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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian Male
New York
school sends about 20% to hyp
Intended Major: biology (not necessarily pre-med)</p>

<p>Grades: (no GPA) B+/A- average (straight A's in math and science though...) its pretty hard to get A's at our school btw
Rank: (we don't rank but guessing..) top quarter
SAT: 2390
SAT II's: 770 BioM; 800 Math II; 800 Chem; 790 USH
AP: (we don't have AP classes so that's why i took so few) 5's on Bio, English Lit, BC Calc</p>

<p>Courses: pretty challenging; main point is that I'm the first one to skip two years of math
and just a side note, my grades have been steadily improving through high school; i have almost straight a's now.... (my freshman grades sucked... ugh)</p>

<p>Awards:
Siemens competition regional finalist
--i submitted to Intel STS and ISEF (expecting at least semis for sts... unless i messed up my application... and at least qualifier for international fair for isef)
Columbia science honors program
SET participant (idk if this even counts... it's like this "study of exceptional talent" program)
AP Scholar with distinction
HHMI research grant (this isnt as prestigious as it sounds... b/c i get it through my lab..)
--our school doesn't give any awards..... ugh</p>

<p>ECs:
Science research - last summer and I've been continuing it through the school year (it really takes up a lot of time... during the school year, i go to the lab for 3 hours everyday after school) - and i submitted my paper as a supplement
Piano - 12 years (Carnegie Hall recital)
Swimming- 11 years (won a regional award)
Literary magazine layout editor
Yearbook layout editor
hospital volunteer for a year (100+ hours)</p>

<p>Essays: i'm in no position to judge my own writing, but according to my college counselor, they're all really great.</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: one should be great. the other good (weird that the great one is from a humanities teacher....)</p>

<p>Interviews: so far, they've been really good; i mean, not completely amazing. but definitely won't raise any red flags</p>

<p>Hooks: ummmm, science award(s)?
Weaknesses: NO LEADERSHIP (ugh. it's literally a popularity contest at our school....)</p>

<p>Chance for (i have safeties, i just didn't list them):
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Penn
Wash U
Cornell
JHU</p>

<p>Any suggestions beyond chances are welcome!!!!!!
And I will chance back... ASAP!! =)
Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Harvard - reach
Yale - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT - reach
Penn - mid reach
Wash U -high match
Cornell - low reach
JHU - high match/low reach</p>

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<p>Harvard reach (everyone XD)
MIT reach
Penn match
Wash U match
Cornell reach
JHU match</p>

<p>good luck!
chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/844349-chances-these-colleges-thankyou.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/844349-chances-these-colleges-thankyou.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard - reach
Yale - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT - reach
Penn - match
Wash U - match
Cornell - match
JHU - match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841375-bombing-senior-year-will-chance-back-quickly.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/841375-bombing-senior-year-will-chance-back-quickly.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard - ?
Yale - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT - reach
Penn - match
Wash U - ?
Cornell - match
JHU - ? </p>

<p>dude i wouldnt worry all the ivies are reaches for everybody</p>

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<p>Harvard - reach
Yale - reach
Princeton - reach
MIT - reach
Penn - low reach
Wash U - high match
Cornell - low reach/high match
JHU - low reach</p>

<p>Good luck :slight_smile:
CHANCE BACK PLEASE!!!</p>

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<p>Harvard-reach
MIT-high match
Princeton-reach
Yale-reach
MIT-high match
Penn-low reach
JHU- reach
Wash U- match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/843221-chances-after-deferral-wm.html#post1063873072[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/843221-chances-after-deferral-wm.html#post1063873072&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard - Reach
MIT - Low Reach
Princeton - Reach
Yale - Reach
Cornell - Match
JHU - Match
UPenn - High Match
Wash U STL - Match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840661-chance-senior-who-got-off-rough-start.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/840661-chance-senior-who-got-off-rough-start.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m a sophomore and don’t know enough yet to chance you. But I also had a question about SET and whether it counts. I don’t have any other award till now. I read that they send recommendation letters for the SET members ([Frequently</a> Asked Questions about SET](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/set/set_faq.html#rec]Frequently”>http://cty.jhu.edu/set/set_faq.html#rec)).</p>

<p>Is it worth asking for one?</p>

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<p>@bambooshoot, i’m sure the recommendation letters are definitely not worth it. schools would much rather prefer just the required letters, unless of course an additional one adds significantly to your app. and since the set rec will probably be impersonal (i mean… they really dont know use personally) so it’s not worth it.
and yeah… i know its an honor but i got it as a 7th grader… so its not something i did in high school. but i am still technically a set member… ugh. confusing. i wrote it anyways w/e. im not lying and colleges can disregard it if they want</p>

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<p>Thanks. Did you go to any of the CTY summer courses? I’ve been there almost every summer since 6th grade. Are they worth mentioning?</p>

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<p>unless you’ve been to cty after 9th grade, you actually cant mention b/c commonapp says high school activities. and also, if you have nothing else to write, i guess you can write cty to fill up space but it’s really not that prestigious</p>