Changes for HARVARD, UPenn, MIT, JOHNS HOP...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Do you guys think I have a fair shot? Schools:
Harvard
Upenn
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
Wash U
MIT
Dartmouth
Duke
Northwestern
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>*and yes, I do have back-up schools and I'm not applying to all of these.</p>

<p>Sorry for all the vagueness; I want to stay anonymous</p>

<p>32 ACT, 34 superscored (I know they don't superscore, but many look at highest subsections)
800 math 2, 750+ on a science SAT II</p>

<p>3.9 GPA unweighted , private school</p>

<p>More than the most rigorous class schedule (4.5 years of english, math up to Calculus 3 and AP stats, 3.5 years of humanities (school plans for everyone to get 3, I doubled up...), 5 years of science, 3 years of span (up to span 4, only thing that I didn't do 12th grade))</p>

<p>ECS:
Entered Siemens competition (math project... not many of them accepted :/), giving presentation at a section math conference, submitting paper to journal.</p>

<p>More than 100 hours of volunteer hours per year. Elementary school Engineering tutor, tutor of the state finalist (x2) for the engineering competition.... translated popular educational videos over internet to spanish (100 hours+, maybe it will make up 3 years of spanish...?).... and some other things.</p>

<p>Competing in a college engineering competition as the only qualifying high school team</p>

<p>Leadership in 3 major teams (no sports due to required after school commitment) the teams are national forensic league teams and math league, leadership in NHS</p>

<p>A lot of tutor experience and soccer referee</p>

<p>Sorry it is so general. I also only want to include things that may affect decisions.</p>

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<p>I will chance back if you give a thoughtful response.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>U have a low ACT for some of those schools, but your class rigor seems to make up for it. You do have some good EC’s that will separate you from other applicants, but I don’t see any dedication to school clubs and sports. I would say:
Harvard - High Reach
Upenn - Low Reach
Stanford - High Reach
Wash U - In
MIT - High Reach
Dartmouth - Low Reach
Duke - In
Northwestern - Low Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon - don’t know much about this school
Johns Hopkins - Low Reach</p>

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<p>Ok thanks! Post a thread if you want me to chance you back. I do have a lot of dedication shown in the National Forensic League ECs and I will probably write my personal statement about these because I have a story that goes along with it.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>are you a senior who has applied already? just trying to get some perspective. but you are quantifiably qualified, meaning your application will now be debated holistically…along with thousands of others who also made the cut.</p>

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<p>I haven’t applied to any of these schools yet and I am a senior. I applied rolling/EA to University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and University of Minnesota if you are curious.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I would say ivies are reaches, but idk really</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>It doesn’t hurt to apply</p>

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<p>It costs money that sometimes isn’t readily available when you have two parents who are looking for jobs.</p>

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<p>how far did you get in Siemen’s? A regional finalist is completely different from a national semi/finalist.
and by submitting a paper to a journal, do you mean a science research paper? and what journal?</p>

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<p>Just participant. I have a feeling this is partly due to the fact I did a mathematics project and much of the siemens entry outline is clearly written for science projects. I also did it in 1 month, which is semi-impressive we could learn LaTeX and get everything done.</p>

<p>It is a undergraduate mathematics journal, but the specific journal isn’t too relevant since we won’t know if it will be published by then.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Is it worth mentioning being a Siemens participant?</p>

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<p>Uhhh yes? You write an 18 page paper… Is it worth saying you played soccer if you lost every game?</p>

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<p>You really do go above and beyond in terms of your coursework. I’m guessing you’re applying as an engineering major? If you are, then your EC’s are very strong and consistent. Your GPA and standardized scores are very strong.
You are an extremely qualified candidate for these schools. As long as your personal statement is excellent…then you shouldn’t have a problem getting into a good handful of these schools.
Chance back please.
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<p>Thank you… chancing back now.</p>