Harvard is My Safety

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>J/k, I know it is a reach for everyone almost, but can you gauge my chances. I want to major in mechanical engineering. Also tell me chances at: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, and Duke.</p>

<p>Race:Black
Rank:13/476
GPA: 3.86 UW 5.54 W
SAT: 2070 (790 CR, 650 M, 630 W) I probably will not send this in
ACT: 34
SAT 2: Havent taken yet</p>

<p>Work Experience</p>

<p>6/1/07-7/25/07 Target (Missouri City, TX) 30 hrs/week
6/7/08-8/22/08 16 hrs/week
Employee Food Ave.
Mitigate customer relations problems
Provide high-quality food service </p>

<p>Activities</p>

<p>10th-12th Elkins Forensics Team 30 hrs/week
Member(10th-11th), Team Captain(12th) 25 weeks/year
Participated in Lincoln-Douglass Debate and Extemporaneous Speaking
Instructed novice debaters </p>

<p>9th-12th Trumpet Player</p>

<p>9th -10th Elkins High School Football Team 20 hrs/week
Linebacker, Kickoff, and Receiving Team 36 weeks/year
Directed the Defensive formation
(Quit because of wrist surgery) </p>

<p>11th-12th Science Honor Society 6 hrs/week
Member(11th), Parliamentarian(12th) 15 weeks/year
Judged local science fairs
Participated in community service for science related endeavors </p>

<p>11th-12th English Honor Society 6 hrs/week
Member(11th), Treasurer(12th) 6 weeks/year
Financial management for the society</p>

<p>11th-12th Mu Alpha Theta 6 hrs/week Member(11th-12th) 5 weeks/year
Competed in General Math and Science </p>

<p>Athletic Awards </p>

<p>9th District Runner-Up Football
2nd Place in district
10th District Champions Football
1st Place in district </p>

<p>Musical Awards
9th
Dallas Lone Star Showcase of Music Outstanding in Division Award
University Interscholastic League Concert Sight-Reading Award
10th
San Francisco Musical Showcase Participant
University Interscholastic League Performance Award</p>

<p>Speech & Debate Awards</p>

<p>10th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglass Debate
5th Place Team Texas Forensic League State Tournament
1st place University of Texas Longhorn Classic Tournament
1st Place Aldine Debate Tournament
National Forensic League Distinction Honor </p>

<p>11th
State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglass Debate
State Quarterfinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Place University Interscholastic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
6th Place National Forensic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
National Forensic League Special Distinction Honor </p>

<p>Science Research Awards</p>

<p>9th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award </p>

<p>10th
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor</p>

<p>11th
Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation published by The Society for Amateur Scientists
4th Place American Physics Society-Texas Chapter
Jacobs Engineering Science Research Award
4th Place Science and Engineering Fair of Houston
Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor </p>

<p>Distinctive Research:</p>

<p>9th Quantitative Analysis of Electron Transition in Helium </p>

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<p>Nice list, but knowing your GPA (both UW and W) would be helpful.</p>

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<p>When you send in your SAT 2 scores, they will see your SAT score. In case you didn't know.</p>

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<p>If they do see both scores will it impact their decision? Or will they just look at the higher ACT?</p>

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<p>I would say reject for all schools but Duke.</p>

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<p>How do you have above 5.00 weighted GPA?
I thought it stopped at 5.00?</p>

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<p>In at all.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance at all the schools but if I were you I would apply to MIT. Ivy League schools don't have the best engineering schools in the country, in many cases state schools beat out the Ivy League schools. With your stats MIT is definitely within your reach, also Stanford.</p>

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<p>I do not want to be a professional engineering but a research physician. So i want programs that allow me to do research with professors, at smaller schools like Yale, Harvard, Princeton I think I would have a greater chance of research interaction. Also financial aid is a big thing (my parent's have four children and three of us are going to be in college at the same time my sophmore year) and MIT's financial aid requires that you take out loans, and loans undergrad plus loans medical equal a bad combination.</p>

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<p>Wallkill - at some schools an A+ in an AP = 6.0 or 5.8. </p>

<p>Dbate, I honestly have no clue :) BUT I wanted to give you props for obviously working your butt off and wish you the very best.</p>

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<p>^^Thanks. I am just so excited about my ACT score, before I was still intent on applying to these schools, but it just seemed unlikely, but now I have a legit chance and I am so happy.</p>

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<p>how about a little bump</p>

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<p>You will be admitted to every school you apply to, unless your essays are dreadful.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above. My friend last year had very similar stats to you (he was an extemper) and got into all the ivys (he now attends harvard)
I'd say you've got a good shot at all of them, good luck!</p>

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<p>I was like *** with all these SURE chances.</p>

<p>Then I saw the race.</p>

<p>In at all.</p>

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<p>In at all for sure</p>

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<p>Your 10th and 11th grade research topics are awesome</p>

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<p>^^Thanks those were the result of hours and hours of work bc I did it all on my own. Those projects are something that I am really proud of. Quick question I did well on the ACT, but SAT no as much like I got a 650 Math SAT but 35 Math ACT, will colleges care about it bc I am majoring in engineering?</p>

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<p>WOAH. You are amazing.
I think you are a good bet everywhere but Harvard and Princeton, which you'll still have a huge shot at.
And I couldn't help but laugh.. Being an ex-target team member, I'd hardly call Food Ave. "High-Quallity" food and service. haha.</p>

<p>But seriously, you have a shot at EVERY university in the country.</p>

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<p>Come on target is not that bad. Remember Fast, Fun, and Friendly :)!</p>