Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?</p>

<p>Dramatics aside I'd like your assessments so I can base the course of my life off of your words. Namaste. </p>

<p>Stat/HS: California. From a competitive AZN school.
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.35ish weighted
SAT1: 780 math, 790 CR, 730 writing (***)
SAT2: 790 math II, 780 physics, 780 english literature
AP: Calc bc (5), physics C (5), english language (5), us history (5), biology (3), a few others that I am taking next year.<br>
Race/background: Parents are immigrants from Kazakhstan. I'm a minority but not the type of minority America cares about. </p>

<p>ECS:
President of chess club/physics/classics clubs and some other insignificant stuff
physics team placed 1st in a regional physics competition
placed 3rd out of 1300 applicants overall, 1st in comparative literature category in a national essay writing competition in the humanities, won a nice scholarship
1000+ volunteer hours at various places (retirement home, middle school)
summer research at Caltech at a physics lab
second chair violin in orchestra
varsity tennis</p>

<p>Awards/honors:
Ranked 3rd in class, National merit, a lot of academic stuff that nobody cares about.
8/10 face, 5/10 body.</p>

<p>Applying to: HYPSM (LOL), Caltech (lol), Amherst, Columbia, Swarthmore, Rice, Tufts, Upenn. Berkeley and UCLA are my "safeties". </p>

<p>Prospective major: Undeclared. Perhaps I will apply everywhere as an English major to improve my chances, however marginally.</p>

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<p>That competition I entered I won a 10,000$ scholarship. I won first in my category (first in english literature) and 3rd overall. I entered the same paper in a few other less prestigious competitions and won extremely high places (a few firsts) but didn’t receive money. </p>

<p>Also I’m a first generation college student from a low income family.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a decent shot… Being first generation will definitely help. (= And the fact that your scores are so high, yet you’re low income, says alot… Good luck! :smiley: Go ED at your top choice for an extra edge (=</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>HYPSM are unlikely for everyone without a hook, even with your stats. I agree that a good strategy would be to apply somewhere ED. You’d have a great shot at Penn, Amherst, Swat, Rice and Tufts ED. I would also put one mid tier UC on the list, there were crazy rejections of very high stats kids at Cal and LA this yer.</p>