Chances for a Valedictorian?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm a junior at a small International School in Oregon.</p>

<p>Race: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Planned Major: Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>Classes:
- All IB (I'm an IB diploma candidate)
- IB Higher Level Mathematics + Discrete Math Option
- IB Higher Level European History
- IB Higher Level English
- IB Higher Level Biology
- IB Standard Level Chemistry
- IB Standard Level Mandarin Chinese
- IB Theory of Knowledge
- Economics (Taken at Portland State University)
- Statistics (Taken at Portland State University)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/20 (Small class)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.125 weighted (My school doesn't offer weighted classes until junior year)
Hardest Courseload Possible</p>

<p>PSAT Score: 230
SAT Score: Haven't taken it yet, but anticipated score from PSAT is about 2300
ACT Score: 35</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities/Leadership Roles:
- Layout Editor for school newspaper (9th grade)
- Student Council Class Representative (9th grade)
- Editor-in-Chief for school newspaper (10th grade)
- Student Council Public Relations Officer (11th grade)
- President & Ambassador for Model United Nations club (9th-11th grade)</p>

<p>Boy Scouts (5th-11th grade):
- Senior Patrol Leader (whole troop)
- Order of the Arrow Brotherhood member
- Staff at Webelos Woods for three years
- ASPL of district Camporee 2006 (second in charge)
- Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Please note that I plan on continuing my activities and leadership roles through my senior year.</p>

<p>Special Awards:
- American Mathematics Competition school winner (9th-11th grade)
- Eagle Scout (2009)
- National Merit Semifinalist (anticipated)
- Model UN speaker award</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience:
- Cedar Mill Community Library (6th-10th grade)
- Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (10th grade)
- Internship at EnergyTrust of Oregon (11th grade)</p>

<p>I plan on writing my college application essays with a very passionate tone; my career goal is to help develop a practical source of energy to replace conventional sources of energy such as fossil fuels.</p>

<p>Colleges I am looking at:
- Stanford
- MIT
- UC Berkeley
- Cornell
- UT Austin
- Carnegie Mellon
- U Delaware
- U Pennsylvania
- Princeton
- U Washington
- Caltech
- Other good engineering schools</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you!</p>

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<p>wow..
a class of 20?
thats like literally just a class at our school
anyways
your scores are great, its just the ECs</p>

<p>Stanford
- MIT match
- UC Berkeley match
- Cornell match/low reach
- UT Austin in
- Carnegie Mellon i dont know much
- U Delaware i dont know much sorry
- U Pennsylvania low reach
- Princeton reach
- U Washington match
- Caltech</p>

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<p>^ How on earth do you put MIT as a reach and then Penn as a low reach? It doesn't make any sense.</p>

<p>As for the OP, I'd say you have very good chances at all the schools you're looking at, though the most difficult to get into may be MIT (as you haven't won any national/international competitions on the global scale).</p>

<p>But your grades and SAT scores are as good as anyone's. I'd say you'll get into most of the schools on your list.</p>

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<p>U Delaware is like a super merit aid safety for you. It's also a pretty nice school.</p>

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<p>I agree with The govt. </p>

<p>How the hell do people end up putting HYPSM as some godly reach and putting say Cornell as a match.... On some thread I even saw it as a SAFETY. So HYPSM is a little harder to get into with a few google Koreans applying, but honestly putting it so much higher? I think we are forgetting certain schools are still IVY.</p>