Please chance me HYPS, WashU and MIT!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My gpa isnt very strong and i hope that wont hurt me too much </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>• SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (R 780 M780 CR 770)
• ACT: 33
• SAT II: Bio 800 Math II 780 Chem 800
• GPA: 3.86 UW/4.76 W (I didn’t do well my freshman year)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable from my school, but definitely top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, NSL, Spanish Lang, Chem, BC Calc, Psych, World History, Physics, English Lang (all 5’s)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, MV Calc/Diff Equations, Anatomy, AP European History, Molecular Genetics (double period), Digital Art (requirement)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years JV Ice Hockey (Captain) 2 years Varsity hockey, 1 year JV Baseball (Captain) 1 year Varsity baseball, Bio Club 4 years (President), Medical Masterminds 4 years (President), Model UN 4 year
• Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding at local pool 3 years, Junior Counselor at camp
• Volunteer/Community service: Award for exceptional amount of community service hours (300+), Volunteer at local hospital 3 years, Volunteer at National Zoo 1 summer
• Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, JC at camp, National Zoo
• Essays: Creative- One was actually modeled after a Greek Epic, I want to major in the Classics
• Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them but they loved me 
• Counselor Rec: Same
• Additional Rec: Doctor who I worked with at the hospital
• Interview: Went well</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>• State (if domestic applicant): MD
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public but in a very rich school county
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: 250K +/- 50K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NMSF</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>• Strengths: EC’s and standardized tests
• Weaknesses: GPA and lifestyle </p>

<p>THANKS SO MUCH</p>

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<p>ill chance you back? :)</p>

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<p>You’ve got excellent stats and I don’t think your GPA is too bad C: You seem like a really well-rounded applicant.</p>

<p>I think you’ll get into WashU and at least one out of HYPSM, but I’d still consider them reaches. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks so much. people never answer these things :P</p>

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<p>WashU- low match, practically a safety</p>

<p>HYP- reaches for anyone, although you have a fair chance. maybe ~20% of getting into each?</p>

<p>Stanford- They don’t look at freshmen year, so your chances are probably higher at Stanford than at HYP. 20~30%</p>

<p>MIT- hard, but you have a good chance.</p>

<p>Haha, assuming getting into each university is an independent event, I’d say you have ~75% of getting into at least one of the HYPSM. good luck!</p>

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<p>I would not underestimate the difficulty of admissions at Washington University St Louis. The mid point SAT scores of accepted applicants at WUSL are almost identical to M.I.T. This school would only be a safety for a select minority of overachievers, IMO.</p>

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<p>If SAT scores are in question, the OP is more than qualified to attend any university.</p>

<p>Of course, I understand what you’re saying, and perhaps I may have been overshooting when I said it was practically a safety. I know that WUSTL is a very selective/prestigious school. it might just be me, because I’ve known quite a few people who’ve gotten accepted with stats lower than the OP’s.</p>

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<p>4.76 gpa? <em>**? How do you even get that? DId you take like 16 AP’s and then make up some? </em>…</p>

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<p>^I believe it just depends upon how grades are weighted at the HS. It is my impression that many high schools weight honors courses similarly to AP courses, and it would not be difficult to enroll in exclusively honors and APs throughout your HS.</p>

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<p>Actually, if you haven’t shown any interest in WashU, it might be more of a reach than the other schools you listed.</p>

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<p>^Interesting point. I often speculated that visits and contacts might be especially important for both Northwestern University and Washingington University. They have no shortage of incredibly accomplished applicants (I think many underestimate the difficulty of admissions) and it would seem logical that they may attempt to weed out those HYPSM applicants just attempting to using them as “safety schools” by weighting interest more heavily.</p>

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<p>@interficio- i took 13 AP periods (if you count double periods as 2) and yes my school weighs honors and APs as 5
@hahalolk- i got on the WashU mailing list my freshman year and i’ve emailed them about certain questions. is that good?</p>

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<p>Have you visited them?</p>

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<p>WashU, Harvard, MIT, and Georgetown are some of my top choices ive visited. But do they really take that into big consideration?</p>

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<p>You have a strong resume and i think you will make it into one of HYPMS…Wash U is a definite match…
best of luck
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<p>WashU: Match
HYPSM: Always reaches, but I’d say you’ll get in to at least one of them, as people said before.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

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<p>HYPS are nearly impossible for everyone, but you have as good a chance as any. Wash U is also really selective, but less so than HYPS and MIT. Dont worry about the GPA, they like to see well rounded students, and the rest of your application is amazing, so they wont write you off because of one thing (hopefully!).</p>

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