GA tech, Emory,Wash U, Vanderbilt, Duke , Carnegie

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p><em>updated</em> </p>

<p>if any of these are reaches after reading what i wrote ...tell me what the heck i need to do to at least increase my chances...</p>

<p>top 5% of school
GPA: 3.87
middle of nowhere school
financial burdens.
Self thought myself Japanese and Korean
1st generation in America
SAT score: not out yet but hopefully high
Violin 13 years.
2 years in the best orchestra in my state. (sounds egotistical...)
1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one (concert master)
4 years in state's orchestra competition and concert master
2nd place national chess champion in my division
25th place international chess champion in my division
8th place state champion in my division
1st place in Robotics in state
2nd place in Robotics in southern central America
1st place in Robotics in state (2nd time)
southern central robotics American qualifier
various math competitions awards
JCL awards
countless chess awards
HOSA (1st year)
Robotics (2 years)
Founder of Art Club (process of creation; revolves around creating a partnership with a company)
Debate club (2 years)
chess club president (2 years)
Quizbowl (2years)
photography club (2 years)
Track (2 years)
outstanding achievement in mathemetics in middle school (minor awards) 2x
outstanding achievement in music in middle school (minor)
president of numerous clubs in middle school (minor)
Vice president of math tutoring organization
teaching violin
150+ volunteer hours
guided new volunteers at a company.
NHS
Beta club
dog walking business.</p>

<p>letters i have a really good relationship with my AP biology and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter but ii still have 1 year...</p>

<p>taking the most rigorous schedule right now... took physics one year earlier than anybody else.</p>

<p>college letter probably revolves around how violin/chess/racism/ and blind sister has changed who i am or something like that...</p>

<h2>AP's</h2>

<p>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....im still a junior </p>

<p>1st semester:
no AP's
2nd semester:
AP calc
AP physics
AP english
AP biology</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Is your GPA unweighted or weighted? By next year your SAT should be fine. With your EC’s you should be a match for all except Carnegie, you’ll have to do exceptionally well on your SAT and subject tests for Carnegie.</p>

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<p>it’s unweighted </p>

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<p>anybody have anymore ideas ? </p>

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<p>impressive ECs. Match for every school except Duke and CMU. Both might be high match to low reach. You still have time for SAT lol don’t worry.</p>

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<p>anymore ideas anybody ? </p>

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<p>Duke and CMU are reaches… I am fairly certain you can get into the others. You have impressive ECs and a good GPA. </p>