Chance my friend for top schools please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi guys, one of my other friends asked me to make a chance thread for him. Here goes:

Demographics
Gender+Ethnicity: Asian (Indian) Male
School Type: Competitive Public (fairly large)
State of Residence: CA (born in NJ, lived in India for 6 years, moved to WA, and then to CA)
Income Bracket: ~$160k
Financial Aid: yes

Numbers:
UW/W GPA: 3.892/~4.5 (unknown because he switched schools)
Rank: Very bottom of 2nd decile, but definitely top 25% (based on UW GPA)
SAT:
First sitting: 2140 (unknown breakdown)
Second sitting: 2190 (680CR/760M/750W/10E)
Retaking in October
SAT Subject Tests:
760 World History
800 Bio-M and USH
AP Scores: 5s on APUSH, Lang, Bio, Calc BC, AB Subscore, Calc AB, World History. Took APCS, but not the AP test.

Courseload+Grades (*= a-g approved courses):
Freshman Year (in WA)
Alg 2 Honors (A/A)
English Honors (A/A)
Japanese 2 (A/A)
Orchestra (A/A)
Physics H (B, first semester only)
Chem H (A, second semester only)
Symphonic Ensemble (A/A)

Sophomore Year (in WA, honors courses receive no honors credit)
AP Calc AB* (A/A)
English 10 Honors* (B/B)
Bio Honors* (A/B)
APWH* (A/A)
APCS* (A/A)
Japanese 3* (A/A)
Gym (A/A)
Team Swimming §

Moved to CA, switched schools

Junior Year (in CA starting here)
Honors Lit* (B/A)
AP Calc BC* (A/A)
APUSH* (A/A)
AP Bio* (A/A)
Japanese 4H* (A/A)
Weight Training (A/dropped)

Senior Year:
AP Macro (first sem)
AP Gov (second sem)
AP Stats
British Lit
APES
AP Japanese
Weight Training

EC’s and Awards
Model UN PR officer + competitor (2 years)- won a few awards
Public Form Debate Captain (1 year)- won a debate tournament at Cal
Swimming (1 year)- nothing special, did it because he could
Viola- nothing special, for the music.
Peer Court (2 years)- youth justice program that involves actual sentences for actual minors.
Junior Ambassador for the World Affairs Council in SF (summer 2015)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Volunteer/Community Service (all years)- taught English to children in Indian slums, Leo Club, built schools in India.

Job Experience: Swim Instructor (Starting now)
Summer Activities: Online math (so he could skip Pre-Calc in WA, originally sophomores aren’t allowed to AP math), Volunteering in India, Summer course in World Affairs Council

Intended Major: International Relations and/or Economics

Schools (all RD):
UPenn, Tufts, Cornell, Georgetown, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, George Washington, American, NYU, Boston University, USC.

Sorry for the block of text! All responses are appreciated!

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bump!!

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Bump

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You don’t get response probably because people don’t like to chance friends.

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and it’s hard for top colleges since they all look for something “unique” and it’s hard to judge how “unique” a person is really.

but I’d say his SAT score is a little low for top tier

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Ok wait I forgot to mention some stuff. He’s working on starting a charity, and right now, he and my friend group are in an organization that cleans up the city on weekends.

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I think what UC’s look for a good grades. He’s good for UCD and UCI, but his scores are a bit low for the top 3 UC’s

for private schools like UPenn, they’re looking for EC’s related to your major. Awards that are nationally recognized. (like Junior Achievement or something)

I don’t know much about GW, American, NYU, or Boston, so I can’t really judge him for these schools…