Chances at BU, USC, HMC, Pomona, et. al.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, could you guys chance me for some of the schools I'm considering applying to?</p>

<p>BU
CMU
Harvey Mudd
Northeastern
Occidental
Pomona
U Mass Amherst
U Redlands
U Rochester
USC
WPI</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Grade: 11
Class Rank: school does not rank
GPA: 4.79 (school does not do unweighted)
SAT: 2280 (CR 740 M 760 WR 780)
SAT II: Chem 730 Math II 800 Bio E 670 (likely will not send) awaiting Lit & Spanish scores</p>

<p>Freshman Course Load: hardest possible
Sophomore Course Load: hardest possible
Junior Course Load: Full IB Diploma
Senior Course Load: Full IB Diploma</p>

<p>Clubs:
-Key Club (3 years, current treasurer, committee chair for 1 year)
-Litmag (3 years)
-Model United Nations (1 year)
-Science Club (2 years)
-High School Quiz Show team member (1 year)
-Piano (4 years)</p>

<p>Sports
-Fall Crew (1 year)
-Scuba Diving (more of a hobby, 1 year)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Vietnamese School Teacher's Assistant (3 years)
-Volunteer at Kurukulla Center (Tibetan Buddhist temple) (1 year)
-Student Tutor for Spanish Mentoring (1 year)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
-1 week Animation classes at Arlington Center for the Arts
-art classes at artworks in2shades
-Animation Festival @ AIB
-Video Production @ AIB</p>

<p>Awards:
-National Spanish Exam gold medal (freshman, sophomore, junior)
-National Latin Exam gold medal (freshman, sophomore)
-Highest Scorer in my Category for the State for National Spanish Exam (sophomore, junior)
-Perfect Score on National Latin Exam (sophomore)
-likely John and Abigail Adams Scholarship (for the MCAS)
-likely a National Merit Commended Student or Semifinalist
-AAA Traffic Safety Contest Grand Prize co-winner 2012
-Minor school awards - Highest Year End Average (freshman - Science, English, History, Latin, Spanish; sophomore - Science, Latin, Spanish, Math) & Math Student of the Month (freshman, sophomore)</p>

<p>Basic Info:
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: Male
-Income: ~$120k</p>

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<p>This boy is a genius. Just FYI.</p>

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<p>Why would you apply to Umass Amherst? I mean everybody knows what acceptance rate is really high and they accept nearly everyone.
You are a pretty good fit for Pomona, CMU, Harvey Mudd… all five of consortium really.
Northeastern and BU? Why not Northwestern and Brandeis?
I mean even seniors don’t have you grades. You are a terrific applicant + you’re income is pretty high.
Just do some AP classes and score high on your IB and you’ll qualify for some ivies maybe. Some great schools like UCLA or USC.
If you wanna go to east coast schools, apply to NYU, Northwestern, Amherst College, Colby, Bowdoin. </p>

<p>If you want some midwest schools Grinnell and Macalester are just looking for applicants like you.</p>

<p>Trust me, send in that Bio score. I scored 690 on Bio M and 670 on WH and I got wait listed at like really, really top 20 LACs when I have only 1930 on SAT and need almost full aid. So just show effort. 670 is not a great score but it’s decent scores and shows the diversity of your talents.</p>

<p>Good luck with you IB and everything :slight_smile: Hope you won’t apply to those schools you wanted us to calculate chances for. Apply to some ivies, some great research Universities and some top LACs.</p>

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<p>Thanks, bluecholeric! Yeah, I think I might just take off Umass Amherst, it was just there as an obligatory safety really. I’m just really wary about putting myself out there…</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>If I were you, I’d highlight the less generic EC’s in your application, like volunteering at the temple and scuba diving. I’m not sure that a one week summer class is worth putting on a resume, unless you’re really passionate about animation.</p>