Help! Need the MOST number-based colleges...

College Search & Selection
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<p>While most people emphasize EC's etc.. I'd like to find good/decent colleges where my numbers will significantly help me get in. I'm looking for "match" colleges, especially for engineering or biochemistry major.</p>

<p>I'm not exactly a nerd but here are my numbers:</p>

<p>2260 SAT, 800 SATII Bio, will take SAT chem/physics/math in the fall (I at least expect 800 for the math one, don't know for the others). AMC 100.5, AIME 5 (those are national math stuff)</p>

<p>4.0 UW GPA, prob 4.4 W GPA (if ALL my AP classes become weighted, then it will be around 4.6 W GPA), rank around top 15-20%</p>

<p>All 5's AP's: Bio, stats, APUSH, English language, French lit and french language. had a bunch of district/regional math/science awards, and school awards. Did some research over the summer, and planning to submit to Intel. I'm definitely science oriented. NHS, science team captain etc...</p>

<p>So can you think of "match" colleges for me? I'm really stuck, cos my EC's lack on the community service and leadership. Oh, and i'm a recent immigrant and I'm trilingual if that helps any (vietnamese, french and english). I'm also asian :( (definitely doesn't help, lol)</p>

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<p>Try the obvious: Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Tufts, Carnegie Melon as matches. I'm sure UPenn, MIT, CalTech and Princeton are obvious to you.</p>

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<p>Isn't MIT, Caltech, and Princeton kinda too "reachie" for me? (I wish they weren't...)</p>

<p>UPenn, JHU, and Cornell being number-based surprises me. But I'll take a deeper look anyway.</p>

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rank around top 15-20%

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<p>i don't understand. you say you have a 4.0 UW GPA</p>

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<p>Yeah, but 4.0 at my uber-competitive public is not enough. You've got to have taken AP/honors every year, which I didn't cos I wasn't in another International School for 9th grade (also uber-competitive) where the only thing they offered was IB (for 11-12 graders).</p>

<p>That thing screwed me SO badly for class rank. Otherwise, I probably would be valedictorian.</p>

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<p>wow that's lame. anyways, apply anywhere and you have a great shot.</p>

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<p>If you're in California, the UCs love numbers. Especially UCSD, which is great for biochem.</p>

<p>What those above have said are great, too.</p>

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<p>I didn't notice your rank but admissions is so unpredictable. MiT UPENN and ivies are of course a reach for anyone. Your rank at a super high achieving school may not matter that much so go for it as your scores are good and you did well in everything you took. I used to think that ec's are so important but I'm beginning to think geographic and ethnic diversity mean more since my daughter had great scores, rank and many ec's but is just another smart, etc, white girl from long island. It seems that Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Melon and even Cornell or Vanderbilt might take a good look at you. If you want an LAC with engineering try Lehigh, Bucknell and Lafayette. For strict numbers state universities with engineering or large science would be good. I don't know what state you are from. Also you would probably get into GeorgeWash, Villanova or Georgia Tech too. I don't know much about the schools outside of the Northeast.. Good luck, I'm sure you will be great wherever you go.</p>

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<p>Lol at the above posts... JHU is one of the most NON NUMBER based top schools. Honestly, no offense but whoever said that h as no credibility. i would say the UCs like UCLA or berkeley or Caltech and MIT</p>

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<p>Virginia Tech is very numbers based (no essay required unless they changed it.) Check it out, they've got a good engineering program.</p>

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<p>Columbia and UPenn.</p>

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<p>McGill - good safety for you, you would probably get a merit scholarship, fabulous city, very good engineering and biosci, you could probably be done in 3 years because of AP's.</p>

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<p>Wow!! thanks. I'm in Texas, so UT austin is on my engineering top choice. I'll definitely take a looks at McGill, although it's in Canada. Cornell might be too tough tho. 20% admission rate for the engineering school isn't so encouraging...</p>

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<p>You would have a good shot at the Ivies--go for it</p>

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<p>USC LOVES hi stat students and they have an excellant engineering program[ Vertibi]</p>

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<p>Thanks! Any other suggestions?</p>

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<p>Dartmouth likes the numbers</p>

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<p>uber-competitive? yet 20% have 4.0s..............either a huge amount of ppl at your school are perfect students, or A's are thrown out like crazy. i assume the latter</p>

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<p>Actually, it's the weighted GPA that's used for ranking (you get only 4 weighted classes every yr, even though you may take 6 AP/honrs classes like I do). Since my weighted GPA is around 4.3-4.4, top 15-20% is about right. To get into top 10%, you have to have around 4.45-4.5 W GPA.</p>

<p>But I have to agree that there's too much grade inflation. I wish there were some grade deflation, cos I make efforts to get 98-100's, but still get the same GPA as other people.</p>

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<p>Just got my SAT II's scores back: 800's chem, physics, math. Also, my rank isn't as bad as I thought: it's actually in the 10-15% range.</p>

<p>Do you know which of those program's/colleges will I have most chance to get in because of my numbers? I am basically looking for the program with the highest program/academic quality/reputation vs. chance of getting in for me.</p>

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<li>UC Berkeley (Engineering, out of state)</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins (engineering, maybe BME)</li>
<li>Rochester University</li>
<li>Tuft</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (engineering)</li>
<li>Case Western (engineering)</li>
<li>USC (engineering)</li>
<li>UT Austin (engineering)</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Wash U</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Emory</li>
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<p>Any other suggestions?</p>