Columbia ED, Princeton, and UPenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone!! Got new scores and updated this, so might as well!</p>

<p>Intended focus: Physics
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 35 (34 S, 35 W, 36 R, 34 M)
SAT II: 790 Math II 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Calc AB (5)
AP Lang (5)
APUSH (5)
AP World (4)
AP Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Gov
AP Micro
AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP Lit
AP Macro (Self Study)
AP Physics C: Mech (Self Study)
AP Comp Gov (Self Study)
Academic Decathlon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dozens of medals for AcDec (national, state, and regional level), highest scorer on team at 2014 nationals
Minor Awards: NHRP, AP Scholar, Recognized as student of the month in regional district</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Academic Decathlon (Team captain 10,11,12) [First time any school in our district has placed 1st at regionals and state, qualified for nationals and placed 6th in the nation, had lots of media coverage since our team really came out of nowhere. I've spent hundreds of hours studying for it]
Physics Club (Founder/President, 12)
Calculus Club (VP, 11,12)
Job/Work Experience: Builds and fixes computers for friends and random people
Volunteer/Community service: Not much, I organized fundraisers to send our team to Nationals for AcDec and have organized an entire district scrimmage for our school
I also tutor math and physics </p>

<p>Summer Activities: Boys State, studying for next year AcDec
Essays: Hopefully should be unique. Going to talk about how I skateboarded for around 7 years and how it really shaped my personality and then how I really started to care about school around my sophomore year. Also going to talk a lot about how AcDec catalysed that process
Teacher Recommendation: From AcDec coach who I have had as a teacher for 3 years, very very close, should be amazing
Counselor Rec: I go to a large public, so it should be pretty generic as I've only spoken to her a couple of times
Additional Rec: not sure yet
Interview: Not yet</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Middle class, large public (2400 kids)
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Mexican
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

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<p>Theres no way to chance for ivies… Even if you have amazing scores, you can still get rejected.</p>

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<p>We’ll your profile looked like it matched my daughters exactly aside from 36 vs. 35 ACT. Her chances are between 15 and 20 percent at yale and brown. Being of Hispanic heritage will help at colleges focused on diversity but more if income or first generation indicate you have overcome a tough background. Looking at your profile and intended physics major I would have thought Cal Tech or MIT instead of an ivy. The national level contests are also impressive. I’d give you 50 percent chance to get into an Ivy League college</p>

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<p>@Wje9164be‌ I felt that I didn’t have that good of a science-oriented application for caltech or MIT, so I’m not going to bother applying.</p>

<p>Anyways, bump. Will chance back!</p>

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<p>You have amazing stats; your test scores and GPA are perfect for all the schools you have listed. I think now it’s just a waiting game, and you never know who they will accept and who they will deny. But I wish you the best of luck and think you will go to a great school no matter what happens! </p>

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<p>Bump! Will chance back</p>