MIT? Yes? No?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Read:
Hi so I'm an eager JUNIOR just wondering if I'm on the right path for the following schools:</p>

<p>Major-Astrophysics and Physics double major
High-MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, UChicago, Harvard (maybe?)
Low-UCLA, U of I</p>

<p>Korean/White Male
Parents both have PhD's in Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>High School-Large, public, and highly competitive
Class rank- ~25/800 (Top 5%)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.6 Weighted 3.92 UW</p>

<p>AP: Comparative Govt (5-Self Studied), Human Geography (5-Self Studied), World History (5), US Govt (5), Comp Science A (5), and Music Theory (4, teacher wasn't the best )</p>

<p>Currently taking AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Lang, AP Chinese, APUSH, and AP Calc BC</p>

<p>34 ACT (Planning on retaking for a 36) [M:36,S:36,R:30,E:34,W:11]</p>

<p>Sat ii:
Physics-800
Math 2-800
Chemistry-800
Chinese-760
World History-780</p>

<p>Honors:
AP Scholar w/distinction (on course to be a National AP Scholar)
Academic Excellence Award
National Chinese Honors Society
Distinguished Honor Roll</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Around 150 hours of volunteering at Adler Planetarium & a local food pantry
Marching Band Pit Percussion Section Leader
last year #4 in state for math in WYSE (a state-wide science competition), and #6 in physics (team won state)
Participated in VERY selective Fermi National Accelator Laboratory summer research program
Vice President of History Club
Vice President & Co-founder of Comedy Club
Varsity Tennis
Varsity Scholastic Bowl Captain
Math Team-Currently 2nd in state
Chemistry Club President
National Honors Society
Vice President of a local Young Speaker's Club (basically Speech Club)
Peer Tutor (something at our school where we provide free tutoring to students who need it)
Participated in Fermilab Saturday Morning Physics program</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure my recs will be pretty strong. I'm pretty sure my counselor, physics teacher, and chinese teacher really like me.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I dont think you’ll have much trouble at any state school. It would be surprising for you not to make it to Berkeley, UCLA, or U of I. Equally surprising is if you dont get into one of the ivies. The research programs make you stand out at the engineering schools.</p>

<p>I will also add that it might benefit you to only say that you are White. And take off the references to involvement in Asian organizations/honors since they have a possibility of hurting your chances. </p>

<p>MIT - Slight Reach (40% chance or so)
Caltech - Slight Reach
Berkeley - Match/Safety (75% chance)
Stanford - Reach (25% chance)
Princeton - Reach
UChicago - Match
Harvard - Reach
UCLA - Match/Safety
U of I - Safety</p>

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<p>Strong applicant especially in regards to the EC involving research programs. Since you show a lot of interest in your field, I think you have an excellent shot at all of the schools.</p>

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<p>ACT, SAT II’s and GPA are also very good. Do you have legacy status at any of these schools?</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good chance at all of the schools. As said above, you’re in for all public schools (Berk, UCLA, UIUC, Umich, etc etc). I would give you a reasonable chance at the top Ivies/stanfords, but its hard to tell for anyone. Low Ivies/Caltech/Uchi are probably all matches. </p>

<p>Best of luck</p>