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<p>Year Entering College: 2011
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
State of Residence: MA</p>

<p>Class Rank: Class Not Ranked
GPA: School does it very strangely (out of 4.4?) but in top 10%, and according to Naviance a match for Cornell, low match for Harvard (3.8ish/4.4)</p>

<p>SAT1: 780M/710CR/770W
SAT2: Bio-M 660 (Did not study, probably won't submit), Physics (expecting mid to high 700s), Math2 (expecting mid 700s to 800)</p>

<p>APs(School does not offer APs until Jr year and does not allow more than 1 jr year):
AP CompSci (expected 4 or 5)
AP Calc BC (next year)
AP Statistics (next year)
AP Bio(next year)</p>

<p>All honors/AP</p>

<p>Hopeful major: CompSci or IT</p>

<p>Took classes @Northeastern U over sophomore summer, received A- or higher in all courses (mostly web-design and programming classes)</p>

<p>EC's:
Harvard Model Congress Chapter (Member/Treasurer/President)
Harvard Model UN Chapter (President)
Violin (8 years in district orchestra, school award for musical achievement)
Guitar (6 years, 3 in district orchestra)
National Honor Society (general one) (random officer)
National Spanish Honor Society (member)
President's Gold Award for Community Service
President's Bronze Award for Community Service
150+ Hours volunteer work (Worked 100 hours at a Youth Center in inner-city Boston, started funding for their websites/video games for children)
Manage websites for clients/make websites as part time job
Taught @ a summer camp, teaching middle schoolers how to make websites
Worked at a Harvard lab part-time over the summer developing websites(neighbor is the manager of the lab :) )
Animation & Video Game Club (president, oh well :) )
STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, And Math) Certification </p>

<p>Letters of rec: Going to get one from ex-BrownU teacher (current English teacher), ex-HarvardU researcher (physics teacher), and HarvardU professor that managed the lab...so probably quite good</p>

<p>Rate schools (in order from easy->hard imo):
uMass Amherst
uMaryland College Park
Worcester Polytech
Northeastern University
RPI
Lehigh University
Carnegie Mellon University (SCS)
WashU in St. Louis
Rice University
Harvey Mudd
Cornell University(CAS)
Harvard University(legacy)
CalTech
MIT</p>

<p>Thanks, will rate back =]</p>

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<p>Rice University 40%
Harvey Mudd 40%
Carnegie Mellon University (SCS) 20%
WashU in St. Louis 20%
Cornell University(CAS) 20%
Harvard University(legacy) 5%
CalTech 3%
MIT 3%</p>

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<p>Thanks :slight_smile:
…Is there any basis for those %'s, though?</p>

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<p>Using RoughAnswer’s random percentage system, Harvey Mudd would be closer to 5-10%.</p>

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<p>No offense or anything, but a 3.8/4.4 does not sound like a very strong GPA. I would say that puts you out of the running for the last 3-4 schools. Rice and WashU are probably low reaches/high matches and the rest are easier to get into than that.</p>

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<p>uMass Amherst- ?
uMaryland College Park-?
Worcester Polytech- In
Northeastern University- In
RPI- In
Lehigh University- In
Carnegie Mellon University (SCS)- Match/High Match
WashU in St. Louis- High Match/Lo Reach
Rice University- Low Reach
Harvey Mudd- Low Reach/Reach
Cornell University(CAS)- Low Reach/Reach
Harvard University(legacy)- High Reach
CalTech- High High Reach
MIT- same caltech</p>

<p>goos sat scores/ec. GPA is kinda low</p>

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<p>I’d say your chances are for the reaches are actually moderatly good, provided you can do well on your subject tests and in the beginning of your APs next year. Definitely don’t apply early because I feel like those AP grades for the first semester will be important. Your ECs seem pretty solid, so that’s good.</p>

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<p>Again, just for clarification, my GPA @ the school is screwy. The school sends a letter with application that attempts to explain it. The average for harvard is a high 3.9 (3.96-3.99) from my school (about 5 kids get in every year). A 3.8 is about average for Cornell/WashU (courtesy of Naviance).</p>

<p>Edit: And in the first post, when I said “low match” for harvard, I meant a 3.8 is in the low part of accepted for it.</p>

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<p>For U of MD, definitely in.<br>
For Lehigh I also don’t think you need to worry about it either-in</p>

<p>I’m not sure how you’ll fair with MIT, Harvard, CalTech, but I think you have a good shot at Cornell(CAS)</p>

<p>My high school doesn’t rank as well so I know your situation.</p>

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<p>uMass Amherst- lock
uMaryland College Park- lock
Worcester Polytech- lock
Northeastern University- lock
i assume those were all your safety schools. your SAT alone will get you in, let alone your amazing EC’s and solid GPA (sorry, I’m not going to make a definative comment on your GPA because I’m not familiar with the scale)</p>

