Chance me!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>Race: white
Gender: female
Age: just turned 16 last month (homeschooled 6th-8th grade entered highschool at 13 years of age)
GPA:
UW: 3.86 W: 4.49
Rank: 2/669
SATI: 1860 first time; 1890 second time trying again nov 1st. aiming for 2100
SATII: Math level 2: 780 Chem:680 Lit:730
AP tests: AP Euro: 4, AP Chem: 5, AP Calc AB: 4, AP USH: 3
Classes
Freshman:
Geometry H: A A
Bio. H: B A
Language arts H 9th: A A
PE: A A
French 1: A A
Choir: A A
GPA: 4.41</p>

<p>Sophmore:
Pre-calculus H: A A
Chemistry H: A A
Language arts 10th H: B A
AP Euro: B B
PE: A A
French 2: A A
GPA: 4.41</p>

<p>Jr year:
AP chem: B A
AP calc AB: A A
AP USH: A A
Physics H: A A
Language arts 11: A A
French 3: A A
GPA: 4.55
EC: (300+ hour) community service
Pres. of science club
Officer of Advance Placement club
Club T.E.A.C.H
Mock Trial
Madrigals (highest choir senior year)</p>

<p>Classes currently enrolled:
AP Calculus BC
AP Gov/ Econ H
AP Physics
AP lit
Madrigals(choir class auditioned)
Early Dissmisal 6 Period</p>

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<p>Well there's nothing in particular that makes you particularly unique among Caltech applicants. Your grades are generally good, but your test scores on AP Calculus AB and SAT II Chemistry are rather worrisome. Your SAT I score also falls a good deal below the middle 50 % of admitted students. Your scores may have been freak occurrences. However, if you actually found the AP Calculus AB test to be difficult, I wouldn't recommend Caltech for you. You would need to take at least 5 terms of math at a far faster pace than an AP calc class.</p>

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<p>Okay thank you very much!! I am very lazy when it comes to testing as you can probably tell. I barely show up to my AP study sessions and studying for SATs are oh so boring!=(</p>

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<p>oh btw the ap calc test wasn't too bad i dominated the multiple choice but left a frq question blank because i didn't know how to do it =( i had like a brain fart...</p>

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<p>Sorry, I don't think you'll make it. In perspective, you're competing against people who get near 800's on SAT subjects tests, take BC Calc in 9th grade, and participate in the USAMO.</p>

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<p>ok what do you guys think about UCLA tho...?</p>

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<p>i'd repeat everything that everyone else has said.
on the bright side, you're a girl...so that might give you some sort of edge for Caltech</p>

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<p>Caltech does not practice affirmative action in admissions. Her being a girl won't change anything from an admissions standpoint.</p>

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<p>^Yeah look at the male:female ratio. 3:1...lol</p>

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<p>It's not quite that bad. I think it's closer to 2:1 (I think percentage of females is just over 30% now). Our most two classes were 38 and 41% female off the top of my head (the class before that was like 28 hahaha my class).</p>

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<p>According to CB
[quote]

*  37% Women
* 63% Men

[/quote]

Oops bad math...:)</p>

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<p>Interesting. My latest official numbers put us at 69/31, so I'm not sure why college board's numbers are different.</p>