Hand-bananas

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>'m Indian and I go to a SMALL private competitive catholic high school (I’m not catholic) in NJ; the class size is about 65.</p>

<p>• Statistics</p>

<p>Grades: 94/100 3.9 UW/4.X W
Rank: 5/65
ACT: Will take in the spring
PSAT: 149/218 (CR 69, M 80, W 69)
SAT: 730CR, 790M, 790W (1520/2310)
SAT IIs: Chem: 730, Math IC: 680, 800 Bio E, 800 Bio M; I plan on also taking Math IIc.
AMC: 102
AIME: 9</p>

<p>Classes: I've taken the most rigorous course load offered so far (I plan to keep it that way.
By the end of senior year, I would have taken these APs:</p>

<p>AP Chem, AP USH, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP, Macro and Micro, AP Lang, AP French.</p>

<p>Freshman and Sophomore year were all honors classes, except for AP USH in sophomore (its a two part course at my school)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Calc AB
AP USH
AP Lit
AP Chem
French Hon (No AP offered)
Religion</p>

<p>• EC's/Activities (I'm assuming I'll still be in them in 12th grade):</p>

<p>Newspaper- Writer 10, Managing Editor 11, Editor-In-Chief 12
French Club- 9-12 (no positions given, not really needed)
JSA- President and Founder 11-12
Yearbook- Pictures and Writing Editor, 11-12
Bridges (we go to different areas in the nearest cities to hand out provisions to the homeless)- 9-12
Math Team- 10-12 #1 in the grade, #3 in the StATE, #2 in the school; Outstanding Achievement Award (10)
Chem II Team
Cross Country and Track- Varsity 10,12
Habitat for Humanity- I've worked at the main office and built houses over a few summers. 500 hrs
Boy Scouts- I'm heavily involved, have been doing it for 10 years, getting close to my Eagle.
Local Soup Kitchen- I've cooked meals and volunteered there before. 75 hrs
EnVisionSys- Work: 100 hrs
Fed Challenge Team- 11,12
National Honor Society- 11,12</p>

<p>• Summer Programs</p>

<p>o CTY Crytography JHU
o Summer@Brown- Genetics and Philosophy</p>

<p>I want to major in Applied Mathematics or Economics at these schools:</p>

<p>UChicago, Northwestern, Berkley, Columbia, Stanford, Cornell, McGill, UPenn, Amherst, Williams, Caltech, Harvard (I might as well), Princeton, JHU, Rice, Brown, UMich, Swarthmore...to name a few. These are in no particular order.</p>

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<p>Where should I ED? I love Caltech, UPenn and UChicago equally.</p>

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<p>Help! 10chars</p>

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<p>Caltech, UPenn and UChicago are SO DIFFERENT from each other! I'd say Penn if it were me, but my goodness - what is it about them that makes you love them equally?</p>

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<p>Well, Caltech epitomizes my nerdy-ness. They're extremely hardcore about Math Science and the amount of hands-on work you get exposed to is insurmountable. I just fell in love with UPenn's campus and I think that their engineering program is perfect for me, that is if I were to pursue engineering. given that I'm Indian by heritage, I might be forced into that profession. Anywho, Wharton seems something I would consider pursuing, seeing how I want to major in economics.</p>

<p>UChicago is beautiful in every aspect: aesthetically, socially, intellectually.</p>

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<p>Any takers?</p>

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<p>I think that you have a great shot at all of these schools!</p>

<p>Do something interesting this summer (internship, shadowing, volunteering) to make yourself come across more interesting on apps!</p>

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<p>haha go for it! Nice PSAT........Anyways your SAT is really high, your GPA probably wasn't a 100 because of all of the AP's you took, and you probably will get into any school. Good luck applying to Columbia, since I am too. Although NYU has a much better program than Columbia.......................</p>

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<p>Hey Ses... is your title a reference to 'My Hands Are Bananas'? BEST SONG EVER. I'ma visit you up there and we're gonna sing it together. </p>

<p>PS: in everywhere~</p>

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<p>Go here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/520933-attention-grabbing-phrase-chance-me-please.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/520933-attention-grabbing-phrase-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>UChicago's Early Decision is open early action, it doesn't restrict you from applying elsewhere.</p>

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<p>I agree that UChicago is very intellectually and esthetically appealing, but not socially. Maybe a special type of social life. Very special... :)</p>