for the lack of better words...what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT I: 2100(740 M, 690 R, 670 W), 2140 (800 M, 680 R, 660 W)
SAT II: 790 Chem, 800 Math II</p>

<p>I didn't get ranked cause I moved in my junior year.</p>

<p>Unweighted Average: 91 something (we don't have the 4.0 scale)</p>

<p>I took Calc BC my junior year. And I took Physics C Mechanics also my junior year(only the mechanics).
I got 5 on both AP tests, and 3 on AP English Language</p>

<p>I took Calc IV over the summer at SUNY Stonybrook and got A- on it.
I'm currently taking Linear Algebra.</p>

<p>I was in the county math team and competed in ARML
AMC 10: 116(9th grade), 136(10th grade)
AIME: 5(10th grade)</p>

<p>Other Extra curricular:</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics 11th, 12th
Math Team all 4 years
Marching Band 2 years (USSBA state champs this year)
School productions (I always got big parts, and once got male lead)
NYSSMA(if anyone knows what that is lol) French Horn level 4
Academic Team (11th, 12th)
Internship at the local government
National Merit Commended Student
Some science award from University of Rochester with 30k scholarship if I go there</p>

<p>I have absolutely no community service, except two eagle scout projects of my friends that I helped out on.</p>

<p>And I have other stuff too but I can't think of them right now and they are all just page fillers so I'm not gonna bother with them.</p>

<p>I'm applying to CalTech, MIT, Cornell, Stanford, Cooper Union, and couple saftey schools. I realize I have the most unbalanced transcript imaginable, but what are my chances of getting in to them and getting a decent amount of scholarship from them?</p>

<p>Oh and I'm an engineering major all the way, nothing else.</p>

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<p>bumping it up</p>

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<p>Reading and Writing scores relatively weak, not much in terms of humanities other than the band stuff. Do you stand out in terms of race (are you an underrepresented minority?) or geographic location (that is, do you live in Wyoming or Montana or something)? Male or female? </p>

<p>Scholarships at those schools will depend on need, not merit, so that's for you and the financial aid offices to hash out. </p>

<p>Congrats on those awesome AMC/AIME scores. ^_^ Have you taken the AMC since tenth grade?</p>

<p>Chances? You've definitely got a shot; it's not a waste of time for you to apply. Make sure your personality really shows through in your essays and in your interviews, and definitely get good grades in your humanities courses, particularly English, this year. You're not a shoo-in (who is?) but you've obviously got great math skills and are really invested in music. If you try your hardest to show your passion for those things, and keep up your grades, you've done all you can do.</p>

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<p>I was born in Korea but that is kinda of a moot point cause its been 6 years since I left there, and I live in New York so I guess its a plus for Caltech? And I'm a guy so that really doesn't help me at all, although I am quite happy with my gender.</p>

<p>And no, my new school didn't have the AMC so I didn't get to take it last year...oh well. But I'm hoping being in the county team would help, since the people there all usually go to Ivy leagues. Then again, they do have better humanities scores than me....</p>

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<p>You are a pretty stereotypical Asian male applicant to top colleges (better math than reading and writing, math team, etc), so I do not think you will stand out from the thousands of other similarly qualified asian applicants. Maybe a possibility at stanford, but a stretch for stanford, MIT, and caltech</p>

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<p>Though bobmallet1 might have put it a little more tactfully, he is for the most part correct. Your academic record does match up with the general characterization of male Asian applicants.</p>

<p>No, living in New York will not help you in terms of geographic diversity. (I am also a New York resident.) The idea of geographic advantage comes from the fact that some states, like New York and California, have massive numbers of applicants for top schools, where as some more rural states do not. Your actual location is somewhat irrelevant; rather, what's important is the number of applicants from your state. Which, in the case of New York, is a huge volume of students. </p>

<p>Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and I promise - you WILL get into college.</p>