Chances for UChicago EA, UNC CH EA, HYPS Duke reg.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>School is one of newsweek's twenty "public elites". Residential school.Very tough curriculum. 90% of faculty hold PhD's. </p>

<p>Asian male- hopeful econ major. ( will it help that i'm chinese and want to go into econ and poli sci instead of oh.... math, biology, or engineering?)
SAT:1470 (Math/Verbal)
ACT:35
GPA: 3.80(unweighted). Heavy downslope junior year, mainly bc. of very tough courses and adjustment to life away from home.
Counselor Rec- will be very good. He's my student council advisor, and I've built a very strong relationship with him. He's already written a very solid rec for me, so i'm faithful that he'll come through.</p>

<p>Senior year courseload-
Semester 1- Ordinary Diffe he'll do a great job.</p>

<p>Junior Courseload- killed me( i took 8 classes, when all other juniors except 2 took 7)
Semester 1- AP calculus BC, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP US, english 101, Computer Science 101, Solving Complex Math Equations, life and leisure.
Semester 2- all the same classes, except computer science 101 was replaced with AP psychologyrential Equations, AP Euro, AP Physics C, Gov/econ, AP English lit, History of the 1950's 60's and 70's, Research, solving complex equations 2.</p>

<p>Senior year courseload-
Semester 1- DIfferential Equations, Gov/Econ, Cal-based physics (ap), Western Civ (Ap euro), Ap Lit, Mentored research, East asian studies, solving complex math equations II.
Semester 2- Statistical analysis of financial analysis using Differential Equations and Calculus( no specific title yet haha), AP Euro, AP Phys C, Globalization, AP English Lit, AP Environmental Science, Solving complex equations 2, and linear algebra.</p>

<p>AP's: took AP chem, AP Bio, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, and AP Us history as a junior, and i have taken stats -4</p>

<p>E.C.'s that i will list-</p>

<p>Leadership-Student Council 2 years-secretary (we only have a secretary and a moderator)
Beta Club President as a junior
Speech team captain as a senior
Math Team treasurer
founding a non-profit org. next year aimed at promoting musical education in the community.</p>

<p>Selected for the Riley Institute at Furman University's "Emerging public Leaders" i'm pretty sure it was pretty competitive. Maybe 20 spots with people applying from SC and the rest of the country. </p>

<p>Music-
South Carolina Music Teachers Association pre college auditions- 1st place in division 4 (grades 10-12)
Guild of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra Competition- top 10 finalist
Laurence Hamilton Scholarship winner (won in 2003, 2005, 2006)- a regional scholarship worth around $400. won in 2003 as a 12 year old and was the youngest winner in the competitions history.
Limestone College young artist's competitions- 2nd place
Will submit a CD.</p>

<p>Speech and Debate-
District competition- 1st place policy debate. Nationals qualifier(but i did horribly at nats)
State Public Forum Debate Champion</p>

<p>Sports-
Varsity Cross Country - 3 years, (team was 3rd this year at state, hopefully 1 next yr)
Varsity Track- 2 years, all region 2007 in the mile, 2 mile, and 4 x 800 meter relay.</p>

<p>Summer plans-
Six week oncology research internship- submitting research paper on various methods of using lymph, spleen, lung, thymus, and liver tissue in order to fight melanoma in rats.<br>
1 week furman emerging program leaders
Job on weekends
I work 55 hours a week total lol not fun at all</p>

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<p>How the **** are 90% of faculty Ph.D?</p>

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<p>there's only like 16 teachers. i think only 1 or 2 don't have phds.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.scgssm.org/academics/faculty_and_staff/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.scgssm.org/academics/faculty_and_staff/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>i think maybe the number is more around 80%. but.. we have several adjunct faculty members from a local college who have phd's .</p>

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<p>I think your in at UNC CH EA and have a great shot at UCHI EA...Id say duke is a match and HYPS are s;ight reaches-match just cuz how can you tell someone they'll ddef get into one of those lol.</p>

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<p>def use your ACT</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice, but i think i'm going to end up submitting the SAT II's. I'm very confident that i can ace those, based on practice tests, and I think i might possibly take the SAT I once more to improve my score. My writing is def. bringing me down, cuz my highest score is 660. (i got a 35 on English ACT though, which was weird?)</p>

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<p>youll get into chi and unc ea</p>

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<p>bummpppppppp</p>

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<p>You are definitely in your early schools.</p>

<p>Many colleges don't care about Writing so much.. so I wouldn't worry about that.</p>

<p>I would say your chances at Duke are very good.. HYPS are a little harder, but you could definitely get into at least one of these schools.</p>

<p>Good luck next year!</p>

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<p>really, definitely even at UChicago? Could writing an 'average' essay hurt me a lot?</p>

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<p>You've got a great shot. But just being an asian male will hold you back. And econ isn't going to offset that.</p>

<p>You're a good applicant. But you're not an exceptional one. Could you get one of HYP? Maybe. But I would not be surprised if all said no.</p>

<p>Look into LACs or Tufts. The schools are just as good, but not quite as competitive.</p>

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<p>Hmm, random question, but do I know you, I only ask because I won states in PFD for Florida not this past year, but the year before.</p>

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<p>Your courseload, scores, grades, and EC's definitely put you up there for Chicago.. but yes, you are right, the essays are very important for Chicago.
Make sure to pick a topic you feel that you can write a really good essay with or at least just have fun while doing it!</p>

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<p>hmm I really really don't want to go to Tufts or LAC's. I guess I'm just stubborn like that, but I've always viewed Tufts as a great pre-med school, but nothing else really. And I know this is a bad reason, but parental pressure will probably not allow me to go to a LAC , even if I get into like Swat or something. </p>

<p>I am also banking on straight rejections from HYP and Stanford. If U Chicago gives me good money, i'm pretty sure i'm going. any more input?</p>

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<p>and no i don't live in florida, and i went to nats in policy . so i doubt we know each other lol.</p>

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<p>the only thing that would hurt you at chicago is your essays (and maybe your GPA since you said it had slipped); my advice is don't be trite, cliche, ordinary, forgettable in any sense-- show your love of learning and what makes you quirky.
as for getting money from chicago, they only give out a few $10,000 merit scholarships a year and i hear they're pretty competitive (i obviously didn't get one though you may have a shot) and all other money is need-based.</p>

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<p>is writing an essay about an EC im passionate about too cliche?</p>

<p>also, the merit scholarships i'm hoping for apply to UNC</p>

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<p>You can write on any topic for Chicago, so long as the writing is creative and brilliant. I know an applicant who wrote a terrific essay about nonstick fry pans.</p>

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<p>bump 10 charss</p>