<p>RPI- very high chance, i know RPI places more emphasis on academics and test scores and less on EC’s than most other schools
Lehigh University- I live 30 minutes away from Lehigh. Great chance (our schools sends around 20 kids here every year, and they average a 1900 SAT with a 3.7 UW GPA)
Carnegie Mellon University (SCS)- I would give you a great shot at getting in, but CMU’s comp sci field is very very selective, and I’ve seen a friend with a 2400 and a 3.95 UW get waitlisted. Still, a very good shot.
WashU in St. Louis- don’t know much about this school, sorry.
Rice University- good shot, also, Rice is one of the few colleges that doesnt use affirmative action (blind applications)
Harvey Mudd- don’t know too much, but I would say good shot
Cornell University(CAS)- I think you’ll be fine at cornell. your SAT is above average there, GPA is probably average, and your EC’s are amazing
Harvard University(legacy)- i’ve heard legacy helps the most for early decision. This school is in your range, but I wouldn’t make any guarentees. You are definately in the competative bracket, but unfortunately, that computes to about a 10% chance in harvard terms.
MIT- I’m going to say a very small chance. They honestly expect you to be top 1% of class and have 800’s on SAT math and Math II.</p>

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<p>I threw MIT and CalTech in there just for good measure :slight_smile: but I know it’s unrealistic, and thanks. </p>

<p>Harvard also no longer (did it ever?) offer Early Action or Early Decision, but I’m hoping the fact I worked for the school part-time (yes, actual employee) and the rec from the prof helps.</p>

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<p>hey so you know i’m international, so i don’t know US colleges that well. but i’ll still try to help. </p>

<p>good things: you aren’t asian (haha half-jk :P) very good scores and i think your recs willl be good. your connections are really good, and sometimes thats what u need to get in! :)</p>

<p>things to improve on: a lot of positions, but can you elaborate on what you’ve done in them? you have so many positions if I was an admins officer i would be wondering how much time you could have dedicated to each… </p>

<p>and as for focuses the whole “depth on breadth thing”, i like your focus in community service and your distinction in those. I like your focus on IT and website stuff as well. music is good. MUN is a bit random, but hey, you’re prez right? :slight_smile: do you have any distinctive positions in your MUN trips? like you were secretary general for one regional conference or something. So you can show distinction outside of your school for MUN.</p>

<p>for uber schools like harvard, MIT and the like, they may also want to look for academic distinctions. maybe enter some comeptition with your IT thing to distinguish yourself as not only a dedicated student but also one who rocks it? :)</p>

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<p>Thanks itchy :)</p>

<p>And yeah. This was more a list thing, but I’ll elaborate.</p>

<p>I like politics and have a sense of what’s right and wrong. I’d like to go into patent, property, or some related form of law after undergrad (CS is very good for that, and good even if I dont). </p>

<p>And I havent done MUN yet – it’s for this coming school year-- but I’m the leader/organizer of that club. for MC, the other officers were all seniors and basically left me the slack (a junior) this year, and I’m def president next year. I’m very good with money and organizing.</p>

<p>NHS my school doesn’t really do – we have a meeting once a month and that’s it. It’s a shame, but it isn’t my place to change it (not the pres/vp, I just fill out forms and stuff). </p>

<p>Natl Spanish Honor Society…no one does anything. I dont even think we meet, we just got an award one day.</p>

<p>The MC/MUN stuff ties in with my comm service - I like to help people. I’ve always been a nerd, so I tried to help with techy stuff (websites/computers). The awards for comm service are either through my volunteering to help at the youth center (where I managed tech there) or through my school’s symphony (which offers volunteer things, like pro-bono concerts for the elderly, etc). My two things are really humanity/law/what is right and technology. I was in the Amnesty club for a while, but it dissolved after freshman year (I may start it up). I tend to be very busy, but I can manage a lot when I try :)</p>

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<p>How long have you worked at Harvard? I’d think that you would know the undergrad part of the system is known as “Harvard College”, not “Harvard University”.</p>

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<p>Just for a summer.</p>

<p>And yeah. I don’t believe I worked for the undergrad college, but I don’t think it particularly matters…</p>

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<p>Wow! Looks very solid.
Good luck</p>

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<p>I’d say CMU SCS is a middling match. You have lots of demonstrated interest but it’s honestly such a crapshoot that who knows.</p>

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<p>Great EC’s, thought MUN & Model Congress seem a bit random. I feel like your app. would be stronger if you solely focused on technology and music EC’s. I’m unsure about your GPA, but it seems to be pretty good. Class rigor is excellent and your rank is good, but as you know, to better your chances at Ivies, top 5% is best. Do you attend a private school?</p>

<p>I wouldn’t mention Spanish Honor Society if I were you, since it seems to have no significance. </p>

<p>Try to raise your CR score, though it’s great already. Remember that CR & Math scores are more important than Writing.</p>

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<p>I live here in Houston, Texas. Have attended camps. I think you have an excellent chance at Rice and CM</p>