Chances: HYPS, UPenn Wharton, Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Just for fun C:</p>

<p>Female, Asian, NY public high school</p>

<p>2200 SAT, 35 ACT
SAT II: 770 Bio-M, 760 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
Rank: first decile (school doesn't report exact rank)
APs: World History (5), US History (5), Euro (5), Calc BC (5), Lang (5), Chem (4), Physics C: E&M (4)</p>

<p>Courseload: most rigorous offered
Senior Year: AP Physics C: Mechanics, Statistics, AP Japanese, AP Gov, AP Comp Sci</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
- National Honor Society (VP)
- National Merit Scholarship, Commended
- Columbia University's Science Honors Program
- Mu Alpha Theta (President)
- wrote a science article that won an award (1st place) from Columbia University</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- 2 varsity sports, 1 captain, 1 coach's award, & 1 MVP, 7 varsity letters total
- school science magazine (3 years, editor-in-chief)
- math club (4 years participation, VP)
- Japanese club (4 years, president)
- math magazine (4 years, assistant editor-in-chief)</p>

<p>Community Service (total ~500 hours, including National Honor Society stuff)
- Chinese school TA (4 years, captain)
- anti-substance abuse club (3 years, VP)
- tutor (2 years)
- Amnesty International (3 years)</p>

<p>Summer:
- Volunteer fencing instructor, summer camp</p>

<p>Assuming recommendations are good to excellent.
No hooks, unless a sibling currently at Harvard (undergrad) counts. I'm not sure.</p>

<p>Of course, I'll gladly chance back for schools I'm familiar with if you post a link.
Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot but your SAT score isn’t that high. What’s the exact break down? It probably helps if you had a really high math and decent 700 verbal/writing. I think less than 700 doesn’t get taken too seriously at HYPS… I think the fact that you’ll be competition with other Asians might hurt you. Columbia’s Science program I think is helpful! Especially if it was a selective program. And getting an article published always is good if it’s scientific. What are your prospective majors? </p>

<p>Unfortunately I don’t see anything that really makes you stand out, which I think puts you at the 50% or so percentile with all the other great but not AMAZING! Asian applicants. It’ll be luck of the draw and interviews from there I think. I think Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Berkeley will give your application a decent look but I think it’ll be much harder with Harvard and Wharton. </p>

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<p>Chanced you C: Thanks for your opinion!</p>

<p>My SAT breakdown is 750W/730CR/720M. It’s a bit on the low side compared to the schools I applied to, but I was hoping my ACT would make up for it (35 E/R/M, 33S). The only reason I submitted it was because I got a low ACT Writing score (31) but a high SAT Writing score, or else I would have just sent in the ACT.</p>

<p>My prospective majors are computer science or business.</p>

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<p>Have you applied to NYU’s Stern business school? I think you have a good shot there.</p>

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<p>hahaha long story about that. the short version- I had my application all written and then I got my EA results back (deferred Caltech, accepted Georgetown McDonough School of Business and MIT) so my parents convinced me not to apply.</p>

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<p>HYPS-reach/mid
Wharton-mid
Berkeley-probably-- all the UCs are raising their acceptance rates for out of state students because the state is poor</p>

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<p>Thanks! I chanced you back C:
hahaha I heard about that for Berkeley, but I also heard that there are more applicants, so not sure if that’ll help me out much.</p>

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<p>You’ll know soon I guess</p>

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<p>H - reach
Y - reach
P - reach/low reach
S - reach/low reach
Wharton - high match/low reach
Berkeley - match</p>

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<p>Honestly, I would have said probably no to HYPS, but if you got into MIT there is clearly something compelling about your application. Just goes to show how worthless chancing here is!</p>

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<p>HYPS - reach
Wharton - Low Reach
Berkeley - high match</p>

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<p>HYPS - reach
Wharton - Low Reach
Berkeley - high match</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for your opinions
@2college, hahahah yeah, I’ve been told that by quite a few people XD</p>

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<p>WHYPS = reach
Berkeley = match</p>

<p>you should find some school in between</p>

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<p>Thanks for your opinion! I’ve been accepted into two other schools I’d be happy going to, so I’m not really worrying about finding other ones.</p>

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<p>the having a sister at harvard definitely increases your chances there, burton and wharton are probably in. HYPS and Penn are difficult for anyone and nothing is definite, but i see you having a good chance there. good luck!
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<p>That’s good to know about the sister thing C: Thanks so much! I’ll chance you back in a minute.</p>

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<p>Definitely submit the ACT, it is much better than your sat. You have a good shot, best of luck with all of the schools!</p>

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