Do I have a pretty good shot? QUESTBRIDGE

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Do you think I have a good shot at getting into these schools?</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Stanford
MIT
Caltech
University of Michigan CoE
Northwestern
University of Notre Dame
UCalBerkeley
Johns Hopkins (BME major)
Cornell
University of Chicago
University of Illinois Urbana</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (34 math, 35 English, 30 reading, 32 Science)
GPA: 3.98 unweighted
SAT Subjects: 800 Math II (will take SAT Chem)
AP: No AP courses offered at my school
Senior Course load:
Dual credit at local college Differential Equations/Linear Algebra, Calculus II, Physics I: Mechanics, General Chemistry I
+ High school English 12, Drafting I
Spring: Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Physics II: Electromagnetism, General Chemistry II, Psychology+ high school English 12, Drafting</p>

<p>*self studied calc II to take Diff Eqns in the Fall, got special permission from my professor. </p>

<p>Rank: 4/208 unweighted.... basically i'm the top student if we had weighted GPA
School type: Rural noncompetitive, aka no one goes to any of those schools but umich
EC: Robotics (12, ton of involvement, at least 6 hours per week and up to a lot more), Lion's Club (10,11,12), SADD (10,11,12), Mentoring elementary students (11, 12, 6 hours a week)
Volunteering: Animal shelter... Hospital (12), Tutoring (10,11,12, 4+ hours a week), STEM Club (President, good amount of participation 12th grade mostly, recently started..)... really passionate about promoting the idea of learning and science to younger kids to get them interested. I really want to do outreach in college to students all over the US and other countries and at-risk or challenged students particularly! This is what I'm most passionate about.. </p>

<p>Work Experience: 20+ hours a week during school year, 43+ hours a week during the summer
Recommendations will be good! One is from the math department chair and my professor, my counselor really likes me i know, etc, the usuals... professor is writing about my extenuating circumstances because he has grown to know me personally..</p>

<p>Hooks: First generation, maybe extremely extenuating circumstances..
Income: <30 k, but huge unreimbursed medical expenses by moms severe conditions</p>

<p>Extenuating circumstances: Heroin and crack addicted parents, spent most of my time in ghetto panhandling with my parents, moved each year 99, sometimes more than once, foster care, abuse, lived in a trailer, very poor, father passing away in sophomore year, lived in a hotel for a month and camper, mother is severely ill, etc..</p>

<p>Please consider how hard I have worked just to even have an education. A lot of people are handed APs and IBs.... I've literally paid for my car, insurance, gas, dual enrollment costs, textbooks, paid for my summer course... helped out with payments around the house. </p>

<p>one more note... couldnt volunteer/ECS much freshman and sophomore year.... dad was off at appts far away for VA rehabilitation and oftentimes doing drugs.... i lived 11 miles from the school
Thanks!</p>

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<p>I really would like to know what some people have to say about my situation :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Hey MathNScience! I think you have a good shot at all of your schools. Sorry that I can’t be of more help - I’m not very experienced at this whole chance business. I think your experiences make you a perfect candidate for Questbridge, and your test scores should help you at your choices. I’m not sure if you submitted your application or not, but make sure to transmit those experiences well! If you do that, then I’m sure you’ll get matched/accepted RD. </p>

<p>I would also appreciate it if you could give me some feedback on my chance thread. I’m also a Questbridge applicant.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689225-chance-me-noncitizen-in-an-abnormal-situation.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689225-chance-me-noncitizen-in-an-abnormal-situation.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Somebody else? :/</p>

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<p>I’m not someone else, but I do have a suggestion.
Think about adding some liberal arts colleges to the list. Some of them are excellent in the sciences. </p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot, but that being said, ivies and top tier schools are stretches for anyone, no matter how amazing of a student they are. Everyone applying is incredibly competitive, so though I think you have a good chance, just keep that in mind. As long as you address your special circumstances somewhere in your application (like put the reason you couldn’t do a ton of volunteering Freshman/Sophomore year in the Additional Information section of the common app) I think you’re a strong applicant. I wish you the best of luck!! </p>

<p>Also, not to be /that girl/, but if you could chance me too, I’d appreciate it a ton!! Thanks! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689217-chance-me-will-chance-back-nyu-early-decision-steinhardt-media-culture-and-communications.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1689217-chance-me-will-chance-back-nyu-early-decision-steinhardt-media-culture-and-communications.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wow, I’m really impressed by all of this. I know how you feel when you say that some people are handed everything. Which is why they have perfect SAT scores and all these amazing extracurriculars. Obviously, my journey hasn’t been as hard as yours, but I did face a multitude of obstacles throughout my high school career. I had a cancer scare at first and had to go to multiple doctors appointments due to that as well as many other health related issues such as chronic asthma, eczema, and allergies, therefore I had to miss a lot of school and couldn’t really participate in summer activities. I had to save a lot for books and test prep. On top of this, I was diagnosed with clinical depression and social anxiety and all of that. I habe to take the train to school and I’d always be late because I waited hours until the train would be empty because I thought that everyone would stare at me and make fun of me. It was horrible. Thankfully, I think that this is a lesson in life and people like you worked so hard so you really have nothing to lose because with the motivation that you have, you can accomplish everything. I hope that one day you are happy and everything works out for you, but I’m sure it will. Congratulations on being such an inspiring person. I do think that you have a great shot at these colleges because of your accomplishments, stats, extracurriculars, even with the given circumstances. I truly hope that you get in. You deserve this. Best of luck :)</p>

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<p>Any way you could chance back, please ? </p>