Give a kid a chance? Will chance back--Promise!

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 730 CR, 760 W (2290 total)
ACT: projecting 34 or 35
SAT II: 780 Math II</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74 (HUGE upwards trend...9: 3.2, 10: 3.8, 11: 4.0)
Rank: School doesn't rank (probably top 15% though)</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP World History</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
9th Grade:
- Medalist in regional solo and ensemble festival (regional)
- Top 1000 MMPC in Michigan (state)
- Nominated for NYA “Youth of the Year” award (regional)
- Congressional Recognition for Community Service (national)
- House of Representatives award for Volunteering (national)
- Oakland County Award for volunteering (regional)</p>

<p>10th Grade:
- Medalist in regional solo and ensemble festival (regional)
- Honorable Mention All-State Jazz Bassist by judges on MYAF committee
- Top 1000 MMPC in Michigan (state)
- 6th place in North South Foundation essay contest (national)
- 12th place in North South Foundation public speaking contest (national)
- Named to Academic Honor Roll (school wide)
11th Grade:
- Honorable Mention in Young Voices short story contest, published story(national)
- Top 1000 MMPC in Michigan (state)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Orchestra (Bass section leader 9-12)
-Jazz (lead bassist 9-12)
-Pit orchestra (lead bassist 9-12)
-Orchestra Committee (chair, 10)
-JV Tennis (9-11): 2nd doubles, conference champions (individually+team), top team in the state
-Relay for Life team (co-captain 9-12)
-Model United Nations (numerous conferences)
-run a personal engineering blog (>4000 views)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
- Data Analyst at Pharmaceutical Firm (9-11, 40 hours a week in the summer)
Volunteer/Community service:
-Lots and lots</p>

<p>Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Should be fantastic
Counselor Rec: Ditto
Additional Rec: One from my boss at work (should be good)</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: engineering(?)
State (if domestic applicant): MI
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being no shot, 10 being slam dunk- please chance me for the following schools)</p>

<p>University of Michigan AA(instate)
Cornell
UC-Berkeley
Illinois
Carnegie Mellon
Princeton
Chicago
Purdue
Michigan State
USC
Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>...I have safeties too, so it's not as unbalanced a list as it looks. Thanks so much for the help.</p>

<p><strong><em>side note: i heard that princeton and carnegie mellon don't look at freshman grades. My gpa without freshman year is 3.9 take this into account?</em></strong></p>

<p>Cornell Shot.
UC-Berkeley Free throw.
Illinois Slam Dunk.
Carnegie Mellon Shot From Three Point Line.
Princeton Air Ball.
Chicago Shot From Three Point Line.
Purdue Layup.
Michigan State Reveres Windmill Dunk.
USC Touch Down.
Johns Hopkins Lay Up.</p>

<p>Cornell: High match
UMI: Safety
UIUC: Safety
CMU: High match
Princeton: Reach (at least it’s reachable)
Chicago: High match (beware the exotic prompts!)
Purdue: Safety
USC: Match
MSU: Safety
JHU: High match</p>