Chances for Some Ivies, Other Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Looking At:
UC Berkeley
Vanderbilt
Rice
Northwestern
Cornell
Duke
UChicago
UPenn
Columbia
Princeton
Stanford</p>

<p>Also, do I have a good chance of getting a lot of merit aid at a school like University of Illinois, or University of Pittsburgh?
I am looking to major in either Engineering (Bio or Chem) or Economics/Statistics</p>

<p>Profile:
School: One of top public schools in IL.
Gender: Male
Year: Senior
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Income-~125-150k
GPA: 3.95 UW 4.67 W.
Rank: 4/1100</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I: 2350 (800 CR, 780 Math, 770 Writing)
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 US History
AP: Taking a total of 15 AP's by end of Senior year, with self-study on Human Geography and World History.
I got mostly 5's and a few 4's so far.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
JV/Varsity Cross Country Team (10-12)
JV/Varsity Track Team(10-12) (Both are top in state)
Played for Club Soccer Team outside of school (9-12)
Student Council (10-12) Class Representative
WYSE Competition (10-12) Vice President
BPA-Business Professionals of America (10-12) Vice President
Scholastic Bowl (10-12) Captain
Interact Community Service Club(10-12)
Spanish Honors Society(10-12)</p>

<p>Awards:
Some stuff through Scholastic Bowl, WYSE, and BPA.
Made state for Scholastic Bowl and WYSE and nationals for BPA
1st place at BPA State
Earned Ambassador Torch Award for BPA.
National AP Scholar after Junior Year
Finalist in Ayn Rand Foundation Anthem Essay Contest
Cross Country and Track TEAM finished top 3 in state
USACO Semifinalist
National Merit Semifinalist-Should be Finalist too</p>

<p>Volunteering/Internships:
Totaled up around 100+ hours, both through Interact and working at a hospital. Also volunteered at the soccer club I play at as well as around my town with various events.
Interned with the statistical research department of a local hospital. Also had a paid internship at Fermilab. </p>

<p>THANKS!!!!</p>

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<p>Volunteering is a bit weak, and why were almost all of your extracurrics started your sophomore year? Your stats are rock-solid though. From your thread, it doesn’t seem like you have an extremely committed interest to any of your extracurrics; be sure to emphasize their importance, or it will look like a laundry list on your app. Doing what I just advised will get you into a fair number of your reach schools (which, really, is everything on this list). Best of luck!</p>

<p>You’ll definitely get merit aid from schools like UPitt, though; there’s no need at all to worry about that.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/960943-best-chances-worst-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/960943-best-chances-worst-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Your list is good. I cannot give specific estimates but I won’t be surprised if you get into one of these top schools. </p>

<p>Oh, don’t forget, the notorious** AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!**</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I know that my EC’s aren’t great, but I am pretty committed to them, moreso than I show in this thread because I didn’t really go through and explain each of them.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s what I assumed. Again, best of luck! It’s a hard admissions cycle. (: If you wouldn’t mind chancing me back, I left my link in my previous post.</p>

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<p>@Keasbey Nights: What do you mean “It’s a hard admissions cycle.” ?
@Dawncoming: Isn’t affirmative action pretty much out of the picture for the OP since he is Asian?</p>

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<p>I mean that it’s hard on everybody because there are a lot of ridiculous applicants. It’s a given that there will be rejections for an applicant to the top schools.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>