Please Chance for Top Economics Programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please Chance for Statistics/Economics!
I'm currently a junior in high school and I'm looking to do a double major in Statistics and Economics, and the schools I'm applying to are:</p>

<p>Stanford
Northwestern
Brown
Princeton
MIT
Carnegie Mellon
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Michigan State (safety)</p>

<p>Please chance me! I will chance back!</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2240 (800 Math, 710 Writing, 730 Reading)</p>

<p>SAT II: US History - 790, Math II - 800, Literature - 740 [taking Bio in a few weeks]</p>

<p>ACT: 36 all sections and composite (11 Writing)</p>

<p>PSAT: 226 (projected semifinalist)</p>

<p>Rank: 1 of approximately 650</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.32 weighted</p>

<p>APs: (all 5s) Statistics, US History, Macroeconomics, US Government, Calculus BC, English Language</p>

<p>Junior Year Courseload: Debate/AP Microeconomics (each 1 semester), Spanish III Pre-AP, AP Literature, AP Human Geography, AP Biology, Dual Enrollment Linear Algebra and Discrete Structures</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload: AP Spanish Language, AP Psychology, Humanities, AP World History, Dual Enrollment Calc III/IV, Dual Enrollment Political Theory/Compar. Governments</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Piano
*semifinalist in International piano competition
*semifinalist in State piano competition
*winner (2011, 2012, 2013) of county-wide piano competition
*various local scholarship awards
*Junior Festival superior rating every year
*Level 10 Certificate</p></li>
<li><p>Boy Scouts of America
*Eagle Scout award (age of 14)
*God and Church religious emblem
*participant in High Adventure camping trips</p></li>
<li><p>Youth Symphony
*travelled to France and Ireland to perform
*participated every year in High School</p></li>
<li><p>Debate
*Team Captain (2012)
*2nd place in local debate league (2012)
*9th place for speaker points (2011)</p></li>
<li><p>Cello
*winner of pretty big local strings scholarship ($1000)</p></li>
<li><p>Math Team
*various local math competitions around the state as a team (1st place in one, 4th place in one, Honorable mention in another)
*numerous small individual awards (top 2% in state math competition)
*founded team M3 Team (Round 2 qualifier this year)</p></li>
<li><p>Youth Music Society (county-wide)
*President (2013), Treasurer (2012), and Recording Secretary (2011)
*monthly meetings of performances and guest artists</p></li>
<li><p>Order of the Arrow (Honors Society of Boy Scouts)
*Brotherhood rank</p></li>
<li><p>NHS
*typical NHS stuff, that's about it</p></li>
</ol>

<p>SUMMER:
*piano camp at BGSU every year for a week
*8th-9th grade: People to People Student Ambassador, piano camp
*9th-10th grade: just piano camp
*10th-11th grade: piano camp, Stanford EPGY summer program (3 weeks)
*11th-12th grade: piano camp, Economics for Leaders, Northwestern CTD (3 weeks)</p>

<p>OTHER:
*top public school in area but not awesome compared to others in the state
*White male
*income bracket: $100,000 - $150,000
*Michigan
*I know that I have great recommendation letters, because the two teachers writing mine know me really well.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your help!</p>

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<p>Might want U Toronto as a safety if you can stomach grade deflation… better than MSU for economics.</p>

<p>MSU: Safety
JHU: High match
CMU: High match</p>

<p>Everyone else is a reach.</p>

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<p>You are a match for most if not all the schools on the list although MIT is always tricky. Considering the low acceptance rate of the top schools on the list, candidates with matching stat is still subject to the competition against other candidates with similar credentials. You should use your ACT score for school application. With decent EC and perfect scores in ACT, UW GPA, and all 10 APs, the only variable would be your essay.</p>

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<p>Do you have any suggestions for good schools that may be less selective?</p>

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<p>Try UMich. You should be a low match to match and the acceptance rate is around 30%. You should definitely apply to your school choices above though. University of Minnesota is also good and less competitive too. These 2 schools are around #10-11 for economics programs in the US. Name Minnesota as your top choice for National Merit will get you $10K per year scholarship.</p>

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<p>@billchso Thank you so much for your help. Also, can you think of anything that I should be doing this summer to improve my application chances?</p>

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<p>You are pretty good in all aspects already. If you want to further enhance your chance, spend some time to work on the essays for school applications. You can find the typical essay ideas on the web. There are books in library tell you how to write better essays. In addition, you may register to Summer school to the one college you want to go most. That would show your passion to that school and help you to decide whether that is a perfect school for you.</p>