Hello Everyone, I have applied to a lot of places, so I’d appreciate it if you could chance me for what you could. If you can, provide some reasoning and suggestions. Leave a link if you want to be chanced back
UW GPA: 3.61 (would be a 3.7ish without Freshmen year)
W GPA: 4.02 (would be around a 4.3 without freshmen year)
ACT: 34 (English 34, Math 34, Reading 34, Science 33, writing 10)
SAT II: Math II: 760, Physics: 680
UC Capped: 4.09
UC Full: 4.27 (I’m oos so i cant count honors classes)
Accelerated curriculum throughout highschool (honors/ap only)
AP Classes
World History: 5
English Language: 4
Physics B: 4
US Government: 4
Comparative Government: 5
Spanish: 4
Calculus AB: 5
Senior Year APs
English Literature
Physics C-M
Physics C-E&M
Biology
Statistics
Microecon
Macroecon
Recommendations:
Counselor: Should be very good, she knows a lot about me, and I feel she was quite impressed by me
Teacher One: my last year english teacher, loved me as a student, liked my writing a lot, counselor said this was an extremely good recommendation
Teacher 2: At my new senior school: She wrote mainly about my intellectual and academic abilities, as I had to teach my self her class (AP Physics C) while i was absent for half a semester (personal reasons) and mad a 95% in her class
Teacher 3: Couldn’t write too well, but rated me highly as a student
Awards:
Royal Conservatory of Music Practical Certificate in Violin Performance: International recognition in violin performance, earned by taking and obtaining an honors standing in a violin exam.
Royal Conservatory of Music Theory Certificate: Earned the same way as the above certificate, except in theory.
AP Scholar with Distinction
Solo and Ensemble Superior Distinction, District and State Levels
Marquette Student of the Month
ECs
Carnatic Singer: South Indian Classical Vocal Singer: Been singing Indian music for 13 years, have composed my own songs in this style, transcribed others' songs in my spare time, performed locally, nationally, internationally (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) wrote about this in some of my essays, as well as in my commonapp main essay
Vice president of Business management club: managed financials of schools business club (11th)
Director of Research at Missouri Innovation Academy: Directed studies which led to our teams product design and of constructing a prototype. (10th)
Lead Singer in 9/11 Interfaith Singing program.(11th)
Tutor: Tutored other high school students in various subjects (Paid) (11th-12th)
Debate Team: Earned honors standing in nfl (9th-10th)
Mu Alpha Theta: Tutored other students in mathematics (11th)
Nursing Home Volunteer (200 Hours): (10th): Collaborated with activities department to plan meaningful and enriching activities for residents
Volunteer at a Tornado ravaged town (40 hours): 11th, helped with debris cleanup, assisted local residents with chores
Washington University Mini-Medical School (11th): Participated in seminars given by experienced medical researchers
Science/Engineering Major to all of these except Stern
Schools
UIUC
UW Madison
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCI
UNC Chapel Hill- EA, OOS
Duke
Northwestern (Great Interview)
U Chicago (Have been deferred already), EA, Legacy
Wash U- Legacy (Good Interview)
Michigan (Have been deferred), EA
UVA
NYU Stern
Vanderbilt
USC Viterbi
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
Cornell (Great Interview)
Case Western
Princeton (Good Interview)
Carnegie Mellon, (Electrical Engineering, Tepper, and Physics at Mellon College of Science)
Wow, you’ve done a lot. So, I think your only weaknesses are your UW GPA and not doing too much in the science/engineering fields, but I’m surprised you got deferred from Mich and UChicago. I think you will eventually get into all of your schools besides UCB, NYU Stern (you haven’t done too much business-y things besides AP econ), Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and Princeton. Even of those schools, I think you’ll get in maybe 1 or 2. If you have a good reason for your relatively low GPA, I’d make sure the schools know about it. Also, if you still got As in all your sciences and maths, that will also help you. Good luck, although you won’t need it!
GPA could hold you back at a lot of schools (3.6 is relatively low compared to some of the other applicants for STEM subjects at the schools you are applying to). ACT is fine and SAT II’s are ok (Physics II is iffy)
UIUC: match
UW Madison: match
UCB: low reach
UCLA: high match
UCSD: mid-high match
UCD: mid match
UCSB: match
UCI: match
UNC Chapel Hill- EA, OOS: not sure about OOS in the carolinas
Duke: low reach
Northwestern (Great Interview): high match if your interview went as well as you think it did, low reach otherwise
U Chicago (Have been deferred already), EA, Legacy: iffy because you were deferred already
Wash U- Legacy (Good Interview): mid-high match if the interview went as well as you think it did, high match / low reach otherwise
Michigan (Have been deferred), EA: weird school, was deferred from there as well. Can't predict :(
UVA: not sure
NYU Stern: match
Vanderbilt: high match / low reach
USC Viterbi: high match but I think you'll get in
Johns Hopkins: low reach
Stanford: super reach
Cornell (Great Interview): high match if your interview went as well as you think it did, low reach otherwise
Case Western: safety
Princeton (Good Interview): low reach if your interview went as well as you think it did, high reach otherwise
Carnegie Mellon, (Electrical Engineering, Tepper, and Physics at Mellon College of Science): low reach
@LesPronoms i was the vice president of my schools business management club, and the director of research atr the missouri innovation academy where we had to design a product and develop a marketing plan
@ShowMeState700 Basically because your GPA is abysmal and your ECs are very spread out. Everything else is good but Case Western is known to want more than just a test taker and the strong point of your app is that, test taking. Your ACT is great but it’s only about 2 to 3 points above their average and doesn’t make up for having a very lacking GPA.
@jacobson123 Not to bash your chance because you may know more than me, but why on earth do you think princeton is match/low reach for someone with a 3.6?
I’m not going to take the time to chance you on all of those (man that’s a lot!), and you will get in somewhere good because you are a strong applicant, but don’t believe the “high match” or any kind of match for any of the Ivies or Stanford. Those are all a reach for ANYONE. They all turn away students with perfect ACT or SAT scores e very year. No match for those schools at all. You could perhaps get in to one of them, but it’s still a reach…because it is a reach for ANYONE.
