Chances at Stanford Harvard MIT Jerome Fisher(UPENN)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background:
Gender: Male
Race: Indian
Location: Indiana
Hook: What consists of a hook?</p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted: 4.59
Scale: Honors/AP are 5
Unweighted: 3.87 cumulative
Class Rank: Top 5%, School doesn't Rank
APs Taken + Scores:
5s on: AP Calc BC(but got a b+/a- in the class at school), AP Chem
4s on: APUSH, AP Gov, AP Phys B (only took honors physics in school)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Spanish 5
AP Biology
AP Econ/Speech(required to graduate)
AP Physics Mech/E&M
AP English Comp
AP Statistics
At a local university:
Multivariate Calculus
At another university:
Intro to Research
----(most rigorous schedule throughout high school)
(Toughest Course Load Available)</p>

<p>Testing:</p>

<p>SAT: 2280 (CR: 720 M: 800 W: 760) single-sitting, will retake in November
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Math II: 800
ACT: 35 (M:36 E:36 S:36 R:32, Essay:9)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:</p>

<p>DECA:
9-3rd Place Districts, 1st Place State, Top 20 Internationally
10th- 1st Place Districts, 4th Place State
11th-1st Place Districts, 1st Place State, Conflict with We The People Nationals
12th- School President</p>

<p>Debate:
10th- Varsity, 5th Place at Districts, Top 16 at State Competition
11th- 2nd Team All-State, Top 16 at State Competition
12th- Debate Captain</p>

<p>Chess:
10th: 2nd Place State
11th: 3rd Place State</p>

<p>Academic Superbowl:
9th: State Qualifying Team
10th: State Qualifying Team</p>

<p>Science Olympiad:
9th: First Place Team at Regional Comptition, Third Place Team at State, 1st Place in "Reach for the Stars" at both
10th: First Place Team at Regional Competition, 1st Place in "Junkyard Challenge" at State
11th: First Place Team at Regional Competiton, 1st Place in "Protein Modeling" at Regional</p>

<p>We The People:
11th: First Place at District Competition, First Place at State Competition, 8th Place Nationally</p>

<p>AP Scholar w/ Distinction, "A" Honor Roll every semester</p>

<p>Sports/Clubs:</p>

<p>JV Tennis (All four years)
DECA (All four years)
Debate (All four years)
Science Olympiad (All four years)
Chess Team (All four years, couldn't compete at the team competition as a freshman due to a conflict on the date with other activities)
Piano (until 11th Grade)
Munster Youth Basketball (All four years)
Academic Superbowl (9th,10th grade)
Spanish Club (All four years)
Ping Pong Club (9th, 10th grade)
Envirothon (9th, 10th grade)
JETS (All but 10th grade due to a conflict on the competition date with another activity)
National Honors Society (12th Grade)
Local Indian American Youth Group (11th, 12th)
We The People (Co-curricular, only can take it one year (11th grade))</p>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<p>after 10th: took condensed health (school requirement, so I could take an extra AP Class during my senior year) took AP Chemistry at Northwestern CTD</p>

<p>after 11th: Garcia Summer Scholar (researched for 7 weeks(biomedical engineering/materials science), acceptance rate of ~5%), shadowed a cardiologist</p>

<p>Volunteering:</p>

<p>(Not as extensive as others')
Piano Recitals at Nursing Homes
Local Library
Children of Abraham (packed medical equipment to be shipped to underdeveloped nations)</p>

<p>I'll Chance Back!</p>

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<p>bump…??</p>

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<p>I’d say that your chances are higher than most, but obviously not perfect (as no one is). I actually have pretty similar stats to you. I’d say you’ll probably get into most of them if not all. Your GPA is really good and your SAT is godly. I’d say MIT is your biggest reach though. Other than that, you seem great. Chance me please?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1013364-chance-me-stanford-other-ivies.html#post1065729206[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1013364-chance-me-stanford-other-ivies.html#post1065729206&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What is academic superbowl? Is this another name for real quiz bowl, or is it fake quiz bowl masquerading as real quiz bowl?
What kinds of questions did you use? NAQT? HSAPQ? Chip Beal?</p>

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<p>metaphy6, it is a competition exclusive to Indiana, questions are based on discovery’s from certain time periods</p>

<p>thanks brian, I wouldn’t say its godly by any means, though</p>

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<p>your stats are pretty good overal - your ECs are pretty overwhelming (maybe focus on your key stuff rather than enumerate everything you possibly could have done in the last 4 years), your SATs are great (but pretty avg for Asians/Indians), GPA needs some improvement (but it’s not bad by any stretch)
if i had to chance you, then…
Stanford (waitlisted)
Harvard (rejected)
MIT (accepted)
UPenn (accepted)</p>

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<p>^Those chances make no sense. MIT, UPenn’s M&t program, and Stanford are no easier to get into than Harvard</p>

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<p>i didnt think so either, astonmartin, check out the guys posts though…</p>

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<p>I think your chances are extremely strong for all those schools–lots of leadership, awards, etc.</p>

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<p>you have a great chance! im pretty sure you’ll make all of the schools chance me back please!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1026512-chance-pleaseeee-d.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1026512-chance-pleaseeee-d.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>refutation:

  1. harvard’s not looking for engineers
  2. his 2280 is more within the stanford range than harvard range, but it’s still iffy
  3. since he wants to be an engineer and his scores are generally very good, MIT would want to fill its class with people like him
  4. UPenn is easy to get into with those stats (for any program at UPenn)…</p>
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<p>What the hell? Harvard does have a college of engineering, which is a top 30 college. If a qualified engineering applicant applies to Harvard, why will they reject him/her?</p>

<p>And M&T at Penn is very hard to get into. They take 50 kids every year. I have read about people choosing M&T over MIT.</p>

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<p>^^ Harvard actually does not have a college of engineering. It is part of the College.</p>

<p>But yes M&T is definitely extremely difficult to get into. I think OP has a decent and better-than-average shot at those schools. I guess we’ll see in April?</p>

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<p>I stand by what I said, but, guys… geeez no need to get all worked up over everything</p>

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<p>You’ll notice that people will get “worked up” when you try to sound authoritative but are just objectively wrong.</p>

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<p>haha hopefully guys, i got to siemens nationals, so yeah hopefully that boosts me in</p>

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<p>LOL
HI MR. NARAYAN.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
-the guy who was across from your room, but was not indian. xD</p>

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<p>hahahahhahahahahhahahahahh gaRCia</p>

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<p>I know you have been lambasted allready, but honestly, people spreading misinformation makes me so mad.</p>

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<p>1) …What?
2) Pretty sure a 35 is not iffy…nor is a 2280.
3) You would no this…how?
4) HAHAHAHA wow you are seriously misinformed—M&T is arguably as selective as HYPSM.</p>