I WILL CHANCE BACK! Chance me for top tier schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all! I am a rising senior at a public high school in New Jersey looking for my chances at some high level universities. Here we go:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 UW (1 B+ In high school, all rest A's)
4.9 W (Ranked 12th of over 430 in class)</p>

<p>ACT: 34 Composite (36 Science 35 Reading 35 English 30 Math)
33 Composite (With a 35 in Math)</p>

<p>I'm planning on submitting both scores so the colleges know that I got a 35 in math and that the 30 is a fluke. Is this a wise idea?</p>

<p>My school doesn't let me take APs until junior year. I took 4 APs this year (Calc AB (4) , Psych (5), Lang (4), APUSH (4)) and am taking 4 (Calc BC, Stats, Chem, Physics) next year. All of my other classes were all honors. I took the strongest schedule I could possibly take.</p>

<p>I have two leadership roles and various extracurricular activities. I am section and marching leader of the trumpets in the marching band, and am involved in countless other musical activities. I also have a lot of volunteering and am a member of 4 honor societies. Also involved in student council in school. Nothing outstanding, but I am pretty involved in other things as well.</p>

<p>My essays should be above average, two of my teacher recs will be amazing and one will be good, and my counselor rec should be very good.</p>

<p>I'm a white male, and my only hook is that I am first-generation (neither of my parents attended college) even though my income bracket is >$150,000.</p>

<p>I'm planning on majoring in either Biomedical or Chemical Engineering.</p>

<p>Will first generation help me at all?</p>

<p>Colleges:
Cornell ED CALS Bioengineering
UVA OOS EA
Northeastern EA (Any merit aid?)
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Penn
Vanderbilt
Lehigh (Merit?)
George Washington U (Merit?)
TCNJ</p>

<p>Also, would it be worth it for me to apply to one HYP? If I got in I could really use the generous financial aid they give out.</p>

<p>Any questions please don't hesitate to ask! I will also elaborate if necessary.</p>

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<p>You’ve got great test scores, an awesome GPA, and good rigor. There’s are all tough schools to get into, but I’m sure you can get into a few. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me! Good academics, but your ECs and APs are just decent. First generation might help but it won’t help that much. Essays are extremely important, but you categorize those as “above average”. </p>

<p>Cornell ED-low reach
UVA EA-match
Northeastern EA-safety
Johns Hopkins-low reach
Duke-reach
Penn-reach
Vanderbilt-high match
Lehigh-match
George Washington U-match
TCNJ-idk</p>

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<p>Cornell - Reach
UVA - High Match
NEast - Safety
JH - Low Reach
Duke - Reach
Penn - Reach
Vandy - High Match
Lehigh - Low Match</p>

<p>Good luck! Please get me back.</p>

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<p>You have very good chances. THanks for chancing me, bro! </p>

<p>Cornell ED: low reach
UVA EA: match
Vandy: high match
NEast: safety
UPenn: reach
JHU: low reach
Duke: Reach
Lehigh: safety</p>

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<p>your grades are all there and you have a GREAT resume. I’d be surprised if you didn’t get into most of these schools. The only piece left is your essays, which have to be really dynamic. A lot of the schools you’re applying to (especially the Ivys and Duke) receive a ton of applications with kids JUST LIKE YOU. You’re grades won’t get you into these schools, they will just get you in the right pile on the admission officer’s desk. Plus, it doesn’t help much that you’re a white male living in New Jersey. You have to write really quirky and fantastic essays if you want any of these schools to accept you. Your grades are great, as is your resume, but that just doesn’t cut it anymore. They want to see your personality and passion, and you have to give that to these schools, or else you’ll just be another smart white kid who ended up at a safety school.</p>

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<p>Northeastern, Lehigh, GWU, and TCNJ are all safeties for you. Your most likelies after those would be UVA (although OOS is significantly more competitive), Cornell (ED will definitely help you), and JHU (interest in bioengineering). As for Penn, Duke, and Vanderbilt, your stats are up to standards but you will definitely need good essays to complement as there will be a lot of students like you applying. Good luck!!
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<p>Cornell ED is a high match/low reach for you: write interesting essays and I think you would have a good shot of getting in.</p>

