Go Ahead and Click... Just do it. I Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I am a rising Senior right now in Canada and am looking to get accepted into tough privates...lower Ivys... Anyway, I am South Asian from Bangladesh. i am looking to get into in the Pre Med Field.</p>

<p>-Program: IB Program
-Courseload:Most Demanding at our School
-Guess Rank:~4/75..
-School:Really Competitive Public School. One of Three Toronto Public IB Schools... Asian Invasion basically.
-Financial Aid: Do not Need</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p><<freshman year="">>
Pre-IB Math:90(A)
Pre-IB Geo:86(A)
Pre-IB Science:82(A)
Pre-IB French:86(A)
Pre-IB English:86(A)
Pre-IB BTT:82(A)</freshman></p>

<p><<sophomore year="">>
Pre-IB Math:87(A)
Pre-IB History:87(A)
Pre-IB Science:92(A)
Pre-IB French:82(A)
Pre-IB English:81(A)
Pre-IB Careers/Civics:86/85(A)</sophomore></p>

<p><<junior year="">>
IB/Higher Level Math:94(A)
IB English:86(A)
IB Biology:93(A)
IB Chemistry:90(A)
IB French:82(A)
IB History:86(A)</junior></p>

<p><<senior year="">>
-Not sure about Courseload but will be hardest one i can take and full IB</senior></p>

<p><<sat 1="">>
Math:740
Writing:710
Critical Reading:670
Total:2120 on first try couple of months ago but will retake and aim for 2150+</sat></p>

<p><<sat subject="" tests="">>
-Will Take Math II(Aim:740), Bio(Aim:700) and Chem(Aim:710)</sat></p>

<p><<volunteer community="" involvement="">>
Total Hours ~400 Hours at:
-Local Hospital for Long term Patients(170)
-Canadian Red Cross(50)
-National Muscular Dystrophy(50)
-Youth Assisting Youth(100)
-Senior's Care In North York(20)</volunteer></p>

<p><<extra curricular="" activities="">>
-President of Health Club
-President of LiveWell Club
-Secretary of Asian Club
-Empowered Student Partnership Member
-Tech Crew. </extra></p>

<p><<sports>>
-4th best Pingpong player in School(That is an accomplishment in a school full of East Asians)
-Decent Squash and Soccer Player</sports></p>

<p><<awards>>
-Predicted Ontario Scholar(All As throughout High School)
-Two or three Waterloo top 10 Percentile Math Contest Certificates
-Euclid(Math Contest) In-School Bronze Medalist
-Art Silver Medal
-Honour Roll(9,10,11, prob 12)</awards></p>

<p>I will try to capture some more in my Senior Year before i hand in my apps.</p>

<p><<final notes="">>
-Recs. from one teacher, GC, two EC Volunteering Coordinators which should be rather good.
-Essays will range from good to really good.
-The Fact that i am not applying for aid, i have heard, will give me a huge boost as an International.
-Colleges like tough workload.. and IB has not been a piece of cake.
-I like to think my character and personality are my best traits rather than my academics. Hopefully, i can show that to colleges.</final></p>

<p>I am applying to only reaches/matches because if i do not get into one of them, i will go to U of T or McGill. Here are the ones i am considering:</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins(Early Decision)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Emory U.
New York U.
Cornell U.
Rice U.
University of Virginia
University of California-San Diego
Tufts U.
U. of Chicago</p>

<p>Sorry for the insanely long post. I just want to really get some feedback on my chances at these schools. </p>

<p>Please Be Brutally Honest.. Where am i lacking.. where am i excelling..just feel free to make any comments. </p>

<p>Thank you, and Please Chance me and I will Chance Back!!</p>

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<p>Senior year you need to get all above 90 for sure.</p>

<p>Try developing a really outstanding extra curricular interest before you send applications and make sure it means something to you personally.</p>

<p>Chicago, Tufts and NYU look to be a bit of a reach at the current time. But just really work at the grades and that one extra curric.</p>

<p>btw: can u chance me too?</p>

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<p>All 90 plus... are you crazy.. no offense.. i can't do that with my current workload! Maybe you are like 1/1000 genius but i am not! Besides in my school 80 plus is an A</p>

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<p>I'm not exactly sure how a college will analyze your grades. Your courses are probably a bit harder than AP's here, where often a 90% is the cutoff for an A. I'm not very familiar with IB's, unfortunately. All A's is impressive, but to me it looks like you have a mix of A's and B's. Also, I'm assuming you're trying to take 3 SATII's in one sitting. That will be very tough, especially if you are prepping for all of them. I would suggest to take Math II and your other strongest, since I believe all of your schools require 2 at most. This will let you focus on doing well and you will probably perform much better. Assuming a college would read your transcript as all A's, your test scores would be the limiting factor for your admission at many of these schools. Low ivies do admit 2100s but at lower rates. Having a 2200 or 2300 gives you a much better shot. Try the act, too. A 34 will give you a great shot anywhere.
Emory - match
NYU - match
Cornell - low reach
Tufts - high match/low reach
U of Chicago - low reach/reach</p>

<p>That's just my opinion. If you want to respond to mine I posted it a few days ago. It's called To ED or not to ED?. thx.</p>

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<p>NYU and U Mich: match
Cornell: low reach/reach
Tufts: low reach
U Chicago: low reach
UVA: High match/ low reach</p>

<p>may you match mine</p>

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<p>I think you'll do fine. Good luck :)</p>