Chances for Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>All,</p>

<p>My goal is to study mechanical engineering or aerospace and mechanical in Princeton's case. I applied REA to Stanford, got rejected (of course) and am applying to Harvard (hehe), Yale, Princeton, Purdue, Cal Poly, UCLA and UC Berkeley. Obviously not all of those schools have AE so I might go with Mechanical at those who don't. Already into some safeties like Purdue,Texas A&M and CU-Boulder... here's what I have to work with:</p>

<p>GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: 4.7143
School: Competitive Public School in Colorado</p>

<p>Testing
SAT: 2120 R: 650 M:750 W:720 Essay:11
Subjects Tests MATH 2:780 Chem:660 US History:640
ACT: Composite 34 (R:35,M:35; W:35,S:31) Essay:12</p>

<p>Taken 19 "weighted classes"; 4's on AP Calc AB, AP LANG, and AP US; in AP STATS, AP LIT, AP CHEM, and AP GOV this year. Taken engineering courses all 4 years of HS.</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Tennis
Varisty Tennis Letter 4 years: Captain 3 years and member of athletic leadership council at my high school.
State runner-up at #3 singles Senior year
3rd place #3 Doubles both sophomore and junior years
MVP Senior Year
Passion Award Junior Year
11 News Classroom Champion
Gazette Peak Performer
Athlete of the Month</p>

<p>Boy Scouts
Eagle Scout, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Baden Powell Leadership Award; built tennis benches for my Eagle Scout Project</p>

<p>Private Pilot License
Explains itself i think; earned it with 40.5 hours; 40 is absolute minimum req.</p>

<p>Chemistry Club COO
Helped found the Chemistry Club at my School</p>

<p>Summer Job
Technical Assistant at Pharmaceutical Analysis Company</p>

<p>Volunteering
Eagle Scout Project- 80 hours
Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon- 40 hours over one weekend
Fire Relief Fundraisers-10 hours
Soup Kitchen (all the typical stuff)
Adopt-a-garden summer work</p>

<p>Religious
Confirmand at Episcopalian Church</p>

<p>Research
Developed Independent Study Curriculum at my HS and tested winglet effects on aircraft wing performance at the USAFA wind tunnel</p>

<p>School Spirit
Captain of "Kadet Krazies" basically fan organization of my HS</p>

<p>My biggest concern is the SAT I score and the low SAT II's for Chem and US. I'm studying my butt off to improve CR on the SAT I that I'll take in January but luckily I didn't send SAT's to Harvard besides the subject tests. Any other areas that are strong/ need improvement? </p>

<p>Thanks for input!</p>

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<p>All three (HYP) are extremely selective schools, and I think you already know that.</p>

<p>I would say a reach for all three – as it is for most people. You can’t improve anything much at this point in time, so just focus on your essays!</p>

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<p>Like d1v1ness said, HYP are reaches for almost everyone (I wish I had that GPA though). Don’t worry about it right now. Just make sure your essays are well done and you’ve presented yourself in the best possible way on your applications.</p>

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<p>You look like a pretty solid applicant with a lot of experience in your intended major but you should focus on your math sat if you’re applying for engineering. These schools are reaches for everyone like it has been said before, but good luck. Chance me back!</p>