Please Chance for Hard Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to Princeton, Columbia, MIT for QB National College Match
Applying to Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, RPI, Rutgers, et al for RD
comp sci major</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/690/770/8; 750/800/800/10
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2400 (two sittings)
[<em>] SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Phys
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/400
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 BC Calc, 5 Chem, 5 Phys B, 5 Lang, 4 USH
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Stat, Multivariable Calc, AP World, AP Lit, Accounting Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nothing huge, qualified for AIME, some regional FBLA awards, Rensselaer Medalist
[</em>] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, QB College Prep Scholar, QB Finalist [/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Orchestra (9-12, 2nd/1st chair), Math League (9-12, did math contests), FBLA (10-12, competed, attended state conferences), Boys' State, Mu Alpha Theta (11-12, President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer paid internship with school district's department of technology
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: taught senior citizens how to use computer at library, gave violin lessons free, tutored middle school kids in math (100 hours total)
[</em>] Summer Activites: the tech internship
[<em>] Essays (1-10 rating, details):[list]
[li] Common App Essay: 9.5, shows maturity[/li] [</em>] Supplement Essay: 9, also great
[<em>] Additional Essay/Engineering Essay:[/ul] 8, decent
[</em>] Recommendations (teacher's subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9.5 (told me it was the best rec he's written in ten years, and he's written recs for several kids that have gone to Ivy's)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 9
[</em>] Additional Info/Rec:[/ul]
[<em>] Interview: haven't had yet
[</em>] Art Supplement: will send for RD if not matched[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: good public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket Range: 50k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): first gen? (dad went to one year of college in Turkey)[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: high scores vs. low income/first gen
[</em>] Weaknesses: no outstanding achievements [/ul]</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You have a decent shot of all the schools. Will definitely get into a bunch of the schools , hard to point out which ones exactly. Good luck! Please get me back.</p>

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<p>Princeton: Reach
Columbia: Reach
MIT: Reach
Cornell: Reach
CMU: Reach
RPI: Safety
Rutgers SAS/engineering: Safety</p>

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<p>Princeton, Columbia, MIT: low reach
Cornell: high match
CMU: match
In at the rest I think</p>

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<p>I’m applying to Penn and Chicago using QuestBridge too! Your stats are looking a lot better than mine and it fits your colleges. Your SATs are phenomenal and so is your GPA. Outlook is good for you! Good luck!</p>

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Chance me, perhaps?</p>