Chances for math major

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White girl</p>

<p>SAT I: 710V, 700W, 780M (definetly retaking)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics (taking literature in the fall)
AP: 5 Calc BC, 5 Physics B, 4 Econ Macro, 4 Eng Lang
GPA: 4.0 uw
was awarded summa cum laude 9th and 10th grade
EC: Violin takes up most of my time (lessons, orchestras, various awards), student council, yearbook
Take most of my classes from CTY (Johns Hopkins) & EPGY (Stanford)
I went to a really small HS in grades 9 and 10 (5 ppl in m class) and now I'm homeschooled so I don't have all the oppurtunities that someone going to a bigger school would. But I do seek out the hardest classes I can with CTY and EPGY. Taking university level math & physics courses for 12th grade.</p>

<p>Possibly applying to: Caltech, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Brown, Williams, Michigan, Chicago, U Penn</p>

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<p>Caltech: REJECT
MIT: REJECT
Princeton: REJECT
Stanford: REJECT
Berkeley: In
Brown: Unlikely
Williams: Maybe
Michigan: In
Chicago: Maybe
U Penn: Unlikely</p>

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<p>I 2nd Gaffe</p>

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<p>There is an extreme lack of ECs and rewards. Sure violin may take up much of your time, but that's extremely common at these schools.</p>

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<p>Caltech: reach for everyone
MIT: reach for everyone
Princeton: reach for everyone
Stanford: reach for everyone
Berkeley: match
Brown: slight reach/match
Williams: match
Michigan: match
Chicago: match
U Penn: slight reach</p>

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<p>Some schools are more receptive to homeschooling than others. Chicago, Brown, and Williams have been cited by other posters as being extremely receptive, possibly because Chicago doesn't really take into account one's social development or standardized test scores. Consider that I have friends who are high school dropouts and never finished a diploma or any equivalent but found themselves at Chicago.</p>

<p>If I were an admissions officer at one of these schools, I would want to know that you are able not only to do work and test well but also interact in a classroom setting and in discussions and benefit from being around students like yourself. That you've taken on courses independently is quite admirable, but you might have a challenge convincing admissions officers that you're ready to streamline back into college.</p>

<p>That said, I also think that your limited EC's is quite understandable and won't be held against you in any way. I have friends who either go to high schools where this is no funding for sports teams or newspapers, or they have to get a part-time job and thus have no time for EC's.</p>