How well will this island boy do?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Aloha! please chance me for my reaches:
Reed
Northwestern
Brown
Columbia
Harvard
MIT

Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2190C 780M 710CR 700W (New SAT conversion: 1510)
ACT: did not take S
AT II: Math 2: 780
Biology M: 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.891
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/494
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5) AP Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
Science Directed Studies
AP Biology
Honors English
Psychology
Orchestra

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd nationally at HOSA competition

Intended Major + Premed or Other Track: Civil/Environmental Engineering

Subjective Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis +years):
HOSA (state officer, 3 years)
Marching Band (section leader, 4 years)
Varsity Tennis (3 years)
Violin for Church Band (4 years)
Violin for small string ensemble. Played for Governor’s inauguration (4 years)
Math Team (3 years)
Helped jump start a nonprofit organization that offers a safe space for students to study in struggling communities

Job/Work Experience: Paid internship for State Senator

Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics and Special Needs soccer program (over 100 hours combined) Student government service projects (200 hours combined)

Summer Activities: mainly just summer school

Essays: Talked about my grandfather, father, and younger brother (they all have the same name) and how that name has affected and shaped me. Also talked mostly about hiking throughout Hawaii and Guam as my main hobby

Teacher Recommendation:
10/10 Math Teacher Rec. I always come in for help so I’m positive my interest has impacted the strength of the rec.
8/10 English Teacher Rec: didn’t do too well in AP Lang, but she is an amazing writer and probably wrote a good letter about me
Counselor Rec: 6/10 average template
Additional Rec: got a letter of rec from my State Senator who I’ve worked closely with (10/10)

Other: n/a State (if domestic applicant): Guam
School Type: Public HS
Ethnicity: Chamorro (Pacific Islander)
Gender: Male Income Bracket: 80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (Is being Pacific Islander as valuable as other URMs?)
Legacy: none Reflection: (Personal difficulties, advantages, etc): my GPA and SAT scores aren’t the greatest, but they’re close to average for some schools. I don’t have a lot of time as I spend most of it taking care of my little brother.

Thank you in advance.

2

I heard UH is a good option. Gotta get the breedahs, ah? You know what I mean?

3

Some of the schools in your list do not have civil or environmental engineering. Most of them are reach-for-everyone schools.

http://wue.wiche.edu/search1.jsp indicates that following schools with civil engineering offer discounted tuition (1.5 times the resident tuition) for residents of the western region (including Guam):



Alaska      University of Alaska Anchorage          Four-Year Public        Yes
Alaska      University of Alaska Fairbanks          Four-Year Public        Yes
Arizona     Northern Arizona University             Four-Year Public        Yes
California      California State University, Chico      Four-Year Public        Yes
California  California State University, Sacramento     Four-Year Public        Yes
California  University of California-Merced         Four-Year Public        Yes
Colorado    Colorado Mesa University            Four-Year Public        Yes
Colorado    Colorado State University           Four-Year Public        Yes
Colorado    University of Colorado Denver           Four-Year Public        Yes
Hawaii      University of Hawaii at Manoa           Four-Year Public        Yes
Idaho       Boise State University              Four-Year Public        Yes
Idaho       Idaho State University              Four-Year Public        Yes
Idaho       University of Idaho                 Four-Year Public        Yes
Montana     Montana State University, Bozeman       Four-Year Public        No
Montana     Montana Tech of the University of Montana   Four-Year Public        Yes
Nevada      University of Nevada, Las Vegas         Four-Year Public        Yes
Nevada      University of Nevada, Reno          Four-Year Public        Yes
New Mexico  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology   Four-Year Public        Yes
New Mexico  New Mexico State University             Four-Year Public        Yes
New Mexico  University of New Mexico            Four-Year Public        Yes
North Dakota    North Dakota State University           Four-Year Public        Yes
North Dakota    University of North Dakota          Four-Year Public        Yes
Oregon      Oregon Institute of Technology          Four-Year Public        Yes
Oregon      Portland State University           Four-Year Public        Yes
South Dakota    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology     Four-Year Public        Yes
South Dakota    South Dakota State University           Four-Year Public        Yes
Utah        University of Utah              Four-Year Public        No
Utah        Utah State University               Four-Year Public        Yes
Washington  Washington State University             Four-Year Public        No
Washington  Washington State University Tri-Cities      Four-Year Public        Yes
Wyoming     University of Wyoming               Four-Year Public        Yes
4

Being from Guam is certainly a hook, as is your extracurricular focus on the violin, but keep in mind that, like everyone else, your chances are still low at the top universities. Your best chance is probably at Reed, but note that they don’t offer your desired major.