<p>I was wondering if you guys could assess my "resume" to see whether I have any chance of getting into these colleges:
Cooper Union
Columbia
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
URochester
UDel Honors Program
Rutgers</p>
<p>So here it is:
GPA: 4.1 Weighted (No ranking) (around 3.8 -3.9 unweighted?)
Courseload/APs: Took/Taking all science APs and Calc AP (Rest are all Honors)
ACT: 31
SAT: 2200, 670 CR, 730 W, 800 Math
SAT IIs: Chemistry 800, Physics 710, Math Level 2 800</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-High school band and wind ensemble for 4 years (section leader this year) (also orchestra)
-All-state, regions, county band on clarinet and alto clarinet
-Math Club for 4 years (treasurer last year, president this year)
-Club that goes to nursing home frequently (secretary last year) (2 years)
-AMC 10, 12, and ARML participant
-ABRSM Piano Playing Auditions Level 5 and 6 (passed and passed with merit)
-ABRSM Theory Exam Level 5 (passed)
-Local community band for 2 summers
-school clarinet choir for 3 years
-peer tutoring math
-Church chamber orchestra for 2.5 years (concertmaster role)
-New Jersey Science League (Chem I and II) (ranked 80th for Chem II) (is rank worth mentioning?)
-New Jersey Governor's School of Engineering and Technology (competitive summer program where only 1 or 2 from each school is recommended to apply and only 25% get in)
-Columbia SHP
-Mission trip to Argentina</p>
<p>It's not much but i hope you guys can give me some feedbacks and tips.</p>
<p>1) Your GPA is fine.
2) Courseload seems fine enough.
3) Good that you want to major in chemical engineering and also have an 800 in Chemistry. I would not mention the rank in that competition, however.
4) Precisely what does a treasurer do in a Math Club? This maybe one of the great mysteries of life.
5) You seem very dedicated to music – you should expound upon that in your essays.</p>
<p>Columbia and Cornell would be hard to get into, only because you need more EC involvement in your areas of interest (i.e. chemistry).</p>
<p>Cooper Union - High match
Columbia - Reach
Cornell - Lower reach
Carnegie Mellon - Match
URochester - Match
UDel Honors Program - Can’t say
Rutgers - In</p>
<p>Creds look good minus the CR score and Physics (it has a really good curve). It’d be good if you could show a 5 on an AP English test to balance out that low CR score. Well… I don’t know if colleges think like that, but I would :)</p>
<p>weinsteinace17:
I wish I had done more chemistry ECs, but things like chem olympiad requires you to be a citizen and I am only a permanent resident. But I am positive I took nearly full advantage of things I could have done. I did a lot of math competitions though if that helps?</p>
<p>Cooper Union - Don’t know this school
Columbia - Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon - Match
URochester - In
UDel Honors Program - Don’t know about it
Rutgers - In</p>
<p>Your SAT’s are sort of on the lower end for Columbia, but your application seems pretty complete and I think you have a decent shot of getting in. </p>
<p>If you could chance me back I’d really appreciate it: </p>
<p>You should be in at Rutgers, Rochester, CMU, and Cornell would be a high match but I’d be surprised if you didn’t get in. Columbia is a reach. </p>
<p>I was actually considering Cooper Union until recently. I figured I didn’t have a good shot anyway, and I don’t know much about their admissions process, but I’ve heard CU isn’t good on the social life Full tuition is a plus though</p>
<p>Your ECs are excellent, but be aware that some schools like Columbia don’t look highly on transcripts and will probably give it a one-second look.</p>
Full tuition is a plus though</p>