Chances for JHU, WashU, Michigan, and Penn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone, just looking for some more opinions! Thanks!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 35C (36E 36R 34M 33S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/350
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Physics 1 (predicting 5), Calc AB (predicting 4/5), Bio (predicting 3/4), US Gov (predicting 4/5) — Will have taken 11 APs by graduation
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics 2, AP Literature, AP Calc BC (self study), Independent Research, AP Spanish, Engineering Research, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • FIRST Robotics (CAD Co-Captain, Team Representative): in top 60 teams in country, my most critical EC, takes a ton of my time
  • Technology Student Association (President, Reporter): some minor state awards
  • Scholar Bowl (Co-Captain): varsity
  • STEM Volunteering (Founder and President)
  • Unpaid Tutoring: will be around 100 hours
  • Volunteer with elementary and middle school robotics camps/teams, like 20-30 hours
  • Varsity Tennis: one season
  • Associate Student Council: two years
  • Will have some research by RD applications, maybe ED too (rip)

Job/Work Experience:

  • Office Supply Store: Sales and Register (been two weeks, will hold all year)
  • Restaurant Dishwasher (6 weeks)
  • Restaurant Busser (two months)

Volunteer/Community service:(duplicated from above): give or take 150-200 hours total

  • STEM Volunteering (Founder and President): will have like 20 hours
  • Unpaid Tutoring: will be around 100 hours
  • Volunteer with elementary and middle school robotics camps/teams, like 20-30 hours

Summer Activities: tutoring, summer school to get ahead (no summer programs rip)

Applied for Financial Aid?: will for all schools
Intended Major: undecided at moment but will be physics, math, computer engineering, or materials engineering
State (if domestic applicant):Missouri
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium Public, decently competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Will have pretty good recommendations and essays. I have some demonstrated interest at WashU, interview in a week or two.

Thanks!

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You will be competitive for all these schools but acceptance rates are very low. Be sure to have match and safeties that you love on your list.

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Your EC’s are okay but nothing too unique about them. Your stats and testing are also good although if you were to score on the lower end of the predictions for your APs that isn’t too good. Besides that, your academics are strong.
I’d say all the schools you listed are high reach to reach, except maybe Michigan. Add some safeties and matches to your college list and you’ll be good.

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You are a very competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great for these schools. Focus on why Robotics is meaningful to you in your essays. Write amazing essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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Hey @therealsadboi I was thinking of applying to WashU to. What exactly do you mean by interviews? I thought they were given only to applicants after they passed the first round? Also on all the visits it apparently states that no senior interviews are available at that time; they have yet to update for this year’s interviews.

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WashU offers on campus interviews, which you can do when you visit campus. You have to request. When I registered I was given the option but I actually rescheduled the interview for sometime during senior year. I actually just toured WashU today, if you have any more questions, I would be happy to answer them!

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