I needs muh chances at Princeton!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian-American at Very competitive School (average SAT score of 1400)
GPA--3.99 UW, 4.89 Weighted
Significant Awards--2-time USAMO qualifier, National Latin Exam 3-year perfect scorer, RSI (Research Science Institute), US Physics Olympiad, qualified for USNCO (US National Chemistry Olympiad), PROMYS at Boston U., Mathcamp last year</p>

<p>***currently working on a medical Siemens research project trying to use computer algorithms/mathematics to diagram and analyze a virus </p>

<p>Leadership--Captain of region ARML (Math League) team, founder and president of the Art and Craft of Problem Solving Club (worked in collaboration with my ARML team to garner numerous awards regionally), Quantum Physics Club Vice-President and Co-founder</p>

<p>Volunteer--400 hours of volunteering teaching "Diffy Q" to high school students, 150 hours at local hospital interning some ****
SAT I--800 math, 800 writing, 680 CR
SAT II--800 IIc, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 US History, 790 Latin Prose, 800 Chinese w/Listening</p>

<p>APs--US History, Phyiscs B, Chemistry, Calc BC, US Government, Latin Virgil, Language and Composition, Physics C, Statistics (received 5s on all so far, waiting for 4 more scores)</p>

<p>Next year's classes: Real Analysis, some English ********, AP Psychology, Probability Theory, AP Envi. Science, couple of advanced graduate math classes at the nearby university</p>

<p>Chances at: Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Caltech, Yale, Stanford, Franklin. Olin College of Engineering, Northwestern 7-year program</p>

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<p>No doubt you'll get into some or most. Top student at top school, RSI,national ARML. Truly exceptional!!</p>

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<p>Oxford is a reach. Stanford, Cal Tech, HYP, Cambridge, MIT. All reaches. Because there are lots of kids who do amazing research. And your CR score isn't the best that it could be.</p>

<p>Olin and Northwestern may be more forgiving. But Olin is becoming increasingly more selective.</p>

<p>I'd be surprised if you didn't get into at least one or two. But expect thin envelopes from Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.</p>

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<p>OH... um... For your information, applying to Oxford and Cambridge at the same time is one of those things that Just Isn't Done.</p>

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<p>impressive... but stereotypical. make sure your essay doesn't portray yourself as a calculator. otherwise, i say you're into the vast majority of colleges you apply to. reject by cambridge and oxford though (are you trying to collect medals by applying all the way there??).</p>

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<p>To get by the RSI folks you need to be very exceptional.</p>

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<p>Haha, you guys are harsh. :-) Qualifying for the USAMO--only 500 of the top math students from the country can do that. US physics olympiad--200 of the top physics students. RSI--I think it was about 30ish above this year, not to mention its being one of the toughest programs in the nation (and fun too). I don't mean to sound presumptuous, but I thought i had better chances at harvard :-( we'll see</p>

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<p>Gah, just how detrimental is my CR score?</p>

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<p>^^ you do sound very presumptuous. for that, i believe you will be rejected by harvard because your arrogance and immaturity will be picked up by adcoms</p>

<p>oh, and a piece of life advice. the world hates extremely smart but extremely arrogant people. i'd watch my back if i were you</p>

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<p>.....ok.....well anyways, i was trying to express the competitiveness of the programs...i had to work my friggin rear end off to even gain admission to some of the programs and do well on the tests, so why would i want to be presumptuous?</p>

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<p>and to your accusation of "collecting medals," i spent part of my life growing up in the UK, so do i not have reason for applying there other than spitting my admission decision in someone's face?</p>

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<p>a 680 cr is bottom 25% for Harvard and co, a range usually reserved for athleted, urms, etc.</p>

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<p>CR is a hindrance, but I'd say you're going to get in somewhere you'll be happy with.</p>

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<p>pshh only about 70 kids get into RSI and there are like at least 10,000 spots available with all those school you're applying to, so i think you're good for at least ONE of them ;) haha
definitely Northwestern. probably all the other ones too except for Oxford and Cambridge (don't know anything about those), especially if you can get the Siemens thing</p>

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<p>RSI and USAMO are enough.</p>

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<p>MIT for sure (they host the frikin RSI). In everywhere else too, except maybe Harvard since they rejected Eric Price and Anders Kaseorg (sp?). What school do you go to? TJHSST?</p>

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<p>Wow, it's ridiculous that at least 1/4 people at Harvard have scored perfect on the CR section...Haha, I'm hopeless</p>