Chances at WUSTL, U Chicago, Vanderbilt, and Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Caucasian (although my friends have called me wasian), male. Middle class. I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA at the best ranked public high school in TN.</p>

<p>Freshman classes
English I Honors (A,A)
Geometry Honors (B,B)
Biology Honors (A,A)
World History Honors (A,A)
Engineering Design (A,B)
French II Honors (A,A)</p>

<p>Sophomore classes
English II Honors (B,A)
Algebra II Honors (A,A)
AP Bio (A,A)
Chem. Honors (A,A)
Principles of Engineering (A,A)
French III (A,A)</p>

<p>Junior Classes
AP English Language and Composition (A,A)
AP Chem (A,B)
Computer integrated manufacturing (A,A)
AP Physics B (A,A)
Pre-Cal Honors (A,A)
US History Honors (A,A)</p>

<p>SAT-2240 (CR-750;Math-740;Writing-730)
ACT-34 (English 33; Math 35; Reading 35; Science 32)</p>

<p>ECs:
4 years of varsity tennis
4 years of science olympiad (10 regional medals and 7 state medals)
3 years of quiz bowl(we got 1st in the state this year and 27th in nation)
2 years of science bowl(2nd in state in our first competition)</p>

<p>Jobs
Worked in a Vanderbilt genetics lab last year.
Working as media coordinator at a summer camp. I basically edit the weekly newspaper and write, film, and edit the weekly movie.</p>

<p>AP's
Sophomore year: Bio (5)
Junior year:
English Lit (4)
Chem (5)
Physics B (5)
Senior Year:
Pyschology
Calculus BC
Government
Economics
English Literature</p>

<p>Essay will prolly be good. It'll be on my "wasianess" or my fascination with religion while being an atheist.
Chances?</p>

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<p>Stanford looks like a reach. Others are matches. I think the atheist essay would be a better topic as it seem it may include a better insight to who you are and your character. Some admissions officers might also not know what a "wasian" is (btw being called this will likely not give you a leg up in admissions). If you do write about the first topic, make sure any humor you include is universally funny, not bound be culture, age, etc as I imagine the admission officer as an old guy with glasses (sorry, I know it's not true).</p>

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<p>Agreed. WUSTL, Vanderbilt, and UChicago are all matches, with Vanderbilt probably the least difficult (close to a safety/match), and WUSTL and UChicago somewhat more difficult. Stanford, though, is a reach, perhaps a big reach, but it's a reach for almost everybody. By the way, if you haven't already done this, you should add some safeties to your college list. While you're a competitive candidate for WUSTL, Vanderbilt, and UChicago, acceptance at any of these schools is not guarenteed, even for some one with your good stats.</p>

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<p>i'm sorry...could you list your SATs again?? last time i checked 750 +740 + 730 did not equal 2240...</p>