Mission Impossible IV ????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Do I have any chance to get into these schools? </p>

<p>Targeted Schools:
University of Illinois (Bio or Mechanical Eng)
University of Chicago
GPPA Program at UIC
Johns Hopkins
Washington University
Cornell University
U Penn
Purdue (Eng)
Butler (pharmacy program)
Loyola </p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Year: Rising Senior (Class of 09)</p>

<p>Race: Asian </p>

<p>GPA: 3.95/4 Unweighted (I took all of the honors and AP courses my school has to offer; also my any B was in my freshmen year) </p>

<p>Class Rank: 6/230 </p>

<p>ACT : 31 (Still working to improve the score) </p>

<p>Projected Class Schedule:</p>

<p>French V AP
Chemistry AP
English AP
Psychology AP
Calculus AP
Drawing
PE</p>

<p>ECs:
Class Vice President
Chief Editor of School's Yearbook
Freshmen Advisor
Youth symphony orchestra
Prom Committee
Scholastic Bowl
3 Years of Varsity Tennis
3 Years of Football
Key Club
Newspaper editor </p>

<p>Honors:
National Honor Society
Scholar Athlete Award
Community Service Recognition
Nominated and Attended NYLC (leadership conference) in D.C
Grand prize winner for designing the Car of the Future </p>

<p>Volunteering:
70 hrs at the Zoo (Freshmen Yr.)
30 hrs at Summer Camp (Freshmen Yr.)
70 hrs at Hospital (Sophomore Yr.)
60 Hrs at Agricultural Department (sophomore Yr.) </p>

<p>Work Experience:
Internship at Univeristy of Illinois Medical School to research cancer (total of 220 hrs)
I am also giving a presentation at a symposium and writing an lab report on my findings </p>

<p>Other Activities:
Tutoring students
Playing the violin and piano
Making Music
Fund Raising for various organizations </p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>HAHA, I loved the title.
Anyways…I think with a slightly higher ACT score (maybe 33-34), you’re in at most of your schools. The only thing to be careful of is to make sure you don’t seem like you’re just padding your resume (such the prom committee thing). Make sure you emphasize the importance of your favorite activities.
Also, I think you might want to look into some more volunteering during your senior year. What colleges might think (and this is just my hunch) is that you lost interest in your volunteering after sophomore year and thus you were never volunteering because you enjoyed it in the first place but rather it was just to stuff your college apps.</p>

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<p>Haha thanks for the honest comments!</p>