ED/SCEA Chances for Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Currently i’m deciding on which school to apply early to so I think have some chances, however crude they be, could help me decide

** Schools: **

  • []Princeton SCEA
    [    ]Princeton RD
    []Northwestern ED
    [    ]Northwestern RD
    []Columbia RD
    [    ]Penn RD

** Objective:**

  • []SAT I (breakdown): 800M 780CR 660W 8E, also I took the June test, so will retake in Oct for hopefully 2350+
    [    ]ACT: 34C 35R 35M 35S 32E 8E
    []SAT II: Have not taken yet, will take Math 2, Chem in November expecting 800 on both.
    [    ]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.788U/W 4.515W
    []Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/866W 24/866UW
    [    ]AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5, Chem 5, Physics 1 5, Macro 5, US Gov 4, Lang 3
    []Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, APUSH, AP Lit, AP German, Calc 3, Linear Algebra, Diffeq
    [    ]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): WYSE 2015 Chemistry State 4th place, National German Exam Gold AP Scholar with distinction, (recieved 226 on psat and my state is normally like 215 so probably NMSF, and NMF)

** Subjective: **

  • []Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis):
    [    ]Scholastic Bowl Varsity Captain, WYSE Team, Science Club, Math Team, German Club, German Honor Society (having elections soon will probably be president)
    []Job/Work Experience: Seasonal Worker at Bestbuy 2014/2015
    [    ]Volunteer/Community service: Only about 20 hours so far, will get about 100 before applying.
    []Summer Activities: Summer Research Internship at Notre Dame with grad students in chem department. Also taking CS50x on edx, and will take a finance course on there too.
    [    ]Essays: Will spend a lot of time on them but Im not a great writer.
    []Teacher Recommendation: Will get one from physics teacher will probably be 8/10 (had him for physics 1 and have him for physics c), and German teacher probably 10/10(have had him all four years of German)
    [    ]Counselor Rec: Large school but am giving her lots of time, have already talked to her about might turn out good might be just ok
    []Additional Rec: PI at Notre Dame internship

** Other: **

[list]
[]State (if domestic applicant): IL
[]School Type: Large (4000 students) Public
[]Ethnicity: White/Polish
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 80K
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
[]Major: Applying as Chemical or Materials Engineering

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Princeton is always a stretch, same with Columbia and Penn especially RD. You have good shot at Northwestern ED. Your ECs are good, spend extra time to make the essay shine: that’s where the accepted can really distinguish themselves from the rest of the applicants.

Chance me back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1808542-new-here-will-chance-back.html#latest

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