emory,tulane,wash u, cornell, vandy?????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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class pf 2016

i was THINKING of
COLLEGES

  1. emory
  2. tulane
  3. cornell (doubt it though…)
  4. wash u
  5. vandy
    what are some good colleges that i can get into ? im probably way over my head… and if i am, please tell me.
    SCHOOL STATS
    GPA: 3.90 ish…
    school in suburbia.
    in my 4 years @ this school, only 1 person went to MIT but a few went to vanderbilt/emory/tulane. if that matters at all.
    BACKGROUND
    1st gen. Asian in america
    financial burdens including sister w/ disability.
    Self thought myself Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
    SCORES
    SAT score: n/a
    ACT score: 30 (planning on taking it one more time before submitting. taking the one in october. )
    superscore: 32
    NOTE
    the reason that many of my clubs are only 2-3 years is because only recently have i had the opportunity to independently travel to my clubs.
    AWARDS
    Violin 15 years.
    -3 years of best orchestra related with Vanderbilt University and 1 year as assistant principal for 2nd violin. apparently there are student from KY, MS , and AL come to the rehearsals once a week.
    -1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one, also associated with Vanderbilt University (concert master)
    -4 years in state’s orchestra competition and concert master.
    -1st place in team Robotics in state - team
    -2place in team Robotics in southern central America -team
    -1st place in team Robotics in state (2nd time) - team
    -southern central robotics American qualifier -team
    -various math competitions awards top 10 -indiv
    -JCL awards top 10 - indiv
    -countless chess awards (state,national,international)
    -HOSA state qualifier - group
    CLUBS AND WORK[the reason that many of my clubs are 1/2 years is because I didn’t have any transportation that would allow me to go back and forth. So, I am not trying to “buff” my resume.]
    HOSA (2 year)
    Robotics (3 years)
    Working at a restaurant (2 years)
    Debate club (2 years)
    chess club president (2 years)
    Quizbowl (1 year)
    Mock Trial (2 years)
    photography club (2 years)
    kumon instructor volunteer.
    hosa (2 years)
    Track (2 years)
    Vice president of math tutoring organization(2 years)
    Vice president of math tutoring organization (2 years)
    NHS (2 years)
    Beta club (2 years)
    played violin for church every Sunday and Wednesday for 2 years.
    dog walking business. (3 years)
    teaching violin (1 year)
    guided new volunteers at nashville public library.
    180+ volunteer hours
    started a chess club at local elementary school. (7 years)
    creating website where people can learn.
    gave speech on relationship between school sports and concussions.
    play chess.
    LETTERS
    -letters i have a really good relationship with my chemistry and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter
    -college letter probably revolves around how violin/chess/racism/ and blind sister has changed who i am or something like that…
    AP’s
    our school only allows us 1 AP during our sophomore year and i couldn’t take it due to my time schedule because our school only has 4 periods each semester…
    1st semester:
    no AP’s
    2nd semester:
    AP calc
    AP physics
    AP english
    AP biology
    SAT2
    studying for math 2 and english.
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Not sure if you’re suffering from an extremely warped self image.I assume you are a rising sophomore/junior? A 3.9 GPA isn’t perfect, but still viable for top schools. First off, it’s too early to start thinking about rec letters. Kids usually get rec letters from junior and senior teachers. Forge good relationships with them and then go from there. Also, when the time comes, I wouldn’t mention the thing about your sister in your college essays unless it really impacted you. Remember that the college essay is about you! Not your sister. Although I am very sorry about the situation with your sister, I just put a little suggestion. If you want to, go ahead. Right now, your ECs are great. Do you have an intended major in mind?

In the end, you are by no means a lost cause. There are people with GPAs a lot lower than yours that still get into college (yes, imperfect people get to go to college too.), so if you really want to aim high, keep up the good work!

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thx. sorry… im a senior this year.

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@harrisonwe98 Do you have safety schools in mind? Matches? Try Cornell, you’ll never know what will happen. However, I do recommend you bump up your ACT a little for the school.

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As an Asian applicant Cornell, WashU and Vandy are going to be reaches with your current ACT score. Make sure you identify real safety and match schools.

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Agreed. I think you’ll get into Tulane and maybe Emory but probably not at Cornell, Wash U, and Vandy unless you get your act to a 32.

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Also add match schools. Tulane is your only real match.