EA Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I’m a senior and I would appreciate your help!</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2370: 770W</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chem, 700 US History, 720 Latin </li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calc BC: 5; AP Stat: 4, Chem: 5, Latin Lit: 3, and US: 4 </li>
<li>GPA weighted: 4.3</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: school does not give to student or college</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: School does not rank</li>
</ul>

<p>School gpa scale:
4.0: 94-100 (A), 3.5: 90-93 (B+), 3.0: 84-89 (B)
(AP classes weighted 1.0)</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: VA</li>
<li>School Type: Selective Governor’s School; admission by selection test; sends about 50 students to HPYMS every year</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female </li>
<li>Income: 250k+ a year (will not apply for financial aid anywhere)</li>
<li>Legacy: No</li>
<li>Recruited: No</li>
</ul>

<p>Application:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Fair-good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good- very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Fair</li>
<li>Academic Awards: Fair</li>
<li>Primary ECs</li>
<li>Webmaster - 4 sites, one of which placed in national competition</li>
<li>Non recruiting Sport- state champion, national gold medalist, regional finalist, studied with Olympic, World, and National coaches, instructor, and referee</li>
<li>Teacher and advisor to math teams who have placed in top three in state and national competitions</li>
<li>Research- Georgetown University, other university (submitted research paper)</li>
<li>Various officer positions in school clubs- student government, foreign language honor society, a science/tech club</li>
</ul>

<p>Course load rigor: very difficult - 6 ap/postaps</p>

<p>Main weaknesses/problems:
* 2 Withdraw Passes (WP) on transcript for sophomore year in AP Bio and AP Chem during second quarter. (I didn’t want to end up with a B or C and didn’t realize until after I dropped that I had to withdraw first quarter for it to not be on my transcript .)
* Only one A in a science class (A in AP Chem, B+ in physics and bio, B in chemistry) and applying for science/engineering
* Low AP scores
* Not taking math first semester senior year in order to focus on research project</p>

<p>Colleges </p>

<p>MIT:
Caltech:
UChicago:
Georgetown: </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Could someone help me please? I’ll chance back :)</p>

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<p>not much to help

  1. EA deadline is already due
  2. Your stats are GOOD. Only time will tell whether u got in. I think you have swell chances</p>
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<p>MIT: reach for anyone but you have good chance
Caltech: again reach for anyone but you have good chance for this too
UChicago: match
Georgetown: match</p>

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<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>@Djokovic: yes, I applied already, now i’m just extremely nervous :P</p>

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<p>If you don’t have a great chance who does really. Don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>MIT-high reach
Caltech-high reach
Georgetown-match
Chicago-match
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