Chance me! (will chance back) -

Chance Me / Match Me!
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NO SUGAR COATING I WANT RAW! :smiley:

Reach: Brown(1st choice), MIT, CalTech, JH, Georgetown, Cornell(2nd choice), Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Northwestern, Duke,
Matchs/Less Reach: UMich, Georgia Tech(?), NYU, Bowdoin(?), Boston U, Tufts
Safety: Virginia Tech, Occidental College, Boston State Tech

I find interest in all of the above colleges, currently a junior and I will ED to Brown or Cornell (which one??)
I plan to apply the College of Arts and Sciences for most of the above colleges, for the more tech schools I am looking into Computer Science/Applied Math
I really see myself thriving in both arts and academics
which for is jazz and programming

Stats:
GPA: 3.7/4 (More A’s than B’s but barely)
ACT: 33, 36 math, 35 science, 32 reading, 27 reading
SAT II: Math 2 - 720, 680, 600 (i took it three times) Physics - 720
PSAT: 1490/1520 - National Merit Semi-Finalist
AP: None

Courses:
Taken math up to Group Theory/Advanced Topics in Multivar.
Taken Latin up to Level 3 (3 years)
Taken all honors science classes except Bio
Exhausted all Comp Sci courses/independent study
2 Years of History: U.S. and Modern World

Some strong extracurriculars:
Jazz - I play drums (7+ years) and bass (2+ years), went on paid tour to Dubai, Europe, South Africa to perform (raised $20,000 for donations in music equipment)
played at Jazz at Lincoln Center, done concerts with grammy award/nominated musicians (chris potter, bobby sanabria, victor wooten) Downbeat Magazine awarded our Band Best High School Jazz Combo, selected as drummer to perform at JEN (Jazz Education Network Competition) in Texas, played last year too – all this started when I began playing small gigs in my home town
Level 2 Certificate Program Received in 8th Grade from NEC

Squash - JV Freshmen and Sophomore Year, Varsity Junior Year
undefeated for 41 seasons
not likely to be recruited

Captain of Ultimate Frisbee Team

Computer Programming (5+ years) – Interned at MIT: Center for Ultracold Atoms
helped monitor atoms in extremely cold temperatures (bose-einsten condensate): Taught Robotics to Elementary kids at local science camp (paid)
worked at a startup company (Scrapehero) (also paid) – intense programming stuff (NER RNN, wrote blogs: scrapehero.com) Developed a Beta 1.0 Version of PetBnB, airbnb for pets
(with working payment, google maps, messaging, facebook/google login, fingerprint and face id, and MySQL php servers)
really full fledged app with 10 users!

Speech - Been on speech team for four years, went to states twice and qualified for nationals (did bad tho) - CFLs

Head of South Asian Society (a club), Board Member of Cultural Program at school, Board Member of a school magazine, which also hosts live music performances and raffles

AV Tech - Technology Service “engineer” at school, help with setting up mics, computers, etc


Essays:
I wrote about how jazz is important to me, and would be a hole in my app without it
also how it connects to my programming technical side (improvisation and such)

I also wrote about my family, how we have such conflicting interests and passions yet we live under the same roof
im really good at essays

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Your GPA is a bit low for the ivies and other reaches. UMich is a match if you’re in state, otherwise I’m not sure. NYU and BU are matches for your GPA but your lack of AP’s may bring you down. EC’s look great though. Test scores are a huge advantage. Chance me back? http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2044226-chances-at-nyu-cas-lsp-ed2-bu-gwu-umiami-and-brandeis-low-gpa.html#latest

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Definitely have a lot of great extracurriculars. Brown might be a slight reach given your GPA but if you feel you were able to convince admissions readers in your essays and supplements on why you are a good fit and what makes you stand out from the pool of candidates similar to yourself than you have a good shot. Chance me back?http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2044432-chance-me-usc-nyu-penn-carnegie-mellon-syracuse.html#latest

4

This is totally my opinion on your percent chances at each institution but you said you wanted raw chances:

Harvard and MIT and CalTech: <5%
Columbia: 10%
Duke and UPENN and Cornell and John Hopkins and CalTech and Brown and GeorgetownL 20%
Tufts: 35%
Bowdoin: 35%
NYU: 40%
Georgia Tech: 45%
U Michigan: 55%
Boston: 55%
Occidental College: 90%
Virginia Tech: 99.9%
Boston State TechL: 99.9%

Could you chance me back on my wake and tulane post?

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I would advise you to retake the ACT (to improve the reading score) or take the SAT. A higher score would do wonders for you! Your GPA may be on the lower side, but your extracurriculars might just make up for that. Stellar essays and luck can get you into any of the schools on the list. The reach schools will ultimately come down to luck.
Chance me back!