<p>Hey, What do you guys think are my chances at these schools:
Maryland-College Park
Carnegie Mellon
Lehigh
Cornell
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins
If you know any other schools you think I should look at, please share them too.</p>
<p>About Me:</p>
<p>My plan is to major in Physics. There's a very good chance I might end up wanting to be a doctor...or some type of engineer, but im reluctant to commit to any career yet. So here are my stats. BTW, I live in Maryland, I am an over-represented minority, Male, not poor or rich (My parents saved up enough, so money's not a problem) and am a junior at a competitive public school.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2300 (760M, 740V, 800W(8E)) - kinda disappointed in the math, but i dont think its worth retaking
SAT II: I took in June, here are my predicted scores:
Chemistry: 800
Math 2c: 770-800
World History: 650-700 (yucky)
GPA: Unweighted 3.95-4.00/4.00 (Could get a B in english this year)
Weighted: idk, more than unweighted...i took mostly G/T and AP classes.
Rank: top 10ish/435
AP: (10th grade) US gov and pol (5)
(11th grade, ill predict scores) chem (5), calc ab (5), world history (hopefully 4), and english language (4)
(12th grade) physics (both of the C ones), english literature, and calc bc
EC's: (Not great)
-National Honor Society (did my community service requirements for this)
-Maryland Technology Honor Society (didn't do much)
-Future Business Leaders of America (didn't do much)
-Piano (umm...yea)
-Tae kwon do (black belt, demo team)
-An internship at NASA last summer
-Will Volunteer a ton at a hospital this summer
-Enrolled in a tech-magnet program at my school where i go to an applications and research laboratory and have a 2-period class there (we built an electrathon vehicle, its like a battery-powered racer that we can drive around in); will do a different project next year, maybe a robot
Teacher Recs: Pretty average (i dont do anything class) not bad, but average
Essay: Will be okay, im not really great at writting, i only got an 800 on the SAT cuz i aced the MC
Other: Perfect attendence throughout high school, (that's all i can think of now)</p>
<p>Yea, i know my EC's are weak, but im kinda a lazy person.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance, for any replies or for reading this long post.</p>
<p>you should easily get into UMD-CP</p>
<p>Maryland-College Park - Safety
Carnegie Mellon - Match
Lehigh - Match
Cornell - Match/slight reach
University of Virginia - reach (applying to UVA from out of state is ridiculously hard)
Johns Hopkins - match/reach</p>
<p>If I were you I'd go to UMD though you'll probably get the cheapest tuition, best sports teams, and good academics...</p>
<p>uva is not as hard out of state as ppl make it out to be</p>
<p>i know a ton of ppl that got rejected Cornell ED, and didn't get into schools such as tufts, nyu, and got into UVA out of state...i know a bunch...i dont think its hard as ppl think</p>
<p>Whoa, what's so great about UVA that would make it more selective than an ivy league school.</p>
<p>You are out of state and UVA is up there with UC-Berkley and U Mich. Our school got its first UVA acceptance in 5 years and he has Ivy-caliber stats.</p>
<p>k, so any more opinions on chances, or other schools i should look at?</p>
<p>UMD might give you baneker key. It would mean free everything. they give out 200 a year so it is competitive and really no garantee.</p>
<p>Coarse, it wouldn't.</p>
<p>Can someone estimate my chances at CMU early decision?</p>
<p>Note: I'll probably apply to Mellon college of science but CIT is also a possibility.</p>
<p>CMU ED = Good chances. Make sure to work on your essays. I actually have a proven amazing essay topic that can help get you in if you were truly interested.</p>
<p>Shoot, I am truly interested, what's the amazing topic?</p>
<p>i'm amazingly interested as well... what's the essay topic?</p>
<p>Hey apply to Duke. They have a pretty good pre-med track...just in case u wanna become a doctor. And you have a decent shot in getting in.</p>
<p>Those are mostly medical stuff, but if you want to major in Physics, I would suggest maybe MIT (though from what I understand the people there are kind of... socially inept, I guess? Haha) or Rensellear Polytechnic Institute in New York (I have no idea how it's spelled.)</p>
<p>And jeez... EVERYONE is taking AP courses their sophomore year. EIGHT AP courses all together? Wooooow.</p>
<p>And those are more than enough extra-curricular activities. And no need to be ashamed of the piano, I play it too! Well, a bit. ;)</p>
<p>A competitive public school... are those like the exam schools that are in the cities? We have one huge one of those in Boston... and I'm assuming it might be that since you have a graduating class of 435... I've NEVER heard of a graduating class that was THAT big.</p>
<p>Basically, since about ten kids go to Harvard a year from those, and you're in the top ten, I really don't think there are any "reach" schools for you. Go ahead, and aim for the top!</p>
<p>And what the heaven does over-represented minority mean?</p>
<p>It's not a special school or anything, i think there's 1600+ students in a lot of schools in my county.
Im Asian, more specifically Indian, so thats why i said over-represented minority.
And i'm way too lazy to get into MIT or the top ivies. Besides, you need to have perfected cold fusion and come up with the cure for cancer while being recruited to play both NFL football and professional basketball as an 8-year old AND be the son/daughter of the president of a country for the ivies not to be a reach for you.</p>
<p>Nameless: I pmed you the essay topic. If you have any more questions you know where to find me.</p>
<p>Why not apply to some of the better known Physics schools besides those already on your list? I would consider Princeton, MIT, Caltech, UC Berkeley, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Rose-Hulman, Cooper Union, Franklin Olin, Harvey Mudd, Cal Poly SLO, and/or Northwestern.</p>