Help answer the questions of a lost Junior ;)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Im a Junior in High School and I'm kinda worried...
Maybe its because I've been reading too many college apps books or that I've been brainwashed by Asian parents (those w/ asian parents know wat its like xD), but ive developed a perpetual fear of college admissions.</p>

<p>So i am here to seek out some very knowledgable individuals (flattery never hurts, right? XP) who can answer a few of my questions.</p>

<p>SAT: Reading: 730, Math: 740, Writing: 790
SATII: Chem: 780, MathIIC: 800, USH: 760, Bio: 780
APs: Bio: 5, Euro: 5, And still waiting for CompSci, USH, Chem, and EngLang.
GPA: 3.95 if unweighted, 4.68 if weigted w/ both APs and Honor classes, 4.5 if weighted w/ only APs.
Class rank: im not sure but probably in the top 5-10% of 400ish in a competitive high school.</p>

<p>What I'm worried about is my ECs, I've done a lot of random clubs and stuff, but not too many w/ long term commitment (eek):
*National Ocean Science Bowl (club member for 1 year)
*Math Team (1 year)
*Academic League (2 years)
*Hospital Volunteer (starting that over the summer)
*Library Volunteer (2 years)
*CalTech Sig Award
*Basically selftaught piano for 6ish years
*Commended PSAT (i pretty sure)</p>

<p>I would like to end up a Doctor so i think im probably gonna major in biochem or end up premed so...</p>

<p>I'm definitly applying to UCSD (saftey?), UCLA, and UC Berkley. I'm thinking of also applying for Chicago and Duke. I also want to try my luck w/ schools such as Harv, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Stanford and UPenn.</p>

<p>What other college should i apply to? Should i even bother w/ the high Ivies? Which ones (for the alumni here) are most likely to accept me? Which colleges would be the best for my desired career choice?</p>

<p>I'm relatively unknowledgable(is that a word?) about colleges so i thank for your time :)</p>

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<p>If you are sure you want to be a doctor you might consider schools that have a built in link to medical school admission. Good test scores, congrats!</p>

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<p>For the UCs, if you're instate, you're more or less in.</p>

<p>The problem arises with Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and Cornell.</p>

<p>Your lack of ECs and AP sciences may hurt you.</p>

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<p>ok... let's see. for top schools, you have ok numbers and a bad rank (5% to 10% rank in a class of 400? so you are ~30/400?). and like you said, bad ECs.</p>

<p>i would not bother applying to HYPS. instead, i would apply ED to a lower ivy and hope for the best. even then, i still would not have high expectations. </p>

<p>you are like the epitome of bright well rounded kid who will received lots of rejection letters from top schools. you just don't stand out</p>

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<p>ses: Regarding the comment about the sciences, doesn't taking AP Bio in 10th and AP Chem in 11th count as AP sciences? In our school we only have 3 AP science courses: Bio, Chem and Physics and im taking Physics as a 12th grader. And ya the lack of ECs make me regret all those times i thought i would have more time to do ECs :(</p>

<p>firefox: For my ranks, I cant really be sure of where I am. The rankings don't come out until senior year (i think) and i know I am at least in the top 30 of my class. I know that a few of my friends have similar GPAs but I can't be sure how many have GPAs higher than me. I know for a fact that the year before last's highest GPA was 4.81 and if I had been in that class I would have been top 10 easy. Tough break, heh?</p>

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<p>Lack of ECs might burn a lil'... Higher UCs should be good matches. Duke- low reach. With Ivies and Chicago though, ya... ECs might hurt a bit. Though, if I was in your situation, UCs would definitely not be bad alternatives (UCSD and UCLA would be good since you want to be a doctor).</p>

<p>Chance me please. I'll give you an imaginary cookie! ^_^</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Your scores look very very good for UC's. You'll most definitely make it to all of them without a doubt. If you want to pursue a medical career, why not apply to more medically prestigious schools such as SanFran or Johns Hopkins? You have good chances with them as well. I also think you have a good chance at Stanford as well, because in comparison to other students that I know of who have gotten it yours is the same if not better. But that you are in a very competitive school harms your rank and consequently your chances of getting into top universities. Perhaps you should consider transferring to a worse school for your senior year haha. If you end up valedictorian of that school you're chances at Yale and Harvard will be alot better. I went from a top school (ranked ~300 in nation) to a very bad school (~900) and went from top 15-20 to top 3. But with your scores, your school must be filled with geniuses.</p>

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<p>heh, theres no way im getting valedictorian but theres a good chance i can crack the top 10-15. Ya the people at my school are either really laidback and dont give a shizz or extremely competitive and caring when it comes to grades. I fall into the latter category -.-. I hope i can get into stanford; that would make my parents' dreams come true (lol -.-!) And ya i really doubt that i'm going to be transferring to a bad school even thought that seems like a good idea :)</p>

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<p>try drexel's 7 year medical plan it's good i hear.</p>

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<p>um anyone else wanna give it a go? bummp</p>

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<p>Weak ECs.
Rejected at all Ivy Leagues and Stanford.</p>

<p>Good chance at UChicago, and low chance at Duke.</p>

<p>In at all UCs.</p>

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<p>don't do UChicago if you want premed, unless you also want a Core Curriculum and you're up for meeting the demands of Core plus demands of premed plus a lower average GPA than many other schools.</p>

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<p>you love yao ming?
me too!
but i think
the new chinese guy
yi jianlin
will own
x]</p>

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<p>:) go yao and yi xP</p>

<p>anyone else wanna chance me?</p>

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<p><em>sigh to the basketball lovers</em></p>

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<p>lol.
yeah i mean.
milwaukee?
theres no chinese people there!
hahaha
i hope he gets to rockets.
did u hear about ray allen going to boston?
and
whooo whoo ODEN!
knew it.</p>

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<p>heh i will enjoy watching yao own oden this year ;) </p>

<p>but i digress...</p>

<p>anyone else wanna chance me</p>

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<p>buuuuuump heh</p>

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<p>if i was going to say accepted/rejected </p>

<p>rejected at all ivies - the lack of ecs and the increased competition make it difficult for you</p>

<p>in at all UCs</p>

<p>rejected at stanford</p>

<p>try applying to more matchish schools for you - michigan would be an easy admit, maybe jhu cuz of the strong medical program, but you shoudl prolly just end up at UCLA or UCB cuz it wont cost you anythign to go and you probably wont get into any ivies</p>

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<p>^^^
:( </p>

<p>umich wouldn't be good for me since its a public school and i dont live in mich.
Ya im probably gonna end up in UC but <em>fingers crossed</em> i hope i can get into Cornell or UPenn or my favorite: UCHICAG (dunno why buts my current fav)</p>