Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Washington U St Louis
GA Tech
Northwestern
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Emory
Cornell
*I still have not decided which college I really want to go to. Being at a very competetive high school, this list is based pretty much solely off what other people have said. If any of you have suggestions, feel free to tell me!</p>

<p>Asian male <- may affect my chances at some schools, particularly Ivy
PSAT: 226<- don't remember the specifics, but I know I received an 80 on math. I think this probably qualifies for NMS semi finalist.
SAT I: Reading: 750 Writing: 780 Math: 760
SAT IIs: 800- Math IIC 800- US History 770-Chemistry</p>

<p>GPA: 98 weighted average- school doesn't do GPA
Rank: 18 (my school is very competetive, about 10 people in the top 30 have 98 GPA's)</p>

<p>AP Exam scores: 5- World History 5- US history 5- BC Calculus 5- Chemistry 4- English Language</p>

<p>Schedule Senior Year: AP physics, AP econ, AP english literature, Calculus 3 at Georgia Tech, basic art</p>

<p>Extra curricular: Debater for four years (went to debate camp for at least 4 weeks for 3 summers, 1 2 week camp before high school), doing research for debate, teaching/coaching novice debaters, National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society.</p>

<p>Special awards: accepted into Zag scholars (subsidized debate program, rejects 80 percent of applicants)
won Wake Forest JV debate tournament and received 10th speaker
Did pretty well at a lot of debate tournaments, too lazy to figure it all out
Some state award for top 5 percent of class, forgot what it's called</p>

<p>Community service: About 20 hours at the library, judging at debate tournaments, ushering at graduation</p>

<p>Other stuff to keep in mind: I'm pretty cool with everything, even if I don't get into a Really Good College I can still work hard and get into a good graduate school. I don't know what I want to do in life, I'm into math and science but I'm also into rhetoric, philosophy, and other liberal artsy stuff(hence, debate). I heard the medical profession is a very stable and good job (although it takes a lot of schooling). I feel like I have a harder task, because I have to break the Asian Male Stereotype without putting down my own race. I know someone who received 5's on pretty much every AP exam, is ranked number 5, and received almost perfect SAT/PSAT scores but she still got rejected from almost all colleges she applied to. I know another Asian who achieved similar results and was an excellent debater (he won many national championships and even received a recommendation from Harvard's coach) that got rejected from Harvard and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>wow.....how do you prepare for SAT any tips?</p>

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<p>Here are some tips:</p>

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<li><p>Practice- Being Asian, I was force fed a ton of SAT courses, practice exams, and words to memorize ever since middle school. But none of these actually helped me as much as the dedicated practice I did by myself. By doing practice tests, you not only get the hang of the test, you learn why you made the mistakes and what you can do next time so you don't make the same mistakes. A good source of practice the official SAT guide released by the college board which you can find pretty much anywhere.</p></li>
<li><p>Divide and Conquer- The SAT is intimidating when viewed as a whole, but if you break it down to its three sections and learn to master each, you will be fine. I'm naturally talented at math, so I didn't study for that section- I'm sure you can find help on the math section if it's the section that is troubling you anywhere. I had to focus on reading and writing. At first, I was intimidated by the SAT so I did horribly especially on the verbal section, I could barely comprehend the passages. But because my classes required a lot of advanced reading, I got used to them. I think one of the things that helped me the most was Rocket Review: The Ultimate Guide to the New SAT. As long as being a really good SAT prep book with a good source of vocabulary words, it also gives you sweet tips for the various types of problems on the reading and writing section (half of the questions on the grammar portion rely on 5 simple rules)</p></li>
<li><p>Take it in steps- The philosophy of incrementalism states that radical change is impossible without small steps, meaning to reform a system you must work within it. When applied to the SAT, it means the same thing- small steps are key- you won't become an SAT master overnight. Do the math- if you take a practice exam once, figure out your mistakes, take it again and get 10 points higher, and repeat it once a week (in my case once a day, I'm a procrastinator) you can make huge gains. From the SAT I took in 7th grade, I think my SAT grade rose at least 500 points.</p></li>
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<p>Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent chance of getting into all of those schools. :)</p>

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<p>lollybo:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB: Safe Match</p>

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<p>I believe all those schools for you are either matches or slight reaches.
Except UC Berkeley unless u r instate.</p>

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<p>o btw r u applying for engineering?</p>

<p>cuz i suggest Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (only 80 students (~15%) get in, but if u do, its free, and comparable to MIT)</p>

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<p>One of the coolest kids I know wants to go to Olin. Thanks for the heads up. Small classes are good.</p>

<p>BTW some of the people here have AMAZING stats (amazing SAT scores, fundraising a crapload, and a laundry list of EC activities) and still get rejected from good schools 0_0</p>

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<p>Alex Jones recommends Olin.
lollybo: do I know you?</p>

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<p>Holy crap, it is alex jones! how did you find me!</p>

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<p>UPDATE: would someone tell me my chances at Duke? I recently found out im a NMSQT semifinalist</p>