please chance a really nervous senior...i will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>schools I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Cornell
Duke
USC
UCLA
Cal-Berkeley
Georgetown
Michigan-Ann Arbor
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin
Illinois
UGA
Tulane</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.26/5.0
Rank: 14/545
Classes: 9 IB (I am an IB diploma candidate) and 4 AP
AP Tests: 5 on Calc BC, Calc AB, Bio, U.S. History, and World History; 3 on English Lit; planning Physics B, Psychology, and Art History
IB Tests: 6 on Bio
SAT I: 640 Reading, 800 Math, 700 Writing
ACT: 35 Composite, 33 English, 35 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science
SAT II: 790 Bio, 770 Math II, 710 U.S. History
Live in Atlanta, Georgia; my high school is ranked pretty good
I'm hoping the IB Diploma does a lot for me in admissions</p>

<p>ECs: </p>

<p>HOSA: Medical organization; vice-president 11th and 12th grade; treasurer 10th grade; chairman of competition committee 12th grade; chairman of treasury committee 10th grade; organized and ran last 5 blood drives; organized and ran a Red Ribbon Week project; organization held many service projects for Alzheimer's disease and autism</p>

<p>NHS: Secretary; tutored students in math and science; volunteered at a haunted house</p>

<p>Tennis: 15-20 hrs a week for the last 6 years; played in many state and southeastern u.s. tournaments; played in USTA, ALTA, and T2Tennis; played 3-singles on JV team in 10th grade for school; won and made it to many championships in tournaments; practice almost every day</p>

<p>Tools for Schools: I began this service project to collect school supplies to send to schools in Africa; it was a 5 week project</p>

<p>Math Team/Mu Alpha Theta: Went to competitions, tournaments, and practiced weekly; did GA math leagues and AMC 10</p>

<p>NTHS: organized and ran toy drive for my class; member of healthcare department</p>

<p>Spanish NHS: tutor kids weekly in Spanish</p>

<p>IB Mentoring: chose to assist and guide an 11th grade IB student through his 1st year of IB; gave study tips</p>

<p>Track and Field: was on school team 11th grade year; ran 100 m, 200 m, and 4x100 m</p>

<p>Taekwondo: 4 years from 6th-10th grade; got red belt</p>

<p>Other Clubs:
Model UN
Beta Club
Science Bowl
Academic Team
Chess Club/Gamers Club
Student Council
Indian Cultural Exchange
Habitat for Humanity</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: donated food and supplies to orphanage in Africa and worked there; tutored kids in school; coached kids in tennis; Tools for Schools project</p>

<p>Special Conferences attended: </p>

<p>NSLC: 5-day conference at Emory with 40 other honors kids around the southeastern U.S.; initiated Teens Needing Teens Service project to help children with special needs and arrange events for them; set up a ropes course for others; learned many skills such as team building, conflict resolution, public speaking, time management, and goal setting</p>

<p>HOSA Leadership Conferences: went to compete in events and also learn about how to improve my chapter and build character</p>

<p>Awards: Academic Letter; National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar; AP Scholar with Distinction; CPR and First Aid Certified: Nominated Outstanding Senior Student at my school (based on character and merit); state math competition champion 9th-11th grade (1st place all 3 years); national math competition champion 9-11th grade (4th place in 9th grade, 1st place in 10th grade, and 7th place in 11th grade in a different topic) </p>

<p>never had a job</p>

<p>teacher recs: okay
counselor rec: okay
essay: mediocre</p>

<p>gender: male
ethnicity: asian</p>

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<p>oh yeah one more thing</p>

<p>is there anything i can do about my EC's? because they are pretty weak</p>

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<p>Chancing Ivies is a crapshoot at best, but you're in at</p>

<p>U of I
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pitt
Tulane
Georgia
South Carolina or California, whichever USC you're going after.</p>

<p>and solid at</p>

<p>Northwestern
Vandy</p>

<p>The others I wouldn't touch, and unless you have found a way to live a 30 hour day don't worry about your ECs.</p>

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<p>Seems like you have nothing to worry about, in the sense that you're solid at a lot of schools. Obviously, Ivys are... unpredictable. And I would kill for your ECs!</p>

<p>Chance me!</p>

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<p>Ivies: God only knows. I'd say maybe one, but who knows.</p>

<p>Duke - probably in
USC - in
UCLA - in
Cal-Berkeley - probably in
Georgetown - probably in
Michigan-Ann Arbor - in
Northwestern - in
Vanderbilt - in
Pittsburgh - in
Wisconsin - in
Illinois - in
UGA - in
Tulane - in</p>

<p>your EC's are good. don't worry about them</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppp</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppp</p>

<p>anyone else???</p>

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<p>In at all except for ivies [too unpredictable]</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppppppp</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>hmm... I think you got a long list of ec's. Maybe highlight the ones that are most important to you.
and i think essays will be very important in your case. I'm hesitant then when you believed that your essays were "mediocre."
otherwise, i agree with every body else</p>

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<p>My two cents on the schools I'm familiar with:</p>

<p>Duke-probably
USC-probably
UCLA-in
Cal-Berkeley-probably
Georgetown-probably
Michigan-Ann Arbor-definitely in
Northwestern-maybe
Vanderbilt-in
Pittsburgh-definitely in</p>

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<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppppppp</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Stanford - reach
Cornell - low reach
Duke - low reach
USC - match
UCLA - reach
Cal-Berkeley - reach
Georgetown - low reach?
Michigan-Ann Arbor - in
Northwestern - low reach
Vanderbilt - high match
Pittsburgh - in
Wisconsin - in
Illinois - in
UGA - in
Tulane - idk</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppppppppppp</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Wow that's quite a number. Your ECs show tons of leadership and range which is nice. You're rank is pretty much in the stratosphere, so you shouldn't be nervous about anything. You'll definitely get into college. The Ivies as you know are such a crapshoot. You shouldn't place your worth on weather you get in or not. HPS will be tough. You already know that. Cornell you probably have a better chance of getting into. Duke, Georgetown, Berkeley, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern are matches, and the rest honestly are probably safeties for you. (Tulane will probably give you a whopping scholarship too.) People like you intimidate the rest of us! If you haven't applied yet, you should probably think about cutting it down a notch...I don't think you need Wisconsin, UGA, and Pittsburgh. UGA might be the best bet for some nice instate money. </p>

<p>Chance me back please!</p>

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<p>Did you only play tennis on a school team for one season? And yet you played in other tournaments and such?? I wonder why you aren't on Varsity tennis for 4 yrs in high school.</p>

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<p>Harvard--Reach
Princeton--Reach
Stanford--Reach
Cornell--Match
Duke--Reach
USC (Southern California, of course, based upon your other school choices)--Match
UCLA--Match (OOS)
Cal-Berkeley--Slight Reach (OOS)--but only because they don't expect you to attend
Georgetown--Match
Michigan-Ann Arbor--Match
Northwestern--Slight Reach
Vanderbilt--Match to Slight Reach
Pittsburgh--Safe Match
Wisconsin--Match
Illinois--Safe Match to Match
UGA--Safe Match (OOS)
Tulane--Match</p>