please chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a rising senior. I am a male Asian and 2nd generation immigrant. I belong to an upper middle class family and attend a reputed college prep school in Indiana. There are not really any honors courses at my school, just AP classes, but my counselor says that most classes are honors level.</p>

<p>Freshman
English 9 B+/A
Adv Biology A-/A
Adv Algebra II A-/A
World History A/A
French II A-/A
Theater A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore
English 10 A/B+
Adv Chemistry A/B+
Pre-calculus A/A
US History A/A
French III A-/B+
Gov/Econ A/A</p>

<p>Junior
English 11 A-/A- (expect 4 on AP Eng Lang)
AP Biology A/B+ (expect 5)
AP Calculus AB A/A- (expect 5)
AP US History B/A (expect 4)
French IV B+/B+
Utopian Novel A</p>

<p>Senior
AP English Lit
AP Physics B
AP Calculus BC
AP Euro History
Middle East (semester elective, senior seminar required)
Environmental Science/Creative Writing (not decided yet-semester elective)</p>

<p>GPA (weighted) = 4.09, unweighted ~3.7</p>

<p>SAT- Math 720
Critical reading 740
Writing 700</p>

<p>ACT- 34</p>

<p>SAT II- Math IIC 730
Biology M 680
US History 770
French 530</p>

<p>Ecs
Academic Research with college professor- co-authored 7 nationally published papers (9-11)
Speech- 2x state finalist (missed junior yr b/c of flu) in impromptu and extemporaneous (9-11)
Model UN (9-11)
Student Council rep (11)
asst newspaper editor (opinion section) (9-11)
senior lunchroom leader (11/12)
Red Cross Volunteer ~100 hours (9-11)</p>

<p>Awards
Headmasters List (4 semesters)
Honors List (2 semesters)
Social Studies Dept Commendation (10)
Dean's Award Commendation (11)
Wabash College Book Award (11)
Excellence in Persuasive Speaking (10)</p>

<p>Schools that are on my list (subject to change and/or narrowed down):
Indiana Univ
Purdue
Univ of Michigan
Rochester
Univ of Pittsburgh
Case Western
Notre Dame
Carnegie Mellon
Vanderbilt
Emory
Georgia Tech
Haverford
Northwestern
Rice
Cornell
Penn
Amherst</p>

<p>If you could please tell me my chances for these schools, that would be great. Also, I plan to major in engineering, pre-med, or business, but could change in the future. Thanks once again for all the help.</p>

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<p>also, I scored 214 on the PSAT (definately commended, possibly semifinalist)- cutoff for Indiana last year was 213</p>

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<p>You have really strong academic stats and you're ECs are good.</p>

<p>I'd say
Indiana Univ - I don't know about this school, but my guess is its a match/safety
Purdue - Safety/Match
Univ of Michigan - Match/Low Reach
Rochester - Rochester? U of Roch? Roch Tech? I'm going to guess U of R - Match
Univ of Pittsburgh - Safety/Match
Case Western - Match
Notre Dame - Match/Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon - Match/Low Reach
Vanderbilt - Low Reach
Emory - Low Reach
Georgia Tech - Match
Haverford - Low Reach/Reach
Northwestern - Low Reach/Reach
Rice - Low Reach
Cornell - Reach
Penn - Reach
Amherst - Reach</p>

<p>I'd guess you get into all the matches, half the low reaches, and at least one reach.</p>

<p>Have you looked into U Chicago, Duke, or Johns Hopkins? They would be reaches, but worth considering and I wouldn't be surprised if you were accepted to one.</p>

<p>You seem to be all over the place as to where you are applying. You listed both LACs and Universities. You have midwest, northeast, and south. Unless you have enough money to apply to all these places, you should cut a few of the similar ones out. I think you have a strong mix of reaches and matches though.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>