Chances (Stanford, Duke, USC, Berkeley, UMich, UCLA)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Age - Upcoming senior
Sex - Male
Ethnicity - Caucasian
$ Bracket -Middle
Intended Majors - Environmental Engineering (or ChemE at schools that don't have it)
State - Illinois
School Type - Medium/Large Public (somewhat competitive)</p>

<p>Will also probably apply to:
Duke
Stanford (ED?)
University of Michigan
UW - Madison
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
USC
University of Illinois
Cornell
Berkeley
Northwestern</p>

<p>HARD STATS!
UW GPA - 3.99/4.0
W GPA - 4.65 (school has weird weighted system)
Class Rank - 4/500
SAT - taking in june
SAT Subject Tests - USH 740 - Will eventually take Math II, Bio e/m, and Chem/phys.
ACT - 35 (33 E 36 M 34 R 36 S)<br>
Sophomore AP - Human Geography (5) USH (5)
Junior APs - AP Lang+Comp, AP bio, AP Macro, AP Environmental science, AP Comp Gov, AP US gov
Senior APs - AP Physics C E+M, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP European History</p>

<p>Schedule:
FRESH
Honors English
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
CP Western civ (world history)
Engineering and Design/Piano I</p>

<p>SOPH
Honors English II
Honors Alg. 2 + Trig
Honors Chemistry
AP US History
Auto Mechanics
Spanish I</p>

<p>Junior
Spanish II
Pre Calc Honors
AP US Gov
AP Macro
AP Biology
English III
Honors Physics</p>

<p>English IV over the summer</p>

<p>SENIOR
AP Chemistry
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP European History
Spanish III honors
Music Technology/Auto Maintenance</p>

<p>EC's
Soccer (4 years) - Varsity since Freshman year, started every game, Regional Champions (9), Conference 2nd place two years in a row, All Conference, All Sectional (10), Team MVP (10), Possible All State as a senior (capt)</p>

<p>Mathletes (4 years) - 2 time individual regional champion, 2 time state qualifier, vice president (11), President (12), 2 time individual conference champion, all conference</p>

<p>Freshman Class President</p>

<p>NHS president - (11,12)</p>

<p>Student Council (9, 10)</p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl - JV (9, 10, 11) Capt. both years of JV team, capt. varsity</p>

<p>I played travel soccer for 8 years, went to nationals in florida twice, went to state championships twice, currently play for club team outside of school</p>

<p>Science Club member</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta Member</p>

<p>Honors/Awards/Etc -
Soccer All conference
Soccer all sectional
Soccer team MVP
Soccer freshman of the year
Mathletes multiple conference, regional awards, state qualifier
Mathletes all conference
AMC 12 - 108 (AIME QUAL.)</p>

<p>Summers -
I spend a lot of time volunteering for JDRF - juvenile diabetes research foundation because I am a type 1 diabetic. I participate in the JDRF walk to cure diabetes and I host a garage sale every year in which all $$$ goes to JDRF. Overall I have made over $10,000.</p>

<p>Rec's - Will get one from soccer coach, mathletes coach/math teacher, and AP US/AP Euro Teacher
Essay - Don't know yet</p>

<p>Strength's - Soccer, GPA, ACT
Weaknesses - lack of big awards</p>

<p>I will probably write my essays on diabetes
- I am going to be a camp counselor at a diabetes camp this summer. I attended the camp as a child and will be returning as a counselor. This is really exciting and will probably be an essay topic</p>

<p>I can't think of anything else, so what do you guys think?</p>

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<p>i meant EA by stanford</p>

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<p>Great chances at all those places, Stanford and Cornell are never sure bets.</p>

<p>Nice ACT.</p>

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<p>Duke: Reach
Stanford (ED?): Mid reach (It’s single choice early action btw)
University of Michigan: In
UW - Madison: In
UNC Chapel Hill: Match-low reachish
UCLA: In
USC: In
University of Illinois: In
Cornell: Match
Berkeley: Low reach
Northwestern: Reach</p>

<p>Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford are all about mid reaches but they are definitely not impossible and you have a decent shot at all of them. UNC CH is extremely competitive for out of state applicants but you have a solid shot there. Same with Berkeley. I think you have a pretty good shot at cornell too, where the college of engineering is more stat driven, where you excell. But obviously, it can go either way there.</p>

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<p>Yes, I would apply Stanford EA and the rest regular. I know Northwestern, Duke, Stanford, Cornell, and Berkeley are probably rolls of the dice. I could probably get into one, right?</p>

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<p>Cornell is a bit easier to get into than NU, duke stanford, and berkeley. But maybe. Those are among the most competitive schools in the country. You have a decent shot to all. Meaning that you may get into a few of them, only 1, or denied by all, the last of which is very possible.</p>

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<p>You’ve got really good chances at every one of those schools. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into all of them.</p>