High GPA low SAT, chance me please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Rising Senior. Thanks.

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):1870 --> 2040 (680 all)
SAT II: Will take Bio and Math 2
ACT: Going to take practice tests to see. Will update.

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.967
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/463 or top 3%

AP (place score in parenthesis): Will have taken 12 APs by end of senior year. Biology (3) World (4) Physics B (2 :D) Waiting on US, Lang, Chinese, Calc AB (4/5’s on all most likely)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Com Sci, AP Gov, AP Comparative, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro/micro econ, Chamber Orchestra

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of Chamber Orchestra (principal player), Orchestra leadership team, District honor orchestra 4x, Solo & Ensemble (1st violin), Tennis 2x, NHS, Piano, 2 summer classes at community college, played violin for retirement homes.

Job/Work Experience: Interned at a high-tech chemical wafer manufacturing company this spring.
Volunteer/Community service: 100+hrs. Key Club. Red Cross. Chinese Mandarin Camp. Will volunteer at hospital.

Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: From AP US and Lang teachers. All had really good things to say (top student in US, and lang teacher exaggerated a lot I felt)
Counselor Rec: Talked to her a few times, but I was the first one to ask for a recommendation in my class.
Additional Rec: From intern mentor.

Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: Asian

I am applying to (somewhat in order):

  1. University of Washington Honors:
  2. Stanford (legacy, may apply EA, idk):
  3. Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD:
  4. Cornell:
  5. Purdue:
  6. Seattle U:
  7. Santa Clara:
  8. USC:
  9. John Hopkins:
  10. U Rochester:
  11. *Harvard/Columbia/Rice/U Chicago:
  12. NYU

*May apply to 1 or 2… because why not

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bump

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bumpp

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your scores don’t look too good for Ivy League schools or like UChicago. Look into getting something for your application that will really stand out

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@whuff24 What about the others? With the exception of Cornell, I am not really aiming for ivies because I know my chances are super low.

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Impressive! As long as you bring up your scores, you should be good!

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bumppp

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Since you need financial aid, take the UCs off of your list. No financial aid for OOS students.

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I’d say yes to NYU Purdue and some of the other non-ivies but try to retake the SATs if you can.

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your ec look good but your sat score is low for all the private schools, for now I think purdue, santa clara, seattle u are your best bets

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  1. University of Washington Honors: No clue
  2. Stanford (legacy, may apply EA, idk): High reach
  3. Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD: Mid reach
  4. Cornell: High reach
  5. Purdue: Match
  6. Seattle U: No clue
  7. Santa Clara: No clue
  8. USC: Mid reach
  9. John Hopkins: High reach
  10. U Rochester: No clue
  11. *Harvard/Columbia/Rice/U Chicago: High reach (all)... Honestly you should not waste your time applying to these schools :(
  12. NYU - low reach
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Hi, I think you have a decent shot for the University of Washington Honors Program. The middle 50% stats for the freshman class in 2014 were:

UW GPA: 3.87-4.00
SAT: 1950-2200
ACT: 30-33

Good luck!