CMU, UPenn, UCLA, Berkley, Cornell, Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Back ground
-Asian Male
-Live in Canada
-competitive private school</p>

<p>GPA
Sophomore 3.8 Unweighted
Junior 3.5 unweighted 4 weighted</p>

<p>AP
/Junior
Calc AB
Physic B
Psychology
Human Geography
/Senior
Physic C
Chemistry
Calc BC
Computer Science
English Language</p>

<p>Standardized Test Score
ACT just did it expect to be 29
SAT II just did MATH II and Physics expect both to be 720, got 800 in mandarin with listening(orz)
SAT n/a</p>

<p>EC
Volunteer at local community centre, swimming pool and MP office
(About 150 hours)
4 years of Speech art competition
2 years of science competition
1 year of physics olympic
5 years of swim team
Leader of the school science club next year</p>

<p>Awards
1st, 2nd and 3rd place in different categories of speech competition
1st, 2nd and 3rd place as a team in the science competition </p>

<p>Interest
Computer Engineering
E&E
Computer Science</p>

<p>Summer programs
Taking credit computer science course
And engineering course at Cornell this summer</p>

<p>Chance me please</p>

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<p>With your GPA and ACT score (and not impressive EC’s), little to no chance. Sorry to be blunt, but I’m trying to help. Apply to less selective schools.</p>

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<p>@noel597‌
Thx, can you perhaps give some example of school I might be accepted to!?</p>

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<p>Now I’m not saying these are matches (some you will DEFINITELY get into, some may be reaches)… but
Ohio State University
UMass Amherst
Purdue
UC Davis
University of Washington
University of Maryland
University of Illinois</p>

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<p>UCLA would be worth a shot. Work on your standardized test scores. </p>

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<p>@noel597‌
Thank you for your suggestion
@BassGuitar‌
Will definitely try to get at least a 33 on the next ACT . I have a whole summer to do it after all</p>

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<p>I agree with BassGuitar!! </p>