Now that all my apps are in...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I figure I should make a chance thread so that I can compare it to the results come April.</p>

<p>Schools:
Tufts
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPenn
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Rice
Northwestern
Duke
U Michigan
Georgiatech
Caltech
WashU</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT I: Verbal: 730 Math: 800 Writing: 790
SAT II: Physics 800 Math IIC: 800
ACT: English: 35 Reading: 32 Math: 35 Science: 36 Writing(essay): 31(8) Cumulative: 35</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: about 3.5
Weighted GPA: not quite sure, probably around 4.1
unranked HS</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>Marching Band
Math Team - Captain
Science Olympiad
Drama Club
Film Society
Volunteered at local Jewish Community Center drama program
conducted research at Columbia's astrophysics lab this entire past summer(anticlimactic, did not submit paper anywhere. does the experience still look good?)
Built website for multi-school district anti-drug coalition
Built website for school's counseling department
Ham Radio Technician Class License
Former Moderator of Larger (10,000+ members) computer forum
invented and distributed new ring tone (commended by New York State & covered heavily in the press)
Taught myself guitar and music theory
Contestant on winning team on "The Long Island Challenge" TV Trivia program (had to qualify)
Ran a company for tech support and computer construction in 8th and 9th grade
Design commercial websites</p>

<p>Awards and Recognitions:
5th Place individual - Nassau Math Tournament - County
10th Place team - Nassau Math Tournament - County
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>I attended a private school for the gifted that had an IQ requirement for grades 5 through 8, at which I took high school classes beginning in 6th grade. My grades in high-school level classes (on a separate transcript sent to colleges) were all 4.0.</p>

<p>I skipped my sophomore year of high school.</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman:
Precalc Research Honors (honors + 4 independent projects)
AP Physics B
Global II H
English H
Spanish H
Writing Enrichment</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
US H
English H
Spanish H
Natural Science Research Seminar
Health</p>

<p>Senior:
Multivariate Calculus
AP Chemistry
AP Government
AP Economics
AP Biology
English H
Spanish H
Independent Science Research</p>

<p>My situation concerning my GPA is a little bit weird. After 8th grade, I switched into public school and got terrible grades, a 3.2. After that year, I was skipped ahead to 11th grade. In eleventh grade, I got better grades. My public school will not integrate my 4.0 GPA from 8th grade (which was all high school classes) and earlier into my cumulative GPA.</p>

<p>The principal of my school has included a personal recommendation for me that explains my situation and how to view the other school's grades.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Somebody? Anybody?</p>

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<p>So, you skipped 10th grade? Pretty good, eh?
Where are the results for AP exams?</p>

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<p>Physics B - 4
Physics C E&M - 5
Physics C Mechanics - 5
Calculus BC - 5</p>

<p>so far</p>

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<p>Can somebody please just give me a simple safety/match/reach for each school?</p>

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<p>skipping soph year is not a positive at all, sorry to tell you that. not playing sports or being voted onto student council, etc. shows you might not be well rounded. try to use your tv and ring tone experiences in your essays. going to a school for the "gifted" might not help either. unless you win an International
Science Olympiad or you're an International Chess Master, you're not actually "gifted" relative to the ivy applicant pool</p>

<p>Schools:
Tufts - A
Columbia - wait list
Dartmouth - R
UPenn - R
Cornell - A
Carnegie Mellon- A
Rice - A
Northwestern- A
Duke- R
U Michigan- A
Georgiatech - A
Caltech - R
WashU - A</p>

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<p>I didn't ask for a critique; it achieves nothing but making me feel bad because I can't change anything at this point. I would just like a realistic evaluation.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>^^^
relax man, you asked him to chanch you and he did. he provided reasons to support his chances for you...</p>

<p>anyways, you have a good shot everywhere you applied. only thing that could possibly hurt you is your ECs.</p>

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<p>krazy kool are you crazy hah. just because he doesn't play a sport OR voted onto student council shows that he may not be well rounded? kind of ridic.? his grades are pretty damn good. </p>

<p>by the way, OP'er, was your gifted school LISG? who's your macroecon teacher now?</p>

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<p>Yes, it was LISG. My macroecon teacher? I don't want to give too much info about myself.</p>

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<p>haha ok NP, just would be cool if i could guess who you are..but i suppose that would be a little weird</p>

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<p>Fine, Coggin.</p>

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<p>id say u have a very good shot at all those schoolls. im in an independent science research class too at school and i think doing any research whether awards or papers are produced is still good. even if u were to do it at home. plus it gives u something educationally to talk abt</p>

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<p>bumpety bump bump</p>

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<p>ECs are pretty strong, actually, and, obviously, everything else is incredibly good. </p>

<p>Tufts - A
Columbia - Deferred
Dartmouth - 75/25
UPenn - 60/40
Cornell - A
Carnegie Mellon- A
Rice - A
Northwestern- A
Duke- A
U Michigan- A
Georgiatech - A
Caltech - 50/50
WashU - A</p>

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<p>Definitely in at GTech and UMich.</p>

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<p>I actually decided not to apply to UMich, so my only definite is GATech I guess.</p>

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<p>My reasoning is that Ivies don't want campuses full of nerds. They want a student body full of smart but cool kids that would make going to the school a better experience. All the EC's are computer science, math competitions, and other nerdy things. Getting voted onto student council and playing a sport like football could show some popularity and differentiate yourself from the nerd-heavy applicant pool</p>

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<p>krazykool, I completely understand your reasoning and agree with your points. You are correct, and I am not arguing that.</p>

<p>However, I can't change anything at this point, so what I'd like is simply a rundown of my realistic chances at the schools to which I've applied.</p>

<p>Incidentally, I am not a one-track nerd. I heavily participate in drama at schools, which takes roughly 20 hours a week. I don't exactly have time to play a sport in addition to that.</p>

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<p>i'm sorry but krazykool is flat out wrong. colleges don't give a s*** about popularity; it doesn't matter how many hours of halo you play or if you were voted prom king. if your recs show you to be a well-adjusted person, adcoms will accept it as a fact. someone who won a national math competition will be considered a much better candidate than the secretary on their high school student council. colleges want to see passion more-so than well-roundedness, and your EC's demonstrate that. in fact, by being not only successful with computers but also with drama, you demonstrate the best of both worlds. you have some of the most unique EC's i've ever seen, and i don't see a single problem with them. your grades may not be the best, but you stand a fair shot at all of your schools, with some being much greater reaches than others but still. </p>

<p>sorry for ranting but it bugs me that someone would think that being captain of a sport is a better EC than creating and managing several websites and creating a ringtone covered heavily in the press. that is so completely false.</p>