HYPS Chances. Last Chances post ever =O

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race: Filipino and White
State: Hawaii
Grade: Senior
Rank: 1/274
Major: Undecided, I might apply Engineering to some schools though</p>

<p>GPA: 3.97UW, 4.3 Weighted</p>

<p>AP Grades: * = Self Study
Euro History - 4
English Composition - 4
World History - 5
Physics B - 4
Statistics - 5
Psychology - 5 *
Comparative Government - 5 *</p>

<p>Senior Year APs:
English Literature
US History (online)
Biology
Calculus AB (self studying BC)
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics</p>

<p>*Note: Although it doesn’t matter at all lol, by the end of senior year I’ll probably be the AP State Scholar for Hawaii.</p>

<p>SAT: 2180/1470 (780M, 690 CR, 710WR, 10E)</p>

<p>SAT2:
MathIIC - 780
World History - 770
Biology E or M - Taking in December (expecting 770+)</p>

<p>ACT: 34. 34 E, 35M, 34 R, 33 S, 10E, 33W. (35 superscored with a 36 in R).</p>

<p>Academic Awards (Probably the weakest part of my app):</p>

<p>Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
AP Scholar with Distinction
Team Founder/Captain of the 4th place team out of 65 at States for Academic WorldQuest
Team High Scorer, OML McKinley Math Meet 2008</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (also weak =/):</p>

<p>Band/Marching Band
7 years of Clarinet
2 years of Private Lessons
Marched in the 2006 Rose Parade (9). Will march in the 2009 Rose Parade (12).
Clarinet Section Leader (12)
Varsity Letter (11,12)
Featured soloist in Field Show (11)
Hawaii High School Honor Band (11,12)
Hawaii All State Marching Band (11,12)</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta
11, 12th grades
Co-President (12)
Created a math tutoring program at school (12)
Varsity Letter (11,12)
Oahu Math League participant (11,12)</p>

<p>Academic World Quest (current events competition)
12th grade
Team Founder and Captain
4/65 at States in first year of competition</p>

<p>National Honors Society
11th, 12th grades
Random c/s odd jobs</p>

<p>Interact Club
11th, 12th grades
Random c/s odd jobs</p>

<p>Colleges I'm applying to in preference order (loads of reach schools rofl):
Harvard
Stanford
Princeton
Yale
Duke
University of Pennsylvania
Pomona
Rice
Washington University STL
URochester
U Pittsburgh – accepted w/ full tuition scholarship, 16k scholarship, honors college, etc.
University of San Diego</p>

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<p>Some background: I've gone to ~11 schools K-12 and 2 high schools because my parents are both Navy. I'm probably only going to put the EC's from my 11-12 grade high school on my application.</p>

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<p>why not put them all, and explain your constant switching? </p>

<p>Anyways, I think you have a pretty good shot. You don't have a mind blowing EC, but it's tough when you're switching schools a ton. good luck, get into Stanford ftw :)</p>

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<p>What I note about your list is that it's pretty heavy on super-reaches (a lot of these are super-reaches for everybody). That's OK, if you can afford the fees, and you have a decent chance of getting in to one or more of them. Pomona, Rice, and WashU are still pretty selective, but I'd say your chances there are good. I don't know about Rochester or USD. Pitt's a good school, and that's a nice safety situation.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Harvard: Reach
Stanford:Low Reach
Princeton: Reach
Yale: Reach
Duke: High Match
University of Pennsylvania: High Match
Pomona: Match
Rice: Match
Washington University STL: High Match
URochester: Safety
U Pittsburgh – accepted w/ full tuition scholarship, 16k scholarship, honors college, etc.: Safety
University of San Diego: Safety</p>

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<p>bump 10 char =O</p>

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<p>bump 10 char.</p>

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<p>lol bump10char</p>

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<p>your ec's aren't bad! i think you stand a fair shot at all the schools you want to apply to.</p>

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<p>1 last bump =O</p>

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<p>Your SATs are a bit low for Harvard and Princeton, although you have a great class rank and AP scores. You'll have a better chance at Stanford because they tend to focus less on numbers - maybe write an essay about having to move all the time and how that changed you as a person? I'm not familiar enough with the other schools to chance you.</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent chance at most of these schools, you have shown great adaptability and resiliency. I would absolutely make sure those 11 changes of schools are highlighted in the application.</p>

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<p>Yeah, play up the fact that you had to move around a lot!</p>

<p>Your GPA and ACT score and AP tests are wonderful, and they put you in the top tier of competitive applicants.</p>

<p>However, although your extracurriculars are good, they aren't great. HYPS expect great to outstanding extracurriculars.</p>

<p>HYPS = you are within the top tier of competitive applicants. The only ones that are better are the unbelievably outstanding, crazy, *** applicants that you often see around CC. So for you, I wouldn't be surprised if you got in, but I wouldn't put you as a match. Slight reaches for all. Expect an acceptance letter from one!</p>

<p>Duke: High Match
University of Pennsylvania: High Match
Pomona: Match
Rice: Match
Washington University STL: Match
URochester: Safety
U Pittsburgh : Safety
University of San Diego: Safety</p>

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<p>And could you chance me, please?
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<p>Your SATs are a bit low for Harvard and Princeton, although you have a great class rank and AP scores</p>

<p>Well that's why I'm glad I got a 34 on the ACT.</p>

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<p>^lol owned.</p>

<p>You have a great shot everywhere. The essays will decide it for you (aka, you're "within range" - now write some baller essays!)</p>

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<p>shameless bump.</p>

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<p>random bump why not</p>

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<p>Write good essays. A lot of people think they automatically will write good ones, and that's often a fatal flaw. Put a lot of time into them!</p>