Chances for top schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>:) I would be very greatful to anyone who takes the time to read this and chance me!</p>

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So what are my chances to these schools? (reach/match/safety, etc)</p>

<p>-Questbridge App
MIT
Yale
Stanford
Princeton
Columbia
UPenn (Wharton)
Amherst
Williams</p>

<p>-Common App
Harvard
Duke
Brown</p>

<p>-UC App
UCB
UCLA
UCD
UCSB</p>

<p>USC</p>

<p>BACKGROUND</p>

<p>-Male caucasian, senior in the fall.</p>

<p>9th/10th grades: Competitive Public HS in SoCal. Commuted to a nice HS in an upscale part of Los Angeles, based on a permit.</p>

<p>11th grade: Decent public HS in Utah.</p>

<p>12th grade: Don't know yet.</p>

<p>-I have Corsican + Persian + American ethnicity. I speak fluent French.</p>

<p>-First generation college student. Mother is a widow. (My father attended Stanford but took his life as a senior. He never knew of my mother's pregnancy with me.)</p>

<p>-Family income ~ $20,000 / year. No assets over $1,000. I spent a few months during my sophomore year sleeping in our car or in family friends' houses.</p>

<p>ACADEMIC</p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.1 weighted.
Rank: (I don't know where I'll be next year, so I'll look for a school that ranks me highly haha)</p>

<p>-Junior year: All A's, 3 APs, 1 College course, 4 Honors courses
-Senior year: 5 APs</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
800 French
750 Math I (95th percentile)
730 US History</p>

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<p>-French club (2 years) (president, treasurer) Organized events for the French Club. In charge of coordinating dates, finances, trips, and school policy to create a welcoming environment for everyone to experience the French culture in my high school!</p>

<p>-FBLA club (1 year) went to state</p>

<p>-Debate Team (1 year) oratory speeches, head defense attorney for Mock Trial</p>

<p>-Service Club (1 year) "Respect Campaign Organizer", raised awareness for drunk driving, raised funds for leukemia, held raffles, assemblies, invited guest speakers. Raised over $15,000 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society</p>

<p>-Jr. Scholar's Academy (3 months) Was selected among 50 students in the district for a course on the founding fathers.</p>

<p>-Interned at Zion's Bank. shadowed one of the big dogs. (2 weeks) Shadowed Craig Carpenter, one of the top credit administrators in the bank's headquarters. He was in charge of approving the larger million-dollar loans for companies and organizations. I learned how the bank was organized, the hierarchy, and the logistics of keeping everything running during our recession.</p>

<p>WORK</p>

<p>-Designed, created, and maintain the e-commerce website located at this</a> website. (ongoing)</p>

<p>-Drew vector computer graphics for the website of a small Los Angeles real-estate company. (1 month)</p>

<p>-Digitized thousands of old picture slides for people in my neighborhood. (2 months)</p>

<p>-Educated an autistic boy for a family (1 year) I educated a 9 year old autistic child, Spencer during all of 10th grade on my own time twice a week. I taught him how to speak correctly, write, think and express himself. Over the year, his family saw improvement, and I am very proud of this. In my essay I want to compare his obsessions with an elaborate train-set he built, to my obsessions of constantly thinking of how I could better teach him during my daily life.

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<p>Which school do you think I'll end up at? :)</p>

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<p>You should be able to get into most of the UCs, with Cal/UCLA being low reaches, and USC (especially if you apply from in-state… not really sure what state you’re in now since you went to HS in Utah last year?). If OOS though, it will be difficult for you to get into the top UCs.</p>

<p>Good shot at Williams/Amherst. The rest are reaches.</p>

<p>Write some compelling essays and raise your SAT (your aim would make you a more competitive applicant).</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I Think,you have good chances, although many are reaches:
So what are my chances to these schools? (reach/match/safety, etc)</p>

<p>-Questbridge App
MIT - reach
Yale - reach
Stanford - reach
Princeton - reach
Columbia - reach
UPenn (Wharton) - reach</p>

<p>-Common App
Harvard - reach
Duke - low reach
Brown - reach</p>

<p>-UC App
UCB - low reach
UCLA - high match
UCD - match
UCSB - match</p>

<p>You should find a safety. Nevertheless you are an good applicant. Good Luck!</p>

<p>Chance Back?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745578-what-colleges-should-asian-germany-look-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745578-what-colleges-should-asian-germany-look-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>USC</p>

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<p>Thank you both. I’m bumping this thread back up.</p>

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<p>Wow is all I can say.</p>

<p>Non Academic Evaluation:
It’s very impressuve that you’ve done so much and was able to balance ECs and Academics. Colleges LOVE that. For example, they want students who will do well in a class and then go play soccer. Also, everything yoo’ve done is consistent. With your resume, you can tell that you didn’t just do random things to say “hey look at me colleges! I’ve done 600 things since freshman year!” It seems as if everything you’ve done in HS has a real meaning to you, and that’s going to help you in the college process. Your awards are also great; these awards can certainly distinguish you from the average pool of applicants during admissions. Like I tell a lot of people here on CC, your competiting with 25,000 applicants that have the same numbers if not better. Things like your ECs, Recs, Essay, Awards can really help you and be a tipping factor when it comes to choosing the student who has the same stats as you but did nothing, or an applicant like you who has the same stats and did a lot during HS. So from a non-academic stand point, I think you have a huge advantage there.</p>

<p>Academic Evaluation:
SAT II’s are perfect. Getting over 700 on the SAT II will catch the eye of any admissions holder. As far as SAT I, I think your score is great as well. It is good that your re-taking to try to break 2200 because your applying to top schools and although 2080 is great, breaking 2200 can really help you, it can even seal the deal. Your grades are decent and are backed by 9 APs which is very impressive. Taking all of these APs is a must and it’s great that you’ve taken so much. </p>

<p>Overall:
Your numbers are excellent. But as I previously said, the schools you’re applying to hve kids whose numbers are the same as yours, if not higher. So it is beneficial that you have significant ECs that can help you greatly in the long run. But I honestly do have much advice but to murder the SAT the next time you take (even try to break 2300 if you can). Your a qaulified and competitive applicant which is going to help you greatly. </p>

<p>Schools:
-Questbridge App
MIT - Low Reach
Yale - Semi Reach
Stanford - Low Reach
Princeton - Low Reach
Columbia - Match/In ( if you can break 2200)
UPenn (Wharton) - ?
Amherst - In
Williams - In</p>

<p>-Common App
Harvard - Reach
Duke - Semi Reach
Brown - In/Match</p>

<p>-UC App
UCB - In
UCLA - Low Reach/Match
UCD - In
UCSB - Low Reach/Match
USC - In</p>

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<p>^ thanks beatfreaks for that breakdown</p>

<p>bumping this thread up. any more chances? :)</p>

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<p>Questbridge App: 2-4 acceptances
Common App: 1-2 acceptances
UC+USC: 3-5 acceptances</p>

<p>I don’t really think you need to add more colleges (ie safeties) b/c ur bound to end up getting accepted to at least 3 or more colleges.</p>

<p>rather, I would (besides retaking SATs) narrow your list of colleges down so your college essay doesn’t become too generic. I would knock 3-ish colleges out of your list.</p>

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<p>bumping :)</p>