Cornell, Cooper Union, Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian male in a competitive public high school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.73 UW (school doesn't weight or rank)
SAT: Super 2230 (680 CR, 780 M, 770 W)
ACT: 34 Comp: 36 Math, 31 English (after essay), 31 Reading, 36 Science, 8 Essay</p>

<p>SAT II: Physics, Math 2, Chem - all 800's
AP's: US History - 4, Calc AB - 5, Physics B - 5, Psych - 5
Senior year: French, Lit/comp, Physics C (both), Chem, Calc BC, Econ (both)</p>

<p>Varsity swimming 3 years. Captain senior year
Oboe playing since 6th grade. All county (Nassau) every year since 8th grade. Accepted into all state 2011 (12th grade). I'm the principal oboist of Children's Orchestra Society, which is run by Michael Dadap and Yeou-Cheng Ma.
Member of the math team. I haven't done anything noteworthy in past years, but I finished 13th in Nassau County overall and qualified for the All-star team. Finished second in NYSML as a team, and competed at ARML.
I volunteer at a hospital every Sunday morning, doing various jobs and errands. About 200 hours.
I lifeguarded this summer, full-time from July to Labor day.
I was accepted into Columbia SHP freshman year.
I got a 30 on Physics Bowl (Division 1), and I tied for second in NY, Ontario, and Quebec combined.
I ranked 9th nationally in the National French Contest in 2010</p>

<p>Planning to major in physics, but I want to be an engineer so I'm willing to apply to engineering schools too.</p>

<p>Applying to:
Cornell
Columbia (Should I apply to college or engineering school?)
Duke
Princeton
Other safeties</p>

<p>How are my chances, especially at Cornell? Should I bother applying to Cooper Union, or MIT?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>i think you have a very good chance regarding ur EC and test scores, especially your accompliments in math, but maybe your GPA will hurt u. </p>

<p>Cornell-match (so many nassau kids in cornell… my school last year 30 kids were accepted)
Columbia - low reach
Duke - no idea…
Princeton - high reach (it’s princeton…)</p>

<p>btw what school r u in? im also living in nassau, also qualify All-Star last year, and im in swimming team last year lol, maybe we met before</p>

<p>can u chance me also? Thanks <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1220514-chance-nyu-stern-uc-berkeley-upenn-wharton.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1220514-chance-nyu-stern-uc-berkeley-upenn-wharton.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Where are you doing early? Your music talent and your physics/math talent makes you unique and I think Cornell should be a target school. You have a good shot at Columbia too. GPA, SAT too low for HYP etc. Realistically, HYP is hard to make and everyone can dream.</p>

<p>Chance me back.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1221414-chance-me-rd-mit-columbia-scea-harvard-princeton.html#post13291969[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1221414-chance-me-rd-mit-columbia-scea-harvard-princeton.html#post13291969&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Would it be harder for me if I applied to the engineering schools? I don’t want to risk getting rejected/waitlisted just because I applied to Engineering instead of A&S</p>

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<p>I think (but am not sure) columbia is trying to expand engineering, so you might try applying there. otherwise, you look like a great applicant. unweighted gpa is a little low, but maybe the competitiveness of your high school will be evaluated in the application.</p>