Chance Me!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Female Asian-American from Georgia. Attending one of the most competitive public high schools in the state. Aspiring to major in biomedical engineering, and possibly doubling in musical performance too…
I’m a junior right now.</p>

<p>SAT: 670 CR, 740 MATH, 670 WRITING (1410/2080)
–yeah, first seating and most definitely retaking it, hoping to get around
730 CR, 780-800 MATH, 750-800 WRITING.
SAT II: Math IIC 780, planning to take Biology, US History, and possibly Chem
Rank: 7/520ish
Numeric Average (weighted): 99.6212
AP Scores: World History-4 :(</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Language
US History
Honors 4 Spanish
Orchestra</p>

<p>Potential Senior Year Schedule:
AP Chem
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Statistics
Yearbook
Orchestra</p>

<p>By end of senior year: 8 AP’s</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
• Science Olympiad (2004-2007)
Co-Vice President (2006-2007)
• Student Council (2005-2007)
Representative (2005-2006)
Treasurer (2006-2007)
• Varsity Fencing Team (2004-2007)
Assistant Captain (2006-2007)
• Junior Varsity Math Team (2004-2005)
Secretary (2004-2005)
• Varsity Math Team (2005-2007)
Co-Secretary (2005-2006)
Co-Vice President (2006-2007)
• Orchestra (2004-2007)
Leadership Council Representative (2006-2007)
• Beta Club (2005-2007)
• Fiddle Group (2004-2006)
• National Honors Society (2006-2007)
• National Spanish Honors Society (2005-2007)</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<li><p>Music
County Honor Orchestra (2004-2007)
1st violin section player (2004-2005)
2nd violin, 2nd chair (Associate Principal 2nd) (2005-2006)
1st violin, 2nd chair (Associate Concertmaster) (2006-2007)
• GMEA All State Orchestra (2005-2007)
2nd violin section player (2005-2006)
1st violin section player (2006-2007)
• The Royal Schools of Music Examinations (2004-2006)
Received Merit for the Grade 6 Exam (2004-2005)
Received Merit and awarded the Highest Scorer in the State of Georgia Award for the Grade 7 Exam (2005-2006)
Received professional musical diploma for the Grade 8 Exam (2005-2006)
• Governor Honor’s Program (GHP) Semifinalist for Violin (2005-2006)</p></li>
<li><p>Sports
• HS State Champion in Women’s Epee (2005)
• HS State Runner-Up in Women’s Epee (2006)
• 1st Women Division Fencing Team in HS League (2006)
• Women’s Epee 6th Place at the State Games (2006)
• Junior Olympics Qualifier (2007)</p></li>
<li><p>Academics
-ranked nationally for spanish
-tons of awards from foreign language speaking forums and spanish composition contests
-awards from science tournaments, local, regional, and state
-Outstanding Chemistry Honors Student Award (2006)
-Outstanding Precalculus Honors Student Award </p></li>
<li><p>Miscellaneous
NAMISS State Finalist
Monte Jade Society Young Achiever Award Winner Candidate</p></li>
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<p>Community Service:
100+ hours at biggest children’s hospital in the south and one of best in the nation, was captain for teen volunteer program in 2006
volunteer at local nature center
Hosea Williams volunteer
NHS tutor</p>

<p>Skills:
digital art and html, designed my school homecoming posters and invitations
piano and saxophone as a hobby</p>

<p>SCHOOLS:
MIT (EA)
Duke University (ED?)
Johns Hopkins University (ED?)
Georgia Tech
Washu in St. Louis
UC Berkeley
Princeton (just for superr dream)
UMICH at Ann Arbor (possible legacy cause sibling might attend)</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>You can only ED/EA to only one school cause you commit to go there if you get accepted.</p>

<p>MIT=Reach
Duke=Slight Reach
JSU=Slight Reach
GT=Match
Wash U=Match/Slight Reach
UC Berk=Match/Slight Reach
Princeton=Reach
UMich=Match/Slight Reach</p>

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<p>yeaa i was deciding whether duke, jhu, or mit would be my ed/ea, but i think i'll go with duke.
thanks so much! :)</p>

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<p>MIT (EA) - reach
Duke University (ED?) - reach/slight reach
Johns Hopkins University (ED?) - slight reach
Georgia Tech - safety
Washu in St. Louis - slight reach
UC Berkeley - OOS match/slight reach
Princeton (just for superr dream) - no chance whatsoever.
UMICH at Ann Arbor - match/slight reach, match if your sister actually attends.</p>

<p>Your scores are too low and you don't exactly have anything special. You basically are the typical Asian female. Work on your SAT... NOW.</p>

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<p>That's really harsh comoseva.</p>

<p>jadore_isabella, I think that your aptitude for Spanish is pretty unique, unique enough to be a hook even though you're not planning to major in it or anything. That being said, I do see the absence of science - related ECs (beyond volunteering) and I don't see a good chance for you at MIT :(
Besides, MIT is better for physics and math.</p>

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<p>jadore_isabella:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>when ya'll say "slight reach" what are the approximate percentages of acceptance?</p>

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<p>You would have so much of a better chance if you got your SAT 1's to around 2200. </p>

<p>Colleges just might see another asian playing violin and piano, but All-State Orchestra makes you stand out quite a bit. Spanish greatly helps as well. Just boost SAT's a bit, and you'll have good matches at WuSTL, JHU, U-MICH and UCB. MIT and Princeton are just crazy -- I don't even know.</p>

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<p>If SAT increases significantly, your shot at at least most of those schools (barring the always randoms, like MIT and Princeton), is pretty good. But find a safety just in case.</p>