Chances @ MIT, Harvard, Caltech, UPenn, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background:
Bio: Asian male of middle income
School:* Affluent suburb outside Philadelphia (400 per class)
*Ranking:* top 5% of class
*GPA:* *5.03 of 5.30 and 3.94 of 4.00</p>

<p>Testing:
SAT:
New – 2290 (800M, 710V, 780W) || Old – 1490 (780M, 710V)
SAT IIs:
Math IIC – 800 || Writing – 800 || US History – 800 || Chemistry – 780 || Biology E – 750
APs:
Biology – 5 || Euro History – 5 || Calculus BC – 5 || US History – 5 || Physics C: Mech – 5 || Chemistry – 5 || Comp Sci AB – 5 || Statistics – 5 || English Lang – 4</p>

<p>Classes:
AP US Gov
AP Comparative Gov
AP Psychology
AP Physics C: E&M
AP French Language
AP Economics
AP English Literature</p>

<p>Honors:
National Merit Semifinalist
National AP Scholar
Governor’s School for the Sciences
University of Michigan Book Award
Service & Leadership Award (2)
National Honor Society
Tri-M Honor Society</p>

<p>Special** *Experience**s*:
Aggressive/submissive mice study at Abramson Research Center
Gave talk on US History with teacher to 5 AOL Time Warner interns with the National Committee on US-China Relations
Scholarship class at Villanova University on Multivariable Calculus</p>

<p>ECs:
Captain of Quiz Bowl Team (12)
Captain of Math Team (10-12)
Student Council Secretary (9, 10, 12)
Editorship of School Newspaper (11, 12)
Model UN President (12)
Orchestra’s Assistant Concertmaster (10-12)</p>

<p>Recs from Quiz Bowl Coach, Research mentor, Villanova Professor + School teachers & GC + Gov School</p>

<p>I’m looking at applying to [...] for their Neuroscience or biochemistry majors:
EA – MIT & Caltech
Harvard
UPenn – Vagelos
Duke – A.B. Duke Scholarship
Swarthmore
Yale / Princeton
UVA
UC Berkley or UCLA</p>

<p>Thanks in advance, rice_boy.</p>

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<p>Your stats are absolutely beautiful. I don't see you getting rejected anywhere. Write great essays and get good teacher recs and you're a sure shot in.</p>

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<p>umm a bit too optimistic neemi....</p>

<p>No one is a sure shot at those schools</p>

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<p>EA – MIT & Caltech: reach
Harvard: reach
UPenn – Vagelos: slight reach
Duke – A.B. Duke Scholarship: slight reach
Swarthmore: match
Yale / Princeton:reach
UVA: dont know enough
UC Berkley or UCLA: match/ slight reach (out of state)</p>

<p>You will have to get MIT to spark an intereste (maybe the mice thing) for them to take you</p>

<p>One question for you on the AP STATS: do we need to know functions on the TI introduced in the homework section like invNorm and ShadeNorm? Or do we only need to know functions that are introduced in the chapter (not the excercises)</p>

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<p>did u self study some aps, there's some inconsistencies between ur ap classes and ap scores</p>

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<p>The classes are for this year and I self-studied Statistics. I'm also forgeting an Independent Study in Linear Algebra & Real Analysis for this year. Sorry!</p>

<p>iwantfood - I would suggest reading the book carefully and getting a review book for Stat. Usually, they will explain all the calculator functions that are useful for the AP test.</p>

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<p>ok thanks a lot</p>

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<p>EA – MIT & Caltech 20-35%
Harvard 15-35%
UPenn – Vagelos 40-50%, SAS 70-85% (advantage being in Phily)
Duke – A.B. Duke Scholarship 50-60%
Swarthmore 50-60%
Yale / Princeton 15-30%
UVA 65% (out of state)</p>

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<p>
[quote]
EA – MIT & Caltech 20-35%
Harvard 15-35%
UPenn – Vagelos 40-50%, SAS 70-85% (advantage being in Phily)
Duke – A.B. Duke Scholarship 50-60%
Swarthmore 50-60%
Yale / Princeton 15-30%

[/quote]

Way out of line with reality.</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent chance at Penn and Duke, maybe EA at MIT and Caltech. Harvard, Yale and Princeton are probably slight reaches. I have no idea about Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>Some people are a bit too optimistic like bandit pointed out. I don't want you thinkng you are a definite for the AB scholarship. It is very, very competitive. You have the general great things(and some good unusuals) and I think your shot is decent, but don't get too high on yourself or admissions time might be disheartening. </p>

<p>Amazing job, nonetheless.</p>

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<p>If you were instate for UVA or the UC's, your list would be set. Since you are not, you don't have a safety/financial safety on your list. You will <em>probably</em> be in at more than one school - but you don't have any sure bets, and you need at least one. The tech schools in particular have a lower admit rate for males than overall. You are a good candidate for MIT/Caltech, but so are many who apply.</p>

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<p>bump . . .</p>

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<p>bump . . .</p>

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<p>I don't think MIT will want you... looking back at some people who's been accepted, they all had some distinct 'passion' or some hardcore hobby apart from academics.</p>

<p>apparently, I don't see you as someone other than an academic achiever.</p>

<p>I received the impression that CalTech goes more for concrete stats rather than really looking into the person. (I maybe very biased as this observation was based on like ten admission postings)</p>

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<p>EA – MIT & Caltech- Rejected from both
Harvard- Rejected
UPenn – Accepted
Duke – Rejected
Swarthmore-Accepted
Yale / Princeton- Rejected/rejected
UVA- Accepted w/ money
UC Berkley or UCLA- Accepted/Accepted</p>

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<p>rice_boy:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>IHATESAT, could you elaborate because I would at least like to know some premise behind your take on my admissions to my Early schools.</p>

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<p>you really do have a good shot at most of these schools but i still think its important to have a safety.</p>

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<p>Rice boy,
you are a complete failure at life. In fact, I don't think you took enough APs. Maybe you could try a little harder and then you mighttt get in to PSU. PSU-Altoona, that is.
Sincerely,
Rice girl.</p>

<p>P.S. Look at my screen name... look familiar? Perry you know I love you. I think you'll get in to multiple schools, including many ivies, and you will lead a happy, healthy, successful, govie-filled life.
P.P.S. Noone take anything I said seriously. I personally know this kid.</p>