Chances at H,P,Y,S,M,NW?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chences at Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, M.I.T., Northwestern, and OSU Honors (safety) please.</p>

<p>EDUCATION</p>

<p>Very Competitive Public
Graduation expected May 2010 (with High Honors)
Current Cumulative GPA (with frosh year/ without): 4.71/4.92 (ranked 7/485 or first)
UW GPA (freshman/without): 3.91/4.00</p>

<p>Related Course Work (College Level)</p>

<p>A.P. Physics C: Mechanics
A.P. Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
A.P. United States History
A.P. Chemistry
A.P. Statistics
A.P. European History
A.P. B.C. Calculus
Multivariable Calculus
A.P. Biology
A.P. U.S. Government
A.P. Psychology
A.P. MAcroeconomics (self-study)
A.P. Microeconomics (self-study)</p>

<p>Standardized Testing</p>

<p>• ACT Score: 36/36
• SAT Score: 2270/2400 (one sitting)
• PSAT Score: 237/240
• SAT II Score: 2360/2400
• Physics- 800/800
• Chemistry- 790/800
• U.S. History- 770/800
• Advanced Placement: 5 on all A.P. Tests currently taken</p>

<p>Achievements</p>

<p>Athletics</p>

<p>• Four-Year Varsity Hockey Player (2006-present)
• Two-Year Varsity Hockey Captain (2008-present)
• First-Team All-League All-Star Team Selection (2009)
• Cincinnati Enquirer First-Team All-City Team Selection (2009)
• First-Team All-Academic Award (2007, 2008, 2009)
• Hobey Baker Sportsmanship Award Winner (2009)
• Defensive Player of the Year Award (2008)
• Team MVP (2009)
**
Academic**</p>

<p>• Divisional National Champions JETS Engineering Competition (2009)
• Vice-President of Math Club (2008-present)
• Placement at OCTM Mathematics Competition (2008, 2009)
• Placement at OHMIO Mathematics Competition (2009)
• Repeated AIME qualifier (2007, 2009)
• National Honor Society (2008-present)</p>

<p>**
Volunteer Experience**</p>

<p>Cincinnati Sled Hockey Program (2008-present)</p>

<p>• This program allows physically disabled athletes the opportunity to play a variation of ice hockey that requires no lower body function
• Provided assistance with practice coordination
• Provided physical assistance for the athletes in preparation and during play</p>

<p>Cincinnati Chapter SPCA (2009-present)</p>

<p>• The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is an animal shelter and humane society
• Assisted with animal rehabilitation and socialization</p>

<p>Cincinnati Youth Hockey (2008-2009)</p>

<p>• Assisted at Learn to Skate Clinics for youth hockey players
• Assisted at Learn to Play Hockey Clinics for more advanced youth players</p>

<p>Work Experience</p>

<p>General Construction</p>

<p>• Assisted with driveway repavement and renovation
• Assisted with wooden deck reconstruction and carpentry</p>

<p>Aesthetic Maintenance</p>

<p>• Assisted with exterior house painting
• General maintenance
• Landscaping</p>

<p>Thank you for your comments and help. If anyone has any advice about restructuring my resume, I would also be very happy to hear it.</p>

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<p>So basically I think you’re amazing and don’t really need to be posting on this forum! BUT Still HPYSM are all reaches for anyone (although I think you have a great chance on AT LEAST 3). NW = in, OSU (are you joking? hahahah).
Good luck</p>

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<p>Haha ignore the fact that I spelled chance as chence… it’s been a long morning of hardcore college football watching</p>

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<p>You will certainly be a contender everywhere. If you can get some interest from hockey coaches, you’d have your pick.</p>

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<p>one word- wow…</p>

<p>but think about how you are going to group them. On the Common App, i don’t think you can use the titles of those programs as your EC titles. So think about whether if you are going to put hockey into one big chuck or little pieces.</p>

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<p>You have great academics and wonderful extra-curriculars. There really isn’t much more to said, as you are a great applicant everywhere and will get into at least one of HYPS. good luck</p>

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<p>You are very very strong. Assuming that you are white.</p>

<p>For an Asian however… that seems above par, but still a worry.</p>

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<p>^ i always thought that its just as bad being white in admissions as being asian?</p>

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<p>The Wall Street Journal reporter who one a Pulitzer for his writings on college admissions claims an Asian candidate needs 50 SAT points more to be on level ground with a white candidate.</p>

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<p>White candidate, yes.</p>

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<p>Don’t you need to take a math Subject Test for some of those schools, like MIT?</p>

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<p>“The Wall Street Journal reporter who one a Pulitzer for his writings on college admissions claims an Asian candidate needs 50 SAT points more to be on level ground with a white candidate.”</p>

<p>can you throw me a link to that article, i really want to read it. Do you mean 50 points in total or 50 points in each section?</p>

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<p>Yeah, you do need a math SAT II. I’m taking it in October. The assumption is that I’ll get an 800, but I hate it when people put that on their profiles (i.e. will get a 2200+).</p>

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<p>It’s now a book: The Price Of Admission by Golden. It’s 50 points total, but he also points to other biases. It’s a good read. </p>

<p>From a review:</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>your hockey thing sounds impressive, how are you ranked nationally anyways? Within top 100 would be a big hook.
Academics are tops, but unfortunately that’s pretty much the norm at HYPSM
math: meh, aime isn’t that hard, local math contests tend to be pretty fake.</p>

<p>couple concerns: you seem to do some of everything with no focus. What do you want to major in, and what are you passionate about?
Also, are you an asian guy in california? If so, your chances are autolowered.</p>

<p>So yeah, if you are tops nationally in hockey, I’m pretty sure you’ll get into at least one. Otherwise, you’ll be in the better half of the pool but nothing too hax to set you apart.</p>

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<p>Wait, helping your parents count as work experience?</p>

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<p>Not asian. White guy from Ohio. AIME has about 3-5k qualifiers per year, so, in my opinion, that can be somewhat impressive. More impressive than National Merit, anyway. Which I did get (although I can’t say that).</p>

<p>And I’d consider building a deck/ paving a driveway from scratch without any guidance from my parents to be work experience. It needed to be done, and my dad can’t do it because his back is terrible. Hence I do everything for home maintenance. Paid, of course, which is why I put it under work experience.</p>

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<p>No need to get testy. It was a legitimate and non-sarcastic question which I was honestly looking forward to seeing an answer to. </p>

<p>But yeah, I’m not really sure if that would fly, especially at the top schools you are looking at…there are definitely HYPSM applicants out there who have started their own successful companies/prestigious paid internships at top investment firms, etc.</p>

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<p>You’re in at at least three of those schools. Is this thread REALLY needed? Imo it seems more like a bragging thread than a legitimate chance thread</p>