Harvard/Yale/Princeton/MIT/Stanford/UPenn/Cornell/Brown/Columbia/Duke/Cal Berkeley/UCLA/Caltech?????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi Guys,</p>

<p>I wanted to ask what you think of my admissions chances for the colleges in the description above:</p>

<p>I'm currently a junior (almost a senior) at a public high school in San Jose, CA. My ethnicity is Asian-Mainland Chinese.</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>Before High School</p>

<p>Algebra I and II taken through the University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program-Marked in HS transcript as passed (no grade)</p>

<p>Geometry taken in middle school-Marked in HS transcript as passed (no grade)</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Orchestra: A/A
English 1: A+/A+
French 1: A/A
Physics (Conceptual, HS level): A+/A+
Math Analysis (Pre-Calculus): A+/A
Physical Education 1: A/A</p>

<p>Self-Study AP Statistics: 5
Self Study AP Computer Science: 3 (retaken in junior year)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Orchestra: A/A
English 2: A+/A+
French 2: A/A
Biology (Conceptual, HS level): A+/A+
AP Calculus AB: B+/B-
AP World History: B-/B+
Physical Education 2: A/A</p>

<p>AP World History: 5
AP Calculus AB: 5</p>

<p>Junior Year
Orchestra: A/A (With position of Concertmaster, section lead of the 1st violin section)
AP English Literature: A/A
AP Calculus BC: A/A
AP US History: A/A
French 3: A/A
Chemistry (Conceptual, HS level): A+/A+</p>

<p>Note: AP Scores are projected based on scores I received on practice tests, with the help of appass.com. All the 5's are relatively safe, with at least a 5-point buffer.</p>

<p>Self-Study AP Computer Science (retaken): 5
AP Calculus BC: 5 and 5 AB subscore
AP English Literature: 5
AP US History: 5
Self-Study AP Microeconomics: 5
Self-Study AP Chemistry: 5
Self Study AP Physics B: 5
Self Study AP Physics C (both tests): 5 on both
Self-Study AP Environmental Science: 5
Self-Study AP Psychology: 5
Self-Study AP Chinese Language and Culture: 5
Self-Study AP Art History: 5
Self-Study AP Music Theory: 5
Self-Study AP Comparative Government and Economics: 5
Self-Study AP European History (WHAP helped a lot with this lol): 5
Self-Study AP Human Geography: 5</p>

<p>Senior Year (Projected)
Orchestra: A/A (With position of Concertmaster, section lead of the 1st violin section)
AP English Language: A/A
AP Macroeconomics: A/A
AP US Government and Politics: A/A
French 4/AP: A/A
AP Biology: A/A</p>

<p>AP Macroeconomics: 5
AP English Language: 5
AP US Government and Politics: 5
AP French Language and Culture: 5
AP Biology: 5</p>

<p>High School Ranking: 21 (Yes, my high school's that competitive)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Violinist in the San Jose Youth Symphony Philharmonic (highest level) Orchestra (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years), 2nd violin Sophomore year, 1st violin Junior and Senior years.</p>

<p>Founder and President of my school's Programming Club (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior), participation in HP Codewars and other local programming competitions</p>

<p>Member of Math Club 4 years, Event Coordinator in Junior year, President in Senior year</p>

<p>Tutor for a state online PUBLIC school (volunteer)-Received over 1,000 hours and 4 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards. Served as the Tutor Center Ambassador for 1 year, Lead Tutor for 1 year. (Started in 6th grade and continued through Senior year)</p>

<p>COSMOS UC Davis Cluster 3-Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Summer between Freshman and Sophomore years</p>

<p>Founder and President for 4 years of a non-profit musical ensemble (with official state and national recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) with initially 15 members, expanded to 40 members currently. We have performed for hospitals, charity concerts, fundraising events, and we've hosted our own charity concerts which have raised $27,000 for local charities so far, and we anticipate to raise $40,000 by the end of my Senior year. We also have a free music school taught by our more experienced members, and we have had a total of about 25 students from disadvantaged ethnic groups.</p>

<p>Test Scores (other than AP)</p>

<p>SAT I: Taken in Spring of Sophomore year: 2330 (M-800, R-730. W-800)
ACT: 36 Composite
SAT II Math Level 2: 800
SAT II English Literature: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SAT II World History: 800
SAT II US History: 800
SAT II French: 800
SAT II Chinese: 800</p>

<p>I feel like I have generally good scores, but I'm afraid of my 3 on AP Compsci (even though I retook and got a 5), and my AP Calc AB and AP World History, getting me 2 B-'s and 2 B+'s.</p>

<p>Comments?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>What do you plan to accomplish as President of the Math Club in your senior year?</p>

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<p>Well, last year, we got 20 something place at the Stanford Math Tournament. I plan on raising that ranking, though it’s a long shot (Teams come all the way from China to compete in the SMT). We also sent a handful of students to USAJMO last year, and I plan on doing more AMC and AIME problems to better prepare our members for that, also helping to raise our number of AIME qualifiers. I also plan on changing meetings to twice-weekly so that we can focus both on teaching and the NAT competitions which we do for fun.</p>

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<p>The absurd amount of AP exams and SAT IIs you claim to have taken (and aced, of course) makes me think this is fake. Your concern that a 3 on a self-studied AP leading to a 5 on the next try would affect your chances is delusional.</p>

<p>Also, some of the schools you listed differ to the point that I would seriously question your interest in all of them. What do you want other than a “prestigious” name on your resume?</p>

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lmao @orbdas is right. So fake.
Also, 3 on AP Comp sci while 5 on any other math-related subject.

1/10 try again kid

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Oh and since this is a chance thread. Here:
All schools that you listed: Very high, almost impalpable, reach

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