Chances at Harvey Mudd?

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<p>Stats:
Vietnamese
Southern California Resident
Within top 10 out of 400 in my high school(I don't know the specific number, but I believe it's 5)</p>

<p>GPA:
Freshman year: 3.83/3.83
Sophomore year: 4.0/4.0
Junior year: 4.5/4.5(UW:4.0/4.0) - Our school only let's juniors and seniors take APs
Total GPA: W: 4.07 UW: 3.93</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calculus BC
AP Government/AP Economics(Semester courses)
Senior English Seminar(English 4)
Spanish 3
AP Physics B
Senior Band</p>

<p>Test scores:
SAT I:
M:700 CR: 560 W: 500(I know it's EXTREMELY weak, I don't know what happened, I'm going to retake it)
SAT II:
Math - 790
US History - 700
Chemistry - 710
AP:
Calculus AB - 5
Chemistry - 4
US History - 3
ACT:Composite:31
English - 30
Reading - 33
Math - 35
Science - 27 <--- What happened???</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Academic Decathlon - (10-12) - Various regional awards(Essay, Math), Captain
ASB - Sergeant-at-Arms (12)
Band - (9-12) - Flute section leader(11-12), Various officer positions(10-12, currently secretary, designed jacket and shirt), Drum Major(12)
CSF - (9-12)
GATE - (9-12) - Treasurer
Science Olympiad - (10-12) - Co-founder, various medals
Tennis - (9-10)
Track - (12)</p>

<p>Piano - 13 years - Grade 7 in ABRSM(Up to grade 8)
Ju-Jitsu - 1st degree Brown Belt</p>

<p>Community Service:
Hospital - 150+hours
Rose Float decoration - 50 hours</p>

<p>Thank you for taking your time to look over my topic, I know it was a bit long, but I just wanted to be thorough.</p>

<p>PS. I like lots of comments and advice</p>

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<p>Don't bother posting your ACT score because Mudd doesn't accept the ACT. As of right now, I don't think you'll get in because of your SAT score. Your rank and grades are solid, your ECs are average (for Mudd), but 500 in verbal will kill you. Not to mention you only got a 700 in math, which is also below average for Mudd. You need to raise your SAT to around 750 in math and 700 in verbal. At least raise your verbal to 650 to have a reasonable chance.</p>

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<p>You need to raise your test scores a lot. </p>

<p>We'll talk about your chances then :D</p>

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<p>Yes those test scores are going to keep you out.</p>

<p>On the other hand, if you can take the test again and get a huge boost, it might be a sign that you are hard working, persevering, and capable of strong improvement.</p>

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<p>You can definitly do it</p>

<p>for my experience I got:
520 World History
620 Math IIC</p>

<p>And then on the SAT:
My first combo score was 1920 (i think)
700 Math
600 Verb
600 Writing (all rough esitimates)</p>

<p>I retook senior year and got
760 WH
800 Math IIC</p>

<p>760 Math
700 Writing
690 Verb (I know i QQ'd too)</p>

<p>Just study for it a bit, get a good nights sleep and youll be set.</p>

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<p>the average mathe is not 750 because for academic scholarships they want over 750, so it has to be less that the top half.</p>

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the average mathe is not 750 because for academic scholarships they want over 750, so it has to be less that the top half.

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<p>What horrible logic. The average math score IS around 750.</p>

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<p>"What horrible logic. The average math score IS around 750."
actually, it is higher. more like the 770-780 range. don't believe me? look it up.</p>