Chance this junior, GET GOOD KARMA for your app (and a CHANCE BACK!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-- Colleges I want to be chanced for:
I am applying to their respective engineering schools
[ul]
[<em>] MIT
[</em>] Stanford
[<em>] Caltech
[</em>] UC Berkeley
[<em>] UCLA
[</em>] Columbia
[<em>] Harvard
[</em>] Princeton
[<em>] UPenn
[</em>] Yale
[li] Carnegie Mellon[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>-- Courseload <a href="includes%20only%20notable%20classes,%20grades%20for%20each%20semester%20are%20in%20parentheses">/size</a>:</p>

<p>[Freshman]
[ul]
[<em>] Advanced English (A+/A)
[</em>] Accelerated Geometry / Algebra 2 (A/A)
[<em>] Accelerated Biology (A-/A-)
[/ul]
[Sophomore]
[ul]
[li] Honors Analysis/Precalc (A/A-)[/li][</em>] Honors Chemistry (A/A)
[<em>] Advanced Problem Solving (supplemental math course) (A/A)
[</em>] AP Chinese (A/A)
[<em>] Advanced English (A/A)
[/ul]
[Junior] <a href="Grades%20are%20tentative%20because%20semester%201%20has%20yet%20to%20come%20to%20an%20end">i</a>*
[ul]
[</em>] AP Calculus BC (A?)
[<em>] AP US History (A?)
[</em>] AP Physics C (A-?)
[<em>] Honors English (A?)
[</em>] AP Statistics (A?)
[<em>] AP Computer Science (A?)
[/ul]
[Senior] <a href="Tentative%20schedule">i</a>*
[ul]
[</em>] AP Biology
[<em>] AP Chemistry
[</em>] AP Economics
[<em>] AP English
[</em>] Honors Linear Algebra / Multivariate Calculus / Ordinary Differential Equations
[/ul]
[GPA]
[ul]
[<em>] Unweighted: 3.9
[</em>] Weighted 4.0 (because my 6 weighted class from Junior year haven't been counted yet)
[li] My high school does not do rankings, but from speculation, I am in the top 5 of my class of about 600. My counselor said that I have the most credits in my grade. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>[size=+1]-- Collegeboard tests:
[ul]
[<em>] Chemistry SAT 2 : 800
[</em>] Math level 2 SAT 2 : 800
[<em>] SAT Reasoning (first try) : 720 Read / 760 Math / 790 Writing (2270)
retaking, will probably get 2310 superscore at a minimum
[li] AP Chinese : 4[/li][</em>] PSAT : 214
[/ul]</p>

<p>-- Other tests:
[ul]
[<em>] AIME qualifier for 2 years
[</em>] Tier 2 Mandelbrot Regionals Freshman year
[<em>] Tier 3 (so far) Mandelbrot Nationals Junior year
[</em>] member of third place team at Barso Science Olympiad Freshman year
[<em>] BAMO honorable mention Sophomore year
[</em>] member of SFBA's team A4 at ARML Sophomore year
[li] buncha other accomplishments in local math competitions[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>-- Extracurriculars:
[ul]
[<em>] Teacher of a middle school seminar course in math since Junior year
Created a website for the course using Google's tools
Wrote about 15 original pages of math content for them, contained basic consolidated knowledge I picked up from my 5 years of contest math
[li] Track athlete since Sophomore year[/li][</em>] Member of Ultimate team since Junior year
[<em>] Enrolled in Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) Junior year
[</em>] Co-President of my high school's Math club since Junior year
[<em>] Member of high school chess team, undefeated streak (so far) Junior year
[</em>] Went to Awesome Math for two sessions, EPGY for one session
[<em>] Tutor of friends in (almost) all of the challenging courses I've taken
[</em>] Participation in Key club, Science Olympiad, Quiz Kids, FBLA
[li] USAMTS since Junior year[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>-- Notable other accomplishments:
[ul]
[li] 2008 California Chess Champion (Junior High, Junior Varsity division) -- I can wring a decent essay from this[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>-- Hooks<a href="I%20don't%20understand%20hooks%20very%20well,%20but%20I'm%20gonna%20try%20filling%20this%20out%20anyways!">/size</a>:
[ul]
[<em>] Asian male = disadvantage?
[</em>] Legacy - Only at Chinese institutions, none in America = disadvantage?
[<em>] State - California = disadvantage?
[</em>] First in my family to do undergrad in the States, but both my parents went to college elsewhere = neutral?
[<em>] Very competitive California Bay Area High school, ranked in Newsweek's top 100 for at least the last decade = advantage?
[</em>] I participate heavily in the classroom so my teachers should be able to write specific recs about me = advantage?
[/ul]</p>

<p>[This is a repeat so you don't have to scroll up :)]
[size=+1]-- Colleges I want to be chanced for
[ul]
[<em>] MIT
[</em>] Stanford
[<em>] Caltech
[</em>] UC Berkeley
[<em>] UCLA
[</em>] Columbia
[<em>] Harvard
[</em>] Princeton
[<em>] UPenn
[</em>] Yale
[<em>] Carnegie Mellon
[</em>] University of Hawaii :D
[/ul]</p>

<p>P.S. Merry XMAS and I chance back!
P.P.S. This is my first post on CC! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>+1 for username and awesomely organized resume :wink: haha</p>

<p>I don’t see any holes in your app…normally you can spot a few places where the applicant needs to improve, but I don’t see that so much in your app. Grades, check. Rigor, check. Standardized test scores, check (well should be…2270 is still a great score even if you can’t get it +2300) </p>

