Chances please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applied to:</p>

<p>Penn, Carnegie Mellon, University of Virginia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Vanderbilt</p>

<p>I got into GA Tech already.</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
Location: Atlanta, GA
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Courseload: 10 AP's by the time I graduate
GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.61
Class Rank: 3
Class Size: 430</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Math: 760
SAT I Writing: 780
ACT: 32
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 740
SAT II Biology - M: 750
SAT II Chemistry: Taking January 2008</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Robotics Club [big time commitment], Leadership club, Science/Academic Bowl, Computer Club, Science National Honor Society</p>

<p>Leadership positions: President of school Science National Honor Society 2 years, President of Computer Club 1 year, Programming mentor for robotics VEX build team</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Tutor in all subjects for Leadership Club, Magnet open house ambassador tour guide</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Almost all the honor societies available, Beta Club, Lettered in Academics 3 years, Siemens Westinghouse Competition participant, Intel STS Participant, FIRST VEX Regional Challenge Award recipient, Lettered in Robotics</p>

<p>College Summer programs: Boston University High School Honors program (research intern)</p>

<p>Essays: 1 great, others very good
Teacher Recs: Very good I think
Counselor Rec: Excellent I think
Hook: Summer research in bioinformatics?</p>

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<p>0% chance. No college for you.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon and Vanderbilt seem like good matches.
And the Ivies.. well, no one is safe when it comes to Ivies, even with grades like yours.
Did you try Emory?</p>

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<p>No I didn't apply to Emory. I really don't have any interest in their majors, really. But thank you for the feedback.</p>

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<p>...bump...</p>

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<p>please anyone else?</p>

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<p>no one else has any intention of chancing me? i gave feedback on many other topics - was hoping for a little bit of feedback on my own</p>

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<p>Many other topics? </p>

<p>Neviar
New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 2
Posts: 26</p>

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<p>umm, i think u have a great chance at CM but for the rest of the schools, you need some killer ECs</p>

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<p>Your basically perfect, except your not unique. You have a chance, an okay chance, but you don't really stand out.. Great statistics though.</p>

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<p>How is participating in Siemens or Intel STS an award?</p>

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<p>my guidance counselor told me to list it on my applications - other students at my school received big scholarships because they mentioned their participation in the competitions</p>