<p>Chance me please! I'll write only what I wrote on my apps so you can all see what the adcoms are seeing. </p>
<p>Intended Major: Physics/Comp Sci/EECS, depending on school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
State: CA
School: High-ranking public, several get into high-ranking colleges</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (9-11): 3.90
Weighted GPA: School doesn't weight
Rank: School doesn't rank</p>
<p>1 Community College Class 2nd semester junior year, received A grade</p>
<p>SAT I: 2340 (800 CR, 780 M, 760 W)</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: 800
Chemistry: 800
World History: 750</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Comp Sci A (5)
English Language and Comp (5)
Calc B/C (5)
Chemistry (5)
Physics C: Mechanics (5)</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Astronomy Club Gr 9-12, President Gr 11, 12
Model UN Gr 9-12, Treasurer Gr 11, President Gr 12
CSF Gr 9-12 (120 hours of community service)
Class Secretary, Gr 12
Peer Tutoring (2 Students) Gr 11, 12
Mystery Dinner Theatre (lead role) Gr 11
One Act Festival (lead role in a one act scene) Gr 11
Improv Night Actor Gr 11
Improv Night Captain Gr 12
Intern at "Ikain.Com" (tutored students over webcam, troubleshot site) (Summer 2009)
UCSC COSMOS Alumnus (Cluster: Astronomy and Physics) (Summer 2010)
NASA Internship (original research) (Summer 2011 + Gr 12)
Cross Country (Gr 9: Frosh/Soph, Gr 10: JV, Gr 11: Varsity)
Guitar (7 years, play in a band)</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>"Grand Concours" 10th place (National French Competition) Gr 10
Several Awards in MUN Gr 9-11
PTSA Recognition Award Gr 10
AP Scholar with Distinction Gr 12
National Merit Semifinalist Gr 12</p>
<p>Chance me for:</p>
<p>UChicago (EA)
MIT (EA)
Columbia
Cornell
CMU
Princeton
USC
Yale
Berkeley
LA</p>
<p>UChicago - essays will make or break you here, but you’ve got good stats to be competitive. </p>
<p>MIT - Again, good test scores and such to have a fair shot. Deeper involvement in science/math may have helped more, but even so, if you highlighted your involvement in sciencey activities, you’ve probably got a decent chance, esp. with COSMOS and NASA.</p>
<p>I don’t know what your courseload is, but to be competitive at both UChicago and MIT (and all the other schools on your list), you should have taken the most (or almost) challenging classes available to you. I feel like numbers-wise, you’ve got a shot at any of them, but your essays, school involvement, school history in terms of college acceptances, etc. will factor in a ton as well. So I feel like you’ve got a good a chance as any other applicant - nothing that jumps out tremendously (national awards, etc.), but overall well-rounded and qualified.</p>
<p>I think I wrote a fairly good essay for Chicago.</p>
<p>I highlighted my other interests in my MIT app, though, and didn’t write any essays on my NASA internship. Will that break me?</p>
<p>I’ve taken the most challenging course load possible, I believe (with the exception of having taken regular US History instead of APUSH). My essays are shaping up to be pretty good, and last year I counted at least 20+ going to HYPSM.</p>
<p>I think you’ve accomplished some really tremendous things. COSMOS and NASA testify to a specific interest which is undeniably a plus, so I hope you drew attention to that.
Strong SATs and GPA, though not flawless, but I can’t see any board rejecting you based on academics.
Being Indian isn’t going to help you, especially at MIT where they’re flooded with Indian applications.</p>