Chance Please! :) Stanford, Princeton, CMU. (Will Chance Back) Ideas?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I noticed I posted in the wrong section before. Chance me now instead? THANKS! </p>

<p>If you have the time would you also chance the following? I'm trying to decide which ones won't be too big of a reach so I can apply. </p>

<p>*) Stanford SCEA
1) Princeton
2) CMU CS
3) Columbia Engineering
4) UMich
5) UC Berkeley EECS
6) Cornell
7) USC
8) MIT</p>

<p>I want to choose 5 colleges out of the listed 1-8. (I will also be applying to UCSD, UCLA, UCDavis & UIUC)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800m/760r/720w (8 for the essay) Retake in October
SAT II: MathII (800) Biology M(750)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 at a competitive high school (Newsweek top 75)</p>

<p>AP Music Theory (5)
AP Biology (5)
AP USH (4)
AP Comp Sci (4) </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Econ (Micro/Macro)
APC Physics (E&M and Mech)
AP Chemistry
AP English Lit
AP Statistics
BC Calculus</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AIME Qualifier (5)
NCWIT Affiliate Winner & National Runner-up
National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention (not very impressive)
National Merit Commended </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
11-12 FIRST Robotics (Leader)
9-12 FBLA (VP)
9-12 Computer & Tech Club (President)
(13yr) Piano lvl. 10 certified, (teaches kids & composes)
9-12 SciOly & Math Club
11-12 National Honor Society
9-12 Speech & Debate Team (Not Junior Year)
9-12 JV & Club Water Polo (not junior year)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
11-12 Web Design for companies
11 Made & sold longboard
11-12 Interned in a laboratory at Stanford (Research)
11 Mechanist at a local company</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
9-10 Volunteered at summer camps as a Camp Counselor
9-12 Academic Tutor (alg, cs & chem)</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Research, Community College Classes, Work </p>

<p>Essays:
CommonApp - about how I didn't live with my parents when I was younger and grew up with my grandmother. It's about our relationship which is surrounded by sharing our love of food. How this bond help me stay strong despite divorce and unemployment of parents.
ExtraCurricular Commonapp - Robotics community & what I've learned from them
Supplements - honest and intriguing</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: One knows me very well as a person while one knows me very well as a student. Should both be wonderful writers. 10+/10</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Should be okay? I don't really know. I know my counselor but have heard that they're not much of a writer.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: Possibly the Stanford professor I worked with or my boss with the interesting insight into my "entrepreneurial ability" (haven't decided) </p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:100k</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I think my supplements will be very "interesting" and honest as I am what my friends consider "strangely unique" when it comes to personality and writing style.
Weaknesses: Average asian, okay test scores and grades. Interested in engineering (but a girl), plays piano. </p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Strengths: Research, extracurriculars are good, girl.
Weaknesses: Asian, lack of standing out in any particular extracurricular, GPA/test scores aren’t perfect.</p>

<p>Reaches UC Berkeley EECS, Columbia Engineering, CMU CS, Princeton, Stanford, MIT. Low reach/high match for Cornell, USC, UMich. (Just drop UMich… you’re not poor, you’re not a minority, and you’re out of state… so you’ll probably have to pay a ton.) In at the UC’s.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>weakness: asian. Really?</p>

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<p>Well that’s what everyone has said </p>

<p>Just to add,
my weighted GPA is 4.39. If I get all A’s this semester, it’ll go up to 4.5. </p>

<p>I’m also taking Stanford’s free online AI class this year.</p>

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<p>Girl Interested in engineering (STEM) is a plus.</p>

<p>Yes, being an Asian is a weakness in elite college admission.</p>

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<p>I’d say that your strengths are, as some other peopled mentioned, that you’re a female interested in science, and your ECs show dedication and there are some very good ones like the research and work experience. I think that’s where you really stand out, because unfortunately, the bar for Asians is set pretty high. You should play that to your advantage through your resume. I’d say that you have a good chance of getting into UCSD, UCDavis, and probably UCLA and UCB too, as well as UMich and USC. MIT, Cornell, and Columbia are mid reaches, and Princeton and Stanford are luck of the draw for just about anyone, but I think you could at least apply and be competitive. Good luck!</p>

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<p>strengths are gpa, ecs and research. maybe pick a focus on your main ecs? that might help.</p>

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<p>stanford-reach
princeton-reach
cmu-in
columbia-reach
u mich-in
uc berkeley-in
cornell-reach
usc-in
mit-reach
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