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<p>Cornell ED CALS Bioengineering- low reach
UVA OOS EA- match
Northeastern EA (Any merit aid?)- match. Merit? Not sure. They are very stingy.
Johns Hopkins- low reach/high match
Duke- match
Penn- REACH (but it’s an IVY after all)
Vanderbilt-low reach/match
George Washington U (Merit?)- Match. Merit? Yes.
I would suggest that you apply to either one or all of HYP. You never know.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone! Chanced back everyone who posted their threads!</p>

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<p>Cornell ED CALS Bioengineering-low reach
UVA OOS EA-not really familiar
Northeastern EA -safety
Johns Hopkins-match
Duke-match
Penn-reach
Vanderbilt-match
Lehigh (Merit?)-safety
George Washington U (Merit?)-not familiar
TCNJ-not familiar</p>

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<p>The grades/scores/coursework ticket that some of the above posters mention seems a little ludicrous; most of the applicants to the really selective colleges will have excellent grades and scores. Even if you score higher than them, it really says more about your ability to… get good grades and scores. A 3.98 GPA and 35 ACT all around are certainly worth being proud of, but don’t get complacent about how these might help.</p>

<p>As for extracurriculars, I think you’ll be fine for some of the less-selective schools you mentioned. However, to be honest, I don’t see a lot of real focus or uniqueness in them. Most applying to the top schools have good extracurricular achievements. Being involved in “many” extracurriculars is not necessarily a plus. I don’t see any that are really related to biomedical engineering or chemical engineering. The strength of your activities will be determined by how you discuss them, but at this point I don’t see anything that would help you stand out a lot. So chances for Cornell, Penn, Duke, Vanderbilt are not very high, in my opinion, and I wouldn’t count on some of the less selective ones. But you’ll probably get into some, though I’m not familiar with all of them.</p>

<p>Cornell - Reach
UVA - low reach
Northeastern - low reach
Johns Hopkins - low reach
Duke - reach
Penn - reach
Vanderbilt - reach
Lehigh - high match
GWU - high match
TCNJ - match</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing me, by the way! :)</p>

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<p>A little harsh placing Northeastern as a reach for me, but thanks for the input I guess haha. Anyone else care to five me a chance? I’ll chance you back happily!</p>

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<p>I would say reach for Duke, Penn (high reach), and other schools of that sort, GWU and everywhere else should be an in…</p>

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<p>chance me please :)</p>

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<p>Cornell - Low Reach
UVA - High Match
NEast - Safety
JH - Low Reach
Duke - Low Reach
Penn - Reach
Vander - High Match
Lehigh - Low Match</p>

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<p>I really just don’t know enough to chance you but please let me know how everything goes, especially with Cornell’s CALS ED. I’m a junior but the resume and interests look really really
similar (down to the trumpet part). Good luck man!!</p>

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<p>Good chances at Cornell with the ED. You seem to have a decent mix of colleges as well. I don’t think HYP would be necessarily worth it, since without anything particularly standing out, getting in would be a longshot unless your essays were amazing.</p>

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<p>Cornell- low reach
UVA- match
JH- low reach
Duke- low reach or high match
Penn- reach (most ivies are no matter what your stats are)
Vanderbilt- high match
Lehigh- safety
NE- safety
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<p>Cornell- depends on how well you show interest in doing BE specifically at cornell through your essay. if you did that well i would say low-mid reach
UVA- match
Northeastern- i think match/low match
Johns Hopkins- reach
Duke-reach
Penn-high reach
Vanderbilt-low reach/high match
Lehigh- might be abler to get scholarship, otherwise low match
George Washington U- match
TCNJ-safety</p>

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<p>Your score and GPA is fantastic! Your ECs are also pretty good. Leadership roles are important! Duke and Penn might be reaches; they are for everyone. Cornell is one of the “easier” Ivies if you will. All the other schools are matches in my perspective. </p>

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