IVIES and UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright, here are the schools I'm applying to (I live in NorCalifornia)
ED Stanford
if i dont get in...</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn
Duke
Columbia
University of Chicago
Cornell
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
Pomona</p>

<p>Asian male attending top-200 public High School in Norcal, school sends 3-4 to stanford and 10 to ivies every year, as well as 30-40 accepted by berkeley and 30-40 accepted by ucla every year so VERY tough and competitive</p>

<p>UW GPA- ~3.9ish</p>

<p>SAT- Math-760 CritRead-800 Writ-780 COMBINED- 2340
SAT II- Chem-780 world Hist-790 Math2c- 780 French-770</p>

<p>APs</p>

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<p>AP Music Theory- 3 (hate this subject)
AP Human Geography- 5 (self study)
AP Chem-5<br>
AP Euro Hist- 5
AP Comparative Gov.- 5 (self study)
Still to take:
AP Calc
AP U.S. Gov
AP English Lit
AP Statistics </p>

<p>Freshman Yr</p>

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<p>A/A- H Geometry
A/A- H US Literature (everyone has to take)
A/A+ H US History (everyone has to take)
A-/A H Collective Sciences 1 (everyone has to tkae)
A/A French 2
A/A Mens Choir
A/A JV Boys Golf</p>

<p>Sophomore Yr</p>

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<p>A/A- H Algebra 2
A/A- H World Literature (everyone has to take)
A/A H World History (everyone has to take)
A/A H Biology (everyone has to take)
A/A French 3
B/B- AP Music Theory (got screwed over, new teacher and dont know anything about theory)
A/A Mens Choir
A/A Varsity Boys Golf</p>

<p>Junior Yr</p>

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<p>B+/A- AP Chemistry<br>
A/A- H British Literature
A/A AP European History
A-/B+ H Pre Calculus
A-/A H French 4
A/A Chorale (highest choir, very reputable program that has won grammys)
A/A School Newspaper
A/A Varsity Boys Golf</p>

<p>Senior Year</p>

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<p>AP Statistics
AP U.S. Gov.
AP Calculus
AP English Literature
Chorale
School Newspaper (one of the editors)
Varsity Boys Golf (captain)</p>

<p>Community College classes</p>

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<p>A Intro to Comparative Politics
A+ Human Geography
A- cold war history</p>

<p>Going to take:</p>

<p>writing 201</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICS</p>

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<p>-National merit scholar (230 PSAT)
-attended democratic national convention this summer through jsa
-President and Founder of school Junior State of America club, four gavels(best speaker), MANY awards, conventions, this is my biggest ex-curric
-Senator of Northern California Junior State of America (very big deal, as there are only 2 in all of Norcal)
-Vice President of Speech and Debate- 5th in State at Parliamentary Debate (VERY BIG deal as it is all of california and debate is huge here), 8 1st places in city and regional tournaments in both debates and speeches, very big ex-curric
-Secretary of Model United Nations, 2 gavels (best delegate) and 1 excellence, 2 commendations
-Vice Pres of Science club that teaches science to elementary and middle school kids
-Secretary of Future Business Leaders of America, 3rd place Investing in annual Norcal convention
-Varsity Attorney in Mock Trial team, did very well in county and state competitions
-the School representative for my high school on the district board of education
-helped write a page of an AP Comparative Government study book that is mass published
-Intern at City hall 300+ hrs, very important to me
-SAT tutor two kids in my neighborhood
-was specialed in my city newspaper for how i went to the dnc, intern at city hall, etc
-summer intern for very big city newspaper, many articles published
-volunteer at public library, 450+ hrs
-Leadership Team of church, plan/organize events, 500+hrs
-AAJA (Asian American Journalism Association) Summer Camp, big deal since only like 20 people are picked every year and attend week-long camp with many famous journalists for free
-state ranking in golf, but not good enough to play in college
-all district choir</p>

<p>Essay: how I went to the democratic national convention this summer, amazing experience and motivated to make a difference, centers around interest in politics and government, cityhall</p>

<p>~hooks~
-went to dnc
-asian interested in english, writing, politics, law (city hall internship)
-have a great rec from one of my history teachers and an amazing one from my city hall director</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>bump…someone help me out here…i’m getting antsy writing my stanford essays</p>

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<p>Hey fellow JSA’er. I recall a friend of mine (Cameron) who said that he knew some JSA’ers who was aiming for Ivies. Is that you?</p>

<p>I’ll have to say Stanford ED is looking good. Really strong GPA and incredible SAT’s. If not ED you’ll definitely still get a shot as deferred. </p>

<p>HYP is always difficult. You have a better chance than most.</p>

<p>The UC’s are pretty much match. Berkeley and LA are maybe a bit of a reach.</p>

<p>The Lower Ivies are a slight reach.</p>

<p>Dunno much about Pomona.</p>

<p>Can you chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/571910-percentage-high-quality-california-colleges-uc-s.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/571910-percentage-high-quality-california-colleges-uc-s.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Consider most UC’s as safeties. Berkeley and LA are not a bit of reach at ALL. Definitely in at ALL UC’s.</p>

<p>You got a pretty nice shot at the HYPSchools</p>

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<p>i dont know who cameron is, but yeah.</p>

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<p>cherry - </p>

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<li>match to both Berkeley and UCLA.. likely you’ll get both but certainly one. Also match to Cornell (largest Ivy).</li>
<li>as qualified as any for the smaller Ivies, Stanford, Pomona, etc. The deal here is that your academics and public speaking/rhetoric is very strong. At this point the adcom has to LIKE you… just as in any “sales” situation, ties go to the person the adcom connects with – and you have no control over that other than to ask others to review your application for likability. Avoid arrogance, pontification, etc.</li>
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<p>thanks, dunnin–arrogance is definitely something i don’t want to come across im my essay and my app.</p>

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<p>You’re in to all the UC’S, Pomona, Duke, Cornell for sure.
The rest are matches/reaches.</p>

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<p>thanks…bumppp</p>

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<p>From what I know of these schools, I’ll say in at the UC’s and Duke. Very good chance at Cornell and UChig, maybe UPenn as well. Quite a good shot at Stanford ED. The rest of the Ivies should be a slight reach. I don’t know much about Pomona, sorry.</p>

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<p>Slight reach for Ivies aside from Cornell, but that’s standard. You’re a really strong applicant, good match for UCs, Duke, UChicago, probably Pomona.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Harvard- reach
Yale- reach
Princeton- reach
UPenn- high match
Duke- high match
Columbia- high match
University of Chicago
Cornell- match
UC Berkeley- match
UCLA- low match
UC San Diego- low match
UC Irvine- low match
Pomona- match</p>

<p>You’ve got great stuff, and you are close to as good as any for the high ivies.</p>

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<p>I assume by “low match” you mean in between match and safety?</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>wow, we have pretty similar stats and are both applying stanford ea. You have different EC’s, and you are involved deeply in them so that should help you.
Youve got as good a shot at these schools as any.
Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>