OOPS! I did it again. I think I'm in love. Chance me baby one more time!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hope the title attracted your attention. :)
Please chance me for: UPenn (Wharton, 1st Choice), Harvard, Cornell, Boston University, Syracuse, SUNY Buffalo (Honors), and if anyone has any suggestions I would like to look into it.
Asian Male from NY from a public magnet.
Major: I plan to double major, one in business (not sure exactly what area) and French.</p>

<p>GPA: My school is really secretive about rank and GPA for some reason, but by my calculations should be: UW: 3.88, W: 3.99
Decreasing trend from 4 to about 3.92 to about 3.71.
Note: Though my W and UW are similar, my school decided to deflate GPA this year and last for reasons beyond me. I have taken the most challenging load available.</p>

<p>School doesn't rank, but roughly the second half of the top 10%.</p>

<p>SAT: Highest Single Sitting CR-680 M-750 W-760, 1430/2190
Superscore: CR-710 M-750 WR-760 1460/2220</p>

<p>SAT II's: 740 Math II, 640 :( USH I will retake the US because I got a 5 on the AP</p>

<p>AP: Psych 5, USH 5, Micro 3, English Lit 3, World History 3.</p>

<p>EC's Sports:
Varsity Soccer 4 yrs, Varsity Swimming 3 yrs (Scholar-Athlete), Varsity Track and Field 4 yrs (Captain 12)
EC Activities: NYS Math League 2 yrs, Guitar playing 5 yrs, Multi-Cultural Club 2 yrs.</p>

<p>Jobs: Did math tutoring in and out of school, taught English abroad.
Volunteer: 50 hours at an historic landmark, 90 hours abroad</p>

<p>Programs: Economics for Leaders</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
A College Book Award
Congressional Award Bronze/Silver Certificates</p>

<p>Essay: For the common app I used topic of my choice. I think it is pretty good, but the major flaw is that colleges may think I'm too histrionic.</p>

<p>Recs: Counselor doesn't like me that much, but the other two should be great.</p>

<p>oh yeah btw I self-studied for Psych and am the only one (or one of few) to pull a five.</p>

<p>Chances por favor?</p>

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<p>UPenn (Wharton): high reach
Harvard:high reach
^^ poor AP scores and descending trend in GPA will hurt you somewhat
Cornell: reach
BU: safety
Syracuse: dunno
SUNY: dunno</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for “match” schools?
The descending trend is because of no B+'s my freshman year, one B+ sophomore year, and 2 B+'s junior year, so I don’t actually think it’s that big a deal.</p>

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<p>bump…anyone?
Also, NYU for my list.</p>

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<p>UPenn (Wharton): reach
Harvard: reach
Cornell: reach
BU: reach
Syracuse: in
SUNY: in
NYU in
howbout rutgers columbia and Boston College?
can u chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739962-plz-chance-overachiever-rice-u-maryland-duke-caltech-5-ucs.html#post1062841319[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739962-plz-chance-overachiever-rice-u-maryland-duke-caltech-5-ucs.html#post1062841319&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>BU is a reach?
That can’t be right.
Also, how can I be “in” at NYU?</p>

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<p>i think he just wants a chanceback… tisk tisk
I would say you are a high match for NYU… also might want to look at Tufts & Wake Forest</p>

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<p>Nah I don’t like Tufts or Wake, but keep suggestions rolling, I’m open! :D</p>

<p>I’m also planning on taking up to 7 more AP tests next year (5 self study) is there any way I can include this on my app?
Notice I said UP TO. Could be fewer.
Oh and I’m a full IB Diploma candidate.</p>

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<p>Hey man, i think you’re in at all of the non-ivy schools on your list. wharton and harvard are gonna be REALLY tough , not likely :(, but you defintely have a shot at cornell. A prestigious school that WILL accept you if you apply is Stanford( they are desperate for kids from our school, I was told as much) but I dont know if you want go that far. Its an awesome place though so I encourage you to apply there…and Yale of course lol I’d love it if you joined me. Good luck man, write good essays, and keep me posted!</p>

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<p>Update: I reworked the Common App essay, and this time around it’s pretty good.
So chance me with an above average essay!</p>

<p>also for yale</p>

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<p>UPenn (Wharton): reach
Harvard: reach
Cornell: high match
BU: match
Syracuse: safety
SUNY: match
NYU: high match
Yale: low reach</p>

<p>what about small liberal arts schools? I dormed at Babson College over the summer and it was absolutely beautiful, but Idk if they have a French program :/</p>

<p>good luck! chance me back… <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/743085-new-info-school-list-rising-senior-please-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/743085-new-info-school-list-rising-senior-please-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UPenn (Wharton): moderate reach
Harvard: reach
Cornell: high match
BU: match
Syracuse: safety
SUNY: safety
NYU: high match
Yale: reach</p>

<p>I think you have an excellent chance at all of these schools, even the reach ones. Be sure to highlight your ec’s that make you stand out on your app. and I wouldn’t worry about your “descending” gpa at all, although you may not want to report your weighted gpa since your school decided to do grade deflation.</p>

<p>Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/743111-say-what-you-want-go-where-i-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/743111-say-what-you-want-go-where-i-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>j/w how much does being Asian from NY really hurt me in admissions? significantly? or only a tad?</p>

<p>i wouldn’t change a thing or anything even if i could (that’s life, you just gotta deal) but am curious</p>

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<p>bump, chance my friend!</p>

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<p>UPenn (Wharton): reach
Harvard: reach
Cornell: high match/low reach
BU: match
Syracuse: safety
SUNY: safety
NYU: high match
Yale: reach</p>

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<p>well I think Harvard, Yale, and Wharton are reaches for anyone right? He has a decent shot at Yale cause they always take a few students from his school but other than that its a crapshoot for his top choices.</p>