Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for the following?</p>

<p>-UCSB
-UC Berkeley
-UCLA
-Cornell
-Stanford
-Case Western
-NYU</p>

<p>Also, if you have any suggestions for good physics schools that fit my stats, please let me know. Thanks!</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (CR- 740 M- 700 W- 680)
• SAT II: Math II: 760, Physics: 800
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.94
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10/266
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5) English (4) Macro (4) Micro (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP Classes + Independent study in calculus based physics
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Student Government (4-year member: Freshman class president, sophomore class president, assemblies director (junior year) and student body president (senior year).
-MUN (4 year member, state-wide undersecretary junior year, state-wide vice president senior year, 1 of 30 US students chosen for international conference)
-Water Polo (4 years varsity, varsity captain junior and senior year, several district teams)
-Swim Team (4 years varsity, varsity captain senior year, district record, wall of fame, etc.)
-Rubik's Cubing (4 years, 2 national championships)
-Extreme Urban Sports Club (4 year member, 3 year president)
• Job/Work Experience:
-Founder of Tutoring Company (many hours of paid tutoring)
-Cashier at Honey Baked Ham
• Volunteer/Community service:
-Founding member of Beyond our Bubble: Teen Challenge (hundreds and hundreds of hours working to rebuild houses and lives)
-NHS (some stuff here and there)
• Summer Activities:
-Research assistant under Dr. Loveland at OSU Nuclear Reactor. Worked with gamma analysis programs to create new heavy nuclei
-Beyond our Bubble
• Essays:
-Not bad... but not amazing. Written about my experience at one of the National Rubik's Cube Championships
• Teacher Recommendation:
-VERY solid. One from Swim coach/ math teacher/ student government advisor, the other from physics teacher
• Counselor Rec:
-Great, fantastic relationship with him</p>

<p>Other
• State (if domestic applicant):OR
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Top public school in Oregon (widely regarded as #1)
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender:m
• Income Bracket:100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):absolutely none</p>

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<p>Anybody? Bump</p>

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<p>I think you could get into Cornell based on what I know about it (my father was a professor there) but ivys are never certain. You have a good chance though :)</p>

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<p>Are you sure you can afford NYU or the UCs? They cost ~$50k a year to attend full-freight.</p>

<p>Stanford: Reach
Cornell: Reach
NYU: Match
Case Western: Low match
Berkeley: Match (if full freight)
UCLA: Match (if full freight)
UCSB: Safety (if full freight)</p>

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<p>Thank you for the response!</p>