My chances? :]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, so I would be feeling more confident about myself EXCEPT I totally screwed up my AP's... basically slacked off and started studying the week before, and for some didn't study at all.. yeeaaah, I was a lazy one. Anyways, here are my stats.. with my horrible AP scores (which I probably won't put anyways, as they're optional), what are my chances? And not filling out AP's -- will it also be detrimental?</p>

<p>School picks: Stanford (EA), Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UPenn, MIT, Duke (UWash, JHU, Columbia, Cornell - maybe's)
Also planning to apply to accel. med programs at Northwestern, USC, BU, and maybe Brown. <--- not sure.. I'll probably try, but all my science scores are not too good; I'm going to try to bulk up on sciences and make up for the not-so-good-scores. I recently decided to go into medicine, that's another reason I've never really paid special attention to doing well in science.</p>

<p>Anyways, here's my stats:
SAT I: (composite)
CR: 740
Math: 800
W: 790 / 11</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: 790
Chem: 700
(retaking chem in oct. along with spanish and bio)</p>

<p>AP <em>cringes</em>
World His: 4
Eng Lang: 3
Chem: 2 eh.
USH: 2
Calc BC scores were delayed
Spanish: 4</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1 of 600-700some people</p>

<p>I've a handful of leadership positions in school clubs
Extracurriculars include: school orch, highest group in a fairly well-known symphony orch, piano + handful of awards/competitions, interning/researching since sophomore year (+ one paid summer internship), paid tutor for autistic boy, various mission trips
I also founded a tutoring program and expanded it to other areas. I've won numerous awards/scholarships (including an international), and have been featured in newspapers / news channel.</p>

<p>There's more, but basically my question is: How important are AP scores? And if I don't submit the bad ones?--how would that look? Taking all this into account, what are my chances of getting into these top schools?</p>

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<p>Hey xpassion, I feel kinda bad for you because no one wants to chance you, so I'll be happy to help out ... but can you return the favor by chancing me as well? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>WOW. Your grades are awesome, and you seem to have challenged yourself a bit in school. However, one thing to note: Were your non-AP classes honors classes?? That's something to keep in mind. Also, colleges generally do not use AP grades in college admissions --- so that's good news for you. Your SATs are very good, as your composite is a 2330, which places you in the Top .5% percent. Your SAT Subjects are decent; you do not have to retake the Chem, because SAT Subjects are normally used to supplement your app. Generally, you don't need to retake an SAT Subject unless it falls under 650, and they won't cause admissions officers to go, "Hey, this kid is a failure because he got a 700 on one of his SAT Subjects ... REJECT!!!" Anywho, just make sure you do okay on Bio and Spanish; don't waste that money on College Board --- you've already spent enough money on them (when you could use that money for something else!). Your ECs are not great in number, but to found a tutoring program and to stay with it shows true dedication and initiative. You may also want to discuss your experiences with an autistic boy in your essays. Most people at CC have tons of activities; you seem to have taken a little bit of a different path. Your awards will help you in admissions, especially an international award. </p>

<p>Overall, you're a pretty good student. Don't feel too bad about the AP scores; let it be! (just like the beatles song)</p>

<p>Chances:
-Stanford/Harvard/Princeton: Reach (heck they're top Ivies)
-UC Berkeley: In (IOS) --> Match (OOS)
-UPenn: Match
-MIT: Reach
-Duke: Match
-UWash: In (IOS) --> Safety (OOS)
-JHU: Match
-Columbia: Reach
-Cornell: Safety match</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>ab2013, thanks for chancing me! Unfortunately you've been the only one, hopefully i'll get some more haha.
**And I'm pretty new to CC / chance-ing... what does IOS stand for? :)</p>

<p>I've only taken Honors and AP classes (besides required summer PE classes) and have gotten all A's (hence the 4.0 gpa unw)</p>

<p>And I do have more ec's, just generalized here and didn't list them all out.
-Besides violin and piano, I've also been in an extracurric choir, and I've been in dance for quite a while. I've been doing piano/violin/dance since I was like 4.
-5 mission trips (two different areas in Mexico, and Hopi Reservations) since high school
-Part of two tutoring programs (including the one I founded).
-CTY (the jhu talented youth summer camps) twice (8th grade and 10th grade).</p>

<p>-Summer programs include: CTY, a leadership academy, helping out with my church's VBS, 3 mission trips (hopi res, medical missions to Mexico), a paid internship, and a volunteer program at the hospital.</p>

<p>Scholarships and awards that I have received include a couple statewide, and an international: most deal with leadership and my accomplishments, a couple are essays, an art/drawing, and a photography.</p>

<p>Anyways, I guess I'm sorta updating my list here, to give a better glimpse of myself and get more accurate chancings :p</p>

<p>**and UWash --> I meant WashU at St. Louis, but too much time passed before I could go back and fix that :p</p>

