CMU, UPenn, UC Berkeley Chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My parents think I can get into any school I want, but in comparison to the amazing students on CC, I'm not so sure! I'd really love to know what everyone else thinks. </p>

<p>I am rising junior in a great high school from Minnesota. I'd like to study anything business related, especially finance or accounting. On the other hand, I would be interested in studying mathematics or economics. </p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.96
W GPA: 4.11
W Class Rank: 10/296 (~top 3-4%)</p>

<p>ACT: composite: 30 (31 E, 32 M, 30 R, 25 S)
I took this once without any prep whatsoever at the end of my sophomore year. I've been practicing a little bit the reading and science sections and I've been averaging a 33 R and 31 S! :) </p>

<p>Course Load: I've been enrolled in the most rigorous classes available. The only AP offered to underclassmen was AP US History (4).</p>

<p>-Junior Year
AP Language
AP Literature
AP US Government
AP Statistics
Pre-Calculus (required and advanced)
French III
Intro to Business/Sales and Marketing</p>

<p>-Prospective Senior Year
AP Human Geography
AP Art History
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
French IV
Accounting
(unknown other class)</p>

<p>EC's: (I will try to just list the major ones)</p>

<p>-Peer Tutoring (av. 2 students/wk)
-Project 4 Teens Leader (one of 3 males selected to talk about abstinance from sex and drugs to students in 6-8th grade)
-Link Crew Commissioner (one of 4 in grade who lead over 60 students who organize freshman orientation)
-Scarlet Ambassadors Director of Community Affairs (turned an organization primarily about being the face of the school while meeting with prospective students and parents to a group who is active in the community)
-Mission Trips to needy areas (Benton Harbor, MI and Pine Ridge, SD)
-Junior Varsity Alpine Ski Team
-Varsity Tennis
-USTA Summer Team Tennis 6th in State
-USTA Winter Team Tennis
-Varsity Speech
-DECA Vice President and State Participant
-Key Club President
-Student Council Vice President
-Youth Conference on State Issues Presiding Officer (a Youth in Government activity)
-French Honor Society Founder and President
-Organized a community service trip of about 40+ students to -Chicago through STLF.net (Check it out! Great organization)
-Red Cross Disaster Relief Member
-Business Camp CFO
-Job at semi-trailer sales business
-Job at a local Culver's</p>

<p>Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>I really appreciate everyone for reading this! Please let me know if there are any schools besides these that might be a good (or better) match for me! I would definitely be interested in applying ED or EA. </p>

<p>-UPenn (top choice)
-Carnegie Mellon
-UC Berkeley
-UChicago
-Cornell</p>

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<p>I will chance back!!</p>

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<p>You seem like a strong candidate for U Penn if you get a 31+ on your ACT which it sounds like you are capable of doing. For the other schools I’d say your well lined up to get into them with maybe a slight reach for U of Chicago compared to the rest. Your EC’s are very impressive!</p>

<p>Sent from my Thunderbolt using CC App</p>

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<p>Thanks, Eric!</p>

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<p>Raise your ACT, and you are in line for solid chances across the board. ECs are great just the academics are weaker for a school like UPenn. If Penn is your top choice, go ED because Penn offers a significant advantage for ED applicants - an edge you might need.</p>

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<p>So far, I think I would apply ED to UPenn. Would hiring an ACT tutor for around $100/mo be a good idea, or would this be a waste of money?</p>

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<p>I mean, it depends on your financial situation (i.e. if you’re loaded, it may not be a deal), but if you’re a self motivated dude the effect of hiring someone versus doing it yourself with some books will be negligible. If you aren’t self-motivated and you are loaded, maybe it’s something to think about? </p>

<p>I’m in the unfortunate position of being fantastically unmotivated in the matters of standardized testing preparation and also being really freaking poor, so I’m not in a position to make a more specific comment ;)</p>

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<p>UPenn: Good shot if you apply ED, and to the College as opposed to Wharton. You’d still have a shot at Wharton, but then you’d have to be in the 33 range of the ACTs.
I think you’ll get in the others.
Chance back if you get a shot. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1201569-chances-senior-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1201569-chances-senior-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@fdeb35 Thanks, I know it’s a pretty silly question, because it’s different for everybody. I would consider myself very average and middle-class, so it’s definitely debatable. </p>

<p>@dantheman1018 I know I’d have to raise my ACT for Wharton, but thank you for your input! I feel quite confident that my ACT will improve over the next few times. Like said before, I didn’t prep and it was my first time! :)</p>

<p>Chance for more specific for future posters:
-UPenn, Wharton (top choice)
-Carnegie Mellon, Tepper
-UC Berkeley, Haas
-UChicago, The College for Econ
-Cornell, School of Hotel Admin.
-Georgetown, McDonough
-WUSTL, Olin</p>

<p>Thank you everyone!</p>

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<p>Bump! I’d still like more input!</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a decent shot at all of those schools. If you raise your ACT another point or two you’ll be golden. Plus, UWSTL super scores the ACT which helps immensely.</p>

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<p>Great! I’m from a Minnesotan town of about 50,000. Is this going to help me at all compares to someone from a west or east coast feeder school?</p>

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<p>Possibly, that is if you are a top student in your region. Most schools seem to have “quotas” on particular regions, typically taking the best from the designated areas.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char!</p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me!
You seem to be on a pretty good path to getting into those schools. You’re ecs are nice, just make sure you continue to do well to maintain that gpa and rank. Also brown nose your teachers junior year so you get good recs :o</p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me. It’s a little shaky with that 30 act for the schools u mentioned. A 33-34 act at least will get u far.
Reach for Cornell, wustl, chicago, should get acceptances on the others.
ECs look good.</p>

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<p>You’re definitely on the right track. Do well on your standardized tests, and you should be accepted ED to UPenn (pretty high acceptance rate for an Ivy).</p>

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<p>Anyone else have thoughts/advice?</p>

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<p>Your ecs are definitely good, but I would really work on getting that ACT a little higher. If you could pull it up to 33 and apply ED to penn, that would be great, it would be a surefire target. Otherwise you might just want to try the SAT if it’s not too late, I just happened to like it a lot more. Still for some of these colleges, it really helps a lot to have a clear passion for doing something rather than just leading a lot, so if you can get that across in your essays that would be great also. based on the assumption you get a 33:
cornell - high target
uchicago - low reach
upenn ED - target
wustl - low reach (they have extremely weird admissions)
georgetown - target
berkeley, you’re out of state so i’m not too sure how hard admissions are
carnegie mellon - target</p>

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<p>Thanks, tennisboi! Within the next two years, I am going to spend a large portion of my time with DECA and at an internship at a large accounting firm. Would this be a good topic for essays?</p>