Chances please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender - Male.
Ethnicity - Caucasian
GPA - 3.85 UW
Rank - 33/364 (top 10%)</p>

<p>Public High School - from Michigan's upper peninsula - like 500 miles from anywhere!</p>

<p>SAT:
M - 650
V - 700
W - 690</p>

<p>ACT - 29 composite (just retested on 10/27).</p>

<p>SAT II's - Taking on 12/1 - Chem and Math lvl 2. </p>

<p>APs:</p>

<p>APUSH - 4
Chem - 3</p>

<p>Currently taking AP Calc, AP Physics and AP Government at HS, also college prep English and intensive german. </p>

<p>Also taking a Health Occupations Class - 1 semester of coursework and 1 semester of MD shadowing.</p>

<p>ECs & awards</p>

<p>2 years University Scholars award - have amassed 44 university semester credits taken at a local university since 10th grade - GPA 3.84/4.0.
2 years - US Olympic Education Center developmental club boxer
(trained with US Olympic team hopefuls and US Olympic coaches).
3 years -Muai Thai kickboxer - trained with former world champion.
1 time Gold Medalist - Cross County Ski - regional race - 9th grade.
5 PADI Scuba Certifications.
2 years Academic Quiz Bowl
2 years Science Olympiad - 2007 Regional Gold medalist, team Bronze.
1 year NHD - documentary film category
National Honor Society
We The People Competition
Legion National Oratory competitor
Mandelbrot Regional Math team captain
AMC - 12
ACS Chemistry Olympiad - highest regional score.
YES competition - this year.
2 years high school newspaper opinon columnist
2 years Ayn Rand Foundation essay contest
2007 National Scholar NYCLC
High School Academic Honors all 4 years
(Current grades - all A's)
MSU Confucious Institute Chinese Scholarship award
Anime club
Photography club
German club
French club
Latin club founding member.</p>

<p>Work Exp</p>

<p>Telephone shift supervisor for 2004 Presidential election local County HQ.
Telephone shift supervisor & Precinct Captain for 2006 Senatorial election local County HQ.
2007 Medical Internship - worked in County Nursing Home - 300+ hours.
CPR Certification
volunteer at local VA Veteran's Home. </p>

<p>Miscellaneous </p>

<p>12 years piano with private recitals at Steinway Hall in NYC
6 years cello
self taught electric bass</p>

<p>6 languages at various ability levels - French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Anishnaabe and ASL.</p>

<p>Teacher Recs - OMG - veteran teacher of 30 years says I'm best ever had. </p>

<p>Interested in Engineering or pure physics or chem degree programs.</p>

<p>Please Chance me on this list: </p>

<p>University of Michigan (resident)
MSU
Tulane
Northwestern McCormick
Rose Hulman
Columbia (legacy)
NYU (legacy)
Cornell
MIT
CalTech
Olin
Cooper Union
Wash & Lee (I know its liberal arts)
Case
U-Chicago
Hopkins
Princeton
UW-Madison</p>

<p>Thanks for looking and giving me your honest comments!!</p>

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<p>bibbity bump</p>

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<p>The Ivies, MIT, Caltech, Hopkins and UChicago may be out of the question. The rest, I think you’re good to go.</p>

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<p>Thanks for reading - anyone else?</p>

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<p>I agree with quincy. All the other schools you have good chances at besides those few.</p>

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<p>Other opinions?</p>

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<p>I applied EA to Tulane, MSU and W&L, if that helps anyone form an opinion.</p>

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<p>Is there a particular program at MSU you’re interested in? Honors Coll? … btw, I’m not familiar w/ the Confucious Institute Chinese Scholarship award. Tell us about that.</p>

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<p>MSU Confucius Institute (CI-MSU) was established in collaboration with China Central Radio and TV University under the authorization and sponsorship of China’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. </p>

<p>The Institute awarded 1 scholarship to each high school in Michigan last year, allowing 1 nominated student from each Michigan HS to take a free on-line course in Chinese through MSU. I was selected from my school, as I had already completed a full year of Chinese at the university level, which represents 8 of my 44 earned college credits. So I took a 2nd year in Chinese with them.</p>

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<p>bumpity do dah</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Wow - all these reads but few responses.</p>

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<p>…last call…</p>

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<p>anyone have any further thoughts?</p>

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<p>ACT retest gave me a 30 composite - with a 32 math subscore.</p>

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<p>Just got my acceptance package today from CSM (not on my original list). Opinons on the other schools would be gratefully accepted.</p>

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<p>Gratefully accepted - that’s a prompt. j/k</p>