Chance Me: Top Private Schools and UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am an Asian male in a nationally ranked public high school in Georgia. I just got my SAT back for January and i dont know how that would change my college chances. I originally had a 1910 that I sent to Georgia Tech and UGA and got in to both (early decision). </p>

<p>Academics
GPA:3.93
Rank:58 out of 596</p>

<p>Test Scores
SAT: 2070(580CR, 740M, 750W) (single highest test date, happens to be my superscore too)
SAT2: 760(Math2), 720(Physics)</p>

<p>Classes:
17 AP Classes
2 Math Classes at Georgia Tech, (Calculus 2 and 3)
(most rigorous schedule in graduating class)</p>

<p>Activities
Chess Club(President), Chess Team(Captain), Science Olympiad(Senior Captain), Mu Alpha Theta/Math Team(Secretary), French Club, French National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Beta Club
100+ hrs of community service
math tutor at school
trying to host 1st "name of school" chess tournament and currently organizing 2 competitive chess teams, 1st time in school history also</p>

<p>Awards
GA Chess 2nd Place 10th Grade
County Chess 1st Place High School
Georgia Tech HSMC Varsity Individual Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
Letter in mu alpha theta, twice lettered in math team
Grand Concours "certificats"</p>

<p>Colleges:
Cornell: Human Ecology
Johns Hopkins: Biophysics
UChicago: Arts and Sciences
Rice: Arts and Sciences
Emory: Arts and Sciences
Washington University in St Louis: Arts and Sciences
UCLA: Arts and Sciences
UC Berkeley: Natural Resources</p>

<p>Additional Notes:
UCs did not get my latest score since it was past the deadline. Should I still send?</p>

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<p>Anybody want to chance me?? I will chance back.</p>

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<p>Everything looks good except your SAT CR…</p>

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<p>Chess Club, Chess Team, Science Olympiad, Mu Alpha Theta, French Club, French National Honor Society? Wow, you must be quite an athlete!</p>

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<p>Your rank and scores still make those schools significant reaches.</p>

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<p>I would say you have an ok chance, b/c your critical reading is kind of low, even though your math and writing sections seem great! Your ECs are fine, and you’re in the top 10% which is always good. I would say out of all of those colleges, if I had to pick, i would say you have the largest chance for UCLA. But again, I’m just another student chancing you, so don’t let what others say make you upset. Keep believing!</p>

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<p>Anybody else???</p>

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<p>You say you’ve been accepted at UGA & Georgia Tech “early decision”. ED is a legally obligating agreement. Did you apply ED or merely early action? </p>

<p>Assuming you meant early action I think that CT score may haunt you at the other schools on your list. Realistically they are some form of reach.</p>

<p>Sent from my ADR6400L using CC App</p>

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<p>The “ED” is non binding. I guess i meant early action.</p>

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<p>Your ECs are great and your GPA is also pretty awesome. Your class rank isn’t phenomenal but because it seems that you’re at a really competitive school it shouldn’t be too much of an issue and some universities are starting to care less and less about class rank because ultimately it’s an unfair thing to base admittance on. I’d say the only thing that seems to be an issue with getting into those schools would be your CR score which isn’t too bad considering your other scores are great; of course, some schools don’t really care about the writing score.
I’ll get down to the individual schools:
Cornell- maybe
Johns Hopkins- maybe
University of Chicago- reach
Rice- maybe
Emory- maybe
Washington University in St Louis- reach
UCLA- probably
UC Berkeley- maybe</p>

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<p>UCs don’t care about test scores, they are desperate for OOS money.</p>

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<p>Your ecs are great.
Cornell=30%
Johns Hopkins= 40%
U Chicago=20%
Ucla=60%
Uc berkeley=50%</p>

<p>Rice=40%
Emory=60%
Wash u= 40%</p>

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<p>Id say you have a good shot at most of the places your looking at. Cornell U Chicago and Wash U you most likely have the lowest shot at. If you get a higher CR on your SAT you should have a much higher chance at all those places. Thanks for chancing me also.</p>

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<p>Good chance everywhere except U of Chicago, Cornell, & Washington because those schools are a crapshoot even WITH a higher critical reading score, which at the moment you lack. Up the CR and you have a better chance at those top schools. Best chance at UCLA, lowest @ UChicago. Nice Ec’s.</p>

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<p>Nice credentials! You should get into most of those schools. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Even with that low (580) CR?</p>

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<p>I would say you have VERY good chances at all of your schools. If you wrote good essay’s and interviewed well, I would be surprised if you didn’t get into 90% of those schools</p>

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<p>I didn’t interview but my essays were good, not sure about rice though. Should have spent more time on that one.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a good chance at most of the schools. Cornell might be harder due to CR score/rank (which may be mitigated due to the competitiveness of your school), but the rest seem well within your reach.</p>

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<p>I think this thread has more bad advice than any other I’ve seen here. The OP has a 580 CR score. This will make top schools all but impossible. Most coaches can’t get a quarterback into a top school with a sub 600CR score.</p>

<p>Kids from more competitive high schools have a higher bar, not a lower one.</p>