Chances for Wharton, Stanford, Duke, and other Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi CC,</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this and chance me. I’m a Chinese male at a highly competitive public high school (yes, the odds are quite against me :().</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.66 W
Rank: 2/380
SAT I: M 750, CR 690, W 660 => 2100 new, 1440 old (retook in october, but did not do much better)
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chinese 790, taking US History in December</p>

<p>AP classes (total of 14 including senior year)
Scored 5: World History, Calculus AB, Calculus BC
Scored 4: Physics B , English Language, Physics C Mech, US History,
Score N/A: Computer Science A, Spanish Language
Currently enrolled in Differential Equations for math at a community college</p>

<p>Community involvement
-Northwest Chinese School - 2 summers tutoring children in math and Chinese (300+ hours)
-Key Club – provides monthly homeless feeds, community beautification, and education to young students (50+ hours of service) (9-12)
o Head of promotion committee
-Relay for Life (9-11) to raise money for cancer, and 24 Hour Relay (10-11) to raise money for Bellevue parks and community</p>

<p>Leadership positions
-Student government - Class Secretary (11)
oOrganized and set-up Veteran’s Day Assembly with a team of 4 people (11)
-Key Club treasurer (12)
-Represented Newport High School at the Interhigh Exchange program (11)</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities
-Newport High School Orchestra (9-12)
o First stand of Symphony Orchestra (10)
o Section leader of Violin II (12)
o Honors Orchestra of NHS (11-12)
-Table tennis rating of 700+
o Winner of U16 4-star tournament
-Interned as an accountant and bookkeeper for an Arco gas station; financially managed the store while owner went on vacation (handled over $800,000 in monetary value)
-Cross country (10-12)
o Competed at KingCo 3A district meet (10-12)
-Track and Field (10-12)
-National Honor Society (10-12)</p>

<p>Awards
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-PSAT Commended Scholar
-7th place individual in BATH math competition
-Level 5 certification for piano
-Level 5 certification for music theory (passed with merit)</p>

<p>Other courses taken
-Summer Stretch – Pre-calculus course at UW (received 99.7%) (9)
-Attended Northwest Chinese School for 7 years</p>

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<p>I am interested in these schools:</p>

<li>Wharton (applying early decision)</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Wash U of St. Louis<br></li>
<li>Duke </li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>University of Chicago</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (Haas)</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks a lot for your time!</p>

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<p>You are a really strong applicant applying to schools which receive only really strong applications. If it were up to me, it would depend upon your essays, recommendations and whether or not I felt that my school was your first choice. You certainly deserve to be admitted to the school of your choice.</p>

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<p>I think my essays will be above average and might stand out a bit, but probably not spectacular. My recs will be from teachers who will highlight more "personal" than academic qualities in me. </p>

<p>forgot to say that I am applying early decision to Wharton; it is a school for which I have a true passion for, which will hopefully shine through the essays</p>

<p>thanks for the quick response</p>

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<ol>
<li>Wharton ED: reach</li>
<li>Stanford: reach</li>
<li>Harvard: reach</li>
<li>Wash U of St. Louis: match</li>
<li>Duke: slight reach</li>
<li>University of Washington: safe match</li>
<li>University of Chicago: match</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (Haas): match</li>
<li>Cornell University: match</li>
</ol>

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<p>2100 is kinda low for wharton</p>

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<p>ucb (Haas) does not accept freshman applicants (u apply junior year and then transfer inter-school @ 50% accept rate)</p>

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<p>SATs definitely need to be higher for ivies... especially since you are an asian male. Bump that CR score higher than around a 740</p>

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<p>to all those who commented on SAT scores: I completely agree. I will try to get at least a 2250+, which should put me at a more competitive level.</p>

<p>dontcha: thanks a lot for the clarification. I have not done much research yet.</p>

<p>Also, the schools I listed are simply those I am slightly interested in. I just wanted to see if I had a chance at certain schools to know if it'd be worth applying. I will most likely end up applying to no more than 4 of these schools.</p>

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<p>also, another question:</p>

<p>If I take US History as my SAT subject test in December and take the SAT I again in January, will I be able to rush both scores to regular decision schools?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I'm a current Wharton frosh who applied regular decision. I only had a 1920 for my SAT. so yea..... I pretty much laugh at your guys' shallow obsession over standardized test scores cuz i got into Stanford, Berkeley, Duke, & Columbia as well. Your credentials are very competitive and you have a great chance, especially with all I've heard from all my friends who did get in here through ED. Diff EQ is a definite plus for you. Good luck!</p>

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<p>"I only had a 1920 for my SAT. so yea..... I pretty much laugh at your guys' shallow obsession over standardized test scores cuz i got into Stanford, Berkeley, Duke, & Columbia as well."</p>

<p>You're either Black, Hispanic, or Native American. You don't deserve to have been admitted to those schools with that SAT and you wouldn't have been were it not for your race and affirmative action.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=229201%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=229201&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>1920? Try 2240.</p>

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<p>Ya **** that kid who said he had a 1920</p>