Middle Class Asian Male

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Just curious as to where I stand.</p>

<p>I'm an Asian male, typical in that I like science/math; also interested in history/politics.</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.9, W 4.5
Rank: School doesn't rank, groups according to deciles, but Top 10% out of a class of 174
School: Pretty good, was ranked #1 Public in Mass by Boston Magazine
SAT I: 2270 (800 M 760 V 710 W) may retake in October to boost writing
SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 World Hist, taking Math Level2C in June
APs: So far World History (5), taking Span Lang, Comp Sci AB and US Hist this year
-Next year English (Lit?), Chem, Physics C, Calc BC</p>

<p>Hooks: Legacy at Princeton</p>

<p>ECs:
*Piano:
-Studied for 12 years, attend NEC Prep in Boston
-Will send in a CD
-3rd Place at a state competition last year, shooting for first this year
*Football 9 10, Varsity Starter 11
*Lacrosse 9, Varsity 10, 11
(not good enough to play college though)
-Coach little kids lacrosse
-Also write up the lacrosse articles for the town paper each week
*Asian Student Union 9,10,11
-Was Master of Ceremonies for Asia Night 05 and Asia Night 06, maybe officer next year
*Outdoors Club 10,11
-Elected to Steering Committee, basically organizes trips
*Student Gov't Treasurer 10,11, prob. next year also
*Math Team - 9,10,11
-Should I even include this? I'm not a "regular", and won't be captain next year
*Chess Club 11
-I just got interested in Chess this year after a 6 year hiatus, I've become really involved and plan on starting an interscholastic chess team
*Computer Science Team 11
-Chosen as one of 4 to represent the school at a Comp Sci event, don't know if i'll include this</p>

<p>Summers:
Internship at State Senator's office (2 summers in a row)
Harvard SSP (1 course, Computer Science, I did it as a commuter)
Lacrosse Camp
Phillips Andover Writing Workshop for Day students </p>

<p>Volunteering
-300+ hrs total in a lot of random stuff, but includes my internship hrs
-~60 hrs as a hospital volunteer</p>

<p>Awards:
Freshmen Year
Dept of Math Certificate of Excellence
Sophomore Year:
Dept of History Award for Excellence: AP World
Dept of Foreign Languages Award for Excellence: Spanish V(pre-AP)
Dept of Science Promoting the Enjoyment of Learning: Honors Bio
Junior Year:
AIME Qualifier
Massachusetts Mathematical Olympiad Certificate of Merit
NCTE Award Nominee, 1 of 2 (I dont think I'll win tho, my "best writing" piece wasn't good, I was informed of the deadline the day before and had no time to prepare)
More possible awards at the end of the year</p>

<p>I'm not really sure what I plan to study. Right now I'm leaning towards med school, but I could go towards Economics, Political Science, or Computer Science.</p>

<p>So, thanks for reading. Chances for Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Rice, JHU, Cornell, G-town?</p>

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<p>You're ECs and awards are excellent, living in MA really helps. Standford, Duke, Cornell, G-town, Rice, JHU seem like close matches. HYP may be a slight reach, but you could get into one of them if u retake SAT</p>

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<p>Thanks, anyone else?</p>

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<p>No chance anywhere. Too Asian. You might have a chance at Cape Cod Community College :(</p>

<p>Just Kidding :)
HYPS are crapshoots for anybody. Reach.
Duke-I don't know.
Rice/JHU/Cornell-I think you have a good shot there. Matchish Reach.
Gtown-great shot here. Match.</p>

<p>I want to suggest University of Chicago and Wesleyan(they claim to have the #1 econ dept for LACs) for econ. Assuming that you'll look into Chicago and Wesleyan:
Chicago-great shot here. Match.
Wesleyan-great shot here. Safish match.</p>

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<p>Lol, so true, you are very asian, but your stats impress me very much and I think you have good chances.</p>

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<p>Those are awesome stats! I think you'll get into most of the places you're applying to although the first four you're applying to are so selective that you never know. </p>

<p>I have a question for you now- how exactly can you send in a piano CD? Do you just have your instructor record it for you and you pick whatever songs you want to play? Do most schools like their applicants to send in extra things like this? I play piano as well and I was thinking of doing this too for next year!</p>

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<p>Mandizz, I sent you a PM (private msg).</p>

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<p>A very above average chance for Ivies after you weed out the people that apply just to burn some application fees. </p>

<p>You seem very well qualified even from the asian pool.</p>

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<p>If he's an average asian in the ivy pool, this is gonna suck for me</p>

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<p>You should be in at Rice, JHU, Cornell, U Chicago, probably Georgetown. You have a good chance at the others. Do you have the finances covered? If you are middle class- you may not get much aid from these places.</p>

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<p>Why the **** would you retake the SATs?</p>

<p>they are really good, and retaking a 2270 is ridiculous</p>

<p>BTW your a good canidate, good luck man</p>

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<p>Yeah...getting more than a 2270 isn't really going to help you..no matter what you think.</p>

<p>As long as you can cross the 2200 barrier...colleges will be happy.</p>

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<p>sheldon0789: Have you looked into Chicago yet? You seem like a great candidate for Chicago....:D</p>

<p>Yeah, and don't retake the SAT. What a waste of money and time. :)</p>

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<p>Haha thanks guys.</p>

<p>Yep I've looked into Chicago but I don't think I will even apply. "Where fun comes to die"...Not for me.</p>