Chance me! Stanford, CMU, RPI, UNC Chapel Hill, WPI, UConn -- Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian Male (Chinese)
Average public high school</p>

<p>Class Rank: 7 out of 188 (top 5%)
GPA: 3.58 unweighted
SAT: 2120</p>

<p>SAT Math IIC - 740
SAT Chemistry - 680
SAT US History - 560</p>

<p>AP Classes: US History, Comp Sci A, Psychology, Calculus AB, Spanish V, Physics B. </p>

<p>Have a personal website with a portfolio of ~15 computer programs I wrote as well as websites and other projects. </p>

<p>Wrote 2 stories both of which got published in my school's online newspaper (11)
Volunteered at local library for 40 hours (11)
Volunteered at hospital for 85 hours (11)</p>

<p>Model UN (11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)</p>

<p>Recommendations: 1 from math teacher and the other from English teacher. Both are probably average, not that good but not that bad either, most likely in the middle. </p>

<p>Interviews: They went pretty well, not as great as I expected but still pretty good. </p>

<p>Essay: I wrote about my interest in technology (computers and electronics more specifically) and also about how I'd like to improve technology to make the world a better place. I think my essay's pretty good, although not great, probably 8/10. </p>

<p>Chance For:</p>

<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton (not actually applying to these but just want to see my chances of getting in)</p>

<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Duke University
Stanford University
Georgia Tech
Carnegie Mellon University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NYU Polytechnic Institute
University of Connecticut
University of Virginia
University of Maryland
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
University of Chicago
Southern Connecticut State University</p>

<p>I have a really bad feeling about this... :(</p>

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<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology - reach
Duke University - high match/low reach
Stanford University - reach
Carnegie Mellon University - low reach/reach
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - in
University of Chicago - reach</p>

<p>as for princeton harvard yale. sorry but no. basically the average GPA of students applyng to those schools is 4 with stellar sat scores. and even for those people, those schools are reaches. most of them need good hooks to get in.</p>

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<p>Well, I can’t honestly say I know a lot all of the schools, but I do know some about Stanford, Duke, MIT, Chapel Hill, UMich.
If you’re in-state, you look like you have a pretty good shot at UNC Chapel Hill.
As for Stanford, that might be a little more difficult. Two of my friends applied ED this year, and the one that got accepted had an amazing SAT score, very strong schedule and grades, tons of EC, lots of leadership, great artist, very athletic, etc. The one that got rejected still had a great SAT score, and a strong schedule and grades, but not as many ECs. So it looks like you have a pretty good sense of what you want to do in life and followed that in your ECs, which is good, but I don’t want to get your hopes too high because of their low acceptance rate and because of my unfortunate friend’s result
Duke- it looks like you have enough of a shot.
MIT- One of my smartest (if not the smartest) friends got deferred. She’s taken every single math course at my school and done well in each one. She’s also a great writer, artist, and musician. In fact, everyone who applied from my school got deferred or rejected.
UMich- looks good enough</p>

<p>chance me please? Chapel Hill, Wesleyan University, Brown University, William and Mary, Emory</p>

<p>White Female
Very competitive NC private school
Class Rank: DNR, but probably in top 25% of a class of 100</p>

<p>SAT: Math- 670, Reading- 730, Writing- 720, Cumulative- 2120
ACT: Overall- 34, Writing Subscore- 9</p>

<p>Senior Classes (Adv = AP prep): Adv The Great Books (an English Literature class), Adv Calculus, Adv French Language and Literature Post1800, Adv Physics Mechanics C, Human Anatomy and Physiology
Junior Classes: Adv Biology, Adv American Literature, Adv French Language and Literature Pre1800, Honors Precalculus, American History</p>

<p>APs: Biology- 5, English Language- 4, French Language- 3 <— AP scholar
HS Grades: all As with two B+, honor roll every trimester</p>

<p>ECs: Beta Club (10 11 12), National Honor Society (11 12), French Honor Society (10 11 12), Field Hockey (9 10 11 12), Track and Field (11 12), Student Council (11 12- leadership), and other smaller clubs (leadership)</p>

<p>Recommendations: 1 from Biology teacher, who was also my advisor so it was probably strong. 1 from Great Books teacher, also good</p>

<p>Interview: Wesleyan- went pretty well</p>

<p>Essays: CommonApp: probably 8/10 W&M Supplement: 9/10 Brown Supplement: 8/10 UNC: 9/10</p>

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<p>Being a Chinese male with good but not amazing GPA and SATs is not a good situation to be in for Stanford. Your website might pique their interest - maybe you should give them a link? Other than that, your ECs look pretty normal. Together with average recs and interviews and an essay that seems interesting and well-written but typical, you’re not really in a good situation - which sucks, because you’re clearly qualified for most of these places.</p>

<p>I’ll give it a try, but I make no guarantees of accuracy.
HYP - High reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - High reach
Duke University - Reach
Stanford University - High reach
Georgia Tech - In state or out-of-state?
Carnegie Mellon University - Low reach
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - High match (?)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Low match (?)
NYU Polytechnic Institute - ?
University of Connecticut - IS or OOS?
University of Virginia - Same
University of Maryland
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
University of Chicago - Reach
Southern Connecticut State University - Probably safety</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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If you want to - I make no demands :P</p>

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<p>Well, it’s quite possible to get in with the GPA the OP has, but it’s just much less likely without a hook. Almost all of the 3.5s HYP accepts are “hooked.” ECs/awards are becoming increasingly important!</p>

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<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology - reach
Duke University - low reach
Stanford University - reach
Carnegie Mellon University - low reach
University of Chicago - reach
princeton, yale, harvard - no chance in hell(case for almost everyone)
ga tech - match</p>

<p>btw, im also applying to ga tech so if u could chance me!!!</p>

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<p>Student from Top Private school in Canada
IB score 35
SAT 2200 (with 800 in MATH)
SAT II Mat 800
Currently in top tier engineering school in USA
GPA for First Semester is 4.0
Competitive tennis player
What is my change to get to
CMU
DUKE
RICE
Cornel
MIT
BURKLEY</p>

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<p>HYP - High reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - High reach
Duke University - High Reach
Stanford University - High reach
Georgia Tech - Mid/low reach
Carnegie Mellon University - Low reach/ high match
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Not too sure
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Not too sure
NYU Polytechnic Institute - Not too sure
University of Connecticut - Match
University of Virginia - Low Reach
University of Maryland: Match
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: High match
University of Michigan Ann Arbor: Low Reach
University of Chicago - Mid Reach
Southern Connecticut State University - Match</p>

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