<p>This is one thing that I would NOT include if I were you

I “tutor” my friends too…everyone does and it looks like resume padding IMO unless you’ve been a paid tutor or are working with an official organization (our school has the “Tutoring Group” with offices etc.) but, again, that’s just my opinion.</p>

<p>I’m not going to go through all the schools you’ve listed because you have about an equal chance of admittance in to all of them (minus university of hawaii and the UCs…both of which you should receive admittance if everything goes as planned)…at all the rest I would say that you have a great chance :). Good luck from a fellow junior and if you could chance me back that would be great
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1020273-ivy-dreams-one-year-sooner-than-planned.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1020273-ivy-dreams-one-year-sooner-than-planned.html&lt;/a&gt;
(I have decided that I will continued to move onto Senior year as planned, so more chancing than answering that question if you don’t mind…thank you!) </p>

<p>Oh one last tip, focus on that chess…or something else important to you…it helps to have that focus for essay purposes, for achievement purposes, and for self-improvement purposes.</p>

<p>And Merry Christmas to you too :D</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chance and tips! :slight_smile:
Ahh i misread
<a href=“I%20have%20decided%20that%20I%20will%20continued%20to%20move%20onto%20Senior%20year%20as%20planned,%20so%20more%20chancing%20than%20answering%20that%20question%20if%20you%20don’t%20mind…thank%20you!”>quote</a>

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and consequently focused on the skipping issue. Whoops … this is probably why I bombed my reading sat :T</p>

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<p>Ooh, everything looks good! Nice scores, good EC’s. I wouldn’t consider the hooks you’ve listed as real hooks. Good courseload. Those schools are all mostly reaches or low-reaches.</p>

<p>Chance back?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1056729-condensed-concise-profile-chance-me-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1056729-condensed-concise-profile-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>HAHAHA UH!??</p>

<p>Of course you’re in there. . .:slight_smile: Like you don’t even have to ask. . .</p>

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<p>Why exactly are you applying to Harvard and Yale for engi?</p>

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<p>Harvard has one of the world’s best theoretical math course series for undergrads</p>

<p>And as far as Yale is concerned, I’m not sure why. I put it on this list because HYPS goes together, but I might not apply to Yale come senior year</p>

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<p>Everything looks solid except the ECs. Most of them you only started junior year. It lacks commitment, drive, and leadership. You’ll have a tough time getting into these schools lacking those merits.
Good luck nonetheless.</p>

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<p>Hmm that’s somewhat true … i basically squandered my freshman year
Do you have any recommendations on how to strengthen my EC’s?</p>

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<p>MIT:
Stanford: Reach
Caltech: Reach
UC Berkeley: High Match
UCLA: Match
Columbia SEAS: Low Reach
Harvard: Reach
Princeton: Reach
UPenn SEAS: Reach/Low Reach
Yale: Reach
Carnegie Mellon: High Match
University of Hawaii: In</p>

<p>I think you have a great objective application, however many of the schools on your list except Berkeley and LA have a more holistic approach which may be a disadvantage for you considering you’re an Asian Male who is good at logical thinking (I don’t give a f- what your username says LOL jkjk) from an over-represented state. Nevertheless, the subjective part of your resume is also very impressive. Overall, I think if you maintain your grades and achievements for junior and senior year, you’ll get into at least one of the Ivies and at least 2-4 schools on that list. My only suggestion would be to do something “different” from what the norm would be and maybe write a unique essay that would set you apart from all the other Asians getting 2400s and 4.0s. </p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Many thanks for taking the time to provide a breakdown of the schools as well as the comments :)</p>

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<p>Do more FBLA and you might have a shot. Also, the school you go to actually fell out of the Top 100 last year.</p>

<p>Anyways, good luck at the University of Hawaii in 2012 XDD</p>

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<p>MIT: Mid-High Reach
Stanford: Mid Reach
Caltech: Mid Reach
UC Berkeley: High Match-Low Reach
UCLA: Mid-High Match
Columbia SEAS: Low-Mid Reach
Harvard: High Reach
Princeton: Mid-High Reach
UPenn SEAS: Low-Mid Reach
Yale: Mid-High Reach
Carnegie Mellon: High Match
University of Hawaii: Safety</p>

<p>Good luck in your junior/senior year.</p>

<p>Chance me back please.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1057128-final-chance-thread-ill-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1057128-final-chance-thread-ill-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@ iceui2
[America’s</a> Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html?PageNr=3]America’s”>http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html?PageNr=3) says that we’re still in the top 100 o.O but then again that ranking doesn’t even mention exeter hmm
lol i might drop out of high school, go to U of H for a year and transfer somewhere … meh my parents aren’t gonna let me fill out their app</p>

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<p>how is that there is a JV champion?</p>

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<p>they split the contestants into two categories (JV/V) based on their UCSF ranking</p>

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<p>MIT: Mid Reach
Stanford: Mid Reach
Caltech: Mid Reach
UC Berkeley: Low Reach
UCLA: High Match
Columbia SEAS: Low Reach
Harvard: High Reach (it is for everyone)
Yale: High Reach (it is for everyone)
Princeton: High Reach (it is for everyone)
UPenn SEAS: Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon: High Match
University of Hawaii: Safety</p>

<p>Don’t forget to chance back and goodluck</p>

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<p>MIT (match) you are a mit person
Stanford (high match)
Caltech (match) you are a caltech person
UC Berkeley (low match)
UCLA (low low low match)
Columbia (reach)
Harvard (high reach)
Princeton (reach)
UPenn (high match)
Yale (reach)
Carnegie Mellon (low match)
University of Hawaii (gee i don’t know… maybe extra high reach?)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1058068-chance-harvard-yale-princeton-columbia.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1058068-chance-harvard-yale-princeton-columbia.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>chance me plz. juniors ftw</p>