I'm sorry, but I need to prove my momma WRONG

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me please: </p>

<p>Mit
Georgetown
Wharton (UPENN)
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Colgate
Tufts
Duke</p>

<p>Background information:
Asian female </p>

<p>Education:
AP Calculus BC, Pre-IB Spanish III, 6 honor courses in sophomore year
2 AP Classes, 2 IB HL classes, 4 honor courses in junior year
3.974 GPA freshman; 4.0 sophomore; 3.91 junior (out of 4.0)
Cumulative: 3.96</p>

<p>Planning to take AP Micro, AP STat, AP Bio, AP Lit (on my own), AP Spanish (on my own)
IB spanish and IB Lit </p>

<p>PSAT: 223; Verbal: 70; Math: 80; Writing: 73 (2005-2006)
PSAT: 227; Verbal: 67; Math: 80; Writing: 80 (2006-2007)
(probably semi-finalist) </p>

<p>1520/2200 on SAT I (Verbal: 730; Math: 790; Writing: 680)
retaking in October
ACT: 34 (Math and English: 35; science: 33; reading: 32)
pretty content</p>

<p>800 on the SAT II Math IIC
800 on the SAT II Chemistry
760 on the SAT II Math IC
730 on the SAT II World History
planning to take Lit and Spanish this coming year (hoping for 750+) </p>

<p>A score of 5 on the AP Calculus BC Exam
(probably) 5 on AP Chem</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
First-place winner for national essay contest
Finalist for essay contest
Selected for 2007-2008 Who’s Who Among High School Students
Wellesley College Book Award
Short, inspirational story by Young People’s Press
attended week-long journalism workshop
National Society of High School Scholars
National Honor Society (NHS)<br>
National Spanish Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Medalist at 2007 New Jersey State Science Olympiad
2006 Invitee as Representative of New Jersey to National Youth Leadership Forum
2006 Invitee as Representative of New Jersey to Lead America (Youth National Leadership Conferences)
2007 Invitee to National Honors Convention </p>

<p>Finalist for International Competition (business-related)<br>
2006 Representative of the State of New Jersey at the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) in Bethesda, Maryland
Recipient of 2005 and 2006 Certificate of Servanthood presented by Youth Family Focus and The Korea Times
One of the leaders of the community service program directed by Youth Family Focus and The Korea Times; this was a one-week community service program for students from all parts of New Jersey and New York
Best solo flutist for three years
Concert mistress in orchestra for 2006 spring concert</p>

<p>Outstanding Speaker at Model United Nations Conference
Actively involved in MOdel UN club at my school
Under Secretary-General for Academy Health Organization; helped in creating partnerships with Cornell, Berkeley, and Northwestern University
Co-authored article published in Cornell and Northwestern University’s international health journal
Conducted full-year, ongoing Bio Research project that focuses on herbal medicine and its use to down-regulate Alzheimer’s Disease by affecting levels of IL-6
section editor for electronic journal
featured writer for newspaper
Member of math team
First chair in school band and orchestra (flute)
Accepted into local and regional bands
Invited to playin Europe last year
Tennis: Varsity since sophomore year (won the league championship last year) </p>

<p>Community service:
Worked with UNICEF in Kenya and Ecuador
attended Fishkill Correctional Facility and interacting with prisoners in the Youth Assistance Program (YAP)
visited the site of Habitat For Humanity and building several houses in Paterson, New Jersey<br>
30 hours of “gleaning” in Maryland (During the gleaning process, leftover crops are collected and the food is distributed by humanitarian groups to the less fortunate.)
10 to 20 hours of tutoring mathematics
Obtained 130 signatures for Darfur petition in 3 days</p>

<p>Major:
1. Law
2. Business
3. Journalism/writing </p>

<p>Please Chance! Thanks</p>

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<p>someone help! </p>

<p>bump ^^</p>

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<p>Mit ~reach
Georgetown ~match
Wharton (UPENN)~slight reach
Harvard ~reach
Yale~reach
Princeton~reach
Columbia~slight reach
Cornell~match
Dartmouth~slight reach
Stanford~reach
UC Berkeley~match
Colgate~safety
Tufts~safety
Duke~match</p>

