CHANCES?? Harvard, princeton, penn, stanford, berkeley EECS, columbia, cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Muslim, Indian, Male</p>

<p>My Stats:
4.2 weighted GPA, 3.9 Unweighted
SAT I : 760 Math, 690 CR, 720 W (2170 total)
SATII: 790 MATHIIC, 760 BIO M, 690 CHEM
rank: top 10% (around 39 out of 406)</p>

<p>Highschool: Ultra competitive Henry M. Gunn High School</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Excellent High school Robotics Team (i am programmer/builder)
(Gunn Robotics Team)
Sunday School Volunteer
American/Shaolin Kenpo karate Blackbelt</p>

<p>AP tests: Biology-5, Spanish - 3, Comp Sci - 4
Going to take - AP physics C, AP BC Calc, AP Econ, AP english</p>

<p>Awards, honors:
National Merit Commended Scholar
ELC Top 4% of nation
AP Scholar
INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH SEMI-FINALIST($1000 bucks woohoo!, my ED school didnt know about this at that time)
-huge research report in the field of text-to-speech
-shows my programming love and capability</p>

<p>Summer Jobs at tech companies - programming
Summer school in C++
9th grade summer program at UCSD in robotics</p>

<p>founder of a start-up company (venture funded, and my dad runs it now - he took my idea and made it his full time job! haha)</p>

<p>passion: Robotics and programming. i showed this is in my essays. also showed my indian nationality by writing about my experiences in india.</p>

<p>Recs: i assume were pretty darn good</p>

<p>Interviews: went pretty well</p>

<p>chances for Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, EECS UCberkeley, cornell, penn, stanford?</p>

<p>P.S. : MIT- denied!
Harvard - deferred ED!
UCLA, UCDavis, UCSD - accepted!</p>

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<p>Gunn high school! so many of my hs church friends used to go there. lol </p>

<p>well your school rank 39 isn't that high, even though it's a very competitive school.. and the fact that your CR is in its 600's (even tho it's practically the same thing as a 700 or 710) is not so good at first glance..</p>

<p>I would say you have a very good chance at columbia, cornell, penn.
EECS, Stanford, Princeton -- a little less, but still a possibility
harvard seems to be a reach (b/c school rank and SAT CR score..)</p>

<p>but of course, who knows! : ) good luck</p>

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<p>"I would say you have a very good chance at columbia, cornell, penn."</p>

<p>Ummm, just barely being in the top 10% isn't exactly going to give a good chance. Especially at Columbia. OP, the schools you listed are very high reaches for anybody...</p>

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<p>my rank is low because of FRESHMAN year (i wasnt serious that year).
without freshman year, my rank is around 22.
but all colleges see is Top 10% because we dont do rankings.</p>

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<p>your stats are slightly on the low side, but I think your passion for robotics and programming is conveyed very strongly overall. That, if anything, will get you into some of these schools. I'd say you have a decent shot.</p>

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<p>Mostly all of your school are reaches for anybody. You seem to have the strongest chance at Berkely, Cornell, and Penn though.</p>

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<p>op-how do u already know you are into ucla, i thought that wasn't coming out for a few days?</p>

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<p>i got an early letter, because i am beast.</p>

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<p>Nevermind. -_-; Just stop attacking other people's posts.</p>

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<p>lol @ iriseyes. he's right. mah bad guyzzzz :(</p>

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<p>sorry, to troll, but thanks for the honest opinions. kthx</p>

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<p>ANYONE?? WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?? MORE PPL PLZ!! thanks!</p>

<p>thursday, i get a whole bunch of responses...i hope all goes well</p>

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<p>i don't think your stats too low. you have a shot at these schools, although if you had applied EA to cornell instead of harvard you would have most likely gotten in. you should probably have chosen a bigger range of schools, because these are all so similar in rankings and admissions.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>you have great chances because you are muslim (SO AM I!!) woot just pray to Allah every sujood and you will be fine..</p>

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<p>wow, i think your stats are very high, mine aren't even that good and im trying to strive for the same universities. good luck to you!</p>

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<p>I haven't read the other posts and in case nobody mentioned it, your SAT score is on the low side for Princeton and Stanford. Since your ECs are mainly in math/science, a higher score in those subjects would have helped.</p>

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<p>OKAY GUYS
HERE ARE THE RESULTS! they are extremely BIZZARE!!</p>

<p>Berkeley EECS(but apparently i'm into regular berkeley): Rejected
MIT: Rejected
Stanford: Rejected</p>

<p>Harvard: Waitlist
Princeton: Waitlist
Columbia: Waitlist
Cornell:Waitlist
UPenn: Waitlist</p>

<p>UCLA: Accepted
UCDavis: accepted
UCSD: accepted</p>

<p>*** do i do with all these waitlists?? i'm stuck going to UCLA(dont worry i still think ucla is perty good, but i woulda liked better)!!</p>

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<p>any advice on what to do would be helpful!!!</p>

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<p>Your results look pretty typical for the year. I think all the waitlists were a nod to the fact that you were a solid candidate with a demonstrated passion, but I wouldn't expect to get off one.</p>

<p>Just top 10% at even a strong high school is just not enough during these peak years.</p>

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<p>what should i do while on the waitlist?
i'm planning on sending additional letters to say that i am very interested.
(i dont wanna send in my grades, senioritis....)
i think i will also constantly call these colleges up to inquire, and demonstrate my dedication.</p>

<p>anything else i should do?</p>