Chance Me (WashU, BU, NYU, Vanderbilt, etc)

<p>I'll chance back (link your thread)
Chance Me for:</p>

<p>BC
BU
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Northeastern
UMASS
Rochester
Vanderbilt
WashU</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (740 M, 690 CR, 780 W) retaking in Oct
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 M, 35 S, [35 W and 10 on essay so] 33 W, 32 R) retaking in Sep
SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 Biology E, 650 Chemistry (retaking in Nov for 700+), Chinese (taking in Nov for 800 hopefully)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.42 Weighted GPA: 4.28
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15% (300 students)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) (school really doesn't offer much until senior year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calculus, AP English, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, Honors French V
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll, Hockomock League All Star (for tennis)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 4 Years, Oxfam America Club (founder, president) 2 years, Amnesty International 4 years (2 Publicity Officer, 1 Secretary), Model UN 4 years, School Concert Band 4 years
Job/Work Experience: Dental Office (~500 hours includes dental stuff like shadowing but also marketing and insurance [some in school year, some in summer])
Volunteer/Community service/summer activities: Teaching tennis to kids in Boston (~40 hours), volunteer research intern at Harvard lab (~90 hours)
Essays: Excellent essay about starting Oxfam America club, excellent supplements expressing interest in dentistry
Teacher Recommendation: 1st: excellent 2nd: good
Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>Other Facts about Myself:
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Top 10 MA Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 400K
Other: sister at BU currently, mom grad from BU dental, huge commitment to dentistry</p>

<p>BC: high match
BU: safety
JHU: low reach
NYU: high match
Northeastern: safety
UMass Amherst: safety
Rochester: low match
Vanderbilt: low reach
WashU: low reach</p>

<p>You can really shoot higher (like Ivies and other top-10 schools).</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

<p>I’m not really familiar with some of those schools, but I’ve visited WashU and you can definitely get in! You could even apply to some Ivies if you really wanted to.</p>

<p>When I look at your “application”, I only really see one weakness, which is your GPA (and by extension, your class rank). It is frankly low for most of the colleges that you are applying. It will hurt you for some colleges, but for others, it won’t. </p>

<p>BC- High Match
BU- Low Match/ Match
Johns Hopkins- Low Reach
NYU- High Match
Northeastern- Low Match
UMASS- Safety
Rochester- Low Match
Vanderbilt- Reach
WashU- Reach</p>

<p>If you’d be so kind: </p>

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<p>If interested in dentistry, might look at Holy Cross-one of the better pre-dental/pre-med programs on the East Coast. HC HAS GREAT MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALUMNI NETWORK.</p>

<p>BC: match/high match
BU: low match
Johns Hopkins: low reach
NYU: match
Northeastern: low match
UMASS: safety
Rochester: low match
Vanderbilt: high match
WashU: low reach</p>

<p>Thanks for all the comments!</p>

<p>I did get a 4.5 W GPA junior year (4.28 W GPA overall), so hopefully that shows up as something positive on my application. </p>

<p>I’ll chance back! Just link your thread!</p>

<p>BC:high match
BU: low match
Johns Hopkins: low reach
NYU: high match
Vanderbilt: mid reach
WashU: mid reach</p>

<p>Your stats are terrific, but your GPA is a weak factor. However, an upward trend is good, so maybe your GPA will hurt you less. But other than that, everything else is impressive, and I would even recommend applying to one or two higher tier schools.
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<p>bump. I applied ED to WUSTL. Visited and stayed overnight. Attended classes. Met with Biology professor. A close family friend (had lunch with him in St. Louis) that is currently at the WUSTL med school and is an alumni and is close friends with an admissions counselor “put a word in” for me (whatever that means…probably won’t change anything). Sent a thank you letter with a picture of me and my WUSTL student host…hopefully all this stuff helps.</p>

<p>oh btw…got another 34 on the ACT which brings my ACT superscore to 35</p>

<p>BC: high match
BU: safety
JHU: low reach
NYU: high match
Vanderbilt: reach
WashU: reach - but did a lot to help that (very possible)</p>

<p>BC :high match
BU :match
JHU :low reach
NYU :low reach
Wash U :reach
You have solid stats and hence will get into most of these colleges. Good luck!</p>

<p>John Hopkins is a low reach, Vanderbilt is a reach, BC is a match, and BU is a safety.</p>

<p>BC : Match
BU : Safety
Johns Hopkins : Reach
NYU : Match
Northeastern : Match
UMASS : Reach
Rochester : Match
Vanderbilt : Reach
WashU : Reach</p>

<p>November SAT scores out today…760 on chemistry! (found a piece of mail from september today saying that I was a National Merit Commended Student with a 207 PSAT…)</p>

<p>link your thread and i’ll chance back!</p>

<p>BC: Match
BU: Low Match
Johns Hopkins: High Match/Low Reach
NYU: Match
Northeastern: Match
UMASS: Safety
Rochester: Match
Vanderbilt: Reach
WashU: Reach</p>

<p>Congrats on all of your achievements! Yes, your unweighted GPA is low but I think your weighted GPA makes up for that. And your test scores are amazing! I would say you have a great shot at a lot of these schools.</p>

<p>I don’t know if this is the case for some of your other schools, but for WashU, definitely try to show your interest in the school. One of the classic cases is overqualified students getting rejected from WashU because they failed to display interest and so WashU, protecting its yield from people who thought of it as a safety, would deny them. Since there is no supplement for WashU, definitely try to reach out to them via email, make sure your on their mailing list, go to info sessions, and just do anything to display your interest because they do track it!</p>

<p>Besides that, best of luck to you! And thank you for chancing me!</p>

<p>WUSTL- low reach
Vanderbilt- reach
Rochester- reach
UMass- safety
Northeastern- low match
NYU- match
BC- match
BU- low match
JHU- low reach/ reach</p>

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