Chances at HYPS, UPenn, Berkeley, and the like.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me. Applying at HYPS, UPenn, Columbia, WashU, Berkeley, and University of Illinois</p>

<p>SAT: 2310 (710 CR, 800 W, 800 M, 10 essay)
ACT: 35 (36 R, 35 M, 36 W, 34 S)
GPA: UW 5.0/5.0 W 5.19/5.0
Rank: 1 of 157
SAT II: 800 Chinese w/ Listening, 730 Math I (retook Math I and Math II this month, no score yet)
AP: no AP or IB offered at my school. a small public school in small rural town.
IB: N/A</p>

<p>EC:
Mandarin and Classical Chinese Study: I was born in China but only learned the Fuzhou dialect of Chinese, not Mandarin. Never went to school in China, moved here age 6. Decided to dedicate an hour a day to learn Mandarin and study Classical Chinese. Am now fluent in Mandarin. Noteworthy when considering 800 SAT II Chinese. Mandarin Chinese not first language.</p>

<p>Music: I play guitar, saxophone, and drums in jazz, concert, and marching bands. Play guitar in recreational band as well.</p>

<p>Student Govt: Junior class president, Senior class Senator</p>

<p>Tutoring: an hour a week at local elementary school. Also tutored in China this summer.</p>

<p>Work: Paid work as assistant manager in family business.</p>

<p>Spanish Club: vice president</p>

<p>Sports: Track(junior and senior)</p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl: all four years of high school. Captain.</p>

<p>Interact (Rotary International youth): Director, Treasurer</p>

<p>Various Church volunteer events</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention I am a National Merit Semifinalist this year.</p>

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<p>Course load: Hardest my school has to offer.</p>

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<p>HYPS - High Reach (they are for everybody) though you are a very strong candidate
UPenn - Low Reach (I’m presuming CAS)
Columbia - Low/Mid-Reach
WashU - Match
Berkeley - Match
Illinois - In</p>

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<p>actually Wharton for UPenn.</p>

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<p>Well than I would say UPenn is a high/mid reach for you, as it is for most people.</p>

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<p>Can someone chance me for Northwestern and U of Chicago as well?</p>

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<p>In at Northwestern and at U. of C. IF you write a great essay.</p>

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<p>You have a better shot at HYPS then wharton. You need leadership like crazy for wharton and idt yours might be enough. you also need to show some interest in business.
good luck though as youll probs get into at least a ivy</p>

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<p>From what you wrote, nothing really stands out in the pool of HYPSM applicants. You didn’t provide a lot of detail (your level of involvement, achievements, etc) so it’s hard to pin down your chances.</p>

<p>Sure, you have solid scores and you’re involved in a lot of activities. But does that show how you can contribute to the college community? What can you bring that makes you irreplaceable? How are you different from the thousands of other HYPSM applicants? Why should X accept you and not the ten other applicants before you? Why are you unique, and how can your unique attributes bring something to the campus?</p>

<p>Answer those questions and you’ll see what I mean.</p>

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<p>There aren’t many opportunities for EC in my school or town. We don’t have any sort of honors for great achievements or anything. There aren’t very many volunteer activities you can do in a small town of 9000. Our school’s curriculum isn’t very challenging. No AP or IB offered at all. I’m banking on the fact that I’m a NSTK(Neat Small Town Kid) and that got great scores even with a not so great curriculum. And I think I wrote a pretty good Common App essay.</p>

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<p>b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bump.</p>

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<p>bump. bump.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a great shot just because you seem like an outstanding applicant from a small town and colleges like to switch it up. If you’re by far the best as shown in your secondary school report, then you’ll have an awesome shot.</p>

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<p>Numbers are excellent, but a Chinese student studying Chinese isn’t at all impressive. Besides, isn’t an 800 in SAT Chinese like ~50th percentile?</p>

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<p>a Chinese student whose first language is technically not Chinese. All my education has been in English, Mandarin Chinese has been a self-study, not offered at school. SAT Chinese tests Mandarin.</p>

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<p>^Yes but it’s just another dialect which means that it shares many cognates with all other versions of Chinese. This isn’t semantically identical with someone learning a non-native language. Besides, the SAT Chinese is not known for its difficulty; the distribution of 800s is extremely high.</p>

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<p>that is true…
i would say 95% percent of the people who take it are Chinese.</p>

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<p>Now of course HYPS can never be guaranteed but your academic stats are very very impressive. Your EC’s are nothing eye popping but with your stats alone, you could definitely get into WASHU, Berkeley, and Illinois with a good essay. For the most part that’s all I can say, but thanks for helping me out.</p>

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<p>Wharton and HYPS are going to be tough just because your ECs do not really stand out. Maybe Columbia…</p>