Chances @ Penn, Stanford, WashU, Vanderbilt, Tufts

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Having submitted my apps, I'm having a post-submission panic attack. I was wondering if you CCers could look over my stats & whatnot and give me a quick eval for UPenn, Stanford, WashU, Vanderbilt, and Tufts? Thanks!</p>

<p>Chinese-American (Chinese-born, 11 years in the US, bilingual)
Academic interests: neuroscience, foreign lang & lit (east Asian + Latin American)</p>

<p>Numbers:
School rank N/A @ competitive Seattle private school
GPA: ~3.6 unweighted
SAT I: 800 V, 790 M, 800 W
SAT II: 660 Chem, 780 Spanish, 790 Math IIC
APs: Spanish Lang & US History - 5</p>

<p>Awards/honors: National merit semi-finalist</p>

<p>ECs:
Asian Student Association: Leader + Community Service coordinator
Literary magazine: Art editor + Web director
Swim team: 2 varsity letters but not participating this year
Volunteer tutor: ESL + Spanish
Summer '05: global service/volunteer learning trip to China - competitive application, on-site research of ethnic minority & environmental issues</p>

<p>Essays & recs: solid, I think? I'm not good at evaluating these.</p>

<p>My main worries are that I do not have many ECs or awards & that, given my area of academic interest, my SAT II Chem is so weak. In addition, a lot of students (v. highly qualified, too) from my school apply to the same colleges, so er, I'm thinking my panic is justified. (I've got a safety in University of Washington since I'm applying in-state, buuuut. :D)</p>

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<p>The thing that hurts the most is the 3.6 unweighted. Do you have a high rank? Nice SAT I though. I'd say you're in at WashU, Vanderbilt, Tufts. Penn would be a slight reach and Stanford is going to be tough.</p>

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<p>Wash U is a reach to match. Your SAT I scores are tremendous, but the lack of ECs and GPA will kill you.</p>

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<p>UPenn and Stanford: Big reach
WUSTL: reach-match
Tufts: match
Vanderbilt: safety-match </p>

<p>I'm just going by statistics and how each school weights EC's and stuff (i.e Stanford = Big EC school).</p>

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<p>What are my chances 4.2 WAvg 3.95 UAvg.,30 ACT, Five Varsity Letters, three clubs, 2 National Debate Championships, State Debate Championship business schools at Texas(Austin) , ILLinois(Urbana), Indiana(Bloomington), Wisconsin(Madison), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Case Western, Boston, New York University</p>

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<p>lesca, your gpa is probably going to hurt you the most so upenn and stanford are going to be reaches, wustl and rest matches</p>

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<p>good luck at everything but tufts. just because your sat is freaking awesome doesnt mean theyll take you in this day and age.</p>

<p>join some clubs, yo!</p>

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<p>Tufts is harder to get into than vanderbilt. I am saying this statswise and not just because I am going to Tufts. Haha.</p>

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<p>i concur. they are probably about the same. tufts is sometimes underrated.</p>