Chances at Upenn, Harvard, Columbia, Chicago, Williams, MIT, Johns Hopkins

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>thanks for reading this</p>

<p>half korean male</p>

<p>i have 2280 sAT (only took new one once, never took old one)
730 Cr
750 math
800 writing (80, 12/12)</p>

<p>SAT II's</p>

<p>math I-690 (obvious retake)
wh-720</p>

<p>3.3-3.4 GPA (school is extremely competetive tho, class avg. SAT a few yrs back was 1460, 100 percent go on to 4 yr college, no ranks, but somwhere around 50th percentile for me)</p>

<p>WHAP-5
waiting on english and french</p>

<p>Good EC's (i think),</p>

<p>2X Prep State placer in Varsity Wrestling-- planning on wrestling in college
3rd conference
Most Improved Award
participating on Team Texas National team this summer</p>

<p>presidential Gold Award comm. service (250+ hrs)</p>

<p>Also, my main hook..
Last summer, my name got on Research paper submitted to Clinical Cancer Therapy journal
This summer, working on nanotechnology project at Rice University, hoping to get a recommendation from Professor, who is like nobel laureate material..</p>

<p>entering siemens-westinghouse sci. competition</p>

<p>how do u think i look, should i apply ed?
if not, where else should i look?</p>

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<p>You're putting a lot of hope on ECs/Awards. If you do well in Westinghouse, you'll have a better chance, but right now, your app is academically weak...</p>

<p>Edit: Intended major? We'll need that to advise you on alternate schools.</p>

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<p>um... im planning on majoring in bio-engineering, sciences</p>

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<p>If you want to go to California, Harvey Mudd would be a good choice. It's easier to get into than Ivy/Caltech/MIT/Stanford, and it provides a great education.</p>

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<p>GPA will hurt you. Make Rice your reach school. Your SATs are really high, so also go with UCs and some good state schools. Unfortunately, your GPA will hurt a lot, no matter how hard your school is, when it comes to the Ivies.</p>

<p>Go ED with Rice.</p>