Chances for Stanford REA, MIT, CMU and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Universities applying to:[ul]
[<em>]Stanford REA
[</em>]MIT
[<em>]Carnegie Mellon
[</em>]Harvard
[<em>]Georgia Tech (safety)
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Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: Black (Half Haitian, Half African-American)
[</em>]Location: Florida
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Hook: URM</p>

<p>GPA[ul]
[<em>]Weighted: 5.1ish cumulative[list]
Scale: 6.0 (Honors are 4.5, AP/IB/Dual-enroll are 6.0)[/ul]
[li]Unweighted: 3.98 cumulative[/li][</em>]Class Rank: 8/326
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APs Taken + Scores:[ul]
[<em>]5s on: Physics C (both), Calc BC, Physics B, Calc AB, and English Lang
[</em>]4s on: Spanish Lang, English Lit, US Gov&Pol
[/ul]
IBs Taken + Scores:[ul]
[<em>]6 on Chem SL, 5 on Math SL
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Senior Schedule:[ul]
[</em>]IB Spanish SL
[<em>]IB History of the Americas HL
[</em>]AP Chemistry
[<em>]IB Physics HL
[</em>]IB English HL
[<em>]IB TOK/Research V Honors
[</em>]Differential Equations/Matrix Theory (Dual-Enroll)
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Testing[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280 (CR: 790 M: 740 W: 750) single-sitting
[</em>]SAT Physics: 800
[<em>]SAT Math II C: 800
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Awards/Honors:
[ul]
[</em>]Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
[<em>]National Spanish Exam - Silver Medal
[</em>]Science Fair - 2nd in County + assorted auxiliary awards
[<em>]National AP Scholar
[</em>]NSHSS Member
[<em>]JETS Competition - 2nd in state, 14th in nation
[</em>]People to People Leadership Conference at Harvard - Summer 2008
[<em>]LeadAmerica Leadership/Robotics Conference at Olin - Summer 2009
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Sports/Clubs:[ul]
[</em>]Varsity Lacrosse (2 years, will be defensive captain next year)
[<em>]Academic society for minority students: club does community service events throughout the year, holds annual statewide conference with other chapters (4 years, President)[list]
[li]Math Brain Bowl Captain (tournament held at statewide summit mentioned above) (2 years, first place in state both years)[/ul][/li][li]Mentoring/community service group for black males (3 years)[/li][</em>]MIT InvenTeams team (2 years)
[<em>]SECME - Engineering club (3 years, Trivia Bowl Captain)
[</em>]NHS (1 year)
[<em>]Mu Alpha Theta (1 year)
[</em>]Young Democrats (VP, President-elect, 2 years)
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Volunteering:[ul]
[<em>]Camp Counselor (summer 08): 220
[</em>]Chruch mission trip (summer 09): 20
[<em>]Obama Campaign Intern (10): 20
[</em>]Academic Youth Group (9,10,11): 200
[<em>]Mentoring Group: 50
[</em>]Other Activities: 40
Total: About 560 hours logged
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Intended Major in College: Mechanical Engineering</p>

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<p>Solid GPA and class rank, great testing and very comprehensive extracurriculars, all made that much more impressive by you being an URM, means that you are a very, very competitive applicant for the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your opinion.</p>

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<p>

You’re in.</p>

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<p>Does being black really seal the deal there? Both of my parents went to college, and their combined income is 150-200k/year. Maybe that’ll just screw me over for financial aid, but I can deal with that. I’m most concerned about admission.</p>

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<p>Excellent shot everywhere.</p>

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<p>You’re a very strong candidate regardless of race but perhaps because of your race you won’t be as much of a crap-shoot for Stanford, MIT, and Harvard. Since you want to major in ME, I would lean towards MIT or Stanford.</p>

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<p>Most likely acceptance at GT and Carnegie Mellon.</p>

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<p>Excellent shot anywhere.</p>

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<p>JoJoman. Being black will increase your chances greatly. Most of our race (I’m black aswell) is too busy trying to get into the NBA that they forget that what our country truly needs are less athletes and more Scientist/Doctors/Engineers. I hope you make it in, From one black man to another.</p>

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<p>Great stats, ECs, everything. Carnegie Mellon and GT are easy. As for MIT, Stanford, Harvard, you’ve got a better chance than most other applicants, but unfortunately nothing’s ever a given at those schools. You’ve got a great shot though.</p>