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<p>wow great stats and ECs congrats!!! Here's my opinion:
MIT - reach (it's a reach for anybody)
Georgetown - match
Harvard - reach (again a reach for anybody)
Wharton - reach (once again a reach for anybody)
Yale - reach (" ")
Princeton - reach (" ")
Columbia - reach (" ")
Cornell - slight reach/match (you'll probably get it, but IMO not quite as a "guaranteed" in as with Georgetown
Dartmouth - reach (reach to anybody)
Stanford - reach (if you were in state I would probably say that you'd be a match, but since you r from New Jersey it will be a little tougher)
UC Berkley - match (although again, in state you'd be "guaranteed" in so-to-speak, but still you'll most likely to get in)
Colgate - definate math
Tufts - match (would say definate match except that it is just getting more and more competitive each year, then again what school isn't getting more competitive each year? lol)
Duke - match</p>

<p>I would recommend applying early decision/early action to your number one school, it would increase your chances and would pretty much mean that you are in with any of these schools (except for HYP basically). But if can't make up ur mind then you'll definately get in to one of these exceptional schools, so never fear, you'll be headed off to an outstanding school in the fall of '09. Good luck!!!</p>

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<p>There is essential info missing that really renders most of the above useless IMO. We don't even know her class rank!</p>

<p>We can deduce that we have an Asian candidate from NJ. That is a very difficult profile to gain admittance to a top college as there are a huge number of similar students from very competitive NJ schools vying for a limited number of spots. NJ is crazy competitive even for URMs.</p>

<p>The class rank would have to be very high (top 2%?) to be competitive in this group. We have the same issue in CA.</p>

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<p>Our school doesn't provide a rank, </p>

<p>but I am considered to be the top 1 percent of the class. I go to a magnet school, so the system is complicated.</p>

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<p>You certainly have a shot! Do add some safety schools though and make sure you have financial safeties. By that I mean make sure to work the numbers now and make sure your parents can pay what the private schools will want them to.</p>

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<p>ur momma is going down :p
(in a good way...:))</p>

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<p>don't retake your SAT, lmao. they're excellent as they are, esp. with you ACT score =]</p>

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<p>The reason college admissions in the this country is so messed up is from people like you. You go to USNWR and select the top 15 or so colleges and apply there simply based on rank (And 6/8 of the Ivies..Ambitious!). Of course you get into all of them because you have great statistics, but you only can go to one, so that leaves 14 acceptances letters representing the spots of students you've stolen. So what are your chances? The same flipping chances everyone else has, but if you want to prepetuate the insanity that college admissions has come to, by all means, join the other 100,000 that apply to your 15 schools each of which I'm so sure you'd attend.</p>

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<p>Though put sort of bluntly (well, very bluntly) halopeno does have a point...why dont u try to figure out what you really like...and narrow down your choices. In that way, you can even trim your resume to fit the schools you apply to better, and increase ur chances</p>

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<p>well said (10 characters)</p>

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<p>ok. i see a lot of fluff in your profile. some worthless awards and some meaningless "commitments". there were certainly some impressive feats, but they are tainted by your inclusion of filler accomplishments. get rid of those.</p>

<p>good gpa. mediocre test scores. overall, i say ECs are all over the place and i see no passion.</p>

<p>reject by:wharton, HYPSM, columbia, dartmouth, UCB
in at: georgetown, cornell, colgate, tufts, duke</p>

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<p>You can't see a passion? You can see a focus in my EC? </p>

<p>WRITING</p>

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<p>don't get defensive. i'm merely pointing out that with all the fluff going on, i can't see anything that stands out. sure, there's some stuff for writing, but there's tons more for this and for that</p>

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<p>But doesn't it show well-roundedness and consistency?</p>

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<p>haha thanks for the tidbit, debate_addict :]</p>

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<p>it shows that you can do more than just write...
u have a focus, and a passion, but also other things that extend beyond that domain...</p>

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<p>I don't tihnk you are good enough to get into most of the schools you are applying to.
But chances are, you'll get into about one of your reach schools (HYPMS).</p>

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<p>Why do you say so?</p>