Chances at HYPS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 4.28/4.00 (4.0 unweighted)
Rank: 3/~650
SAT: Math – 780, Verbal – 740 (old, haven’t taken new SAT)
SAT II: Math IIC - 800, Writing - 800, Literature 770, Biology M – 760</p>

<p>Sophomore Year AP’s:
Computer Science A – 5
Calculus BC – 5
World History– 3</p>

<p>Junior Year AP’s:
Biology - 5
Statistics - 5
Macroeconomics – 5
English Lang. and Comp. – 5
Microeconomics – 4
Computer Science AB - 3
Spanish Language– n/a</p>

<p>Senior Year AP’s:
Art History, Chemistry, U.S. History, Environmental Science, English Literature</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Student Body President - 11th
Business Professionals of America (BPA) President – 11th
National Honor Society Vice President – 12th
National Honor Society Attendance Secretary – 10th-12th
Member of Future Doctors of America, Spanish National Honor Society
Summer research at Texas Tech under a professor – studied neuronal apoptosis in the hippocampus
Swam on City Swim team – 9th – 11th
Worked at local Teen Court
Volunteered 100+ hours at local hospital
Volunteered at local YMCA
150+ volunteer hours from club-related community service
Involved in Karate</p>

<p>Awards:
Voted “Most Involved” by peers
Elected Homecoming Prince – 11th (is this good to put on the application?)
Advanced to State in Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (50m breaststroke)
Have placed in regional UIL in Spelling and Computer Applications
State Winner (in BPA) in Small Business Management
Regional Winner in Individual Economic Research Project
AP Scholar with Distinction (missed National by 1 AP)
National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>Colleges: HYPS, MIT, Cornell, Duke, Colombia, Rice, UT Austin, Texas Tech, Baylor</p>

<p>If anyone could give me some insight into my chances, that would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>Also any suggestions for colleges that might be better suited for me would also be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>Bump. :)</p>

<p>Anyone?</p>

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<p>HYPS- All are really hard to predict. You're a very solid candidate for admission at all four schools, but you never know with HYPS. The acceptance %'s are so low, that sometimes they have to reject very qualified applicants such as yourself.
MIT- See HYPS
Cornell- Pretty good chance of getting in, but like the ivies, it's very hard for me to guarantee anything.
Columbia- See HYPS
Duke- You're a very very solid applicant at Duke. I'll make a prediction by saying you'll get in, although I could be wrong. Duke is very very competitive, and supposedly they rejected 80 valedictorians from the class of 2005.
Rice- See Duke, perhaps a little easier to get into.
UT/TTU/Baylor- In. 100% guarantee.</p>

<p>Given the fact that you're applying to sooo many competitive schools, how about applying to some of these schools that I think you'll probably get into...</p>

<p>Michigan
UNC-Chapel Hill
UC-Berkeley
USC
UCLA
Illinois
Wisconsin
NYU
BU</p>

<p>You've got the potential to get into all the schools I named, and they would be great safeties/very good matches for someone like yourself.</p>

<p>NOTE: I think you should definitely take the new SAT. I made my predictions/advice based on the fact that you took the new one. Only after did I realize that you mentioned you didn't take the new one. Ask the colleges if that's alright, because I really think they want to see the new one...</p>

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<p>Well I think KingJames said it all =)</p>

<p>By the way, how did you get the research opportunity? Did you know the professor?</p>