Hey all, chance for Columbia, Brown, Northwestern!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm planning on applying to:
Columbia
Northwestern
Brown
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

<p>Rank: 6/736
GPA: UW 3.95
GPA: W 4.99</p>

<p>ACT: 36
SAT Math II: 800
SAT Physics: 790
SAT US History: 730
SAT Chem: will take</p>

<p>ECS:
Senior Patrol Leader-Boy Scouts of America Troop 168
Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra-Assistant Principal Clarinet
Wind Quintet
Marching Band (Section Leader)
Intern-Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Math Team
Varsity Swim Team
Band/Orchestra (Section Leader)
National Honor Society
Tri-M Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards:
Eagle Scout
IMEA Honors All State Band 8th Chair
Exploravision Science Competition-Honorable Mention (PeTS Photosynthetic Ethanol Synthete)
D211 Honors Band-Principal Clarinet
D211 Honors Orchestra-Principal Clarinet
State Math-Jr/Sr 2 Person 4th place
North Suburban Math League-All Conference Honorable Mention
National Merit (expected, received 235)</p>

<p>Summer:
National Student Leadership Council-Medicine and Healthcare
Brown Pre-College Course
Student Teacher-Trigonometry+AP Calculus A (paid)</p>

<p>Individual Projects:
Developed program that scans sheet music, interprets it, and plays back in an audio MIDI file using Mathematica
Developed Hypothetical Enzyme PeTS Photosynthetic Ethanol Synthete</p>

<p>Classes:
9-Honors Geometry, Honors English, Honors Biology, Symphonic Band, World History, Critical Thinking, Spanish 2
10-Honors Algebra 2, Honors English, Honors Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Wind Symphony, AP US History, Spanish 3
11-AP American Gov/Pol, AP Macroeconomics, Wind Symphony, AP Calculus BC, Spanish 4, AP Lang Comp, AP Physics B
12 (expected)-AP Psychology, Wind Symphony, Multivariable Calculus, AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Biology, AP Chemistry</p>

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<p>Race and gender?
Intended major?</p>

<p>You are in at UIUC and Michigan.</p>

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<p>Asian male-biochemistry</p>

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<p>Geeeee…z</p>

<p>Columbia: Reach
Northwestern: Reach but good chances
Brown: Reach but better chances
Princeton: Reach
Yale: Reach
Harvard: Reach
University of Chicago:Reach (Essays are important for Chicago)</p>

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<p>Asian + Male + Biochem (sounds like pre-med) = 3 strikes</p>

<p>You need to have many more schools on your list. (<- I know what I am talking about.)</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Less Asian population. I think they are number oriented
ND: Low Asian population
Duke: No additional essay
Wash U: No additional essay</p>

<p>LACs
Swarthmore: Good science programs
Carleton: Good science programs and low Asian population
Middlebury: Low Asian population</p>

<p>I don’t think you need a safety school since you have UIUC. Are you applying to UIUC Bio Eng program?</p>

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<p>Your stats are good. Your ACT is amazing :wink: . You’re definitely qualified, but getting in the ivy league is not a game of certainty. You have a good chance of getting in to the last three schools you listed. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1169076-please-chance-me-ivy-league-stanford-duke.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1169076-please-chance-me-ivy-league-stanford-duke.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Your ECs are what makes you stand out. I’d say Chicago is a fit because of your research. It’s are not as profound a school as the Ivies, but it is top notch in research. Michigan and UIUC are matches too. </p>

<p>The rest are reaches, and believe it or not your race does hurt you :(</p>

<p>chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1167916-too-high-just-right-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1167916-too-high-just-right-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What are the intended majors that make adcoms so “There’s another one…” ?</p>

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<p>anyone???</p>

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<p>Columbia -mid/low reach
Northwestern -high match
Brown -lower reach
Princeton -mid/low reach
Yale -mid/low reach
Harvard -mid/low reach
University of Chicago -high match
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign -high match
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor -high match</p>

<p>You’ll probably get into most, if not all of the non-Ivies. Your ACT and GPA are amazing, so I’d say you’ll get into at least one of the Ivies, if not a few. I doubt you’ll make all of them though. Ivies are very unpredictable.</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165818-chance-incoming-senior-fordham-nyu-barnard-ivies-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165818-chance-incoming-senior-fordham-nyu-barnard-ivies-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hey, you look like you are a solid candidate. Being a male Asian won’t hurt you as much as you think, take it from a male Asian who got into Columbia :slight_smile: Relax, your scores are phenomenal. Focus on your essays, I can’t tell you how important they are.</p>

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<p>Columbia high Reach
Northwestern low reach<br>
Brown mid reach
Princeton high reach
Yale high reach
Harvard high reach
University of Chicago low reach/high match (if you write great essays, may be a match)</p>

<p>As 20more suggests, Vanderbilt and Notredame are good bets.</p>

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<p>“Being a male Asian won’t hurt you as much as you think”</p>

<p>Yes, it does.</p>

<p>Last year: Asian male with 36 ACT and 4.0UWGPA and multiple 800s and National winner of the competition that OP mentioned was rejected/waitlisted from EVERY selective college. </p>

<p>This year: Asian male with 2400 SAT, 4.0UWGPA, multiple 800s and national level recognition was initially waitlisted/rejected from SM and EVERY IVY colleges that he applied. (I think he got into one of the lower Ivy schools off the waitlist.)</p>

<p>I was lucky enough to get accepted from Chicago and few other selective colleges with 2380 SAT, 35ACT 800-800-780 SAT II and 3.96UWGPA from more rigorous course load than OP. But, I was waitlisted/rejected from SM and EVERY IVY colleges that I applied.</p>

<p>I can add few more examples from my HS. </p>

<p>Yes, being an Asian male will hurt your chances.</p>

<p>Collegekid2011
Congrats on your success! Consider yourself lucky!</p>