My Chances at JHU, Penn, Columbia, Michigan????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Date: September 1st, 2006 10:41 AM
Author: csp0</p>

<p>hi, i’m a senior who goes to a quite tough private school, </p>

<p>and i’m really desperate for comments plz. </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.7 (no rank)</p>

<p>weighted GPA: we dont have weighted GPA. </p>

<p>(our school starts A from 94%, i hope this is considered ALOT…) </p>

<p>Freshman Year </p>

<li><p>Geometry </p></li>
<li><p>General Literature </p></li>
<li><p>Biology </p></li>
<li><p>World History </p></li>
<li><p>PE </p></li>
<li><p>Studio Art </p></li>
<li><p>Communication </p></li>
<li><p>Chinese 1 </p></li>
</ol>

<p>Sophomore Year </p>

<li><p>Chinese 2 </p></li>
<li><p>US. literature </p></li>
<li><p>Algebra 2 </p></li>
<li><p>PE </p></li>
<li><p>Studio Art </p></li>
<li><p>US history </p></li>
<li><p>Biology 2 </p></li>
<li><p>Chemistry </p></li>
</ol>

<p>Junior Year </p>

<li><p>British Literature </p></li>
<li><p>Pre-calculus </p></li>
<li><p>Advanced Studio Art </p></li>
<li><p>AP European History (Got 5 on exam) </p></li>
<li><p>AP Chemistry (Got 5 on exam) </p></li>
<li><p>Work Study </p></li>
<li><p>Web Design </p></li>
<li><p>Writing </p></li>
</ol>

<p>Senior Year </p>

<li><p>World Literatature </p></li>
<li><p>AP Statistics </p></li>
<li><p>AP Cal. AB </p></li>
<li><p>AP Studio Art </p></li>
<li><p>AP Biology </p></li>
<li><p>Work Study </p></li>
<li><p>Physics </p></li>
<li><p>Study Hall </p></li>
</ol>

<p>SAT I: 2200 </p>

<p>SAT II </p>

<li><p>Biology M: 800 </p></li>
<li><p>Chemistry: 790 </p></li>
<li><p>Math IIC: 800 </p></li>
<li><p>Korean: 800 </p></li>
</ol>

<p>Anyway, Yeah. Here are my Extras. </p>

<ul>
<li><p>Varsity Tennis 3 years. </p></li>
<li><p>Far East Tournment (its like an overseas trip for tennis game) </p></li>
<li><p>Vice Pres. of Chinese Club. We publish Chinese magazines for the school. </p></li>
<li><p>President of Biology Club. With my friend, I teach biology (+SATII Bio) to biology students (our school has alot of students who want to go to pre-meds). </p></li>
<li><p>Community service at a dental hospital, helping illegal immigrants (4 years) </p></li>
<li><p>Community service at normal hospitals. </p></li>
<li><p>UNICEF to Mongolia </p></li>
<li><p>In 10th grade, elected as a representative (one of five) for school English tournment. Didnt win though </p></li>
<li><p>I’m going to make an art portfolio! art is my greatest passion (as you can see i took art class every year.) </p></li>
</ul>

<p>Plz, be honest (but no unnecessary harsh comments!) about this. </p>

<p>My chance at just a normal college at EARLY DECISION at UPENN? or </p>

<p>JHU? </p>

<p>Columbia? </p>

<p>Michigan?</p>

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<p>Penn ED - Low Reach
JHU - High match
Columbia - Reach (Columbia acceptance rate is so low)
Michigan - Low Match</p>

<p>By the way, if you're into art and bio, you should check out Washington University in St. Louis. Great school. Ranked #12 by US News. It has a first rate school of art and one of the top bio/pre-med programs in the U.S.</p>

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<p>Hey, nice test scores (SAT IIs average of 797.5 for four scores--not bad!!)</p>

<p>Anyway, </p>

<p>Penn (CAS or similar)--match to low reach
JHU--match
Columbia reach--(you don't fit their profile at all--they like to see more non-science stuff and debate-type stuff in your background--especially in the ECs)
Michigan--safe match to match</p>

<p>I'd still apply one more place as a safety if I were you. Maybe Wisconsin, Ohio State, or Univ of Washington.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>dude... you have 2 years of foreign language...</p>

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<p>one advantage of being Korean is that the SAT II for Korean is pretty much a gimmie. id say you got a pretty decent chance at JHU</p>