Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Year: Junior</p>

<p>Race/Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>School Type: Public</p>

<p>GPA: 99 (unweighted) 104 (weighted)</p>

<p>Rank: School doesn't rank, in top 1% though</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT: 2250 Math: 790, CR: 750, Writing: 710
SAT IIs: Biology: 780, Chemistry: 800, will take Physics and Math II later this year
AP: Computer Science: 5, Biology: 5, will take US, Calculus BC, and Physics
IB: Will take Computer Science SL, Spanish SL, US History HL, Physics HL, Math HL, English HL</p>

<p>Class Rigor:
Full IB Diploma Programme
All Honors Classes Freshman Year
All Honors Classes Sophomore Year + 1 AP Class
6 IB Classes in Junior Year
5 IB Classes planned for senior year
Junior year class rigor: the hardest classes available to juniors at our school- IB Theory of Knowledge, IB English 1, IB History of the Americas I, IB Math HL, IB Physics SL, IB Computer Science SL, Spanish 1 SL
Senior Year Classes: Same classes without Computer Science and with IB Physics HL</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Math Team:
9th Grade: Team got 1st in county, 4th place in county-wide competition
10th Grade: Team got 1st in county, competed at ARML, NYSML (team got 1st), AIME, 1st place in county-wide competition
11th Grade: Team probably will get 1st in county, team captain, same competitions
12th Grade: Will probably be the same
Quiz Bowl: Currently Team Captain, appeared on television on "The Challenge", won first round, will be the same in senior year
Research: Did separate research projects at school in 9/10, won various awards at smaller science fairs, but worked in a chemistry lab this past summer and is a Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Worked in a Chemistry Lab this past summer</p>

<p>Sports:
Tennis - on the school team (we're very good), our team was 1st in our county last year</p>

<p>Community Service:-
Tennis: Organized a free tennis clinic for the community, helped be a ball boy at a wheelchair tennis tournament
Tutor: Math tutor about 1 hr a week</p>

<p>Recommendations: Not sure yet</p>

<p>Honors:
Probably will be a National Merit Semifinalist (221 PSAT)
Honor Roll Student [9, 10, 11]
Siemens Regional Semifinalist</p>

<p>Majors:
Computer Science
Math
Physics maybe?</p>

<p>List of Schools: (without safties)
1st choice: Stanford University (will probably apply EA)
2nd choice: MIT
(in no particular order)
Dartmouth
Columbia
Cornell
UPenn
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Johns Hopkins (dad went there)
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Essays: not sure yet</p>

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<p>It’s a bit late to apply to Stanford EA. ;)</p>

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<p>I’m a junior.</p>

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<p>Oh, my mistake.</p>

<p>Well, you’re certainly a well qualified junior.</p>

<p>It may be worth retaking the SAT in order to break 2300, as you still have quite some time before you apply. The writing section is considered by many (as well as myself) the easiest to ‘perfect.’ </p>

<p>Otherwise I’d look towards more community service activities in the coming months, as well as develop a “unique” passion that you can describe on a few of your apps. Other than that, you’re set.</p>

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<p>Stanford University - reach
MIT - reach
Dartmouth - match
Columbia - match
Cornell - match
UPenn - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Yale - reach
Johns Hopkins - match
Carnegie Mellon - match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841375-bombing-senior-year-will-chance-back-quickly.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841375-bombing-senior-year-will-chance-back-quickly.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How can you have a 99 UW average?</p>

<p>1st choice: Stanford University (will probably apply EA) - Reach
2nd choice: MIT - Reach
(in no particular order)
Dartmouth - Reach
Columbia - Reach
Cornell - Match
UPenn - Reach
Harvard - Reach
Princeton - Reach
Yale - Reach
Johns Hopkins - Match
Carnegie Mellon - Match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840709-start-new-year-right-chance-me-ill-chance-back-i-swear.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840709-start-new-year-right-chance-me-ill-chance-back-i-swear.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How do I edit posts? There were a few things that I left out.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>bump again</p>

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<p>HYPSM-Reach
JHU-In
Others-Match</p>