First-time chance! Applications done, just curious

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I promised myself I wouldn't create a chance thread until after applications were done, so here we go!</p>

<p>Indian male from MI, 16 yrs. old. Middle class family, both parents got a bachelor's degree
Somewhat competitive high school that offers 14 AP classes, of which I took 7
GPA: very slightly less than 4.0 unweighted, ~4.3 weighted (school does not weight heavily)
Class rank: 1 of around 500, but all students with 4.0 or above weighted are 1
ACT: 36 (36M/36R/36S/34W/8E)
SAT: 2280 (750CR, 760 M, 770 W, 8E)
SATII: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 800 U.S. History
APs: Biology (5), U.S. Government (5), U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Physics C: E and M (5), Spanish (5), both English (5s), Calc AB (5), still to take World and Calc BC
Applying for need: Yes
Course load: Probably more difficult than that of 99.5% of school
Recommendations: Good, probably. One of the teachers is an amazing recommendation-writer; the other, I don’t know.
Essays: I think they’re pretty good, but they’re a little offbeat.</p>

<p>ECs:
-Played viola for 7 years, first chair in upper school orchestra, in a quartet consisting of the four best players from the school that accepts paid gigs, also played in pit orchestra for a musical. No lessons. Also, no supplementary materials.
-Science Olympiad member (9-12), captain (11-12), won 10 medals at regional level, 2 at state
-Model UN member (9-12), president (12), won best delegate at a major conference and numerous minor awards; also hosted own conference
-Quiz Bowl (9-12); team was consistently in top 2 of inter-county region; 58th team at NAQT national championships, 28th best individual nationally
-Go Club (11-12); we play the game Go here
-Research at a local university under a postdoc in leaf functional traits/neutral theory for one summer; nothing much came of it
-NHS member
-Attending religious classes/events at the local Jain temple
-~120 of community service total
-No school athletics, no job</p>

<p>Honors:
National AP Scholar
National Merit Semifinalist
Best Debater in Debate Class (haha, not really a major honor)
Won an essay contest for the Jain Society of Greater Detroit
Accepted to the Clark Scholars Program at Texas Tech, a very selective free summer program (which was an amazing experience, and you – yes you – should apply), where I did research in crocodilian phylogenetics. This research will likely be published in a larger paper with me as a primary co-author, but I don’t know when.</p>

<p>Colleges:
University of Michigan and Michigan State – already accepted
Harvard (parental pressure!)
Pomona
Swarthmore
Chicago
Grinnell</p>

<p>If I’m missing any major section, please tell me and I’d be happy to provide it!
Thank you for chancing!</p>

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<p>Holy Christ. You have got the package deal. Any and everything from the SAT’s to the GPA. Usually, I would say that Harvard is a reach. But something tells me the EC’s and perfect SAT II’s could get you anywhere. Good luck, but to the looks of your profile, I don’t think you’ll be needing it.</p>

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<p>Thanks! By the way, I only submitted SAT IIs to Chicago and Harvard; the rest, to my knowledge, don’t consider them if you use the ACT as your primary test (<-if I’m wrong about this, please, someone, TELL ME NOW! :slight_smile: ). I’m not so sure I’ll get in everywhere, but I sure hope so! Would you like me to chance you back? If so, please link your thread here!</p>

<p>More info:
Probably a bio major, with anthro as a second choice. I sent in the abstract to my paper as a supplementary science material to Pomona.
Also, I’d like to know about the possibility of merit aid at Grinnell and Chicago. Possible, or…not?</p>

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<p>Harvard - flip of coin
Pomona -match
Swat - dude, it all depends on why Swat essay
Chicago-match
Grinnell - match</p>

<p>good luck, your stats are awesome!
chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840035-im-baaack-hah-chance-me-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840035-im-baaack-hah-chance-me-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you! My Why Swat essay was probably the one I was most unsure about. I was really specific about why I wanted to go to Swat, and I made it clear I love the college. I’m unsure about the writing format.</p>

<p>I will chance you back in a moment!</p>

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<p>@areardon: Agreed!</p>

<p>You couldn’t look better on paper. Harvard is a toss-up. Pomona has some ridiculously smart applicants, so that’s a bit of a crapshoot too.</p>

<p>Swarthmore-match
Chicago-match
Grinnell-in</p>

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<p>Great stats and ECs!</p>

<p>Harvard - 80% (but you have pretty good chances!)
Pomona -90%
Swat - 90%
Chicago- 89%
Grinnell - 90%</p>

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<p>Harvard - 50/50. Being Indian might make it tougher unfortunately :frowning:
Pomona - Good shot
Swarthmore - Match
Chicago - In
Grinnell - In</p>

<p>Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840709-start-new-year-right-chance-me-ill-chance-back-i-swear.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840709-start-new-year-right-chance-me-ill-chance-back-i-swear.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys! I always thought Pomona and Swat had similar admissions policies, and I thought they were both low reaches. But maybe you’re right, maybe Pomona is more difficult to get into than Swarthmore. Thanks for your chances!</p>

<p>Kldini, I think you may be overestimating, but thanks at least for making me feel better!</p>

<p>And cgb, I’ll do that now. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Oops, I’m posting from the West Coast. Pomona’s typically much harder than Swat to get into for kids from my Northern California school.</p>

<p>…I just checked College Board. Swat’s 75th percentile on SAT scores is about 10 points lower per section than Pomona’s 75%ile. Not terribly significant, but just thought you’d like to know. Good luck with everything!</p>

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<p>Hey, sorry OT, but do you know how many 36s our good 'ole high school produced from your class?</p>

<p>Congrats on your acceptances so far!</p>

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<p>i agree, being indian does make it harder, not by alot though. you’ll definitely make it into more than one of the schools on your list. Harvard is a reach though…maybe even a high one.</p>

<p>chance me back:D
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841576-please-chance-praying-international-student.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841576-please-chance-praying-international-student.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard - really good chance
Pomona - match
Swat - match
Chicago- in
Grinnell - in</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Not sure what being “Indian” has to do with anything…</p>

<p>Oh yea, that’s right. I forgot.</p>

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<p>congrats on your acceptance!
i think that you don’t need to worry about any of the schools except Harvard.
with any qualified applicant Harvard is a reach, but you do have a great shot.
UChicago should be a match. All others are safeties for you IMO.
good luck!</p>

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<p>Congrats on UMichigan
Harvard is a Reach
Others-In</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone! Please post your chance threads if you want to be chanced back!
That makes sense Keilinger - maybe they’re going for geographic diversity? I don’t think anyone else at my school applied to Pomona, and they probably don’t get many applicants from Michigan as a whole.</p>

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<p>I think there were three. I can PM you with details if you want.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Well, personally, I’m more worried about Pomona and Swat than Chicago. I’m pretty sure they’re harder to get into, and my Chicago essays were pretty strong.</p>

<p>But you know, if I don’t get into/can’t pay for all of these, then I’m pretty content with MSU, so I’m not horribly worried anyway.</p>

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<p>Actually, please do. I’m very curious (although I have a pretty good guess…)</p>

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<p>u r in very good shape for all except for harvard.
but why r u applying only to harvard. there is good chance u will get into one of the ivies if u apply more.</p>

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<p>I was applying to Harvard out of parental pressure. None of the Ivy Leagues really appeal to me that much. As you can see, I’m more of a liberal arts-type person, and few Ivy Leagues are really good in biology anyway. Plus, I would gouge my eyes out if I had to do any more apps.
Thanks!</p>