<p>First of all, I'd straight-up like to say that this is not me bragging. I know I have very strong academics, but I don't know where my EC's stand (and I'm not a particularly strong writer) so please don't think I'm being vain.</p>
<p>ABOUT ME:
-Asian-American female
-Suburban Ohio</p>
<p>ACADEMICS:
-GPA ~4.4 (weighted, AP = 5.0)
-Rank 2/500+ (high school is not strong, a couple Ivies a year at best)
-PSAT 236 (should be National Merit finalist??)
-SAT 800CR, 770M, 790W (2360)
-ACT 36 (33 essay)
-AP 5 APUSH (took bio/calcab this year...5/4 hopefully)</p>
<p>EC:
-Volunteer as teacher's aid at Chinese Academy ~6 years
-City Symphony Youth Orchestra oboe/English horn 3 years
-All-State Orchestra oboe 1 (hopefully 2!) year(s)
-Swim team (prob. captain this coming year) 3 years (no real successes)
-Student Council (4 years, class president 11th)
-NHS Secretary, French NHS, who cares?!
-Going to Taiwan this summer to teach underprivledged kids English (5 wks)</p>
<p>Again: not a strong writer (I have good grammar, c'est tout!) and who knows how my recs will turn out?</p>
<p>Chances for::
U Chicago
Stanford
UCLA
Berkeley
Duke
Ivies</p>
<p>Thanks?? =]</p>
<p>PS: I'm not a die-hard student who loves school. I plan on ensuring my future by going to school, but I also want to have that college experience, with the football games and parties and stuff like that. Would the high-calliber schools fit that?? Or should I stick to OSU's Honor Program??</p>
<p>UChicago - match
Stanford - slight reach
UCLA - match
Berkeley - match
Duke - match/slight reach
Ivies - slight reach</p>
<p>"I also want to have that college experience, with the football games and parties and stuff like that. "</p>
<p>Cross Chicago off your list. Chicago does not offer the "typical" college experience that well-- it's more catered to students who really want to learn and are excited to be in the classroom. There are parties etc., but the varsity sports scene is pathetic. I know it's a top-ranked school, but you'll probably be happier at another school. Northwestern would make a great substitute-- also has the city of Chicago, also top-ranked, but more like an Ivy in approach and attitude.</p>
<p>And also, don't apply to all the ivies-- some (Brown, Columbia, Princeton) are apathetic towards sports. Harvard/Yale has "the game," Cornell has hockey, Penn had basketball (I don't know what it has now), and Dartmouth also has some sports going for it.</p>
<p>Don't apply to UChicago because it is the complete opposite of what you want.</p>
<p>Hey. We should talk =P.</p>
<p>My stats are similar to your stats. Suburban Ohio. 4.0 UW GPA. 36 ACT. Possible NMF.</p>
<p>I'd say you should definitely apply to Ohio State. What is really cool about OSU is that they offer (more or less) free rides to NMF. They give full in state tuition + 4500 + 2700 from honors scholarships. That should be around the full cost.</p>
<p>I'm applying to a wide range of schools. Duke, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, etc. But I'm pretty much saying that if I don't get much money from any college, I'll probably go to OSU.</p>
<p>P.S. What are you looking to major in?</p>
<p>UChicago - match
Stanford - slight reach
UCLA - match/slight match
Berkeley - match
Duke - match/slight reach
Ivies - slight reach</p>
<p>What's a slight match?? Like, just underqualified or just overqualified??</p>
<p>I thought it went</p>
<p>high reach
reach
slight reach
high match
match
slight match
safety</p>
<p>Sooo I'm a match for Berkeley but almost a match for UCLA?</p>
<p>I thought Berkeley was better. I know UCLA's been moving up, but fo rill??</p>
<p>So I got my SAT subject scores back: 760 chem, 760 math2, 750 bio. (I'm not very happy with these.)</p>
<p>Will this hurt me at Berkeley or UCLA??</p>
<p>Please?? I just want to know how my not-so-stellar subject scores will affect my application to UCLA & Berkeley.</p>