Chance Me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn't take
ACT (breakdown) 33 (E: 34, M:36, R: 32, S: 30, W: 9/12)
SAT II: World 720 US 800 Math I 730
GPA: 3.86 W (School doesn't do unweighted, 3.98 W in Junior Year, all honors & AP's)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn't rank
AP (Scores): AP World: 5 AP US: 5 AP Music Theory: 4 AP Stat: 3 AP Physics B: 3 AP Lang: 2 (ouch on AP scores)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Comp Gov, AP Spanish Lang, Orchestra, Research</p>

<p>Misc/Awards:
In-school research award freshman year
AP Scholar with Distinction
Various piano awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
SciOly (9, 10, 12)
Mathletes (9)
Astronomy Club (10, 11, 12) (President, 12)
Quiz Bowl (11, 12) (1st place overall in JV regional)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (9, 10, 11, 12)
National Honor Society Tutoring
National Spanish Honor Society
Piano since 4 years old
Violin since fifth grade (1st violin, around 4th stand since freshman year)
Model Congress (12) (Joined because my friend wanted me to)
Research since freshman year. Got a mentor this past summer. Entered Siemens and STS.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Hospital volunteering (10, 11) ~150 hours
In an organization with my friends where we promote computer literacy and fix computers for nursing homes in our area since soph year.
Church volunteering every week for 2 hours.</p>

<p>Essay: Supplements and common app essays should be good.
Recommendations:
My APUSH teacher who loved me since I was the best in his class.
Lang teacher said she would write me one since I showed how hard I worked in her class despite my AP score. (Got an A in her class)
Guidance counselor rec should be good since she likes me.
Recommendation from my professor who said he would write me a good recommendation.</p>

<p>Country (if international applicant):
State: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks: Mom didn't attend college???
Just became a US citizen like a week ago.
Immigrated from China in 5th grade. Still has a heavy accent.</p>

<p>Chance me for:
BC
BU
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Dartmouth
Emory
Georgetown
NYU
Northwestern
SUNY Bing
Swarthmore
UMich
WashU</p>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>Brown: Reach
Carnegie Mellon: Match (Reach if Computer Science or Business)
Cornell: Reach
Dartmouth: Reach
Emory: Low Reach
Georgetown: Reach
NYU: Low reach
Northwestern: Reach
Swarthmore: Reach
UMich: High Match
WashU: Reach</p>

<p>What’s bringing you down a bit is your W GPA. If I knew your UW GPA, I could give more accurate chances, but I’m assuming the worst UW GPA that matches your W GPA; however, if you went to a school like mine, the UW GPA and W GPA is very close together, and your chances would change a little.</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention that our school sends tons of people to Cornell, NYU, and UMich with my GPA. My GPA is low because I got B+ in electives but A’s in core subjects and plan on majoring in Economics.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Similar story, your GPA is holding you back. Not taking the Math SAT II will raise some eyebrows. ECs are average. In conclusion, my verdict is reach for all ivies. High match for NYU and Umichigan and emory. Northwestern and such are also reaches.</p>

<p>I have a question regarding the schools you are applying to. I think you may want to reconsider your selection given these schools are all completely different. Swarthmore is a tiny school whereas you have schools like michigan that are gigantic. Same idea with urban vs rural, etc… These schools just seem to be pulled off a rankings site. I highly recommend against this as schools like to see an appropriate fit. Only apply to schools that FIT you not that society or you parents tell you to fit into.</p>

<p>Just my two cents, take it with a grain of salt. I tried to be as objective as I can. Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>@Bailkun Thank you for your comment. I agree with your rural vs. urban thing. In fact, my parents yelled at me after I submitted app to UMich EA since it was too far and it’s just too big. I pretty much visited every college before I applied except like those in the Midwest to make sure I like it.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I would recommend emphasizing First Gen as well as your achievement in English considered from your background (you’re strong in humanities overall). This will help to offset the GPA and the ACT plus lack of EC’s for the reach schools.</p>

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<p>Your scores are average for good schools and a 3.86 weighted is bad. Don’t count on the ivies</p>

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<p>@An1100345‌ First thing I noticed is that your weighted GPA in junior year is a lot higher, which is AMAZING. That shows a positive growth trend, and really shows colleges your improvement. You are very good shot for BC and BU, i would say you have a very good shot at cornell and cmy (but ivy league + cmu) is unpredictable. Decent ECs, although a little lacking in leadership positions, although Astronomy Club president is pretty cool. You have some unique things - like the organization for computer fixing and your chinese accent - you should write about those, but make sure you execute them well. The cultural essays can be cliche if not done right, but the fact you just became a citizen is pretty cool. Really good seniior courseload as well.</p>

<p>Now for chances:
BC - 80% in
BU - 80% in
Brown - midreach (30% in)
Carnegie Mellon - low reach (50% in)
Cornell - low reach (40% in)
Dartmouth - lowmid reach (35% in)
Emory - low reach/high match (45-50% in)
Georgetown - low reach/high match (40-45% in)
NYU - 80-85% in
Northwestern - midreach (30% in)
SUNY Bing - in (90-95%)
Swarthmore - lowmid reach (35% in)
UMich - match (70-75%)
WashU - lowmid reach (35% in)</p>

<p>Hope this was helpful, and this is just my honest opinion, so don’t take my chances too seriously. I am quite new to CC.</p>

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<p>Hey man, how are things going? You disappeared completely.</p>