CHICAGO EA! chance me plz?

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<p>Asian Male ~ Public HS in New Jersey ranked #20th in state</p>

<p>**GPA: 4.14/4.33 <a href="school%20don't%20rank%20but%20i%20think%20i'm%20in%20%5BB%5D10%%5B/B%5D">/B</a> approx 500 kids
I was top 1% of class for both freshman/sophomore and b/c i jacked up my junior course loads (i was retarded) i ended up with straight B+s and 2 Bs junior year (i think this might hurt a bit)</p>

<p>SATs: June 2007. Math 750, CR 630, WR 790 = 2170 (i'm DEFINTELY gonna retake in Oct and possibly Nov. again (which is in time for ED) and bring up the CR and hopefully hit 2300+..i dunno wut happened there (got 700 on Psat tho?)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math lvl II 800, Biology M 750 (AP BIO 5) (AP EURO 4)</p>

<p>I'm pretty big on ECs...</p>

<p>1) XC/Winter + Spring Track: every season for all 3 years so far (Varsity)...NJ State Shore Coaches X.C. Invitational 2006 BOYS JV A 24th place, 1600m (sophomore) PR was 4:53.1...my running career took an unfortunate turn right after xc junior year (misaligned ligament in ankle)...but this XC coming up, we hope to get into top 10 in State. (last year we were 19th). I will get a lil supplement letter from coach but i'm not good enough for recruitment for Division I schools, but will prolly be good enough to run DIII...but would my times help me get into U Chicago? i dunno if D III works like this..</p>

<p>2) Table Tennis :: Current NJ State Ranking for 17 year olds: 7th place / 95th in country...(the thing is that i stopped competing after 2005 cuz i had track...)</p>

<p>Stiga Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: June 25-26, 2005 Under 1550 Finalist
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1400 Champion
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1700 Finalist
2005 New Jersey State Table Tennis Championships: April 16-17, 2005 2nd place Junior Under 18 Doubles</p>

<p>i really wanna play intramural in college since i won't be running...so i hope this help....Uchicago is in the NCTTA i believe</p>

<p>**3) Piano<a href="another%20asian%20activity...">/B</a>played for about 8 years (quit that as well after i joined track...track was my big committment.)</p>

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<p>...dunno how much exactly this will help cuz i stopped...but i'll be sending in a recording supplement CD of 5 songs tho (just to show i actually DO play and am pretty good lol)</p>

<p>4) EURO CHALLENGE...my team competed at the NYC federal reserve bank in 2006 (sophomore) and came in THIRD ($3750...we each got $750)
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5) FED challenge<a href="did%20that%20junior%20year%20only%20i%20was%20on%20non%20comp.%20team%20so%20that's%20so%20much%20really...but%20will%20be%20on%20competitive%20team%20this%20year">/B</a></p>

<p>6) Got accepted into the **NJ Governor's School for International Studies **2007...=)...think this really would helpl...</p>

<p>whole bunch of lil awards like...
*National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude
*French Honor Society
*PSAT..will get Letter of Commendation (213)
*National Honor Society lol</p>

<p>....yea....that's all i have....i think wut hurt me most is my junior year grades...hopefully i'll bring up the CR to 750ish...i just dont know how much tt and piano is gonna help me cuz i kinda stopped after sophomore year....so i hope the tape will help....</p>

<p>Teacher Recs will be VERY GOOD...
hope my essay will be allright.....</p>

<p>APs Taken in HS:</p>

<p>EURO HISTORY
US HISTORY
AB Calculus
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
LANGUAGE
LATIN VERGIL</p>

<p>1) UPenn (ED) or Columbia (maybe ED) / U CHICAGO EA
2) NYU CAS Honors Program? (cuz my dad works there...aka...free ride)
3) Duke
then in no particular order::</p>

<p>JHU
WUSTL
Georgetown
University of Rochester (Honors)
Rutgers (Honors program)
Tufts</p>

<p>PLLLLLLLLZ be honest...THANKS for the time (i realized that this is a long post...)</p>

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<p>If it weren't for the athletics I think that that applying RD to Chicago might be better. Your junior year grades are not going to help with admissions to Chicago or most of the schools on your list. Your first semester senior grades would show that you have turned that trend around. Using track as an excuse for your grades is not going to fly.</p>

<p>I think that you should talk to the coaches at the schools on your list. At DIII schools, athletics doesn't always offer offer a huge bump, but it may help to mitigate your junior year grades. I am not familiar with dealing with coaches and such - but I do know that you need to start a conversation early on so as to get useful feedback. </p>

<p>Also, please be aware that over half of the schools on your list are REALLY HARD. If you want to play the athletic card, they will want to feel confident that you can manage sports and academics - again, the junior year grades come into play - especially with Columbia and JHS.</p>

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<p>yea track WAS the reason why my grades dropped i think...junior year was a key year for me cuz i really wanted to get recruited by a D1 school...and when that fell apart...i kinda lost everything...(college essay might be on that. will that be a good idea? will colleges just c that as like me trying to make an excuse?) i think this year, my team will get into top 10 in state...if we lucky...we MIGHT qualify for nike team nationals (HOPING!)...but thanks very much for ur input!</p>

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<p>Not to be mean but if your trying to qualify for nike team nationals then your team shouldnt have a problem winning states let alone getting top 10</p>

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<p>Four of the schools that you've listed (Rochester, NYU, WashU and Chicago) are in the UAA. The others are Emory, Case Western, Brandeis, and Carnegie Mellon. If you haven't considered them already, you may want to give them a look.</p>

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<p>hellohi1, see the thing with nike team nationals is NOT all the teams in the state even do that (shhhhh....)....SO...out of the teams that do try out for it.....we might stand a good chance...(fingers crossed...)</p>