chances; will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Verbal: 740</li>
<li>SAT Math: 720</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 710</li>
<li>SAT Total: 2170</li>
<li>SAT II: 790 US/ 780 BioM </li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: AP world: 5; AP Bio and US: Score unknown</li>
<li>GPA weighted: 4.25 (cumulative)</li>
<li>GPA unweighted:3.99 (cumulative)</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: 9/ 268</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays:WIP</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: similar</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Doing research at Penn this summer. Father is Vice Chair (contending for chair) of Ophthalmology and Residency director with the Upenn Medical system</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Phila suburb</li>
<li>School Type: Private Catholic, very competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Income: 250k+ a year (parents are physicians)</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: no</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: JV tennis team 9 and 10. Varsity 11 and 12. League champs 9 and 11. 10+ hours a week in season. 3-5 offseason. Band: play electric and double bass. school's band program is first or second best in county. have rock band with friends that gigs twice a monthish. just fun. 2 lessons/week. Involved in competition bands. Play at school liturgies and weddings. music involvement is around 18 hours a week in school. Summer 9- chilled out. did some various camps. went on vacation. Summer 10 - Volunteered as teacher at middle school jazz camp. Worked 25+ hours/week at a local toy store. Quit for school. summer 11- jazz camp again. Penn research. West side story pit orchestra at local theatre. like sentence fragments. also, two forms of service in the school year, helping out a retirement/assisted living home and tutoring inner city kids. founding member of engineering club that worked with the administration to help cut energy costs. misc other clubs (italian club etc) </li>
</ul>

<p>Freshman year
health - A
computers- A
bio 9 honors A
honors alg 1 A
english A
religion A
freshman Band A
World civ 1 A
French 1 A</p>

<p>Soph
AP world A
honors al 2 A-
honors Chem 10 A
english A
religion A<br>
advanced band A
french 2 A
(did string ensemble after school with leader because of sched conf)</p>

<p>Junior year
AP bio A
religion A
Honors geometry and precalc (half year each) A
english 3 (should've taken ap - sched conflict) A
honors adv band A+ (idk why)
AP ush A-
honors physics A
French 3 A
(strings after school - see above)</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
AP chem
AP english
AP calc AB
honors band
jazz band
psychology
2 religions (ugh) </p>

<p>Colleges
Upenn
haverford
lehigh (considering 7year bs/md prog)
columbia (mother went there)
Villanova
Lafayette
Amherst
BC
princeton and harvard (just for the hell of it)</p>

<p>sorry this was so long. im open to any questions and please be as frank as possible</p>

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<p>you’re well off dude, well rounded, just need a couple of leadership positions and you’re in to most.</p>

<p>Upenn - reach
haverford - match
lehigh - match
columbia - high match, low reach (legacy helps)
villanova - in
lafayette - match
amherst - match
BC - match
princeton and harvard - high reach</p>

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<p>Why is your UW GPA 3.99 even though you’ve gotten all A’s?</p>

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<p>because of the A-. killed me</p>

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<p>Woah that’s weird… our school counts A-'s as still As. Good thing, too, since I got like 3 A-s lol</p>

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<p>er
last thing: will take AP music theory test next year. didnt register for the test in time this year. will not take the actual class.</p>

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<p>Upenn - Reach
Haverford - Low Reach
Lehigh - Low Match
BC - Match
Nova - Low Match
Lafayette - Safety
Princeton - Reach
Harvard - Reach
Amherst - Mid Reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/730207-i-will-study-get-ready-perhaps-my-chance-will-come-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/730207-i-will-study-get-ready-perhaps-my-chance-will-come-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You forgot to tell us one of the most important things: What are your academic and/or career interests? :)</p>

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<p>I think you’re really well off overall. Great sats and Gpa. </p>

<p>Upenn - small reach
haverford - match
lehigh (considering 7year bs/md prog) - low match
columbia - small reach
Villanova - safety
Lafayette - safety
Amherst - high match or low reach
BC - solid match, maybe a low match/
princeton and harvard - no, probably not. Like 10 % chance at each, still apply though, you never know. </p>

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<p>ah yes. indeed. i did forget that
career goal is probably (almost certainly) medicine
possibly pharmacy
in vague terms, science-ish
EC’s dont reflect my career goals because music is moreso my release and not my career move. i play tennis for the love of the sport. but i love the sciences and music is just not a sustainable lifestyle</p>

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<p>Upenn - match (father’s position + philly suburb = 2 great hooks)
haverford - match
lehigh (considering 7year bs/md prog) - match
columbia - low reach
Villanova - in
Lafayette - safety
Amherst - low reach
BC - low match
princeton and harvard - high reach</p>

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<p>Upenn - low reach
Haverford - match
Lehigh - in
BC - in
Nova - match
Lafayette - def in
Princeton - high reach
Harvard - high reach
Amherst - low reach</p>

<p>you have a good overall grade and SAT but its not excellent so you have your chances but I won’t say that you will be a match for the high level colleges</p>

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<p>Upenn- reach
haverford- match
lehigh- match
columbia- reach
Villanova- match
Lafayette- in
Amherst- low reach
BC- match
princeton and harvard- reach; as good of a chance as any of us :)</p>

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