<p>Please, what do you guys think my chances will be ofr the following schools:
Stanford (ED)
Columbia
Northwestern
Duke
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UCSB</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted), 4.54 (weighted)
Class Rank: 1/522 unweighted, 2/522 weighted
SATI: 2000 (690 Math, 670 Reading Comprehension, 640 Writing, 12 Essay)
ACT: Composite 31, Math 34, Reading 26, Science 31, English 31, Essay 12)
AP Bio 5, AP Calculus AB 4, AP US History 4</p>
<p>EC's:
Serbian Folk Dance, Captain
Varsity Tennis, Lettered 2 years
Science Olympiad, Co-captain 1 year
Church newspaper The Shephered (about 60 pages a month), Co-Editor and proofreader
Two summers in Reno for Teen Discovery program (helping disabled kids); Recreational Division Leader
Other small things like clubs and some positions in them</p>
<p>Awards
AP Scholar
2nd place Science olympiad Forensics medal
Super Scholar Award (Junior of the Year)
Math Department Award (Calculus student of the year)
English Department Award (English student of the year)</p>
<p>Essays are solid but nothing spectacular, i focus a lot on my culture and heritage</p>
<p>Bump that test score up by 100-200 and you will be very competitive everywhere except perhaps the top few Ivies. The test score is your weakest point. Your EC seems fine and your GPA is outstanding!</p>
<p>As of now:</p>
<p>Stanford: slight reach
Columbia: slight reach/match
Northwestern : match
Duke: match
UC Berkeley: match/ safe match (in state)
UCLA: match/safe match (in state)
UC San Diego: safety
UC Davis: super duper safety
UCSB: super duper safety</p>
<p>Sympathy is wrong, you are no match at duke and stanford is a reach. You still have decent chances but a 2000 will not necessarily hurt you, but it certainly wont help.</p>
<p>Duke isn't a match for anyone. Stanford and Columbia are more than a slight reach. I'd say Stanford a reach for 95% of candidates. I agree that Berkeley and Northwestern are matches. </p>
<p>awards like math department award and english department award that are given to students in your school alone dont shine on applications, no offense. the ones you want to include in your app are the ones that look like you really had to compete against some good people for.</p>
<p>none of those schools are matches, except for maybe UCLA, if you're in-state. if you're out of state, UCLA will be much tougher to get into. for a top-notch public like berkeley, and considering it's a UC, which look at applications very superficially by giving big consideration on transcripts and SAT scores, you're going to have to bump up that 2000. for berkeley, you'd be safer with a 2100.... ucsd and ucsb sound good, but if you're out of state-, you'll find a little more trouble. besides the UC's, all the schools are reaches. not because you're not a strong candidate, but mostly because they're reaches for any student. the fact that you have a 2000 only makes it closer to impossible for acceptance -- you've gotta bring it up to 2200+ for those big schools</p>
<p>Va/SA out of 522 people will boast his chances greatly.</p>
<p>Stanford: slight reach/reach
Columbia: slight reach/match
Northwestern : match
Duke: slight reach/match
UC Berkeley: match/ safe match (oos)
UCLA: match/safe match (oos)
UC San Diego: safety
UC Davis: super duper safety
UCSB: super duper safety</p>
<p>Stanford is a slight reach because he applied ED. I will give him around 20% chance</p>
<p>Columbia - while he is on the lower end of the SAT ladder, he is definately on the higher end with his perfect unweighted GPA. A 30-35% chance</p>
<p>Duke - I may be a bit too generous here but I would still say he has the same chance here as at Columbia</p>
<p>Northwestern - Northwestern is easier to get into than the colleges with similar rankings. NW places great importance on your rank and this is definately a match. 55-60% chance.</p>
<p>Since he is out of state - Cal is a match along with UCLA. Rest are safeties</p>
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<p>Cal places great importance on GPA. Even if he is out of state he is a match. His SAT is only slightly below par and his EC is adequate</p>