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<p>Somebody chance me? :)</p>

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<p>all the schools you're looking into are very competitive. although i'm sure you'll get into a good amount of them, it never hurts to have a definite safety. </p>

<p>as for chances... you're very competitive. i wouldn't doubt you could get into any one of those schools. As for APs... i wouldn't self-report them. Two 2s might make the adcoms question the strength of those courses. however, i don't think your AP scores would affect you too much even if you did self-report them. </p>

<p>just another suggestion... all of these schools are great and you said you want to go into medicine so i would look for some schools that have a med school guarentee program. basically, you go there for undergrad and then if you're admitted into the program freshmen year and score well on the MCAT you would continue to the grad med school by fulfilling the MCAT score. i looked up the stats for med school. usually only 200 or less are admitted out of a pool in the thousands and ten-thousands. it's tough! </p>

<p>just some things to think about. good luck! </p>

<p>edit: where are you from? being an in-state student may help your chances at some of the schools i.e. USC, Duke, UCB</p>

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<p>Sure!</p>

<p>I thought everything was perfect until I saw the AP scores. But, ahoy, good news! You don't necessarily have to send in your AP scores (yup, Yale doesn't require them, and I'm pretty sure some other tops schools don't). I'm pretty sure the SAT scores and AP scores are sent separately, and unless you want to, I don't think colleges require you to send them your AP scores. Your GPA is astounding, excellent class rank, and I really like the fact that you have an international award to boast on your college app (colleges love it.) I see no problems at all with your SAT1, but do try to get a better score on Chem if you're going to go into sciences. And I trust you are taking AP Bio senior year? :) Make sure you show them you have a passion in something --sciences, piano/orchestra or others -- in your essay. I see no roadblocks in your way! And make sure to chill/relax a little during summer...it's summer! :D</p>

<p>If you have time, I would appreciate it if you could return the favor at my thread. :D</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538487-flying-spaghetti-monster-now-i-ve-got-your-attention-chance-me.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538487-flying-spaghetti-monster-now-i-ve-got-your-attention-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks so much for replying! :)</p>

<p>I won't be reporting the bad AP scores, haha.</p>

<p>And yeah, I'm thinking about applying to accel. med programs at Northwestern, USC, BU, and maybe Brown. They are extremely tough though..</p>

<p>My safety schools would include the UC's, my crappy in-states (I'm from arizona.. haha), WashU, JHU, Northwestern -- eh well I don't know if these are safety's (because some of these are selective as well), they're more of second-choice schools.</p>

<p>Thanks again for the post AKittka!</p>

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<p>limetime, thanks for replying!
Yepp.. I'm not too proud of my scores eh heh. And yeah, good thing colleges don't require AP's.. they're all self-reporting anyhow.</p>

<p>I'm planning to retake the chem SAT II, and am also going to self-study for the bio and physics, just so I can have more sciences -- and yep, I'm taking AP Bio this year.</p>

<p>In my essay, I'm planning to write about how I became interested in medicine (a very recent development prompted by an experience I had). Hopefully my essay will be well-written and 'unique' amongst thousands of other unique essays :p</p>

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<p>ah yes i missed the accelerated med programs comment. anyways though, you don't need too many safeties! maybe Arizona State and one other UC other than UCB or UCLA because your stats are amazing. </p>

<p>WUSL, JHU, Northwestern aren't safeties for anyone! lol. however, they aren't as competitive as the Ivys, Stanford, and MIT, but i would say they are high match, slight reach schools for you. Duke OOS is tough too. Good luck!</p>

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<p>forgive me if i'm wrong, but i don't think AP scores are sent to colleges in your SAT score report, so you just self report on the common app.</p>

<p>std tests are ok, but you are #1. i'm not that great at specifics, but you're a decent candidate. esp with your awards.</p>

<p>from what i've heard, without a lot of medical involvement, it's really difficult to even get interviewed for an accelerated MD program. :&lt;/p>

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<p>I feel dumb .. but I have no idea what OOS or IOS means? I was guessing out of scope, but it doesn't really make sense? Lol.</p>

<p>And yeah, those schools are more of second-choice schools, not necessarily 'safety' schools.</p>

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<p>pyn-
Yeah :| I was reading cc threads about accel. MD programs, and getting discouraged by reading about so many high-qualified people who didn't even get interviews. I'm not counting too much on the programs.. I'll just fill out the app, and if I get rejected, I'm prepared to hear it :p</p>

<p>Stanford EA... just hoping to get in there so I can relax and save a lot of app fees lol, but again, I'm not feeling too confident haha.</p>

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<p>oh sorry... OOS means out of state. at some schools it's easier to get in if you're an in-state student like UVA, Duke, and the UCs. i don't know what IOS means... maybe in-state student?</p>

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<p>Anybody else? :)</p>