<p>MIT - High Reach
Carnegie Mellon University - Low Reach
Cornell - Reach
Columbia - High Reach
Ann Arbor - IN
Urbana Champaign - IN
Princeton - High Reach
Texas A&M - IN
Purdue - West Lafayette - IN</p>
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<p>thanks guys, remember that CMU is my first choice and I have an internship as well as a recommendation letter from a proff there.</p>
<p>Michigan doesn’t count freshman year if I’m not mistaken so that may help. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1238653-please-i-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1238653-please-i-will-chance-back.html</a></p>
<p>yes definitely! and your SATs are amazing. i think you have a fighting chance</p>
<p>great! thanks man/woman.</p>
<p>firstly, thanks a lot for chancing me!
seeing your difficulties, academics and EC’s u seem to have strong chances in the top 20’s in the US. try writing about ur mum in your essay, as in how did your mums condition affected you and how u learnt from it, something on these lines.
other than that just keep going with the academics n have fun!</p>
<p>thanks for commenting on my post. this is an interesting situation… honestly, I don’t know what colleges think when they see stories like this; I know that what you have done so far is a considerable achievement, and I hope your mother is okay. </p>
<p>The robotics team world championships is great, and I think that’s your greatest hook (along with the 2 month internship). I hesitate to chance, again because I don’t know how much admissions will consider your mother’s condition, but I’d say you have a good shot at most of those schools. Cornell seems reasonable, etc. </p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Really high chances, man. I think if you somehow incorporated the story about your mother and play the sympathy card you will almost definitely make the schools. I know that sounded really shallow but you have to do what you have to do haha. My prayers are with your mother.</p>
<p>Seems like you got a pretty solid chance at these schools (except Columbia/Princeton/MIT - you can never be too sure for these schools)
i would say just try to maintain (or bring up) your gpa for the 1st half of senior year, so schools can see your growth/improvement over time, and that will help a lot</p>
<p>@Virginiuh - Thanks man. Your prayers are appreciated.
@thunderbolt - Thanks, I’m trying to maintain a perfect Senior year GPA (too little too late imo haha)</p>
<p>MIT - High Reach
Carnegie Mellon University - High Target/ Low Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Columbia - Mid Reach
Ann Arbor - Target
Urbana Champaign - Target
Princeton - Wouldn’t bank on it
Texas A&M - High Match
Purdue - West Lafayette - High Match</p>
<p>You’ve made a really strong case for yourself. I have a feeling you will get into one of your reach schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for your input darwise [=</p>
<p>help please?</p>
<p>First, thanks for taking the time to chance my thread, and I wish all the best to your mother and family.</p>
<p>It’s kind of hard to predict chances with this unusual circumstance, but I think it strongly bolsters your application if you let colleges know. There’s a space on the Common App where they let you upload Additional Information, where it says to put up anything you couldn’t really convey in your normal application (unless you wrote your personal essay on it). I know MIT doesn’t use Common App, but they also have an “Additional Info” section in their own application.</p>
<p>I read a couple articles about situations like these: it sounds really cruel, but it would seem the top tier schools don’t just want to hear about the ways you suffered from a crisis, more so how you dealt with it/succeeded regardless/learned from it/were shaped from it. I think another great way to convey this to colleges is through a recommendation. I know for my school, the guidance counselor asks all the seniors to write a bragsheet, answering various questions, and then he writes you a very personal recommendation based on that bragsheet. I think this is one of the advantages of a small school, private or not (which it seems you go to, from your info). Try asking your GC if he could do anything about it - talk to him personally for regular decision apps now that the ED/EA deadline has passed.</p>
<p>Again, I’m a senior myself, so I have no expertise on the subject, but this is what I think would be the best/most reasonable strategy from here. I can’t imagine top colleges discounting such a story just because a couple of your grades are below where they want. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Thanks. Thats really uplifting to hear [=</p>
<p>bumpppppppp</p>
<p>come on guys</p>
<p>Write an essay about it or write about it on the additional document they allow you to attach</p>
<p>I think you have a compelling story which will bring your application real attention - as long as you write about it. Dont think any of the scores are bad - within range to all the schools you desire. I am sure you are tying in your goal of studying Robotics to MS. Sure all of us making guesses here but if you can tie that Robotics with what it can do to patients with advanced stages MS (just a thought or some similar reason about why you want to do Robotics), MIT might like you… Just my thoughts… Best wishes for your mom…</p>
<p>Thanks for the ideas man.</p>