Please Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey if anybody could chance me at a few schools I’d really appreciate it. You can do as many or as few as you’d like; I just want some additional input. </p>

<p>Gender: M
Race: Caucasian
Location: Granby, CT
College Class Year: 2014
High School: A top public school in CT
Will apply for financial aid: Yes
Intended major: Engineering (undecided, but probably civil,environmental, or mech)</p>

<p>Academics: Honors classes in every core academic class all 4 years. In addition, AP US History was taken through UCONN in my high school. Senior course-load includes AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Lang. and Comp., H Civics.</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80 (rising trend, 3.86 junior)
GPA - Weighted: 4.10
Class Rank: top 10% (that’s all they’ll say)
Class Size: 175</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 680
SAT I Writing: 710
SAT II U.S. History: 730
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 770
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 800
AP US History: 5
CAPT (CT state testing): Top honors in all 4 subjects with perfect science score (I’m not sure if that really counts for anything though)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Guitar, Spanish Tutor, free online class in ME Design and Control I from MIT, Reading (esp. classical Greek, will put this to use in my essay)</p>

<p>Leadership Positions: Boy Scouts (Scribe, Patrol Leader, Venture Crew Chief, Historian, Instructor), planning on track captain but that’s spring…</p>

<p>Athletics: Track and Field - Varsity as a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and looking to be Captain as senior
Soccer - JV Fr and So, V Junior and Senior</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Eagle Scout Project - designed and constructed an educational hiking trail at a local game refuge. Constructed and implanted 15 signs that each feature information about local plant and animal species that are likely to be found in the park.
Also with Scouts - worked on 4+ Eagle Scout Projects with other scouts, cleaned up trails at a local recreational park and in Gettysburg PA
Volunteered at MS Walk and plan to do so again</p>

<p>Academic Honors and Awards: NMSQT Letter of Commendation,
Meritorious Achievement - Engineering Drawing, AP US History, Graphic Design, Intro. to Prod. Tech.
Scholar Athlete - 4 years
President's Award for Educational Achievement</p>

<p>Work Experience: Ski Instructor for 3 years, worked at local resort for 1 summer, landscaping for another summer</p>

<p>Intended Colleges:
Cornell (maybe ED but I’m not sure)
RPI
RIT
WPI
NEU
BU
Uconn (state safety)
U New Haven (in state safety)
Carnegie Mellon
Bucknell
Villanova
Lafayette
Lehigh
Johns Hopkins
Princeton… haha</p>

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<p>I would say good chance. Don’t think Princeton is “haha.” Sure, it’s academically competitive, but I’ve seem them accept kids with baseline 2000 SATs. Good luck. </p>

<p>Look at Cornell more closely to see if you like it. IF YOU LOVE IT, go for ED.</p>

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<p>Looks good! If you’re confident about your essay, even better chances. I think the boy scout thing stands out.</p>

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<p>Hey, thanks for the input. I do love Cornell, but I don’t know if I’d be able to afford what they offer me (younger bro and sis just adopted from Kazakhstan). Obviously it’s not completely binding in that they don’t force you to go if you really can’t pay for it, but if it was a difference of 20k per year between Cornell and another of my top choices I don’t know what I’d do.</p>

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<p>Cornell and Princeton are pretty much polar opposites! You are at or above the median for these schools, so you’re a good candidate, you just need to prove yourself to the adcoms. Write amazing essays, that may very well sway them!</p>

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<p>Don’t think Cornell ED for engineering would happen with your current scores. I’d focus on raising them and try RD if you don’t in Sept. Or try the ACT.</p>