New Member, Chances Please this is nerve racking!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: M
Ethnicity: Indian(South Asian)
Location: Houston
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: Not really sure, most people stay in state
College Plans: Going to Major in Chemical Engineering, after undergrad going to Med School. Or Pre-med then med school</p>

<p>Colleges: UT Austin, UC Berkely, UPenn, Princeton(Worth Applying?) , Stanford(Worth applying?), Cornell. Any reccomendations on other schools</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.90
Weighted: 4.53
Class Rank: 7/960</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT total: 1390/2100
SAT I Math: 750
SAT I Critical Reading: 640 :(
SAT I Writing: 710
ACT-havent taken, dont plan on taking</p>

<p>Sat Math 2c - expecting 750+
Sat US History - expecting 750+</p>

<p>Will be Taking SAT Again: Expecting 750-800 Math 700-750 Critical 700-750 Writing</p>

<p>AP's: World Hist - 5 Spanish 4 - 2 uhh, really bad teacher APUSH - 5 expected Eng3 - 5 expected Comp Sci - 4 expected</p>

<p>Classes Taken</p>

<p>Freshman Yr:</p>

<p>Eng1 Honors - B+ :(
Bio Honors - A
Geometry Honors - A
Span3 Honors - A
FootBall - A
World Geography Honors - A</p>

<p>Sophmore Yr: </p>

<p>Eng2 Honors - A
Chem Honors - A
Algebra 2 Honors - A
Span4 AP - A
FootBall - A
World Hist AP - A</p>

<p>Junior Yr:</p>

<p>Eng3 AP - A
Physics Honors - A
Pre-Cal Honors - A
Span5 AP Pass/Fail(Doesnt Count Toward GPA
Computer Science AP - A
US Hist AP - A</p>

<p>Planning on Taking Senior Yr(new rule = 7 classes )</p>

<p>Eng 4 AP
Chem 2 AP
Stat AP
Calc BC AP
Gov/Eco AP
Theatre
Anatomy and Physiology Honors</p>

<p>EC-
Key Club(9,10,11,12), Vice President(10)
Spanish Club(9,10,11)
Spanish NHS (10,11,12)
Junior Varsity Football - 2 years
Special Olympics Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity
Asian Culture Club(10,11,12) President and founder(10,11,12)
- close to $5000 raised so far to benefit earthquake in China
Drama Club and Actor
Computer Science UIL Competitor
Math Club
100+ Volunteer Hours
20+ In Lab Hospital Volunteer Hours
International Festival Volunteer
Started my own very small company: Buying and selling car parts in Japan</p>

<p>some other stuff i cant think of right now</p>

<p>Employment: Getting a job this summer, hopefully at Randalls or a Grocery Store of some sort, maybe even Kumon dont know yet</p>

<p>Awards: Nothing outstanding, i havent wont any competitions really.
Distinguished Honor Roll
Outstanding Achievement in History, Health, Math etc.. few more of those
Certificate of Achievement from Hospital</p>

<p>Essays and Recs: Given the time i can write killer essays, and im sure recs will be great</p>

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<p>I think you've got a very good shot at UT Austin and even a good shot at Berkeley, despite being out of state. Cornell and UPenn are doable...it would all depend on the applicant pool. As for Princeton and Stanford, you'd probably want to increase your SAT CR section, which it looks like you plan on doing. I think it's worth applying, although you'd need to make yourself stick out in some way. Buying and selling car parts in Japan is pretty unique. </p>

<p>That's my input. Overall, I think you should go for all of those schools. You could also try Brown (interesting ECs), NYU, and the other UCs, if you haven't thought of them already. I don't really know what you're looking for in a school, though. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks for the feedback, yea UT is pretty much my safety school, im almost positive i can get into the engineering school there, but idk about others.</p>

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<p>Hey.
I'm new too.
And guessing by your name, I'm pretty sure I know you.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>How is your GPA a 3.90 UW with a B+, shouldn't it be a little higher like 3.96 - 3.99</p>

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<p>well i just did a rough conversion. in my school gpa is out of 7 and mine is a 6.8333 so i just did 6.833 / 7 = x / 4 and got 3.9 im not sure how accurate it is but w/e</p>