Chance me (will chance back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background Info: Asian male from suburban public high school in NY state, about $165K income
Test scores:
SAT II: Chem 600, Physics 650, Math II 760 (probably won't submit the former two except at CMU)
SAT: 480 CR, 720 W, 710 M (yeah I probably won't submit this either)
ACT: 32 Composite (35 English, 32 Math, 29 Reading, 30 Science, 31 reading/writing) and 31 Composite (30 English, 34 Math, 32 Reading, 27 Science, 26 reading/writing)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.01 W, 3.87 UW; ranked 2nd decile in a class of about 300
Honors/AP Courses:
9: Geometry Honors
10: Trig Honors, Chemistry Honors
11: Physics Honors, Pre-Calc BC Honors, English 11 Honors
12: AP Calc BC, AP Macro, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Physics C Mechanics</p>

<p>EC's:
Band class (Conc. Band/Wind Ensemble) (9-12); Jazz Ensemble (10-12); Full Orchestra (11-12); Math Team (11-12); Tech Crew (11-12)
Supermarket Cashier for 4 months
48 hours community service
Member of school Science Research Program and participant at local science fairs
Intern at local planning department for participation in gov't credit</p>

<p>Schools applying to:
EA: SUNY New Paltz, Binghamton, Northeastern, Georgia Tech
RD: Michigan Ann Arbor, U-Conn, U-Mass Amherst, Boston University, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Northwestern, SUNY Buffalo, Stony Brook, U-Pitt (rolling admissions)</p>

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<p>doesnt look that bad… i think you have good chances everywhere except for Umich, CMU, and Northwestern. But good luck!!</p>

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<p>What is your intended major?
Your CR score is very low that you are right in not to send the SAT score. UMich does not require SAT2, so you can save that money as well since you don’t have anything spectacular there to increase the chance. Your ACT is pretty good and is around admission average at UMich (below average for CoE). Your GPA is also right around the admission average there. Your EC is rather weak though for some of the schools on your list. Basically, there is nothing really makes you stand out from the crowd. UMich LSA would be a low reach for you and UMich CoE is a reach. Northwestern and CMU would be reaches too.</p>

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<p>@billcsho‌ Intended major computer engineering</p>

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<p>The mid 50 ACT for UMich CoE has been 31-34 and the admission median last year was 33 with a 20% admission rate. So it would be a reach for you from OOS. Are you going to retake ACT to improve your score?</p>

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<p>I already took the ACT two times, with the better composite score the first time (32 compared to a 31 the second time) @billcsho‌ </p>