Chances at UCLA/B, Cornell, WashU, Harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Bi-racial (south american, filipino) Male in highly competitive California public school (top 40 on US News best high school)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: Total:2200, math:800, cr:710, writing:690
SATII: Math IIC:800, US Hist:770, Physics: 730</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3W, 3.7 UW
Rank: 2nd Decile</p>

<p>Awards: National Commended Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar Finalist, CSF, Honor Roll</p>

<p>Courseload (Full IB Diploma):
AP/IB English
Band
IB TOK/Philosophy
AP/IB Calc BC
AP/IB Spanish IV
IB Global Studies - East Asia
AP Biology</p>

<p>EC's:
Marching Band, 4 years, 3 years sax section leader
After School jazz band, 4 years
Cal State Fullerton University Band, 2 years
Church Choir-wind ensemble, 4 years (sang and played sax)
Church Phillipine Dance Group, 2 years
community service hours: ~200 hrs
UCI Medical Center Intern (150 hrs) - worked as a nurse's assistant and shadowed a team of doctors.</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying undecided and pre-med.</p>

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<p>Also, should I mark just hispanic? or both? will it even make a difference? and if i just mark hispanic and they happen to notice i'm not full will it hurt me later on?</p>

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<p>bump. please help =).</p>

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<p>harvard-no chance
rest-slight reaches</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance at WashU, UCLA. Berkeley and Cornell are both slight reaches... and Harvard is a tossup for everyone.</p>

<p>I don't know about the whole hispanic thing, I hardly think it will matter; however if the name of one of your parents gives you away - don't risk it.</p>

<p>I would mark hispanic, but with caution; however it really is not that big of a deal. It is not like you are completely lying about your heritage, i.e. a white man saying he is asian.</p>

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<p>thanks for the help, guys.</p>

<p>yeah my last name doesn't really sound anything like either of my ethnicities, so I'll just mark both. </p>

<p>I have one more question, does my class rank hurt my chances?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump bump please.</p>

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<p>for UCs no. for privates yes. u should ask your counselor if your rank is on the transcript, or else, it wont matter at all.</p>

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<p>my school doesn't rank, they just put the decile. man i wish they could atleast put the exact percentage or something, because i asked my counselor and they said i was in the top 13%.</p>

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<p>doctorsboy,</p>

<p>Considering that UCLA and Cal have almost IDENTICAL admissions numbers, saying that UCLA is safe while Cal isn't is a bit silly.</p>

<p>UCLA/Cal: Safe Match
Cornell: Match
Harvard: Reach</p>

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<p>thanks UCLAri, you lowered my worries a bit. what about WashU, you think it has similar chances to Cornell?</p>

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<p>I don't know enough about their admissions to say, sorry.</p>

<p>By the way, keep in mind that "match" just means you're somewhere in the 50th percentile range of admits. I'm by no means saying you're a shoo-in. You have a good shot at Cornell and the UCs, however. I would worry a tad bit less.</p>

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<p>thanks again.</p>

<p>anyone, anymore thoughts?</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>UCLA: match
UCB: match / slight reach
Cornell: match / slight reach
WashU: match
Harvard: reach</p>

<p>Your ECs focus too much on non-academic-related activities.</p>

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<p>i think your a match at both Berkeley and UCLA</p>

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<p>kyledavid,</p>

<p>Just out of curiosity, what are you basing Cal being tougher on? Cal and UCLA have virtually identical admissions statistics.</p>

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<p>floppy:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match</p>

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<p>thanks everyone for the feedback.</p>

<p>kyledavid: because i dont have many academic ec's besides my internship, does that look especially bad? or not su much?</p>