Please chance for Harvard/Princeton/Uchiacago/Stanford/MIT

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am a rising senior and I will be applying to Harvard, Princeton, MIT, UChicago, and Stanford and will major in math or physics most likely.</p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA: 3.86, Weighted GPA: 4.32, Community College GPA: 4.0(only 4 classes).</p>

<p>-Class Rank: 23 in a class of 405.</p>

<p>-I have taken 9 ap exams and 7 of them are 5's(biology,calc bc,stats, psych, us history, physics b, physics c mechanics) and 2 are 4's(euro history, english language).
Senior year 1st semester schedule:
AP Lit(online), AP chem, orchestra, Hrs Spanish, Hrs Gov, AP microeconomics(online), AP enviromental(online), DFQ+Linear Algbera(both independent study using MIT's curiiculum), and Engineering Physics II(its like physicsC E&M only more in depth) in a CC. </p>

<p>2nd semester schedue: Modern Algebra(in university), Theoretical statistics(in university), either optics or intro to quantum(in university),AP Lit(online), AP chem, orchestra, Hrs Spanish, AP Gov, AP microeconomics(online) Also, I will probably get an associate's in applied science from the CC in may/june of next year(not sure if this affects admission chances).</p>

<p>-My SAT is 2110 (math 800, reading 630, writing 680) and my ACT is 30 (33 if suprescored)</p>

<p>-SAT II's: Biology 660, Math1 750, US History 670, Math2 800, Hebrew 800, Physics 720( I mgiht retake physics and US history)</p>

<p>-EC's: I play violin in Youth Symphony, District Orchestra, and State Orchestra and have been tutoring kids on violin for free for 2 years. I play viola section leader in my school orchestra. President of ping pong club, where I started the first competitive team and hosted the first competition in my county. President and creator of National Community Service Performers, a selective state organization for top high school musicians that I started, where we perform in retirement communities and fund raising events. Will be President of math club next year, where I will prepare students for competition such as AMC, AIME, etc. VP in KCNCSY, an club for Jewish teens from all over the city.</p>

<p>I have participated in a big-group research project in physics under a former stanford physics professor(it will be published in 5-8 months). I will attend SSP(summer science program, cosponsored by MIT and Caltech) this summer, where I will do a group research project about astreoids. After SSP, Ill do an independent research project in Geothermal flow with one of SSP's professors(ill submit it to intel and maybe to siemens, if i make it in time). After that, Ill do another independent research in astrophysics with another professor from SSP, which i might take to the intel science fair.</p>

<p>-Employment-My only work is private violin lesson, which I started giving this year once a week.</p>

<p>-Honors/Awards- won 3rd in 2 national math competitions for 8-9 grades in Israel when I was in 8th grade. 1st place in AMATYC( math competition for community colleges) in my county and certificate for outstanding achievement on the national competition, which i got this year. Total of 12 medals on highest ranks in violin and viola solo/quartet festivals at district and state level. Got President's silver award for 200+ community service hours. AP national scholar.</p>

<p>-recs/essays- I will get recs from physics and Englsih teacher in september, a rec from SSP(Summer Science Program), and a rec from a former stanford professor that i did research with. Im not sure what my essay will be about.</p>

<p>-additional information: my family is very poor. I moved to the US from Israel right before freshmen year and lived with grandparents for 2 years. Then my mom moved here and now I live with her; she is unemployed. I speak English, Russian(my entire family is Russian) and Hebrew fluently; English is better than my Russian but worse than my Hebrew. </p>

<p>Thx for taking the time to read this and chance me!</p>

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<p>Also, please post any suggestions that could guide/help me, thanks</p>

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<p>hi, good chance</p>

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<p>can you elaborate a bit? thx</p>

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<p>You seem well qualified. Your academics are all outstanding. ECs are great as well. Make sure when you are writing your essays you talk about your music, family, etc.</p>

<p>Best of luck</p>

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<p>Your stats are not competitive for most of the schools on your list. Scores are significantly below their medians and rank would’t keep you out, but it’s low for an unhooked student (most, except for Chicago, will be top 2).</p>

<p>Having been in the US for all of high school, these schools will expect a mid 700s CR score. SATlls also are not competitive for these schools. Math is strong, but it is for many applicants to these schools. </p>

<p>I think you need matches that will be schools below the top 20.</p>

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<p>Redroses, so you are saying that because of some standardized test score I will not get into any of these except for uchicago?</p>

<p>I just think it would be strange if a school rejects a potential math/physics researcher because he/she cant write/read as well as the English major students.</p>

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<p>Another thing, the point of median scores is to indicate the middle point, not the necessary score to get in, right?(correct me if i am wrong).So it is expected that 50% of applicants would have scores below the medians, and im just another applicant under that category.
I mean, if median score is 2250, then for each person with 2400 theres a person with 2100, right?</p>

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<p>You can pretty much get into all of your choices!! My friends had similar stats, they got in… so i dont see why you can’t!</p>

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<p>She is saying that those schools will be reaches for you, which is true.</p>

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<p>No, but there are a large number of science/math applicants who have CR/W scores and grades in humanity subjects that are just as strong as their math/science score/grades. The math/physics applicants with lower English scores are usually extremely accomplished with their particular interests.</p>

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<p>You have to take into account applicants who are of underrepresented minority groups, have parents who are legacy, have parents who donate money to the school, recruited athletes, applicants from underrepresented geographic areas sought after by the school, applicants with international level awards, incredible ECs, etc. etc. etc.</p>

<p>The SSP will help, but ISEF would be too late for college admission purposes. Your grades and standardized test scores are not extremely high while your ECs, though good, are probably not good enough for you to stand out in the applicant pool. I’m sure you’ll have lots of great choices and college acceptances come April of next year, but just to be safe, make sure to look at less selective schools as well. Good luck!</p>