College chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>sex: male </p>

<p>Standardized tests: </p>

<p>ACT- 30 english, 30 reading, 34 math, 33 science, 32 composite, 12 on the writing</p>

<p>SAT subject- 740 chem, 750 U.S history Ill take the math level 2 in the fall </p>

<p>PSAT- 204 definitely commended </p>

<p>Rank- 20/260 </p>

<p>GPA- 4.28 cum, junior year- 4.47 </p>

<p>grades: </p>

<p>Freshman year-
English- A
algebra-A
catholic faith-A
gym-A
health-A
band-A
hebrew scriptures- A
french-A</p>

<p>sophmore-
AP european history- A
geometry-B first semester, A second
honors french 2-A
honors english 2- b first semester, C second
honors chemistry-A
new testament- A
biology-A </p>

<p>Junior-
AP US history- A
AP chem- A
Honors english-A first semester, b second semester<br>
honors french 3- A
algebra 2- A
band-A
religion-A </p>

<p>EC:
3 years cross country member
4 year science olypiad member- team captain senior year
co founder of the medical club- member of the board of decisions for this club
4 year french club member
intramural basketball- 4 years
junior year- job at jets pizza, averaged twenty hours a week
Physics of Atomic nuclei camp at MSU's cyclatron during summer of junior year- research based
3 year band member ( couldnt take it sophpore year)
one year of jazz band
drum line section leader
40 hours of community service</p>

<p>awards:
5 ones at solo and ensemble
national merit commended scholar
national french contest winner, bronze medal- 4th in the nation
departmental award- biology
Science fair prize from Detroit Edison for engineering<br>
composed my own solo and ensemble solo</p>

<p>schools </p>

<p>university of michigan
wisconsin madison
john hopkins
carnegie mellon
university of illinois at urbana champaign
Rensselaer polytech
northwestern
cornell</p>

<p>potential major: chemistry, chemical engineering</p>

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<p>university of michigan- match
wisconsin madison- match
john hopkins- mostly match
carnegie mellon- match
university of illinois at urbana champaign- match
Rensselaer polytech- match
northwestern- half match
cornell- half match</p>

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<p>My school scores on a 4.0 GPA scale, how does yours work?</p>

<p>I have a friend with 3.89 GPA, strong SATs (a bit over 2200, maybe 2300) which is comparable to ACT score when you convert it; had a little less on the subject tests; did less ECs than you (but she had some ones that were long standing; horse rider, instrument player) but similar in content, and she got into Northwestern's school of journalism.</p>

<p>I have a friend with a 4.0 GPA, I think her SAT scores were around 2000, maybe a little less...good SATs, LOTS of band activities, good other ECs, she got into Cornell.</p>

<p>So in short:
Cornell - good chances
NU - good chances
RPI - good chances</p>

<p>Don't know too much about the rest...I am inclined to say good chances at Carnegie Mellon and JHU.</p>

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<p>the way it works is that you receive extra points for taking honors/AP classes. For instance, if you get an A in a regular class, you get 4 points, but if you get an A in an honors class, you get 5 points. So my grading is on a 5.333 scale, but since its impossible to take all honors, because you have to take religion, nobody does THAT well</p>

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<p>Chances on a scale of: high reach, reach, semi-reach, good fit, likely, safety.</p>

<p>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor... GOOD FIT.
University of Wisconsin, Madison... LIKELY.
Johns Hopkins University... GOOD FIT.
Carnegie Mellon University... GOOD FIT.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign... LIKELY.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute... LIKELY.
Northwestern University... SEMI-REACH.
Cornell University... SEMI-REACH.</p>

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<p>I still can't believe you got away with "cum."
Under GPA.</p>

<p>You should get accepted everywhere for that one.</p>

<p>Except I did too...I'm still surprised.</p>

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<p>do you guys think i need to put in some safety schools in there. I was thinking madison was pretty safe for me, but i could always apply to michigan state</p>

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<p>Definitely put in safeties.</p>