heard that they accept only a few students from the USA because our system is pretty different from theirs. They would probably be considered reaches for everyone. Great chances at all the other universities though! </p>

<p>UC Berkeley-Match
UCLA-Match
UCSD-Low Match
UCI-Safety
Johns Hopkins (1st choice, ED)-match if ED
Cornell-low reach
Northwestern-match
Brown-low reach
Boston U-safety
NYU-match
U Michigan-safety
U Chicago-match</p>

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<p>bump...what other schools should i look into?</p>

<p><----- what is that red circle??</p>

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<p>The red circle means that it's you.</p>

<p>What's your indended major?</p>

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<p>honestly, right now i'm really not sure. i'd like to do something in the science field, which is why i got the internship, but i dont have a lot of science ecs so i don't know. i think i'll probably apply undeclared for most of these schools, since the "Bs" i've gotten are pretty evenly spread out in all subjects except history and language.</p>

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<p>i'm going to reawaken this thread ^^</p>

<p>does anyone have any suggestions on where else i should apply and possibly get in w/my stats? i'm pretty sure i'll be undeclared for my major, just because i'm not 100% sure and i want to be able to do some experimenting before i commit myself.</p>