CHANCE ME PLS (Columbia, UChicago, UCB, etc!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Schools: Columbia, UChicago, UCs, UPenn, Brown, HYPS, WASHU, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, NYU, BU, Northwestern, Duke, Williams, Rice, Vanderbilt, Cornell

^I know, I need to start prioritizing some schools.

Intended “Direction”: Humanities (likely history)

Stats:
GPA: 4.45 W (3.95UW)
Rank: No rank (for sure within top 10%)
SAT: 2290 (710CR 780M 800W)
SAT II: 800 Math II , 790 USH, 800 Chem
ACT: 34 (35E 35M 34R 33S)
PSAT: 226
AP: 5s on Euro, APUSH, Chem, Calc BC, Lang (self studied)

12th Grade Courses:
AP Stats, Spanish AP, AP Gov/Econ, AP Lit, Physics Reg, Band Honors, APES

Community College Courses (taken during summer):
Introduction to Philosophy A
Economics A

Setting:
State: Southern CA
School Type: Highly Competitive Public
Race: Asian

ECs (all the leadership for 12th grade except Music Tutoring Organization (which is 11th-12th)):
History Bowl (captain) (10th-12th): team wins national tournaments and sweeps local tournaments (similar to science bowl but with only history questions)
Quiz Bowl (captain?) (11th-12th) : same set of members as history bowl but separate club as it is separate tourney
Marching Band (section leader) (9th-12th)
Speech and Debate (9th-12th)
Literary Magazine (contributor) (10th-12th): submitted various pieces for selection
Wind Ensemble (11th-12th): needs audition
Symphonic Band (9th-10th)
Music Tutoring Organization (co-founder) (11th-12th): specializing in music instruction to underclassmen
School Tutoring Club (VP) (11th-12th): provides tutoring to all subjects to entire student body; tutored in english and history
City Youth Commission (treasurer) (11th-12th): elected for two year terms by city council; chooses 5 or 6 annually out of 50 or so applicants

Awards:
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
NMSF/F

Achievements:
National Qualifier: JV History Bee, JV History Bowl, Varsity History Bee, Varsity History Bowl, Varsity US History Bee
Various Championships and Runner Ups at local tournaments (too many to list)

Community Service:
Woodworking Assistant (180 hours)
Student Docent at local museum (60 hours)
Various community events (not counted)

Good luck to you all!

Chance me and I’ll chance you back~

ETC:

School doesn’t have a lot of AP courses available. I would have definitely taken AP World History, AP Pscyh, and like AP Art History if my school offered them. Lang and Lit only offered during senior year, so I just took the Lang test without actually taking the course. Solid letters of REC as well.

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You’re top 10%, but can you get any more precise with your class rank? For top colleges, there’s a huge difference between top 2% and top 8%. I know it can be challenging with HS doesn’t rank, but try to ask your counselor for a more precise figure.

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when* HS doesn’t rank

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I would probably say top 8%? I’m not too confident because our school gives A+s as 4.33333 or 5.3333 if its AP or Honors, and a lot of students have a lot of A+s. I had 2 B+s :’( in AP courses.

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Bump.

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Bumpie bump

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You’re definitely a strong candidate, especially since you’re an Asian going into a non-STEM field, which is already oversaturated. I’m in the same boat as you though, so I can’t say anything concrete, but you’re definitely good for at least a few of those schools on your list.

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You are in really good shape to be looking at those colleges you listed. I would say you are set for those universities. They would be a low match to match.
Good Luck on applying.

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I agree with BabylonBabylon that you have an advantage because you are Asian going into a non-STEM field. Your scores are where they should be, but I could see others beating you because of ECs. You invested a lot of time into the academic ECs which is important and shows focus in the area you wish to study but it is also good to show that you are diverse with sports and other ECS.

Overall, you Definitely have a shot. You seem driven and hardworking. It is hard because at this point it really is luck. An admissions councilor at U Chicago said that the waitlist and the accepted freshmen class is the exact same. I wish you the best of luck!

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