Chance Me! (Stanford, Duke, UPenn..etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi. I am currently an Asian-American male junior going to a pretty competitive public high school in Virginia. I am planning on applying to Stanford, U-Penn, Duke (ED), UC Berkeley, UVA, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, USC, Michigan and Virginia Tech-(SEE LIST BELOW) Please chance me for those! THANKS will chance back. </p>

<p>ps terrible first semester junior year grades...2 C's infact, but I bounced back second semester..what will colleges think of that?</p>

<p>Objective:
* SAT I: Math 800, CR 690, CW 760 Total: 2250-one sitting *retake in September
* SAT II: 800 (Math II); 760 (Chemistry); 800 (Chinese)
* PSAT: 239 (National Merit Finalist)
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 (Yes very low, I’m well aware)
* Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.40
* Rank: Top 25%
* AP (place score in parenthesis):
European History: 4
Calculus AB: 5
U.S. History: 4
Chemistry: 4
Psychology: 5</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis):
-National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, History Honor Society, Math Honors Society
-Math Club, Invisible Children Club, World Culture Club
-Varsity Indoor Track
-Varsity Basketball
-Varsity Scholastic Bowl Team
-Varsity Football
-Leadership Class (Sophomore-Senior Year)
-Piano (10 Years)
* Awards:
-Honor Roll all years
-Piedmont Virginia Regional Science Fair Winner (Math Category 2010)
-National Merit Finalist
* Volunteer/Community service:
Habitat for Humanity (100 Hours)
Local Library (50 Hours)
Projection Work (100 Hours)
Hospital (150 Hours)
TOTAL: 400 Hours
* Summer Activities:
Summer Internship at Pathology Department assisting in Lab experiments (2009)
Junior Tennis Team (2009)
* Teacher Recommendation: One from English teacher (11th) and AP Chemistry teacher (11th)
* Counselor Rec: Loves me
* Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: >250,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>COURSES TAKEN: (TOUGHEST COURSE LOAD POSSIBLE TO MANKIND.)</p>

<p>7th Grade:
Honors Algebra I: A/A
8th Grade:
Honors Geometry: A/A</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English 9: A/A
Honors World History I: A/A
Honors Algebra II: A/A
Honors Biology I: B/A
Spanish I: A/A
Info Tech Fundamentals: A/A
PE/Health: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Gym/Health: A/A
Honors English 10: B/A
AP European History: B/B
Honors Math Analysis: A/A
Honors Chemistry I: A/A
Spanish II: A/A
Computer Science I: A/A
Leadership I: A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Honors English 11: B/A
AP U.S. History: C/A
AP Calculus AB: B/A
AP Chemistry II: C/A
Honors Physics: A/A
AP Psychology: B/A
Spanish III: A/A
Leadership: A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course-load:
AP English 12
AP Government
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Statistics
Astronomy
Honors Spanish IV
Leadership III</p>

<p>How do these stats look? I might have forgotten something, so if there are any questions, feel free to ask. Also if there's anything I need to improve on, please say.</p>

<p>Here is the List of schools I am applying to again:
Duke (Applying to Pratt ED, DREAM SCHOOL)
Stanford
U-Penn
UC Berkeley
UVA
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
USC (Southern California)
Carnegie Mellon
Michigan
Virginia Tech
Maryland</p>

<p>Oh, and if there are any top-notch colleges you think I have a good shot at please let me know!
Thanks!</p>

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<p>a lot of clubs/activities, but nothing that really stands out, which might hurt your chances at Penn/Stanford</p>

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<p>Stanford rejects many “perfect applicants” all the time and I am talking 4.0GPA, with 2400 SAT/36 ACT and pretty good EC’s and what also hurts you is that your Asian and believe it or not Stanford practices AA. Many Asians are the victims of AA and they accept many “underqualified” URM’s over perfect Asians.</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>A “perfect” Asian friend of ours graduated last year from our states Math & Science Academy. He was accepted at all the schools he applied including Yale, Harvard and Princeton. Rejected by Stanford. He joked that he must have been done in by their Asian quota.</p>

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<p>^ My point exactly. I will like to take this time and thank god that I am Native American. BIG URM!!!</p>

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<p>Anyone that will actually chance me for those schools? lol</p>

<p>I get the URM thing for colleges, sucks I can’t change my race.</p>

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<p>“* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 (Yes very low, I’m well aware)”</p>

<p>Very low? Really? What is about 80-90% of the entire high school population supposed to feel when a 3.78 is “very low”?</p>

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<p>IMO your EC’s do standout to some degree. Varsity football, varsity basketball, and track in the same EC listing with multiple Honor societies and math clubs are not typical. They are often demonstrative of the type of well rounded student many admissions committees are looking for at elite schools. With the very elite schools, however, they tend to look for lopsided student, with rounded interests but a heavy passion and accomplishment in a particular area - there you are lacking somewhat.</p>

<p>Your SAT I & II’s, AP’s and EC’s could be combined with standout essays, recs and interviews to perhaps sway many of your schools admissions committees towards a favorable descision in my opinion. However, the C’s junior year and your less than perfect GPA is likely to present a problem area at several of your school choices (including Duke, Stanford and Penn).</p>

<p>I think your stats are in the wheelhouse of all of the schools so I would encourage you to apply to all and with standout essays and rec’s I would give a ballpark chancing success as follows:</p>

<p>Stanford - Reach
U-Penn - Low Reach/Reach
Duke (Applying to Pratt ED) - Low Reach/Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Johns Hopkins - High Match/Low Reach
USC (Southern California) - High Match/Low Reach
UC Berkeley - High Match/Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon - High Match
UVA - Match
Michigan - Low Match
Virginia Tech - Safety
Maryland - Safety</p>

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<p>How about:
Northwestern University - Low Reach</p>

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<p>@Tenors you’re right, I phrased what I was meaning to say in the wrong way. I was trying to say is that it’s very low for mine and my parent’s standards.</p>

<p>@hinsdale1 Thanks, great input! I’ve started looking into Northwestern.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>All your stats look pretty good! Just do as well on the SAT as you did on the PSAT. But one question, how is it that you have your AP scores for classes that you’re taking right now?</p>

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<p>Read the title of the chance thread. Read the body of the chance thread.
Stanford, Upenn, Duke. Do you think a 3.78 is ‘very low’ now?</p>

<p>Obviously the OP didn’t mean in general. The whole post is in context of the topic</p>

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<p>oh yeah, forgot the chance lol</p>

<p>Duke ED - pretty decent chance id say around 60-75 considering its ED and as long as you bring your CR up 300-400, or maybe even 100 to even it out at 700 you’d be a good applicant
Stanford - You are qualified, but as stated above, AA FTL.
U-Penn - reach (obviously) lol, but as stated ^ you are still a qualified applicant, id say around 40%? can’t really tell
UC Berkeley - low reach
UVA - match
Cornell - low low reach!!!
Johns Hopkins - border line match/reach
USC (Southern California) - High Match/Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon - high match
Michigan - match
Virginia Tech - safety</p>

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<p>Which Va public do you attend? Va has some very competitive schools with great track records at the schools you mentioned.</p>

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<p>@glassesarechic I don’t really wanna give that out :stuck_out_tongue: but maybe pm me?</p>

<p>@APskawler Thanks!!</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>I’m still confused as to how you have you AP scores for the classes that your are currently taking when AP tests aren’t until May?</p>

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<p>@salsapenguin I’m just making the assumption that I will get those scores for the junior year classes I am currently in.</p>