Chances for: Princeton (SCEA), Yale, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Rising senior, attending a public-magnet/audition only arts school, consistently ranked within the top 50 of the US.</p>

<p>Personal Information:
Multiracial/African American + White (according to common app.), male, middle-income family (financial aid will be necessary), two siblings in college (Rutgers/Duke), both parents attended graduate school at William & Mary.</p>

<p>Basic Academic Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.1x
Class Rank: 1/300 something
ACT Score: 32 (Weakest feature, just retook - PRAYING for good news.)
SAT II Math: 790
SAT II Physics: 710 (Another weak feature, retaking October 1st)
Most rigorous schedule taken inside school, in addition to numerous dual-enrollment college courses.</p>

<p>Classes Taken</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Regular Spanish I - A
Honors Algebra II - A
Honors Pre-Calculus - A
Honors English I - A
Honors Biology - A
AP Human Geography - A (3)
Two required electives - A/A</p>

<p>Summer after Freshman year:
Dual Enrollment Chemistry 1: A
Dual Enrollment Chemistry Lab: A
Spanish II Regular (online) - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Honors English II - A
AP Calculus AB - A (5)
AP Biology - A (3)
AP Statistics - A (4)
AP World History - A (3)
Two required electives (both honors) - A/A
Dual enrollment during school year:
Dual Enrollment Oceanography - A</p>

<p>Summer after Sophomore Year
Dual Enrollment Astronomy I - A
Dual Enrollment Computer Science - A</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Calculus BC - A (5, 5 subscore for AB)
AP Physics B - A (4)
AP English Language & Composition - A (5)
AP United States History - A (5)
AP Art History - A (4)
Two required electives (both honors) - A/A
Dual enrollment during school year:
Dual Enrollment Earth Science - A</p>

<p>Summer after Junior year:
Dual Enrollment @ University of Pennsylvania (SAAST) - Nanotechnology - A
Dual Enrollment - Environmental Science/Fellowship - A</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
AP English Literature
AP US Government
AP European History
AP Psychology
AP Music Theory
AP Microeconomics
Required Elective (honors)
Dual Enrollment - Geology
Dual Enrollment - Environmental Fellowship 2nd Semester - Currently working on public project for environmental friendliness.</p>

<p>Summary: Beyond the most rigorous schedule offered + dual enrollment/online classes, all As, all APs passed (3+)[AP Scholar with Distinction].</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities: WAY too many to list so I'll just show some.</p>

<p>Science:
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist 2010 (3 year personal research project, 4th year oncoming, working with internationally renown scientists, focused on climate change in Arctic - in the environmental sciences, parallels ECs/Dual enroll)
Florida SSEF - 2nd in state, 2nd in state, 3rd in state - Participant since middle school
County Science Fair - Too many to list, all 1st/2nd place awards plus many other recognitions (i.e. American Meteorological Society, Navy)
AMNH - Finalist/Semifinalist, two years
Discovery Challenge - Finalist
Other assortments of competitions/awards.</p>

<p>Leadership:
President/Founder of school's National Science Honor Society
President of school's National Math Honor Society
Secretary of school's National Math Honor Society (last year, participant since 10th grade)
President/Founder of school's Cosmology Club
Vice-President of my class - 2010
President of school's JSA
Co-President of Amnesty International
Member of National Honor Society
Member of Phi-Theta-Kappa - College National Honor Society
Active member of numerous other clubs - Key Club, SECME, etc.</p>

<p>Sports/Work:
Varsity Tennis - Freshman -> Junior
Varsity Soccer - Freshman (in addition to 14 years of recreational/travel soccer)
Employed County Lifeguard</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
Accomplished Violinist/Pianist - Hundreds of performances, solo and ensemble based, in a nationally recognized orchestra (have had solos/principal seats) - Will be submitting music supplements.
Tutor - All subjects/ages - no cost.
Active community service - 4 years of training junior lifeguards, environmental cleanups, volunteering for charities, etc. (200+ hours)
Other things I won't bother to bore you with.</p>

<p>If any other information is necessary, just ask, I'll gladly supply it. </p>

<p>Chances for:
Princeton (Single Choice Early Action - First choice, will include music supplement)
Stanford
Northwestern
Yale
Duke
U. Chicago
MIT
Vanderbilt
Rice University
U. Penn.</p>

<p>Chances/comments/critiques are all appreciated! If you would like me to chance you back, just let me know. </p>

<p>Thanks loads!</p>

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<p>Bump - Still looking for feedback. Keep in mind, I will chance you if you request it.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance everywhere you apply.</p>

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<p>You will get accepted from MANY top colleges.</p>

<p>Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Wow, thank you both so much - I hope what you say is true! :smiley: I’ll definitely let my fellow CCers know how my applications play out.</p>

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<p>you’re a very scary applicant. that’s not a bad thing though.</p>

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<p>If you get a 34+ on the ACT, you’ll def be accepted by most if not all.</p>

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<p>Honestly your chances depend on which pile multiracial kids get thrown into. If you’re counted as white for admissions purposes, Princeton is a low/mid reach (you’re a strong candidate, but not an automatic admit, so figure 40%) but if you’re counted as black you are virtually guaranteed to be accepted (95%+ chance).</p>

<p>I say you’re in.</p>

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<p>I received a 33 on my most recent act. Although I was aiming for a 34+, I’m happy with the improvement. How does this impact my chances?</p>

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<p>You’ll have no trouble getting in. URM status will factor in big time. That plus your science achievements and tests/grades will pull you though fine. The rest of your extracurriculars are a little weak, I might consider not even putting down a few of your less important ones so you can show some focus and passion in a particular field. Your app and hooks give you a lot of room to custom tailor your it to your preference.</p>

<p>All around, you’ll have no trouble getting in across the board, crapshoot admissions might see you denied to a couple, but you really have no way to tell which ones for sure. Lots of luck.</p>

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<p>I don’t even know what half of the things you have on your resume are, but based on your EC alone, you will probably get in with flying colors.</p>

<p>However, your testing is a bit weak (and yeh I know you’ve already admitted that and are retaking it, which is half the battle itself in my opinion :p) As for retaking the physics SAT subject test, from what I’ve heard, its harder to get an 800 on than the other sciences, say bio and chem, and since you’ve already taken AP bio, you might want to consider taking the bio one as well.</p>

<p>Since you’re probably applying regular decision, I would advise taking the ACT one more time, since I’m pretty sure that you’ll be able to raise it, and perhaps an SAT if you feel up for it, though it’s not necessary.</p>

<p>Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that your chances are worse because of your tests. In fact, I’m pretty sure you don’t have to do anything but wait for college app deadlines to come. It’s just the “just in case” parts that you might want to improve, though you are already aware of them. Your resume is so good that I had to write about something…</p>

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<p>Multiracial / African American is a very solid asset. I think the 33 act doesn’t slow down your overall stats too much. </p>

<p>I say your in very good shape - more than one of your top choices will accept you. </p>

<p>Chance me back? Haha thanks!</p>

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<p>You would be extremely competitive even without URM status. In fact, in your case I don’t think it makes that much of a difference. Probably in at >half of the schools you listed. In for Princeton EA.</p>