MY LAST CHANCE THREAD.......Please give your opinions...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Indian (international student here)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230{M-800, CR-720,W-710 (essay-8)}
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math 2 -800 Physics-800
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/428
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
grades in 9th - 9.2/10
grades in 10th - 9.2/10
grades in 11th - 92% (1/428)
grades in 12th - 93% in midterms (2/428)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>1) National Level Tennis player...Captained my state team for Interstate Nationals in U-14(2010),U-17(2011),U-19(2012 and 2014) over the the past 5 years</p>

<p>2) Have won national level tournaments in the U-18 category in both singles and doubles</p>

<p>3) Have worked in an NGO for street kids(teaching them basic math and stuff) for over 6 months</p>

<p>4) Qualified for 2nd stage of NTSE ( India's most prestigious exam and junior level) in 10th grade</p>

<p>5) Played for school U-19 cricket team as wicketkeeper</p>

<p>6) Got 43rd rank all over India at IMO(maths olympiad) conducted my Science Olympiad Foundation(SOF)....its not very prestigious though</p>

<p>7) Can program in C++,Java pretty well(when I say pretty well I mean for a high school student), completed online courses on codecademy.com and learnstreet.com</p>

<p>8) Got 99 percentile in an exam taken by all students of class 11th throughout India ( CBSE PSA)</p>

<p>9) Got all India rank 329 out of 20000 students in FTRE conducted by FIIT JEE in 10th grade </p>

<p>10) Got all India rank 475 out of 23000 students in FTRE conducted by FIITJEE in 9th grade</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None whatsoever
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching street kids at an NGO for over a year on weekends
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was marvellous....Others were ranging between good to very good
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Counsellor and teacher recommendations were as good as they come (at least according to them)....In other recommendation, a ex Harvard and Dartmouth professor of economics wrote a very strong recommendation for me</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes ( but can afford up to 45k a year)
Intended Major: Computer Science
State :
Country: India
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Colleges applying to: </p>

<p>1)Stanford
2) UT Austin
3)UCLA
4)UIUC
5)Cornell
6) Caltech
7)Dartmouth
8)Brown
9)Georgia Tech
10)Purdue
11)Harvard<br>
12)Swarthmore
13) UMich</p>

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<p>I think that your stats are excellent! You have a great chance at all these schools. The only reason some are reaches is because you never know with the ivies.

  1. Stanford: mid reach/reach
  2. UT Austin: match
    3)UCLA: match
    4)UIUC: match
    5)Cornell: low reach/match
  3. Caltech: mid reach
    7)Dartmouth: low reach
    8)Brown: low/mid reach
    9)Georgia Tech: match
  4. Purdue: match
    11)Harvard: mid reach/reach
    12)Swarthmore: low/mid reach
  5. UMich: match
    Good luck! Chance back? :slight_smile: <a href=“Chance me for Vassar I'll chance back :) - Vassar College - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vassar-college/1718961-chance-me-for-vassar-ill-chance-back-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>@12345n‌ I am very sorry, but I have no info. about Vassar…</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>@michaelite Your ECs are very good and quite focused (unlike mine which are all over the place).Since you can afford 45 K I’m assuming you’ll be full pay for all of the public universities on your list.</p>

<p>1)Stanford - Too unpredictable.
2) UT Austin - You’re in
3)UCLA - In
4)UIUC - In
5)Cornell - Match
6)Caltech - Reach for anyone but you’re qualifications seem very fitting
7)Dartmouth - Low reach
8)Brown - Match/High Match
9)Georgia Tech - Match
10)Purdue - In
11)Harvard - Reach
12)Swarthmore - Match
13) UMich - Match</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>@burak96‌ thanks…and all the best to you too</p>

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<p>Top ranted schools are hard for anyone to get into so don’t feel bad if you don’t get it BUT i think you have a VERY good chance</p>

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<p>Top ranted schools are hard for anyone to get into so don’t feel bad if you don’t get it BUT i think you have a VERY good chance</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>Anyone out there?..please give your opinions</p>

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<p>1)Stanford high reach
2) UT Austin match
3)UCLA match
4)UIUC match
5)Cornell low reach
6) Caltech reach
7)Dartmouth reach
8)Brown reach
9)Georgia Tech low reach
10)Purdue match
11)Harvard high reach
12)Swarthmore match
13) UMich match</p>

<p>The only two I know who got into Harvard from my school (we do percentages also) had 96-98%. My school is nationally recognized also. (Canada)</p>

<p>Chance my friend: (using my account)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1725258-chances-for-harvard-yale-princeton-or-stanford.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1725258-chances-for-harvard-yale-princeton-or-stanford.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well your stats are amazing. And your ecs are very interesting as well. You’re SAT could be higher for schools like Harvard, stanford, and definitely Caltech (which I think has the highest average SAT of any school of almost 2300) and might even be a tad low for dartmouth and brown. Anyway, you’re SAT is still very good and should be a very good feature on most of your apps. For Cornell, I’ve heard that essays are more important than they usually are, so make sure those are top notch. So, if I dont mention a school its because I think you can get in.
Harvard- reach
Stanford- reach
Caltech- reach
Brown- low reach
Dartmouth- low reach
Swarthmore- i dont know much about this school
Cornell- high match/low reach</p>

<p>Good Luck!!! (:</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>@Mike1535‌ my cornell essay is, in my opinion, the best of the lot…also from what i saw my SAT is higher than the SAT for all except Caltech and Harvard ( Caltech is just too high)…do you think my EC’s are good enough?</p>

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<p>@Mike1535‌ also i thought the fact that i come from a non english speaking country might actually make than SAT score look good</p>

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<p>My apologies. I meant in know way to diminish your SAT score, obviously it’s still an amazing score. However, it helps to be well above average especially at schools like Stanford, which had a 5.07% acceptance rate last year. Also, It would make sense that they do take into account that you don’t come from an english speaking country. I think that your ecs are very interesting and that the tennis one is quite compelling, however if Im being nitpicky, you might have benefited by having more leadership positions. At the end of the day though, what college you go to is by no means the main determinant of your success and happiness in life and in any case Im sure you will get into some great school. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>@Mike1535‌ thanks for the analysis and advice</p>

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Stanford - Reach (unpredictable)
UT-Austin - Low Match - (I know people with much lower stats than yours who have gotten in for Comp Sci)
UCLA - Match
UIUC - Low Match
Cornell - Low Reach
Caltech Reach but you may have a good chance considering test scores are vital for them and yours are stellar
Dartmouth - Low Reach
Brown - Reach (Brown is very unpredictable)
Georgia Tech - High Match
Harvard - Reach
Purdue - Safety
Harvard - Reach
Swarthmore - Match
Umich - High Match

You look like a very strong applicant with excellent scores + EC’s - the fact that you applied for FA as an international may have slightly hurt your chances at some schools but considering you can still pay 45k a year you should be alright. I expect you should get into at least half of your schools.

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@braapbraap‌ thanks…btw Caltech scores are insane…their average SAT is 2300, highest by 55 marks ( harvard has 2245)…and do I really have a good shot at Cornell?

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True but your maths portion of the SAT is perfect along with your subject tests so i think that’ll help you out for Caltech. I can’t see why you wouldn’t get into Cornell you have everything you need - but ivy league admissions are unpredictable on the whole so you can’t know for sure.