Chance Me! (UChicago, Northwestern, NYU, BU, BC, Rice, UCLA, Ann Arbor, JHU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race: Asian
Sex: Male
State: Illinois
Grade: Senior</p>

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<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.5 (expected to rise...)
ACT: 29 (Retaking soon)... 30 Superscored
SAT: Will take soon, took once and can't remember score but can't access account...</p>

<p>Will graduate having taken and passed 11 AP courses along with 6-7 Honors classes.</p>

<p>*Important to note that I do have 2 C's (one for each semester) on Trig Hnrs.</p>

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<p>Extracurricular [Years in brackets]:</p>

<p>Diversity Club - President [2]
Habitat for Humanity - President (Humanitarian group) [3]
Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.) - President [2]
French Club - President [4]
Model UN [1]
Investment Club - Charity Committee [2]
Amnesty International [2]
KEY Club [2]
Eco Club [1]
Math Peer Tutor [1]
French Peer Tutor [1]
Job working at a restaurant ~30 hrs/wk all year around since Freshman year [4]
First Judge for upcoming Presidental Elections - paid [1]</p>

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<p>AP Exams:</p>

<p>U.S. History [5]
Biology [4]
Micro Econ [4]
Macro Econ [4]
AP Eng Lang [3]
AP Euro [3]</p>

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<p>Senior Schedule:</p>

<p>AP Chem
AP Gov
AP Eng Lit
Pre-Calc Honors
AP Environmental Sciences
AP French Lang
Sociology</p>

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<p>Schools i'm looking at:</p>

<p>Urbana Champagne (specifically school of Engineering)
UMich Ann Arbor
UChicago
Northwestern
NYU
JHU
Rice
Northeastern
Boston College
Boston University
UCLA
UCSD
Cornell</p>

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<p>sorry but with those grades and ACT score, uchicago and northwestern are extremely high reaches…</p>

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<p>UMich - Match
BC - Reach
Northwestern - Reach
BU - Low match
Cornell - Reach
Rice - Reach
JHU - Reach
UCLA/SD - Reach
Northeastern - Low match
UChic - Reach</p>

<p>GPA on the low side even if the academic rigor. Of course your chances at some schools like UChic and Rice go up tremendously if you write stellar essays and show a ton of interest.</p>

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<p>An University like Cornell requires at minimum 2 SAT IIs even with ACT. The only school within Cornell which does not require SAT IIs is CALS. </p>

<p>With your stats, I would say JHU, NU, Cornell, UCLA, Chicago and Rice are probably off the table. I assume you want to major in science/math/engineering? 2 Cs in trig are not going to help. Applying as an Asian at those top tier schools is not going to help. I would look at your school’s Naviance to see where students with similar stats as you are getting into. You need more matches and safeties.</p>

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<p>^^He/she sums it up, your grades, APs and test scores are all weak. You should really look into state schools, since your ethnicity doesn’t help either (I feel your pain). Good luck!</p>