Chance me, weak freshman year, very strong sophomore/junior years

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have a problem. I want to get accepted into HYP, but here's the problem. I had a horrible freshman year. I had an 75-80 average throughout the year because of some health issues (absent 77 days because I was so sick), parent troubles, and some deaths of relatives. </p>

<p>However, I maintained a strong 98-100 average throughout Sophomore and Junior years. </p>

<p>Courses for Sophomore year:
Trigonometry/Algebra 2 Honors, bumped up from regular Algebra 2/Trig
English 10 honors, bumped up from regular English 10
Chemistry Honors
Spanish 3H, bumped up from regular Spanish 3
AP Euro</p>

<p>Courses for Junior year:
Most strenuous courses </p>

<p>I got 5's on all my AP exams. </p>

<p>Extra curriculars:
-Cross Country
-Tennis
-1500+ hours of volunteer work, e.g. Went to China to teach English, worked with the mayor of my town to clean up a pond, started a small jazz band with friends to raise money to supply clean water, volunteered at a local hospital, volunteered at a homeless shelter
-Intel Science competition, placed within the top 300
-Did miscellaneous science projects, including building a rail gun, tesla coils, and a cloud chamber
-Successful eBay wholesale business
-Successful Xbox 360 repair business </p>

<p>SAT: 2400
ACT: 36</p>

<p>Nationality: Asian</p>

<p>Would you kindly chance me for any Ivy, Stanford, MIT, CalTech, NYU, UCLA, UC Berkely, Tufts, and Northwestern?</p>

<p>Advice to improve my chances is greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Ummm… I thought Intel was only open to seniors? I smell a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>No, it’s not. I participated in Intel ISEF as a 16 year-old junior.</p>

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<p>People with 2400 in the SAT or 36 in the ACT do not usually ask for chances… useless. Could be a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>While yes, I realize those are good grades on both those tests, I am worried on how my freshman year would affect my chances and if my EC’s are good enough.</p>

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<p>Some schools do not consider freshman year such as Princeton. There is something suspicious about this chance thread… I just can’t pinpoint what… yet…</p>

<p>Maybe I’m just being paranoid.</p>

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<p>Bring
Up
My
Post</p>

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<p>Please chance me.</p>

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<p>What do you think your chances are?</p>

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<p>Haha, so Asian. Your freshman grades won’t have a great impact on your application as a whole. As HKtoUS mentioned above, certain schools, princeton included, don’t even look at freshmen year grades.</p>

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<p>Was AP Euro your only AP course?</p>

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<p>@HKtoUS</p>

<p>I’d like to think my chances are good :P</p>

<p>@Spatula</p>

<p>No, I had more AP’s, I’m just too lazy to list them, and plus, when I posted this, it was around 4 am, I was tired.</p>

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<p>For those schools that do look at freshman year I think it will be helpful to address the reason for the low GPA somewhere in application or recs. I would think your chances are pretty good, especially if recs and essays are very strong.</p>

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<p>Seriously… you have a 2400… you’re bound to have a decent chance at the least…</p>

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<p>Just make sure that you explain your absences Freshman year and how they affected your overall GPA. As far as I’m concerned, being able to bounce back from such a low point (one brought on by factors out of your control) shows that you are resilient. Personally, I would have been so discouraged… I commend you.</p>

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<p>seriously at these kinds of universities, ppl cant rly chance you because it is almost like a lotto. but hey! u got as good of a chance as most others.</p>