For my friend, an average student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This is for my best friend. High test score but low gpa, not impressive ECs.</p>

<p>School: Top 10 public (New England), very competitive.
Ethnicity: Asian-American (Chinese)
Gender: Male
GPA: 3.10, school doesn't weight extra for AP & honor (??)
Rank: 50/200
SAT: M 790, CR 780, W 740 = 2310
SATII: Math II 800, Bio M 770, Latin 720, US History 720</p>

<p>EC:
1. Regional & All-State orchestra: violin, since 7th grade
2. Latin club: freshman
3. BBQ club: soph, junior & senior
4. Korean club / Japanese club : junior & senior
5. School orchestra concert master: senior
6. Golf team: JV fresh/soph, V junior/senior
7. NMS
8. AP scholar
9. Community service: science center tour guide + liberary + tutor..total more than 200hrs
10. He set up a string chamber group to perform at local senior center
11. Intern job with a senator (at Taiwan) for senior summer : travel to two countries for interview leading politicians. </p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<h1>1 Georgetown</h1>

<h1>2 Davidson</h1>

<h1>3 Boston College</h1>

<h1>4 Colgate</h1>

<h1>5 Bucknell</h1>

<h1>6 Lafayette</h1>

<h1>7 N.Y.U.</h1>

<h1>8 LeHigh</h1>

<h1>9 Wake Forest</h1>

<h1>10 Washington & Lee</h1>

<h1>11 George Washington</h1>

<h1>12 Emory</h1>

<p>He's good at math, physics and history.
He's sorry worry about the C he got at sophomore year Chemistry. Will this "kill" him?<br>
He plans to major business or engineer (nothing relate to Chemistry.....)</p>

<p>Thank you !</p>

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<p>Woah. 2310 is NOT an average student ^^</p>

<p>The 3.10 will definitely hurt, but it’s not as awful as it could be because of how prestigious your school is… I think the only schools up there that’s really a reach are Georgetown and maybe NYU. The rest, if he writes good essays/is perfect on the other parts of the app, he should have a shot at…I could see him getting into about 1/3 to 1/2 of the schools on the list.</p>

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<p>I think he has a few issues. While the top schools on his list (Gtown, BC, Colgate, Emory) will be a no given his rank, some of these schools might bite for the scores. But I doubt those will give him much money, so if he’s not full pay he’ll have issues there.</p>

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<p>We are very close family friends. I’m sure money is not an issue.
His parents are thinking about hire an consultant now. Is it too late? Will it help?</p>

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<p>Consultants are <em>usually</em> a HUGE waste of money. Whatever advice you need, just post it on here and I’m sure somebody will know how to help you…unless your friend is seriously unique/really special issues deaing with college admission, I wouldn’t recommend it. You’ll just get ripped off.</p>

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<p>fuzzy - you are right! But his parents insist to hire one but he doesn’t want it…</p>