New Chances w/ a pair of SAT II's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My question is:</p>

<p>-Caucasian, California Resident
-Junior
-Prospective Major: Economics</p>

<p>NOTE: Could you evaluate my stats both w/ the 2070 SAT I have listed & a 2200 (the score i'm hoping for)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.72 UW, 4.25 W (rank: 35 out of 733; top 5% barely) --> also have upward trend of grades, 1 B 1st semester jr, all A's 2nd semester jr</p>

<p>New Sat (retaking June):
-Math: 790
-Reading: 600
-Writing: 680
-Composite: 2070</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
-Math IIC: 720 (retaking)
-US Hist: 700 (not retaking)</p>

<p>-1 soph AP, 3 jr AP's, 5-6 sr AP's
-5 on Euro already
-Est. Scores: Comp 4/5, Calc AB 4/5, USHist 5</p>

<p>Major ECs:
-Started a small business at school (profited $200 w/ $350 initial investment)
-Writing a historical fiction/mystery novel (15,000 words so far...still have the summer)
-Worked at McDonald's for almost a yr (will be 1 1/2 yrs when I apply...should be a manager by then); 12-16 hrs/wk during school; 25 hrs/wk summer
-Started a program to help non-native speakers w/ English at McDonald's...help w/ reading & writing
-Started a program w/ family friend to send boxes of clothing, toys, etc to orphanages in China (our family adopted). Also serve as asst teacher in teaching Chinese 4 hrs every other week...I also have taken 4 yrs of Chinese (& am caucasian)
-Running almost single-handedly a school Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser...hope to raise $1,000 - $4,000 for the school & $1,000+ for orphanages in China.<br>
-Boy Scouts (almost Eagle)
-JV CC (9/10/11); JV Track (9/10)
-Weekly religious school 9/10
-Fantasy Baseball (8 yrs): sounds like a joke but it is heavily statistically based...national competition (won prizes in 4 of last 5 yrs totalling $300)
-Ran statistical projections for Varsity CC (predicted 1/2 of Varsity runners in our league's final times w/in 15 seconds 3 months in advance)
-NHS
-Freshman Mentoring Program
-Finalist in ROP Business & Management Awards Program</p>

<p>Schools (feel free to rec. others as well):
UPenn - Wharton
Harvard
Stanford
Duke
Cornell
NYU - Stern
Northwestern
UChicago
Claremont McKenna
CMU
Michigan
Boston University
USC
UWisonsin - Madison
UCB / UCLA / UCSD (Cali Resident)</p>

<p>Sorry for the amazingly long post. Thanks for reading...you people are awesome!</p>

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<p>Um, Penn Duke Stanford and Harvard are reaches, and Cornell Chicago and Northwestern would probably fit in that category too</p>

<p>Stern is like a reach/Match, as is Claremont</p>

<p>I'm not qualified to talk about the rest of them</p>

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<p>that's evaluating as a 2070 right? What diff. would a 2200 make?</p>

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<p>Regarding that, I know Wharton, Harvard, & Stanford will remain reaches even if I have a 2400. But what would a 2200 do to my chances at Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, & Chicago?</p>

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<p>bump? anyone?</p>

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<p>apply to some other UC's, like cal</p>

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<p>UCB = UC Berkeley = Cal.</p>

<p>So yeah I will be applying there. Sorry if that was confusing.</p>

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<p>oh and i will be applying to other UC's...like UCSB, UCI, etc. But I figured those were pretty safe.</p>

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<p>sorry, i wasn't looking carefully enough.</p>

<p>i thoght it said UCSB</p>

<p>sorry</p>

<p>you can try some cal states for safety schools, as well</p>

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<p>UChicago is impossible for anyone to gauge, while the kids there have generally high test scores, their "uncommon" application is mainly based on the weird essay prompts they give you and their interview, they look for people there, not stats, so you certainly have a chance there as long as you come across as a good, confident young man.</p>

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<p>bump, anyone w/ input? reaches? matches? safeties?</p>

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<p>lol i guess my chances are pretty bad... :-(</p>