Chance Me!! Will Chance Back!

My stats:
Instate- California
Income-100k+
Male Asian(Indian)
Applied for FA, but probably won’t get it!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR-640 W-700 M-720)
SAT II: Math II:750 Physics:710
Unweighted 9-11 GPA: 3.69
Weighted 9-11 GPA: 4.05
Unweighted GPA for 10-11: 3.67
Weighted GPA 10-11: 4.24
UC GPA: 4.0

Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10%
AP Scores: AP Euro (3), AP Chem (3), APUSH (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Calc AB (5), AP Spanish (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Physics C

I took the most rigorous schedule available (12/14 APs offered)… How important is that?

Extracurriculars:
Various Leadership Clubs
3rd Degree Black Belt
Won Taekwondo Tournament
Leadership Team for Taekwondo
Poomsae Team for Taekwondo
Taekwondo Instructor
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor (50 Hours)
Intern at SSA Office
Intern at major Aerospace company
OCMC-5th Place
AP Scholar With Distinction
COSMOS UC CAMP
300+ Community service hours

  1. USC- Electrical Engineering
  2. UCSD- Electrical and Computer Engineering
  3. UC Irvine- Computer Science and Engineering
  4. UCSB- Electrical Engineering
  5. Georgia Tech (EA)- Electrical Engineering
  6. Cornell (ED)- Electrical Engineering
  7. WUSTL- Mechanical Engineering
  8. Duke- Electrical Engineering (ED???)
  9. Purdue- Electrical Engineering

Basically wondering chances for each. I WILL CHANCE BACK! Would Cornell ED have more chances or Duke?

Purdue would be a very high match.

@billcsho Thanks!

UCI/UCSB: Match
UCSD/USC: High Match
Rest of the schools???

@Gumbymom Thanks for the chance! I really hope my course rigor will be taken into account for my low GPA. I really want to go to USC and UCI, is there anyway I can improve my chances for USC, like Duke has Robertson Scholars to demonstrate interest. Is there anything similar for USC? Or any scholarship options?

I think your GPA is low for Duke and Cornell.

@DrGoogle thanks for the feedback, but would it still be low if I demonstrated interest by applying to Robertson scholars and ED, or for Cornell ED? Should I not waste the fee or is it worth trying?

Demonstrated interest by applying ED is a interesting concept. Can your family afford to pay if you were accepted ED? IMO, you are wasting your application. You should apply to Georgia Tech and WUSTL.
I think you have a really good shot at a UCSD and UCI and the other UCs. Not so sure about USC because your scores are low. But you are not wasting your application there.

You have a very good chance of getting into Purdue; however, duke and Cornell might be reach schools. Your sat score is weighing you down a little bit. Chance back?!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1807444-johns-hopkins-ed-chances-please.html#latest

@DrGoogle What should I be aiming for in order to get into USC? And what are your thoughts on WUSTL? If nothing, then where could I ED and money is not really an issue.

Maybe WUSTL. In the past, my daughter has a friend that as accepted there with lowered GPA than hers, maybe lowered then 3.5 uwGPA. But this was a few years back, 2007 time frame.
Purdue is also good because it has rolling admission. You know the result by Oct or Nov.

@DrGoogle where do you think I have a low-mid reach at ED. I think I can get into WUSTL without ED.

Maybe Rice, Vandy?

@DrGoogle What about Northwestern? Do you think I have a shot at ED at Northwestern?

No. It’s pretty hard for kids at our local high school even a few years back. It’s just a tad less selective than the Ivies and Duke but still harder for California kids.

Is there a reason why northwestern is harder for California kids? Any other recommendations looking into rice. @DrGoogle

I think one of the UC’s will be your landing spot

I don’t know, it’s what on the naviance. I don’t know if I know of the real reason. But 2-3 acceptances but the accepted students didn’t attend Northwestern.IIRC.

@DrGoogle how Can I use naviance?

Does your school have naviance?