Chances for great engineering schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I was trying to resist, but I guess I succumbed. Anyways...</p>

<p>Chances/Predictions for:
MIT
Caltech
Stanford
Georgia Tech
UT
UTD (safety)</p>

<p>*What are some other good safeties and matches??</p>

<p>Asian Male (Indian) in Texas</p>

<p>Freshman/Sophomore rank was 20/975 (not that good i guess)
Junior GPA - 4.0 unweighted (we don't have ranking)
*Freshman/Sophomore spent at a competitive public school and Junior and Senior year spent at a competitive magnet school </p>

<p>ACT-34 (retaking)</p>

<ul>
<li>Scored a 5 on the Human Geography AP Exam</li>
<li>Scored a 5 on the World History AP Exam</li>
</ul>

<p>*We only take college courses at my school, so no APs offered</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities (keeping it nice and short)</p>

<p>Research Organization President (9-12)</p>

<p>Invisible Children Co-Founder and Vice-President (10-12)
-raised $2000 for Ugandan children</p>

<p>Band (9-12)
-First Chair
-Section leader
-Squad leader</p>

<p>Engineering Club (9-12)
-Was President of the equivalent club in 10th grade, but we are limited to only one position at my new school and so I chose Research Organization President</p>

<p>Science Bowl (11-12)
-Might be captain next year
-Part of the Varsity Team
-Received 2nd place at Regionals/ missed nationals by one spot :-(</p>

<p>Math Club (9-12)
-First Tier Mandelbrot Team </p>

<p>Academic
Senior Year Schedule
Fall Semester </p>

<p>-Physics 1710 (lecture), Physics 1730 (lab)
-English 2210
-History 2610
-Calculus 3
-Discrete Math
-Differential equations 1 or Linear Algebra or perhaps nothing</p>

<p>Spring Semester (TENTATIVE)–</p>

<p>Physics 2220 (lecture), Physics 2240 (lab)
English 2220
History 2620
Differential Equations 1
Vector Calculus
Computer Science 2</p>

<p>** Summer Activites**</p>

<p>Research
- I am attending the Simons Summer Research Program this summer
-I have been doing research every summer since 9th grade working 50 hr/wk for 9 weeks</p>

<p>MAIN Awards</p>

<p>International BioGENEius Finalist
Lemelson/MIT InvenTeams Grant of $10,000
2nd Place Texas State Science Fair
2nd Place Texas Stockholm Junior Water Prize/ missed nationals by one spot :-(
Received Outstanding Soloist Award at American Classic Music Festival (3/~1000 people received this award)</p>

<p>*Entering Siemens, Intel, etc. next year</p>

<p>THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME</p>

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<p>I think you should apply to MIT EA, because with your scores, I would say you have a solid chance.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m planning to apply to Caltech and MIT EA. Thanks</p>

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<p>Chance me and I will chance you back. Thanks</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>Right now I say you have around 40% chance of caltech/mit, but depending on how your science competitions go, your chances will increase. Stanford I would only give 20% chance just because its Stanford, you stand only a slightly better chance than the average applicant. Georgia Tech UT UTD (safety) are all good matches, expect to get in these.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I didn’t realize that getting into Stanford was so much more difficult than getting into MIT or Caltech</p>

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<p>Are there any other matches/a better safety that I should consider? Thanks</p>

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<p>Also, possibly add Cornell, Carnegie Mellon. Any others I should consider?</p>

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<p>Why do you need a safety? If you’re in-state in TX and in the top 10% of your class, which you are, you’re guaranteed admission to UT.</p>

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<p>We don’t have rankings at my school, so technically there isn’t a top 10%. Also, admission to UT doesn’t necessarily mean admission to their engineering program, which is like in the top 10.</p>

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<p>add National merit semifinalist (PSAT 223) if that means anything…</p>

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<p>Every state school in Texas has a top 10% ranking - it’s legislatively mandated by the government. Those top 10% are automatically accepted to every state university in Texas. </p>

<p>Besides, with those scores, Georgia Tech and any lower ranked school is a safety (for GT, your FI is a 3516/3600 and the typical admit in 2008 was 3229/3600). Your main concern is whether you can get into MIT/Stanford.</p>

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<p>Other matches/safeties might be Illinois or Purdue (though I hesitate to say safety for anything engineering!) I agree with the previous post though - reach for MIT/Stanford/ Caltech. I think you’ve got a good shot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hey we got the same PSAT score in the same state! I think that youre into all of those Caltech MIT and Stanford, which you have pretty good shots at. Also, instead of UTD, have you considered Texas A&M as your safety? I think a good match that you’ll most likely get into could be Carnegie Mellon, especially if youre considering anything involving computer science</p>

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<p>Great chance at all of the schools, I’d suggest applying EA to MIT and Caltech!</p>

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<p>Thanks. Yeah, so apparently our counselor sends percentages of students that are within a GPA range. Since I have a 4.0 though, this shouldn’t be a problem.</p>

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<p>I’d say that you have a great chance at all of the schools you are applying too. I’d say for MIT/Caltech you got a 40%. You have great ECs, especially in the math and sciences, which your going into, great choice. Of course, with MIT and Caltech, you can never be 100% sure what exactly they are looking for. I know a kid who applied to MIT with a 36 ACT, and was an SAT finalist and got waitlisted, then denied, but went to Northwestern.</p>

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<p>sry, meant PSAT finalist lol</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>