Chances at top schools??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances at Cornell, Princeton, CMU, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, CalTech, Harvey Mudd, UCLA?</p>

<p>Grade: Rising Senior</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 M, 750 CR, 800 W, 10 essay</p>

<p>SAT II (if submitted): 800 for Chemistry, Physics, Math Level II</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 (9-12) and 4.0 (10-12)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.65 (9-12) and 4.9 (10-12)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/650</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on all 8 exams (3 as Sophomore and 5 as Junior)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Economics, AP Government, AP Statistics, and Java, Physics, and Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations at local CC</p>

<p>Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch and Lomb, American Chemical Society, Xerox Award, USAPhO and USACO Semifinalist, Certificate of Merit Level 10 for an instrument, various Science Olympiad metals, National AP Scholar, likely National Merit Finalist (236 PSAT) and some awards for the best scores in AP classes</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
11 years of an instrument with weekly hour long lessons
4 years of a sport with 2 years varsity
President of a respected club (10-12, M, P, P) that raised $5000+ last year with talent shows/movie nights etc
Science Olympiad (10-12, M, P, P)
Two other unique science-related clubs (10-12, M, L, P) and (11-12, M, L)
Nationally ranked in a type of puzzle (uncommon)
Made 3 android apps (one of which had my own invented variation of the puzzle I play)
Got 1500+ signatures for a petition to congress for science funding
Some science research</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Internship with well-known engineering company (500+ hours over summer and ongoing), tutoring</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at a science lab and help teach children (10-12) and around 300 hours
400+ from clubs</p>

<p>Passions: My instrument, science, and my puzzle game</p>

<p>Essays: I've been writing the Stanford ones for months and they're super creative (I did something extremely out of the ordinary). All of them relate to my passions</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation:
Calculus Teacher: 9
Physics/Chemistry Teacher: 10
Counselor Rec: 8, she's new but I've talked to her more than any student and she knows I'm ambitious and have set several school records
Additional Rec: Maybe from internship?
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
intended Major: EECS
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
income Bracket: $200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Strong upwards trend- Ranking (80th to 40th to 12th to 2nd), Grades (1 B in CP class and 2 Bs in honors classes in first semester of freshman year and then high As in APs from that point on), Involvement (none in 9th, member in 10th, presidents in 11-12th)</p>

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<p>Awesome awesome stats. I don’t know if UCLA is easy enough to be a safety school, but otherwise:</p>

<p>Mudd: Low match
Berkeley: Match
Cornell: Match
CMU: Match
MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Princeton: Reach for EVERYBODY</p>

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<p>Cornell: Match or Low reach, its def a realistic option.
Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Caltech: You know they all say…
CMU: Match, I’d say.
UCLA: Match.</p>

<p>Wow. Quite the credentials. Good luck in your pursuits!
Chance back? Looking for the opinions of accomplished students…
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<p>Your admission to the reaches will all depend on your recs and essays.</p>

<p>Cornell - high match for EECS
Princeton - reach
CMU - match
Stanford - reach
MIT - reach
Berkeley - match
Caltech - high match
Harvey Mudd - match
UCLA - low match</p>

<p>Admission to the UCs as an engineering student is somewhat more of a numbers game. Berkeley EECS is about as selective as Harvey Mudd, and is the second or third best program in the US.</p>

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<p>Buummmpppp</p>

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<p>—Stanford or Caltech sound like schools you might want to be focusing on, with your science background and interest in engineering. I have two friends doing postgrad at Stanford—they LOVE the research opportunities there. Stanford= High match. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>The only thing I’m worried about is no Intel/Siemens…is that a problem?</p>