Please Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2260 (800M, 770W, 690R) first time, 2380 (780R) second time
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 790 Physics
GPA:3.92, 4.5 weighted
Rank:2/400
Junior Year Courseload: AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP USH, Honors Orchestra
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP World History, AP Stat, Honors Orchestra
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Math Team (vice president, AIME qualifier); Mu Alpha Theta (chapter president); FBLA (regional competition winner, attended state conferences); Science League; Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster); Football (freshman year only, I guess it pretty much counts for nothing); Student Government<br>
Job/Work Experience: summer @ McDonald's
Volunteer/Community service: About 60 hours of tutoring/teaching between Mu Alpha Theta and Orchestra, 75 hours at the local hospital
Summer Activities: working at McDonalds (my family is living paycheck to paycheck), taking extra math/science classes,
Essays: Will be original and well-written.
Other: First-generation for college, low income, Questbridge scholar, Rensselaer medal (awarded to top math/science student in junior class each year), fluent in Turkish and Russian; will send in a musical supplement for violin if it will be of any help</p>

<p>State: New Jersey
School Type: Great public, sends a few kids to Ivies each year.
Ethnicity: Turkish/Russian immigrant (my family came here from Turkey when I was six)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <50k, full FA or scholarship is a must.</p>

<p>I am looking to pursue a career in engineering and buisness. </p>

<p>Considering applying to Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn (Jerome Fisher program), Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, UMich, RPI, Lehigh, Stevens, Rutgers, and Penn State, among others.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You’re in at those last 6, for sure. Probably Carnegie, as well. Cornell is probably a high match, but P/S/C/MIT/Penn are going to be reaches for anybody. You have excellent objective stats, so admission to those 5 will be entirely dependent on the aspects of your application that you can’t show us here. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Princeton: Reach
Stanford: Reach
MIT: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Columbia: Reach
Cornell: Reach
Carnegie Mellon: Match/High match
UMI Ross: Match (I think you should cut UMI because FA is not good enough for you)
Stevens: Safety
Rutgers business/engineering: Safety (this is your absolute safety)
Lehigh: Low match/Match
Penn State Smeal: Safety (Penn State should be cut because FA is not good enough for you)
RPI: Low match</p>

<p>Is GWU an option to replace UMI or Penn State?</p>

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<p>Princeton - reach
MIT - low reach
Stanford - high reach
Jerome Fisher - reach
Columbia - reach
Cornell - high match
CM - match/high match
Mich - match
RPI - low match
Lehigh - low match
Stevens - low match
Rutgers - safety
Penn State - safety</p>

<p>Fantastic objective resume you’ve got. Solid scores and GPA across the board! Like the above poster said, the first 5 are going to be VERY difficult to get into. It’s a total crapshoot but the best thing you can do is write fantastic essays and practice them over the summer (considering the Common App essays for next fall are already out). Your financial situation will certainly help you out at schools like Princeton and Penn. I think if you apply to all 5 you can get into 2-3 of them. Just make sure their financial aid policies will be beneficial to your application process! </p>

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<p>Catria, Cornell is not a reach with the information given, this guy is quite competitive for Cornell. High match, seriously. My high school sucks, and we sent two kids to Cornell with applications that looked a lot worse than this, no legacy status or any special hooks aside from that they were ranks 1 & 2 in their class. Worse SAT scores and subject test scores, and kidclutch has ECs that are all either equivalent to or beyond what they had. Perhaps it was a fluke, but I doubt it, having looked at admit statistics.</p>

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<p>My verdict was for Cornell Dyson… high match would apply for anything not called Dyson.</p>

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<p>My mistake, I had assumed business would be a minor and he would be applying to Cornell engineering, because… Why would he go to Dyson, given he wants to pursue engineering? Unless he wants to minor in engineering just so he can talk to engineers as a business person, but that’s not exactly a career in engineering.</p>

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<p>Dual-major?</p>

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<p>That engineering GPA going down, down, down…</p>

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<p>Engineering and business is actually quite a popular combo (as we all know) because of the versatility and stability it offers in job placement. You get the business acumen and sociability skills of a business degree and the technical skills to hold your weight at the largest corporations from an engineering degree. Strictly speaking though, it’s more common to major in engineering for undergrad and come back to do an MBA. This combo isn’t impossible but it should be noted that Jerome Fisher is for entrepreneurs, not just a job as a Microsoft or Google director with a knowledge of computer science. I still think it’s a viable combo if you’re dual-majoring and I would highly suggest minoring in engineering rather than the other way around if you wish to do a major-minor dealio. Personally I think Cornell, Carnegie Mellon and Penn are the programs you ought to aim for!</p>

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<p>Applying to Google or Microsoft. Resume: business undergrad, no grad school. Into the trash it goes!</p>

<p>It’s certainly not a business major on your degree that’s going to secure you a job, just saying. Have your priorities straight.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input, everyone.</p>

<p>I was thinking about getting an engineering undergrad (maybe with a business minor) and going on to get a dual MS/MBA. All I know for sure is that I would like to either work at an engineering corporation or be an entrepreneur.</p>