Ivy material? Please and Thanks! =D

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm really having trouble deciding whether or not I have a chance at the ivies. Here are my stats. I want to major in microbiology research. Please chance me for UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, and all eight ivies. THANKS! </p>

<p>9th- 11th Academic UW GPA is 3.68 with gradual improvement. Our school does not weigh GPA. I'm not expecting that much of a difference including senior grades.</p>

<p>All math, science, english, and history courses are honor or AP.</p>

<p>I took a total of 5 AP classes and 6 AP tests.
AP Euro 4
AP Chemistry 5
AP US History 4
AP Chinese 5
AP Calculus AB 5
AP Biology (outside school) 4
This year I am taking Calculus BC and English 4 AP.</p>

<p>Sat Score- 2100
Sat II: Biology 770, US History 730, Chinese 790, Chemistry 720. I'm expecting to get close to 800 for Math IIC this November.</p>

<p>EC's
Piano achievements:
World Piano international piano competition 3rd place.
In the Southwestern Youth Music Festival- 1st place in Open Solo (2007), 1st place in Open Chopin, 2nd place in Open Ensemble and Young Pianist (2008), and 3rd place in Open Concerto category.
Others- 1st at the Cypress College Competition, being chosen as a winner in both the MTAC State Panel I and II exams with Branch Honors and Convention performance, and 2nd place for the complete works audition in the Southern California Junior Bach Festival. </p>

<p>I dont know if these are important, but- concerts in the Santa Monica College Concert Hall for Los Angeles Honor Chamber Music Recital and in Schumei Hall in Pasadena, a concerto and solo concert with the Shanghai music school orchestra in Shanghai, concerts in Taiwan, and a World Piano winner's concert in Carnegie Hall.
Some other random thing- National Geographic Kids Photo of the Month xD</p>

<p>Have done at least 4 monthly performances at the local senior retirement homes. In 2008 organized and hosted Concert of Hope and we raised over $5,000 for the earthquake victims in China.</p>

<p>Interned for 2 full summers at the PEER Center of Caltech, involved in a joint research project at California Institute of Technology for a novel concept of surfactants in 2007. Was the team leader for a project submitted to Siemens researching the oxidation of glucose to CO2 in mice, won semifinalist.</p>

<p>100 community service hours participating in the Long Beach Dragonboat festival, more hours (I havn't calculated) from community concerts, research at Caltech and such. But I am expecting to receive at least 200.</p>

<p>Not a lot of school clubs (I was not an active member), but Evergreen and Racquet Club. Out of school, 2 years of the Solar Car Club. </p>

<p>I consider myself a good essay writer. The problem is, I havn't started yet because of indecision and lack of time =(</p>

<p>This is all I can think of for now, please chance me! Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>Consider Oberlin College & Yale University. Brown also. Northwestern has a School of Music if you are willing to audition.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! But are those schools still in my options if I don't plan to study music?</p>

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<p>bump... 10char</p>

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<p>you have really asian ECs
ur sat score is decent and sat2s are ok
damn that 790 in chinese must have been a disappointment
w/e same thing happened to me for physics 790 is the worst grade to get other than a 300... lol
but. since ivies are looking for rele out lier ppl, u have a shot. but u have to emphasize ur ecs cuz u wont win in a stats war</p>

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<p>lol @ applying to all 8 ivies..</p>

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<p>what does @ mean?</p>

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<p>@= at.
thanks for opinions, I know I have some "asian" ec's... but I hope I can stand out.
@ llpitch, what do you mean? I'm not sure if I should even apply to any ivies... my GPA is really killing me. People are saying how EC's have to be outstanding; is this outstanding or close at all?</p>

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<p>If you plan to major in microbiology research, then Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland & Rice Univ. in Houston, Texas are good choices. WashUStL & Duke University are worth considering.</p>

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<p>your stats aren't great for ivies. but WOW Your piano ec's! i'm impressed. a guy i know got into harvard, his gpa wasnt great and neither were his sat's but he was great at piano.</p>

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<p>whooh, you've performed in Carnegie Hall?! That's one of the "big hooks"(like RSI, TASP, published, recruited atlete)</p>

<p>Good change, I guess, at all Ivies, but not stellar, maybe, say, 25/30 percent at Harvard (which, I reckon, is a lot!)</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>wow.... im gonna have to disagree with some of the other posters here.</p>

<p>i honestly think you stand a great chance at the ivies, ESPECIALLY because your ecs show some serious passion. good luck!</p>

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<p>I;m interested to know what the "World Piano international piano competition" was.</p>

<p>^ BTW, I agree. I think your ECs make you stand out.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the encouraging words guys :D
@ hieronymus312- World piano competition at Cincinnati. I think you can google it.</p>