Chances for UChicago, Duke, Rice, Stanford, UC San Diego, IU, Purdue(plus scholarships for last 3)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm a senior in Northwest Indiana.</p>

<p>My stats:
SAT: 2310 (800 Math, 800 Critical Reading, 710 Writing)
ACT: 35 (36 Math/English, 35 Science, 31 Reading(not that speedy)
SAT IIs 800 Math 800 Physics 790 Chemistry
GPA: Unweighted(4.0), Weighted(4.71)
AP Scores: 5s in Chemistry, Calc BC, Physics C Mechanics and E&M, Psychology, and US History, 4 in Art History
Courses:
9:
Honors Bio
Honors English 9
Honors Algebra 2
Gym
Ancient/Modern World History
Spanish 2
10:
Honors Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors PreCalculus
Honors English 10
AP Art History (Exam score: 4)
Spanish 3
11:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP Psychology
AP Calculus BC
Honors Spanish 4
Honors English 11(note: could have taken AP Lit, but really liked Honors English 10 teacher, plus English isn't my forte)
US History(note: not APUSH as we are capped at 6 Honors/AP classes)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Computer Science
AP Composition
AP Biology
AP Stats
Health/Speech
AP Spanish 5
AP Gov/Economics
Extracurriculars/Personal Interests/Awards:
Received "Principal's Award"
Consistently on High Honor Roll
National Honor Society member
AIME qualifier both in 10th and 11th grades
Nationally ranked in JETS/TEAMS competition and captain for it in 9th/10th grade (and presumably 11th)
Science Olympiad team member; qualified for nationals in 10th/11th grade and received state championships in 2 events
Cross country runner-received varsity letter junior year and the team qualified for state
Varsity debater, received "Outstanding Novice Award" in 9th grade and went to state in 9th/10th grade (not doing it as a senior)
Varsity Academic Superbowl all 3 years; got 3rd in state in Math/Interdisciplinary and 4th in science last year; got 5th/4th this year in Science/Math but was still state finalist
Project X-10th/11th grade, elected vice President (leadership EC)
Volunteer in program called "Teen Court" in which juries of teens decide the fate of troubled kids
Studied abroad in Chile over the summer and received "Award of Excellence"
Personal interests:
-Economics; enjoy reading studies on the Internet, especially regarding policies
-Politics/statistics. I like doing analyses for upcoming Senate/congressional elections using excel
-Computer programming: enjoy doing Code Academy and took online course on it; will take AP Computer Science next year</p>

<p>Basically, I feel like my stats are strong but I don't have any "big" accomplishments to set me apart.</p>

<p>Chances?</p>

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<p>You’re getting into IU, Purdue and UCSD. All very good.</p>

<p>I think you’re a high match or low reach at Rice: your measurables are well above their averages, but they admit a lot of athletes and the admit % is not high to begin with.</p>

<p>You are (and nearly everyone else is also…) a reach or low reach for Stanford, Chicago and Duke: top-10 schools with admit percentages under 10%. </p>

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<p>Thanks prezbucky. Any other responses?</p>

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<p>Can you afford these schools?</p>

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<p>^Depends on the financial aid. Hence, why I am looking at the UCSD Jacobs Scholarship as well as Wells for IU and Presidential for Purdue. For the elite ones, it all depends what aid package they give me.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance to get the Presidential Scholarship at Purdue. My D has very similar stat and she got it although she is not going to attend.</p>

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<p>^Where did she end up going, out of curiosity?</p>

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<p>UCSD scholarships are very difficult to get, especially if you are from OOS, and, no scholarship will cover the OOS non California resident supplemental tuition of $23,000 per year. $53k per year. <a href=“https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/budgeting/undergrad-2014-15.html”>https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/budgeting/undergrad-2014-15.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The UC’s are funded by California taxpayers, so preference is given to the children of taxpayers in admissions decisions. Out of state students are typically full pay, since California has thousands of students with high stats, who wish to attend. You’ll probably be admitted, but at full fees, since California is out of money.</p>