Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Didnt think i would do this but here it goes:</p>

<p>Rising Senior
Male
South Asian
15 (idk if that makes a difference)
Competitive Public HS: Sends 3-4 students to top schools
Rank: 15/500
W GPA: 5.0725
UW GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Courses/ Grades:
Theyre gonna be really bad at first</p>

<p>MS:
Alg 1: 83 (my worst grade ever)
Spanish 1: 95/97 Avg: 96
Keyboarding Requirement: 98</p>

<p>Fr:
Eng 1 Pre-AP: 90/90 Avg: 90
Geometry Pre-AP: 84/88 Avg: 86
Biology Pre-AP: 89/87 Avg: 88
World Geography Pre-AP: 93/95 Avg: 94
Health Requirement: 94
PE Requirement: 100
Spanish 2: 88/87 Avg: 88</p>

<p>Soph:
English 2 Pre-AP: 87/97 Avg: 92
Algebra 2 Pre-AP: 95/86 Avg: 91
Chemistry Pre-AP: 92/95 Avg: 94
AP World History: 92/94 Avg: 93
Spanish 3 Pre-AP: 92/97 Avg: 95
Computer Sci Pre-AP: 90/90 Avg: 90</p>

<p>Junior:
AP English Lan: 97/100 Avg: 99
Speech Requirement: 100
Art Requirement: 100/100 Avg: 100
Precalc Pre-AP: 95/97 Avg: 96
Physics Pre-AP: 98/99 Avg: 99
APUSH: 100/100 Avg: 100
AP Spanish Lan: 95/95 Avg: 95</p>

<p>Senior:
Prob same as junior yr grades
AP Physics B
AP Biology
AP Computer Science
AP Calc BC
AP English Lit
AP Stat
Tennis Varsity</p>

<p>CC:
US GOVT 4.0
TX GOVT 4.0
Macro Economics 4.0</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>AP:
English Lan: 4
WH: 4
USH: 4
US GOVT: 4</p>

<p>SAT Retaking
CR-690 ( Hoping for 700+)
M-700 ( Have gotten 800 in practice test multiple times)
Total CR/M: 1390 (1500)
W-630 ( Hoping for 650+)
Total- 2020 (2150+)</p>

<p>SAT II: Havent taken any yet
Practice:
USH: 750+
Math II: 800
Physics: 700+</p>

<p>ECs: Pretty Weak
Environment Club 9, 10- sponsor shut it down/ joined w/ key club.
Key Club 11,12 -40+ hrs volunteering. prob have another 40 by end of senior yr.
Science Olympiad 10,11-Treasurer,12- Hopefully VP- Went to state each yr. Have 2 medals. Hoping for more medals this yr.
Mu Alpha Theta:10,11,12-Some Officer- Tutor students in math 15 hrs
NHS 11,12 - Volunteered about 20+ hrs
Relay for Life- All night and extra 10 hrs fundraising
Tennis - Senior yr only
Help Wheel Chair Tennis in Summer- 20 hrs
Help Art Classes 20+ hrs</p>

<p>Awards
School Awards: Only 4-5 students per grade
Spanish
English
Precalc
APUSH
WGeography</p>

<p>TAME Math/Science Competition:
2nd Statewide in Geometry
1st Statewide in Team Competition</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Reading Economist/ Other News
Tennis
Gym
Basketball</p>

<p>Will get really good recs from APUSH, English, Precal teachers.
Grades were really bad first few yrs but hopefully junior and senior yr can offset some of the Bs. Weak ECs cuz i didnt get serious about school until it was a little to late. </p>

<p>Schools: Most are reaches cuz im content w/ state school
Washington University St. Louis
U of Chicago
Rice
John Hopkins
University of Texas-Austin Plan II/Engineering Honors
Northwestern</p>

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<p>bump. plz ne one</p>

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<p>Your school seems to have extreme grade inflation. I dunno about your chances anywhere and please let us know how your weighted GPA is above a 5. If you are getting more points for AP recalculate on a 5 point scale. Jesus, if kids ever had grades like that at my school. The thought of grades that high is just ridiculous. Especially in AP classes!!?? My god. If you are a genius and soon to become one of this generations greatest young minds, I apologize for what I have said lol. Hopefully geniuses of the future don’t get 2020’s on their SAT’s. It really disturbs me that there is such a great disparity in grading between high schools. Your grades are simply impossible in my school and most others that I know of. Sorry if I am coming off as a rude punk. It just amazes me how kids get it so easy outside of where I live.</p>

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<p>Here’s the thing: You got a perfect score in AP US History but a 4 on the exam. A 4 isn’t bad, but it’s really not what a perfect grade in a class should be producing. This would, in my opinion, explain the disparity between your impressive GPA and your less-impressive test scores.</p>

<p>You don’t need a perfect GPA to get into a top school, so calm down about the one 83 on your record. That said UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and maybe the UT program are reaches.</p>

<p>WashU I think you’ll get if you show interest because you’re not quite outstanding enough for them to question whether or not you’d attend. And I think you’ve got a great shot at Rice.</p>

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<p>If my school had extreme grade inflation then i would have had nothing less than those grades for both my fresh and sophmore years. The truth is i work really hard to get those grades, they are like the highest grades ne one can get at my school.I just seemed to like US history thats why i spent about 3-4 hrs on it every night. Our class was basically all tests and i can memorize stuff for tests pretty well. I am a pretty lazy person when it comes to studying for AP/SAT tests. Oh yea and my GPA is on a 6.0 scale for Pre-AP/AP so it isnt really that high, sorry i didnt state that before. The highest GPA in our class is around a 5.6 so mine is nothing compared to that. And my test scores r being worked on and i have done practices in which i have gotten above 2150 (That number just didnt come out of nowhere).thanks for ur replies.</p>

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<p>Sorry GPA is actually on a 5.0 scale but AP/Pre-AP is weighted as 6.0.</p>

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<p>If your screename is “engineering?” I don’t think you’ll enjoy Chicago’s nonexistent engineering department.</p>

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<p>bump again.</p>

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<p>last bump. please.</p>