Chances at Cornell, Carnegie Mellon or Johns Hopkins

Applying to College
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<p>I want to do chemical engineering... I need a very honest evaluation of my stats. I don't want to be heartbroken thinking I have a chance at these schools when I really don't.</p>

<p>If you could, please give me a percentage of the chance. Here's my resume:</p>

<p>SAT: 720CR 720M 570W (Retaking in December, expect 750+ M, 600+ W)
ACT: 33 Composite 30 English 33 Math 34 Reading 36 Science
SAT II - 780 Chem 780 US history 700 Math
GPA 4.71 weighted, 3.91/4.0 unweighted
Class Rank 23/438</p>

<p>AP Courses and Score
AP Euro - 5
Ap calc - 5
AP chem - 4
AP government -5
ap ushistory - 5
AP lit
AP psych
AP physics B
AP macroeconomics
AP biology</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
Speech and Debate
 School Team Captain (2011-2012)
 Debate Chairman (2010-2011)
 Degree of Special Distinction
 2nd Place State Tournament (2011)
 5th Place NFL Nationals District Qualifying Tournament (2011)</p>

<p>Academic Team
 School Team Captain (2009-2011)
 Team highest scorer (2009-2011)
 Team member (2009-2012)
High School Chess Club Member (2009-2010), (2011-2012)
 Re-established this team during the 2011-2012 school year. Hoping to work with the local middle school chess team and help teach middle school students advanced chess strategies. </p>

<p>City Chess Club Member (2008-2012)</p>

<p>United States Chess Federation Member</p>

<p>District Geography Bee Winner (2007)</p>

<p>The Arts
 School Play (2010-2011)</p>

<p>National Honors Society (2010-2012)
30+ Service Hours</p>

<p>Service/Volunteer
 Volunteer Political Campaigner for Ron Paul
 Military Appreciation Event Volunteer
 City Youth Leadership Summit
Employment – Summer 2011, Moe’s Southwestern Grill</p>

<p>Extra Academics – Enrollment in Community College as part of dual enrollment program.
MAT 141 – Calculus II
MAT 120 – Probability and Statistics
MAT 142 – Calculus III (Spring 2012 Semester)
CHM111 – College Chemistry 2 (Spring 2012 Semester)</p>

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<p>I’m impressed I’d say. There’s more than enough extra-curricular activities to speak about your character. Not to say the least about your academic standing. You pretty much covered the whole field with sharp prowess. I think your chances are fairly high, if you don’t believe me there’s more than I can say that you’d find on MyCollegePal.com. There’s plently of useful tools available to help you make a complete assessment of your academic standing. If you’re a perfect candidate, why not give it a shot?</p>

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<p>Here’s the reason why I evaluate myself lowly:</p>

<p>Last year no one from my school went to a prestigious school. EVERY SINGLE person in the top 20 of my class went to the local state public school. They certainly applied to top schools but none of them got in. </p>

<p>My GPA isn’t even comparable to theirs. This year, the top students from my class are probably not even applying to any of these schools. They tried much harder than me in high school, have more impressive ECs and certainly better GPAs… I never knew what a GPA was until sophomore year. I didn’t realize that I had to get involved in every EC to have a chance. I kind of just did whatever I wanted to do or had a strong interest in (notice chess :P) I’m just kind of confused as to how you can say I have a good chance. But I will check out that website.</p>

<p>thank you very much!</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>All of those schools are top.</p>

<p>A thought I had – your weakest point is the SAT-W. Cornell Engineering’s web site says that they do not consider this portion of the test in admissions. So, perhaps, you might have a relative edge there.</p>

<p>I don’t know whether CMU or JHU consider the SAT-W</p>

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<p>I’d definently predict that you have a decent chance of getting into Cornell (65%+) because of the solid, focused extracurriculars and the great ACT and SAT II scores.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don’t know very much about how stringent the other (equally prestigious) school’s standards are.</p>