Chances for Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a senior finally starting my paperwork for college applications, but after looking at how little I've actually accomplished compared to other people, I'm starting to lose some faith in myself.</p>

<p>Testing Info
SAT I
Writing-740
That Other English one-740
Math-800
(Only taken once, plan to take again and actually study a bit)</p>

<p>SAT II
MathII-800
Chem-800
World History-730</p>

<p>AP's
All 5's on World History, Comp Sci A, Chemistry, Calc BC, English Lang, US. History</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars
Math Team-Member since Freshman year, president since last year, team high corer every year.
Science Olympiad-Member since Sophmore Year, have a psuedo leadership position
The Learning Center (In school after school tutoring)-Benn at it since sophomore year.
The Agora(Debate Team)-One of its founding members last year.
National Honor Society-Inducted end of last year, Historian and webmaster.
Academic World Quest-Only joined this Year, but I've been made captain of my own team. Joy</p>

<p>Current School Info
Rank: 1/470ish
GPA:No idea on the 4 scale, but it was a high 98.something last I checked a year ago, but my average for the year since was nearly a perfect 100. Lots of AP's and honor classes to help when weighted.
Current Class Load-AP Government, AP Economics (macro I believe), Multivariable Calculus/Linear Algebra, AP biology, AP Statistics, AP Enlgish Language, Drawing and Design for Production (I forgot to take an art credit earlier). (and If I can find someplace to squeeze it in, I taught myself the AP physics C curriculum last year because I was bored)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
Distinction for team high score on math team as well as school hghi score for AMC (but not enough to qualify for AME...)
Won some random Writing Contest.
Qualify every year for a regional math competition as well as a spot on the local team for the state competition.
Qualification for NHS
Won some random award that no ones ever heard of for general academic prowess.
National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar
That AP award for taking 5+ tests.</p>

<p>(There are technical names for all of my awards, I just didn't feel like looking them all up for now)</p>

<p>Personal Info
Location-Midstate NY, nowhere near the city.
Race-White
Gender-Male</p>

<p>My current top 3 choices are MIT, caltech, and Stanford, followed by some random ivies, NYU, Uchicago, UC Berkley, and one or two local safety schools.</p>

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<p>Seems to me like you've got pretty good chances at your top three (relatively speaking). You've got good extracurriculars and test scores, though I find it odd that you didn't qualify for the AIME, though there are always those stupid mistakes to look out for (which destroy me on math contests, like not getting a perfect score for saying 3^6 = 181). AIME is annoying in the way that it has you answer (sum of the squares, the product, etc. of your answers). I think you have a good chance of making it this time (if you take it), so the advice I'd give to you is to double check that you write your answers correctly, but this is irrelevant. </p>

<p>From what I know, I think that, relative to other applicants, the order for the top three would be Stanford, MIT, Caltech, though you should take this with a grain of salt since I'm just using what I've learned about those three since I'm applying to them as well. It's mainly my gut feeling. I think they'll all like how well you've done given your circumstances, so they'll put emphasis on the potential you show.</p>

<p>If I knew what Berkeley's out-of-state admission rates were, I could tell you more about that. You'd definitely get in if you were in-state, though. I don't know enough about the others to give you any insight on those, though.</p>

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<p>Your top 3 are in the who knows for anyone category but you're a strong candidate and you should get into several schools on your list.</p>