Please Chance Me for Brown, Cornell Engineering, and UPenn Engineering! Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What would be my chances at Brown ED, Cornell Engineering ED, and UPenn Engineering ED?? Please be honest. Thank you so much!
I think my Test Scores, Extracurriculars, and Courseload are all solid but my GPA is lacking</p>

<p>Note: I am one year ahead in math for my school and also took an AP in sophomore year which our school does not usually allow. I also moved to the school in my freshman year and I took AB Calculus because of scheduling conflicts and self studied for the BC Test.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2370 <a href="Took%20Once">CR: 800, W: 800, M: 770</a></p>

<p>PSAT: 233 [CR: 78, W: 75, M: 80]</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 Biology(M) (710 on first try)
800 Math IIC (first try)
800 Chemistry (first try)
800 Physics (first try)</p>

<p>AP: 5 Statistics
5 BC Calculus (self studied)
5 Chemistry
5 World History</p>

<p>IB: Not Available at School</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (after junior year): 3.7/4.0</p>

<p>Weighted GPA (after junior year): 4.42</p>

<p>Rank after Junior Year: 15/250</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses: Online Multivariable Calculus, AP Physics, AP Biology, Ap Literature, AP Art History, Spanish 4 Honors, Health/PE</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
-Siemens Regional Semifinalist
-AP Scholar with Honor
-National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Other Awards:
-JV Debate County Champion
-Varsity Debate County Second Place
-2nd Team All League Swimming
-3rd Team All County Swimming</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Swimming (4 yrs)
-captain
-state sectional champions
-county champions
-2nd team all league
-3rd team all county</p>

<p>Science League (4 yrs)
-school representative</p>

<p>Math Team (4 yrs)
-county team
-part of a better out of school math team</p>

<p>Debate Team (3 yrs)
-President
-JV County Champion
-Varsity County 2nd place</p>

<p>Quiz Bowl Team (2yrs), Stock Investment Club (1 yr)</p>

<p>Out of School Activities:
NJ Governor's School of Engineering (selective: ~80 kids from NJ)
-Expanded on research paper with a profesor and submitted to Siemens (semifinalist)</p>

<p>Columbia Science Honors Program:
-Computer Programming in Java
-Modern Cosmology
-Nanoscience</p>

<p>Recommendations:
-Counselor Rec: we are closer than most students-counselors. She probably talked about how I am very proactive because I did all this stuff to take classes and stuff that our school usually did not permit</p>

<p>-Teacher Rec: Junior Math Teacher/Swim Coach wrote a very good personal rec about how I lead the swim team, perform in class, and transitioned from my move (California to NJ) </p>

<p>-Teacher Rec: Sophomore Math Teacher: Probably wrote about how I did pretty well in her class. Really nothing special; pretty weak rec tbh.</p>

<p>-Additional Rec: engineering professor at Rutger: was our project adviser at governor's school and mentored me for Siemens: pretty good rec i guess but not too personal</p>

<p>I did badly my freshman and junior year and did well my sophomore and am doing well in senior year.</p>

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<p>Your grades are outstanding and I applaud you on your talent. </p>

<p>Being admitted to these two schools should be a walk in the park for you. However, you’re aiming for the Engineering program. That’s very difficult, exotically for an elite University. In my opinion, you’re in. Except, you have to maintain a 4.0 if you can. If you have enough time, take the SAT Nath section again too. You’re so close to a perfect score. You basically have a free pass to any school you want if you get a perfect score.</p>

<p>Once again, you should be extremely proud of yourself.</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>i would argue that you still have a good shot at all those schools. everything looks great as far as your e.c.s go you have a lot that sticks out. also your ethnicity should be another helpful factor.</p>

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<p>While the Ivies are generally great school, you probably are better off going to other places for engineering. Just some food for thought.</p>

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<p>There is absolutely no need to retake SAT. Even with a perfect SAT score will not give you any further advantage. Your Math2 score has compensated your less than perfect Math score in SAT1. Your UW GPA is a bit low for these schools though. In addition, your EC is mostly academics related except for the sport (swimming). You may want to do some community service or volunteer this summer to enrich your EC. As of now, you are match to high match for these schools.</p>

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<p>I am a bit concern with your financial situation though. Make sure which school may give you need based aids before doing ED. You know ED is binding. For most students that need financial aids would not do ED (but EA) as the financial aid information would not be available until around March-May while you are committed months earlier for ED.</p>

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<p>I’m no expert and I didn’t read the whole post, but everything of yours is suitable to get into Brown, except probably your UW GPA. Try writing essays that blow their minds, and you’ll probably get in. :)</p>

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<p>If you mention wanting to attend Cornell in your Brown essays, I’d say your chances would be pretty low. ;)</p>

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<p>I think you’ll be a competitive applicant. Focus on exploring the opportunities that Cornell Engineering provides and explain in your essay why you’d be a good fit here.</p>

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<p>Youre a strong applicant for sure. GPA may be on the low side but you can definitely make up for it. Do your research on Cornell engineering and make sure you write killer essays.</p>

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<p>If you get an ED financial aid offer that is insufficient to support attendance, you decline the offer and apply RD elsewhere. For most applicants applying ED to a school that meets full need will increase the chance of getting an affordable offer.</p>

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<p>Unless it is for athletics recruitment, it is not likely to have an ED with early financial aid offer. Also you can only do one ED.</p>

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<p>wow! You are impressive!! It’s mostly a crap shoot though…but I’m thinking that if you don’t have a good chance - no one will!!</p>

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<p>Your are in.</p>

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<p>I’d say you’d have a shot at stronger engineering programs if you’re set on ED/EAing somewhere. (stanford, mit, etc.) You’d be a strong, competitive candidate even if you RD at Cornell.</p>

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<p>Lol, no worries, you’ll get in. Just make sure you write interesting essays that sound really good. Honestly, the content of your essays do not really matter, just make sure they sound pro.</p>

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<p>For these kinds of schools, obviously, it’s hard to say for sure whether someone will get in…but your chances look good! Yours stats/extracurriculars are solid. :slight_smile: Good luck!</p>

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<p>I agree with CornellJunior. I don’t know why you would LIMIT yourself to those schools especially since looks like CS/engineering is your focus…college comes once in your lifetime…dream BIG…apply to either Stanford or MIT early (both are nonbinding) and they are tops in your area of interest…those other schools that you have listed can be saved for RD…</p>

<p>…by the way, if you do ED at one of those other schools and get in, you have to commit and attend. You cannot apply to any other school during the regular round. Be careful.</p>