P R O B A B I L I T I Z E me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>New fake word invented by me to avoid using the word 'chance'
Chance me and I will chance you back</p>

<p>Asian Male, CA, public high school</p>

<p>Intended Math major</p>

<p>GPA: 4.48
Class Rank: 1 of 500~</p>

<p>SAT1: Math 800, Writing 690, CR 650 (Going to retake, did this half a year ago)
ACT: 33 (Going to retake)</p>

<p>SATII's
Chemistry: 800
Math level 2: 790
Physics: 750</p>

<p>AP scores:
Calculus BC: 5
Calculus AB subscore: 5
Physics B: 5
Physics C Mechanics: 4 (self studied)
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism: 5 (self studied, score surprised me)
Chemistry: 5
English Lang: 5
US History: 5
Environmental Science: 4 =/
European History: 4</p>

<p>Have also taken Linear Algebra, Calculus 1, Intro to Chemistry, Speech and Mandarin at local community college, planning to take Multivariate Calculus and Differential Equations and Sophomore level Calculus based Physics (Waves, Optics, Quantum physics etc.)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Bio
AP Stats
AP Gov/Econ
AP English Lit
Sophomore College Physics
Multivariate Calculus
Differential Equations</p>

<p>The Diffy Q/ Multivariable classes are during the evenings and take a lot of time.</p>

<p>-National AP Scholar as a Junior.
-Science Bowl captain- first year school has done it. Introduced it to school, went to regionals first time
-President of science club(1 yr) --> built club to about 40 people, doing demonstrations and getting people excited about science
-Spanish Honors Society (3 yrs)
-Peer tutor in math/science/spanish (3 yrs) several hours a week to help students for free
-Volunteer at church and senior care home (several years 6-7 ish) 250+ hours of community service
-Youth ministry president (1 yr) reach out to disadvantaged teenagers,lead committees and plan trips, teach younger people how to emcee
-In church orchestra, violinist (4 yrs)
-Helped introduce AMC to school, missed AIME by one question
-UCSF research internship (9 weeks), project dealt with stats and applied math
-Getting Associate's Degree in Mathematics with high honors from community college (before I get my high school diploma)
-Second highest score in AMATYC (math contest held at junior colleges)
-Working on project with Linear Algebra professor dealing with pure math involving multivariable calculus, linear algebra and probability.
-Submitting project to local science fair.</p>

<p>Recs: should be good, asking Linear Algebra professor, and high school physics teacher with Ph.D who knows my passion and enthusiasm for math/physics.
Also asking APUSH teacher who will be able to write about my speaking abilities/ active participation and how I am not the typical quiet Asian kid.</p>

<p>Applying to these schools:</p>

<p>UCSD
Harvey Mudd
Berkeley
Yale
UCLA
Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
MIT (early)
Cal Tech (early)
Cambridge
Warwick
Imperial College London</p>

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<p>Are you class Val? Assuming you raise your SAT CR and Writing scores and/or ACT and have a 3.9/4.0 UW</p>

<p>UCSD - in/safety
Harvey Mudd - low match
Berkeley - match
Yale - reach
UCLA - match
Stanford - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT (early) - need those higher SATs
Cal Tech (early) - need higher SATs</p>

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<p>Ya I am the class val, I think that is what 1/500~ means.</p>

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<p>I agree with the person who probabilitized you above. You should be able to get into UCSD, and most likely Harvey Mudd, Berkeley, and UCLA. However, if you want to have a chance at those Ivys and top universities, you need to pull up your SAT score. </p>

<p>Your AP and SATII scores are wonderful though, and your ECs are pretty good. You are a tad bit lacking in the awards area though, so that might lower your chances slightly for the top colleges. </p>

<p>Overall, with good recs/essays, and maybe better score on the SAT, I’d say you definitely have a chance at those ‘reach schools’. Good luck!</p>

<p>[Chance</a> me~](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/788509-does-usamts-medal-help.html]Chance”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/788509-does-usamts-medal-help.html)</p>

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<p>I want to retake the ACT again and shoot for a 35, and maybe get that SAT up to 2240.</p>

<p>But my chances won’t chance severely if I don’t get that score right?</p>

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<p>Your chances are very low without significant increase in scores (that is, at the Ivies/MIT/CalTech/Stanford/HM). 600s are just not acceptable for an Asian applicant from CA.</p>

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<p>Haha, I like your “introducing” skillz like for AMC and Sci bowl. </p>

<p>Sidenote: it was our school’s first time 2 years ago too! but we got 2nd. But last year we got 1st at regionals :p. </p>

<p>But hey you got lots of dedication. Everyone has their Achilles heel, and your’s seem to be one of the serious ones, (SATs) and Awards.</p>

<p>It’s sad but 600’s on SAT is not gonna make the cut even for Caucasians, but maybe for URM’s (even that is a stretch). SAT II’s look great btw. </p>

<p>Also you have tons of good work outside of school, but what about awards? National AP scholar is great, but not enough even if you had the SATs. </p>

<p>I get the feeling that you go very deep in the things u don’t lack but fall deep on things you are weaker at. But you are getting an Degree in math before high school grad, and that is quite impressive.</p>

<p>I think you will hold up fine. I am going EA MIT and EA Caltech too! and I am asian from california :). We are very a like</p>

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<p>Well my superscored ACT is a 34, so then I won’t even have to worry about my SAT’s right? I won’t be able to take the SAT until November though…but bumping CR and Writing to 700 at least won’t be too hard…</p>

<p>Not too many awards, sadly our school doesn’t grant as many awards.</p>

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<p>Forgive me if I’m completely wrong but couldn’t you transfer into a four-year after you get your associates (and diploma, obviously ;D)? Regardless, I think that’ll be hugely beneficial to you and will probably be the thing that helps you in. And I salute you for being so brilliant at math! -salute- I can’t chance you on specific schools though - damn being an international. ):</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I agree with skyisblue92, except that Harvey Mudd is not a low match. I would probably consider it a low reach, since it is a liberal arts college, and while your math/science proficiency does help since it’s engineering-oriented, they would also require that you have a good background in, well, everything else! You seem well-rounded, but you need to find some way to make yourself stand out.</p>

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<p>Is a 34 sufficient enough to replace the SAT Reasoning?</p>

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<p>Most schools don’t super-score the ACT, only the SAT, so no.</p>

<p>35 would be something to shoot for for a reasonable chance.</p>

<p>Fine scores for the UCs though, you’re practically a shoo-in.</p>

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<p>I know MIT superscores.</p>

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<p>Bumping this up.</p>

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<p>Yea I guess MIT superscores ACT, but most other colleges WON’T. </p>

<p>Hey we can swap MIT/Caltech essays too? :)</p>

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<p>I guess it’s time to retake ACT. I’ll try to retake SAT, but won’t count on a really good score.</p>