New sat scores! hopefully increased chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ethnicity: Asian Male, Currently in my junior year</p>

<p>SAT I: 2210 single sitting ( 710 R , 790 M, 710 W, 9 E)
PSAT: 209</p>

<p>SAT II:
-690 Bio I (not sending)
-740 Chem
Taking Math II and Physics in June, and USH in May</p>

<p>GPA:
-UW: ~3.76
-W: ~4.40</p>

<p>Course Load:
-The hardest my school offers </p>

<p>AP's:
-Taking AP Macro & Micro this year, in addition to AP U.S. History</p>

<p>Rank:
-Doesn't rank, but in top 10%</p>

<p>EC:
- Varsity Golf ( 9, 10, 11) -
Made States Competitions during sophomore year
Led Team to Division A Champions
Qualified for Counties and Shore Conference multiple years
- Basketball
Freshman (9)
Junior Varsity (10, Captain in 11)
Champions in local tournament
- Cross Country
Freshman (9)
Junior Varsity (10)
Placed in Counties and Shore Conference
- National Honor Society (11, 12)
- Spanish Honor Society (11, 12)
- Future Business Leaders of America
Member in Grade 9, 10
President in Grade 11, 12
Competed in Regional and NJ State Leadership Conference
- Eco Club
Member in Grade 9
Secretary in Grade 10
Vice President in Grade 11
Started recycling program at our school. Worked with County Commission recycling
Cleaned up local parks and trails with County Commission
-Wrote articles for school newspaper
- Played piano for 10 years
-Took a 1 week course at Georgetown University - Leadership & Ethics
-Took a 2 week course at Brown University - Alternative Energy Engineering
-Took a 1 week camp at Cornell University for golf
-Took a 1 week camp at Penn State - Stock Market Madness
-Will attend AP/EA Pre-College Program at Carnegie Mellon University this coming summer, taking college courses in statistics and world history</p>

<p>Awards:
-FBLA State Leadership Conference Qualifier for Intro to Business<br>
-FBLA State Leadership Conference Qualifier for Intro to Technology Concepts
-Competed in State Leadership Conference for Emerging Business Issues
-FBLA National Financial Challenge- Outstanding Performance, recognized by U.S. Treasury. Top 5% out of 33000 students
-Shore Music Educators Association 5-year Evaluation Award
-Shore Music Educators Association 7-year Recital Award
-National Music Certificate Program (Royal Conservatory of Music) Grade 8 Honors, 2010
-4th Place Team Spring Season I by American Tennis League
-Congressional Award- Bronze Metal (100 hours community service, ect. , ect.)
-Honor Roll Grade 9, 10, 11</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Worked at a golf camp for kids during summer which is ~30 hours a week</p>

<p>Please chance me (Business, Finance, Economic Programs) at:</p>

<p>University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
Boston College
University of Chicago
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper
Georgetown
UNC Chapel Hill
Notre Dame
Northwestern University
NYU Stern
Duke University
UC Berkeley</p>

<p>Ivies:
Cornell University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Princeton</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>bumppp 10char</p>

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<p>Very impressive list, but those one week courses at those at ivies seem out of place. You list impressive leadership positions and then blam, you list some classes you took at prestigious schools. In my experience, unless you are willing to write about your experiences in these classes then they are not worth mentioning. Same goes for honor role. At the highly selective schools you are trying to apply too, being on honor role is almost requirement.</p>

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<p>i was hoping to connect alternative energy engineering w/ eco club and volunteering</p>

<p>and i wanted to connect cornell and my achievements and with varsity golf</p>

<p>and then i was hoping to connect penn state and georgetown with my leadership and interest in FBLA and business … </p>

<p>is that too hard to see ?</p>

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<p>actually… after much debating and thinking, i think i may just ED carnegie mellon Tepper.</p>

<p>I don’t want to be over my head, and that b-school is top 10, which is super solid.</p>

<p>I’m still a junior and i still have time to decide, but what would my chances at ED Tepper be?</p>

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<p>My daddy went to Tepper!</p>

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<p>hey thanks for the reply… i don’t think i can make the ivies… kinda just gave up lol. </p>

<p>The GPA i put up there ^ is just assuming the worst case during my junior year. Right now, if i continue my grades for junior year, ill have a 3.86 UW and a 4.48 W</p>

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<p>bumppp 10char</p>

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<p>sounds like a bit of a stretch to me</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>thanks for bumping? 0.o</p>

<p>i guess you can think of it as a stretch, but they are related in some way or another. Which, imo, is better than having random activities.</p>

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<p>I think you will get atleast one Ivy and a majority of the no ivys. Of that list you can piratically guarantee admittance into UMich, BC, UNC. Your stats are upper 25% for all of them.</p>

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<p>Okay update:</p>

<p>Another decent EC: raised over $4,000 for Japan through organizing the school making paper cranes and sending them to an organization.</p>

<p>Update on Schools:
ED1: Columbia Engineering (Financial Engineering)
EA: U Chic, MIT, Caltech, Notre Dame, UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, U Mich (Economics/Business for these schools)
ED2: CMU (Tepper Business)</p>

<p>If all that fails
RD: Georgetown, Boston College, Northwestern, NYU Stern, Duke, UC Berkeley, Rutgers</p>

<p>And if any1 else can suggest any schools that have good economics/business undergraduate programs, please tell me! =D</p>

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<p>Do you take a class called: “The logistics of getting accepted into top tier colleges”? </p>

<p>Because I feel like you do… especially with that overthought connection thing you were saying… i honestly don’t think you can make an admissions person see that or make them care. GPA isn’t even that bad seeing as all schools do it differently…</p>

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<ol>
<li>Raise your UWGPA.</li>
<li>Study hard for SAT Subject tests to get 750+</li>
<li>Try to raise SAT Score (or try ACT)</li>
<li>Apply to many EA schools (Start your essays early)</li>
<li>Apply to many schools: College admission is very unforgiving for Asian males</li>
</ol>

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<p>20more i saw your posts about asian males being disadvantaged in the college admissions. It is true that it is tougher to get into colleges being an asian male, but I have some asian male friends that get into top tier schools and ivies although they weren’t perfect. Maybe those who had a perfect academic record had bad essays or interview? </p>

<p>I’m done with the SAT, a 1500/2210 , imo, is solid enough to get into 95% of schools. And I feel SAT II’s aren’t as a big of a deal as most people say they are… I mean if you score decent 720+ on it… it shows you have a very solid foundation in that subject right? </p>

<p>Maybe i’m not “asian” enough … but maybe i’m not as competitive as you haha. I realize college admissions will be tougher on me, so I think I will apply to as many schools as I can bear.
Which leads me to my main question…
What are my chances to get into those schools? lol</p>