PLEASE bestow some perspective upon this anxious, anxious senior (WILL CHANCE BACK)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone, I'm new (and pretty late) to all this. I appreciate any (honest) input, and will be sure to repay you all and chance you all back!!</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
State: Illinois
School: state-funded, 3-yr, residential, math & science academy (deemed VERY competitive though maybe a bit overrated)</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Class rank: N/A<a href="school%20refuses%20to%20rank">/B</a></p></li>
<li><p>GPA for Soph/Junior/1st sem senior: **3.67/4.00<a href="we%20don't%20get%20%22official%22%20GPAs%20per%20school%20policy;%20all%20classes%20are%20honors,%20but%20no%20AP%20classes%20offered...and%20yes%20it's%20a%20bit%20on%20the%20low%20side,%20I%20realize">/B</a></p></li>
<li><p>GPA for frosh: **4.6 weighted/4.0 unweighted, ranked 3/700+ kids</p></li>
</ul>

<p>SAT:
760 CR, 800 M, 800 W (2360/1560)</p>

<p>ACT:
32 R, 34 M, 36 S, 36 W (35)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
- Bio (E) 760
- Math II 800
- Chem 800</p>

<p>AP scores:
- Bio-5
- Chem-4
(Taking in May: Calc BC, Macro, Micro, Physics C, English Lit, Statistics)</p>

<p>I regret not self-teaching myself so I could more APs....if you are an underclassman I highly recommend it!</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
- National Merit Semifinalist
- Illinois High School Fed Challenge - 1st place
- numerous scholastic bowl tourney trophies (ranging from 1st-4th)
- AIME qualifier (didn't do so hot on it)</p>

<p>Conferences & Exhibitions:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) International Exhibition
- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) – Finalist
- International Epilepsy Conference at the University of Chicago
- Lemelsen-MIT Foundation EurekaFest Conference
- Illinois Junior Academy of Sciences State Science Fair – Gold Rating</p>

<p>Research and Other Projects</p>

<p>Done through school as co-curricular mentorship program:
- Developing Healthcare Strategy in India @ Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (12)
- Differential Neural Activity Relating to Memory @ University of Chicago, Department of Neurology (Summer 11)
- Verbal Memory and Epilepsy @ University of Chicago, Department of Neurology (11)</p>

<p>Done independently of curriculum:
- MIT-Lemelson InvenTeam (Won $10000 grant to build sustainable, effective, cheap water filter for third-world countries; 11-12)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Scholastic Bowl (Varsity, 9-12); Captain (12)
- Baseball (Varsity, 10-12; REMEMBER THIS IS A MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY)
- Crew Team (11-12); Captain (12)
- Economics Team (11-12)
- Math Team (9-11)
- Model United Nations (11-12)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work (total about 100 hours):
- Student Teacher @ local Chinese School (10-11)
- Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge in New Orleans (12)
- on-campus work (residential guide, orientation guide, tutor etc.)</p>

<p>College list:
- UIC-GPPA Medicine
- UIUC Bioengineering (already deferred to civil engineering :()
- Stanford
- Yale
- Cornell
- Brown
- Columbia
- Rice
- Duke
- Northwestern
- Washington U. in St. Louis
- Carnegie Mellon
- NYU
- USC
- U Miami</p>

<p>Most of my accomplishments have come from within small groups, which worries me....as does my mediocre GPA (strong test scores + average GPA = poison for some schools).
Also in the past, colleges have been known to shunt kids from our school into a separate admission pool.</p>

<p>Thank you for your replies everyone! I appreciate your input, and will chance you back!</p>

<p>THE MOST HONEST ANSWER WINS</p>

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<p>Duke rice = in
Ivies = reach for us all</p>

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<p>Well the whole bit with high SATs and low GPAs is that colleges (typically ivies) like to see more of the GPA than the SAT side. There are people rejected each year with 2400 SATs and all that stuff. Idk. but Ivies are unpredictable >< I would group Stanford into that too. Cornell is probably the “easiest” Ivy to get admission to, so i would say you have a good shot for Cornell (they also like asian people :P)</p>

<p>i would say you have really good shots at NYU, USC, WashU, Northwestern, and Carnegie Mellon. and of course, you’re in at UMiami. :smiley: </p>

<p>[thread=830377]Chance me! :slight_smile: Will chance back[/thread]</p>

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<p>Low gpa your a bum.
Ivies - reach
Stanford - reach
rest - in or match</p>

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<p>Your GPA isn’t so hot, but it’s counterbalanced by your ECs. Your MIT award should really stand out, as should your stellar SATs. But being Asian doesn’t help. >.<</p>

<p>I can only speak for the schools I know a lot about, but it seems that:</p>

<p>-NYU - in

  • Stanford - mid reach
  • Yale - high reach
  • Cornell - in
  • Brown - low reach
  • Columbia - low reach
  • Rice - in
  • Duke - in
  • Northwestern - definitely in
  • Washington U. in St. Louis - this is a safety, right? you’re in
  • Carnegie Mellon - definitely in
  • U Miami - definitely in</p>

<p>Please chance back!!</p>

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<p>Of course, like everyone said, the ivies will be a stretch. I know tons of people with high gpa/sats that got rejected. many of which were asians. frankly, it doesn’t help.
They rest you’re in for sure, maybe even with scholarships.</p>

<p>chance me?</p>

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<ul>
<li>NYU: In</li>
<li>Stanford: Match</li>
<li>Yale: Reach</li>
<li>Cornell: In</li>
<li>Brown: Match/In</li>
<li>Columbia: Reach</li>
<li>Rice: In</li>
<li>Duke: In</li>
<li>Northwestern: In</li>
<li>Washington U. in St. Louis: Deff. In; with full ride?</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon: In</li>
<li>U Miami: In</li>
</ul>

<p>-Good Luck, your stats look really good for the majority of these schools</p>

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^^ Thank You</p>

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<p>GPA is a bit low for these schools </p>

<ul>
<li>NYU: In</li>
<li>Stanford: Reach</li>
<li>Yale: Reach</li>
<li>Cornell: In</li>
<li>Brown: Match/In</li>
<li>Columbia: Reach</li>
<li>Rice: In</li>
<li>Duke: Low Reach</li>
<li>Northwestern: In</li>
<li>Washington U. in St. Louis: Deff. In; with full ride?</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon: In</li>
<li>U Miami: In</li>
</ul>

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<p>fancy running into you on CC - It’s em from crygier’s class (5th grade). I recognized the username and i was like OMG IMSA! haha. good luck with everything Zheng.</p>

<p>chances:

  • Stanford - Reach (crap shoot for everyone)
  • Yale - Reach
  • Cornell - Match
  • Brown - Match
  • Columbia - Low reach
  • Rice - Match
  • Duke - Match
  • Northwestern - Match
  • Washington U. in St. Louis - Match + major scholarship
  • Carnegie Mellon - low reach
  • NYU - Match
  • USC - Match (did you apply before Dec 1st? if you did you’d most likely get a scholarship)
  • U Miami - idk.</p>