i've read about a thousand, so here's my go

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>The usual prediction/chances page. Any and all comments are welcome.
Korean, live in New Jersey, rising senior.</p>

<p>SAT I : 750 M, 700 CR, 720 W (11 on essay if that makes a diff)
SAT II : 730 Math IIC, 680 US Hist. (plan on retakin)
GPA : 4.46 out of 4.7 (about all A's and 1 B every year)
Rank : no exact but top 10%
AP's : US History 3
Chemistry 3
(those are the AP classes iv taken so far cause thats all my school allowed)</p>

<p>Schedule for senior year :
AP English Lit
AP Physics
AP Environ Sci
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish V
AP World History
Band honors </p>

<p>EC
i'll save you the time and only list the major ones</p>

<p>Varsity Volleyball
- helped form the first team in school history as junior
- chosen as team Captain junior year and will be senior year
- lead team to State Championship Tournament (unheard of for first year programs)
- honor of team MVP
- (little side note, my coach attended U penn and then wharton and eventually taught at u penn)</p>

<p>Band
- Marching Band 4 years (1st trombone for 3, section leader for 2)
- Concert Band 4 years (1st trombone for 2)
- Jazz Ensemble 4 years (1st and 2nd trombone for 3 years)
- Community Band (basically community service, playing for old folk and what not)
- hopefully will be elected band president, somewhat confident</p>

<p>Russian Club
- russian is not offered in my school so decided to co-found the club for language and cultural exploration
- vice-pres</p>

<p>Korean United Presbyterian Church of New Jersey Youth Group
- Youth Council Member Senior year
- Treasurer of the Council Senior year
- Member of group that leads worship every sunday for past six years</p>

<p>Then a slew of other things such as runner-up for student coalition president (dont know if that counts for anything), finalist for New Jersey Governor's School for the Environment (only 90 some selected, 150 some finalists)</p>

<p>My essays are good, people tell me they're creative and humorous. (plan on working on it)
Reccs should be good (pending)</p>

<p>Some Schools (and i know a lot of reaches):
1. Duke (possibly ED)
2. UVA ( i know im OOS)
3. U penn
4. U mich
5. Johns Hopkins
6. Rutgers (safety)</p>

<p>Than a bunch of reaches, such as brown, dartmouth, columbia (legacy), maybe princeton, maybe UNC chapel hill.</p>

<p>Thanks for all your feedback.</p>

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<p>............</p>

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<p>i'd say mich is a match for you. duke and penn would be reaches, though you might want to get your coach to advocate for you. not familiar with the rest, sorrY.</p>

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<p>thanks anyway.
oh and i forgot to list summer activities nothing major:
- Weston Science Scholars Program (local community college picks about 35 hs kids with good grades and stuff)
- Studied at University of Salamanca in Spain for a month (recieved college creds)
- Worked in an orphanage in the countryside of south korea for about two weeks (not one of those fancy programs)</p>

<p>Also was a National Merit Semi-Finalist for the psat or whatever
and my bro went to mit if that makes a difference</p>

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<ol>
<li>Duke (possibly ED)- rejected</li>
<li>U penn- rejected</li>
<li>U mich- maybe?</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins- maybe?</li>
<li>Rutgers (safety)- accepted</li>
</ol>

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<p>U penn, I'd say reach, not 100% reject.</p>

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<p>....any thoughts on uva?</p>

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<p>Thoughts on UVA/UNC: Good luck</p>

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<p>Could you tell me your Michigan GPA? This will help me find your chances. Here's how you figure it out.</p>

<p>Take out freshman year grades
Take out non-academic classes
Take out grade boosts
Take out pluses and minuses</p>

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<p>Man, you guys are mad. He's got great stats, ECS, and what sounds like some good essays & recs. The only problem I have with the list is that it seems like you're going for the most prestigious options and are therefore lacking in the so-called "matches". Here are my predictions:</p>

<ol>
<li>Duke (possibly ED) - reach</li>
<li>UVA ( i know im OOS) - reach</li>
<li>U penn - are you applying to wharton? if so, reach. otherwise, match.</li>
<li>U mich - match</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins - reach/match</li>
<li>Rutgers (safety)</li>
</ol>

<p>You might want to cut down on the brand-name schools and look for some more practical choices. There's this huge gap between the top schools and your safety.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Duke (possibly ED) - WL or Accept</li>
<li>UVA ( i know im OOS) - Accept</li>
<li>U penn - WL</li>
<li>U mich - Accept</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins - Accept</li>
<li>Rutgers - Accept</li>
</ol>

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<p>yea it does seem strange that im applying to a lot of tough schools but they are the schools i visited, spoke to people about, and genuinely liked. as for my safety, rutgers, everyone from my school gets into rutgers and its also a good school. as for mich gpa post, i dunno prob like 3.7 unweighted im not really sure what you meant. well thanks for all your opinions. </p>

<p>one more question, will it be easier to get into columbia (legacy and ed) or duke just ed. I know theyre both major reaches but wanna know which i have a better shot at.</p>

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<p>UPenn is not a match! Are you on crack xoverseas?</p>

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<p>no ur UMich is lower bc u take out ur freshman year...now what is it? if its lower than 3.7, no go. otherwise u have a shot.</p>

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<p>Yeah, a 3.7 unweighted is low for Michigan, because when they take out your non-academics as well as pluses/minuses, and freshman year, you will be too low to have it be a match. I'd say it's a match, because you still have solid test scores.</p>

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<p>For UMich, also consider that an A- is the same as an A, so if that's an issue, your uMich GPA might be slightly better than you think. I like your chances there.</p>

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<p>Also, the grades at Montclalir High are wayyyy inflated. (no offense, I have a friend there who sleeps through class and gets all As. And believe me, she's no genius)</p>

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<p>i'm a junior looking to go to wharton or University of Chicago or Columbia</p>

<p>Math- 800
Reading-730
Writing-750</p>

<p>Freshman year- 2 B's (Spanish, math)- does freshman year count?
Sophomore- All A's
Captian of DECA Quiz Bowl team and Consumer Bowl Team- South Jersey Champions in my first year
DECA- 1st in the state International Business Plan
DECA- fourth in the state E-Commerce
70 hourse community service
one year of JV baseball, one year of JV and V baseball
15+ hours of work (bank), sports, and community service per week FOR MY JUNIOR YEAR</p>

<p>please provide some input</p>

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<p>forgot to mention i plan to ED at wharton</p>

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<p>You should make your own thread instead of hijacking this one. :) (you're new, so the terrorist act is forgiven)</p>