Chances for some schools please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am applying to:
Duke
Rice
Cornell
Columbia
Harvard
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
USC
UCLA
UCSD</p>

<p>Here are my statistics:</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Indian
Region: Northern California
School: Private Catholic (Quite competitive)</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 3.9 UW/4.5 W
Rank: School says they don't rank, but the UC system informed me I am in the top 4% (approximately 440 students)
SAT 1 (Best in one sitting): 2260 (740 CR 730 M 790 W)
SAT 1 (Best combined): 2270 (740 CR 740 M 790 W)
ACT: 33 (34E 34M 33R 29S)
PSAT: 231
SAT Subject Tests:
Biology - Pending (October)
Math Level 2 - 800
Will also take Spanish in December
Total of 9 AP classes and 7 Honors classes in 4 years
Current AP scores: AP US history (4) AP Calc BC (4) AP Bio (4) AP english Language (4)</p>

<p>Awards:
Modern Language Undergraduate Award (11th grade): One of three students selected
Christian Service Award (11th grade): Completion of 125+ hours during junior year
National Merit Semifinalist
Principal's Honor Roll (6 semesters)
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Volunteering:
-Bowling - Ten years; member of competitive junior league for four years; average of 200
-Tae Kwon Do - Six years; received Black Belt
-Newspaper Staff Writer - Writer for sports section of School newspaper (3 years)
-Medical Explorers Program - Introduced to different topics in medicine each month at hospital(2 years)
-Hospital Volunteer - 3 years; have logged over 250 hours working in Patient Services and Gift Shop (transport lab specimens, assist patients and doctors, run the information desk, manage the gift shop)
-Temple volunteer - 8 years; serve food each week and update inventory of books distributed
-Second Harvest Food Bank - 26 hours (freshman year)
-California Service Trip - 75 hours (summer after junior year)
-Freshman Orientation Leader - Around 13 hours</p>

<p>Work Experience
-Research Internship (over summer) - Seven-week paid internship where I tested the effects of a nutrient mixture on cancer cells.</p>

<p>Essays: I would say good. Not stellar, but solid
Recs: Should be good
Thanks for any input!!</p>

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<p>bump anyone?</p>

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<p>bump. again.</p>

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<p>Duke- low reach
Rice- low/mid reach
Cornell- low/mid reach
Columbia- high reach
Harvard- high reach
WUSTL- mid reach
Vanderbilt- high match
USC- match
UCLA- match
UCSD- match/safety*</p>

<p>You have very good chances at all your “low/mid reach” schools. The high reach schools are usually high reaches for everyone. Make sure you have shown “demonstrated interest” at Rice, WashUStL, Duke, and Vandy, by attending a college fair or having visited campus. The other schools on your list don’t care about d.i. Given your overall stats and resume, you are a solid applicant. </p>

<p>*I would perhaps ADD one or two of the ELC UC’s to your list as a safeties (UCD or UCSB or both), just in case. That’s what my son is going to do since you only pay the additional application fee and do the same amount of work. Congrats on your achievements and good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much jshain! Luckily the Rice supplement allows me to state all my contacts with Rice, so I have mentioned the campus visit and tour, local college fair, and high school visit. Duke is my top choice, but when I attended my high school visit, the representative said that demonstrated interest is not a factor, so I’m not sure.</p>

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<p>Harvard and COlumbia are long reaches, as they are for everyone, but especially for an indian from CA, you seem solid everywhere else</p>

<p>CHANCE ME!!
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<p>bump anyone else?</p>

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<p>Sorry for taking a while to chance…</p>

<p>Duke- low reach
Rice- low reach
WUSTL- low reach
Cornell- low reach
Columbia- Reach
Harvard- Reach
It safe to say top tier ivies are reaches for everyone, though you have an excellent shot</p>

<p>Vandy- High Match
USC- High Match
Most likely in at Vandy and USC</p>

<p>UCLA- safety/match
UCSD- safety/match
I don’t think you need to worry bout the UCs</p>

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<p>Thanks ZapadniyRus! Much appreciated.</p>

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<p>^^^ Sorry again, lol, damn extended essay for IB</p>

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<p>i’d say you were a good candidate for all your schools, but 2 things i would suggest is taking mroe subject tests and making your essays stellar. those schools already have perfect gpa and sat candidates so if you can’t compete at that level (which you can but wont make you stand out) then you need to make your personality stand out.</p>

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<p>^Thanks! Yeah I have worked long and hard on the essays and have also secured interviews at my top choices to display my personality.</p>

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<p>Excellent shot, great SATs, GPA, etc. and some really interesting ECs! I like that you do some things that aren’t as common, be sure to emphasize them so you stand out. You have a really good chance at all these schools, especially the non-ivies (simply because any ivy league school is hugely competitive…my friend’s dad had a perfect SAT and 4.0 GPA and was rejected from Princeton…)</p>