My chances at Rice, Penn, Cornell, and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
State: Florida
Current Grade: 12th</p>

<p>GPA/Class Rank
Unweighted GPA: 3.63
Weighted GPA: 4.31
Class Rank: 38/319 (Top 12%)
School Type: College preparatory, U.S. News #9 public high school</p>

<p>AP/IB Classes Taken
AP English Language (5)
AP Psychology (5)
AP U.S. History (5)
AP European History (4)
AP Spanish Language (pending, predicted: 3)</p>

<p>IB Psychology SL (4)
IB Spanish Language B SL (6)</p>

<p>Senior AP/IB Classes
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics
AP English Literature
AP Macroeconomics
AP U.S. Government and Politics</p>

<p>IB Physics HL
IB English Language HL
IB Contemporary History HL
IB Math AB SL</p>

<p>PSAT
Critical Reading: 80
Math: 66
Writing: 69
Composite: 215</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading: 740
Math: 710
Writing: 760 (Essay: 11)
Composite: 1450
Total: 2210</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
Literature: 760
Math Level II: 670 (retaking in October)
U.S. History: 770
Physics: (taking in October, predicted: 720-800)</p>

<p>ACT
Composite: 33
English: 35
Math: 33
Reading: 33
Science: 30
Writing: 33 (Essay: 10)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities/Awards
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society (Secretary)
Junior Civitans (Secretary)
IB Peer Tutoring (Tutor in math, science, and English)
Cross-Country
Guitar (4 years, self-taught and lessons)
Hospital Volunteer (Participated in a community awareness project in the Bloodless Medicine & Surgery department)
Lego Robotics Summer Camp (Assistant)
(pending) AP Scholar with Distinction
(pending) National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Work Experience
Winn-Dixie Stores (August 2007 - Present, Part-time)</p>

<p>Community Service
60+ hours, to acquire more shortly</p>

<p>Please chance me at these schools:</p>

<p>Rice (applying ED)
Penn
Cornell
University of Southern California
Johns Hopkins
University of Virginia
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Virginia Tech
Purdue University
University of Florida</p>

<p>Thank you. :)</p>

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<p>Rice is critical on rank... so that might be a reach</p>

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<p>Haha, well, maybe I can squeeze into the 17% of students NOT in the top 10% of their class since I'm applying ED.</p>

<p>Any others?</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, but, they generally have good hooks. I am sorry, but your chances don't look great. You have nice solid SAT and ACT scores, but ECs seem on the weak end. You need to get into the top 10 percent or apply RD to most of those competetive schools. Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Rice, Cornell, and Penn Reaches...should be ok for the rest</p>

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<p>you're in at UF :)</p>

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<p>I wish, but it's a bit late for that now, isn't it? And I don't see how applying RD would help?</p>

<p>Ah, how my freshman year continues to haunt me. Oh well. Maybe I can write a killer essay on it or something. :) </p>

<p>Also, would being an immigrant/first-generation college student be considered a "hook?"</p>

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

<p>Oh, forgot to note - my GPA shows a positive upward trend, especially in junior year, and my recommendations should be excellent. (:</p>

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<p>Being from FL helps RU but as said by everyone else your GPA and Class Rank need work</p>

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<p>UVa is probable, maybe WL because you're just outside the 10% mark they covet.
Penn is always a reach.
Cornell is a lesser reach, I'd say far more reasonable.
UF is probable.
Virginia Tech is very probable. You should get that comfortably.</p>