Chances for H(Y?)PSM + others appreciated!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thankful for any chances, and I'll chance back if you leave me the link to your thread.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400, one sitting, second try. First attempt was a 2280
[</em>] ACT: 35, 35, 33. Probably won’t send if I don’t have to.
[<em>] SAT II: Math II – 800, Physics – 780, US History - 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted: 4.477)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 / 428<br>
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Sophomore year: Psych – 5. Junior year: Stats, BC Calculus (and AB subscore), Physics B, English Lang+Comp, and APUSH - 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon and AP Comparative Gov (independent studying these two), Business Technology Applications, Math Seminar III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math team and academic team, captains of each and statewide honors in both. I’m a 4-time AIME qualifier (scores of 2, 4, 5, and 5) and I’ve placed in some minor national math contests. I write for the local paper, having ~6 articles published each year, and I’ve read some of my essays for broadcast on the local public radio station. Contributor to the school newspaper, varsity swimmer for 2 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Café Team member at Barnes and Noble, summer before senior year and seasonally thereafter. I mowed lawns for some neighbors the summer before that.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Probably ~100 hours.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Worked, took required Health class, went to a math competition, and attended Boys State.
[<em>] Essays: 8.5/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 8/10?
[</em>] Additional Rec: ?
[li] Interview: ?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, large-ish, 2000 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Schools
Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
UChicago
Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech
Auburn</p>

<p>I’ll probably study math or engineering (dunno which type.)</p>

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<p>If you’re considering engineering, Caltech, Harvey Mudd, and UC Berkeley also have great programs. I would replace Yale, UChicago, and Vanderbilt with the ones I listed above.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I agree those are great for engineering and I actually still have those all on my list, I just wanted to provide only a few schools (I still have, like, 25 on my list… haha).</p>

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<p>Dang, scores, grades plus good (not amazing, I guess, but good) E.C.s, and you’re from Alabama. Not going to assign percents, but GREAT chances everywhere. If you’re set on Engineering though, poster above is right. Caltech might not have same lay prestige but where it matters it gets tons of recognition. Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Wow haha, you’ll definitely get into to most, if not all lol.</p>

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<p>you look pretty good just about everywhere…</p>

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<p>Dude ur sat is perfect and gpa is flawless. I think u should be a definite competitor for all these schools although with these schools it’s never guaranteed. Keep up the good work. Uc Berkeley is basically in with those stats so good luck.</p>

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<p>Harvard- reach
MIT- reach
Princeton- reach
Stanford- reach
Columbia- reach
UChicago- low reach
Vanderbilt- in
Georgia Tech- match/ very low reach
Auburn- in</p>

<p>Just a note: Personally I consider everyone (unless double legacy donors) to be reaches for all the Ivys + MIT and Stanford.</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1386768-chance-me-lacs-ivys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1386768-chance-me-lacs-ivys.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@kevsvineyard
Well, yeah, but that doesn’t mean some people don’t have better shots than most. OP has a better shot than most at all schools.</p>

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<p>How is Georgia tech a “low reach” (it’s actually almost a safety) and Vanderbilt is an “in”? </p>

<p>Vanderbilt is a low reach school.</p>

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<p>Oops, I thought that said Villanova instead. Sorry. If Vanderbilt then yes, low reach. I still think GT is a match/low reach.</p>