Please everyone! A safety, reach, match list :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I already posted asking about MIT, but I would appreviate if everyone were to help me make a list of safety, reach, and match schools.</p>

<p>I am an African-American male, I go to a rather "economically disadvantaged " pubic high school.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 1420 (710 / 710)
GPA: 3.8
I have yet to take SATII exams</p>

<p>AP Classes:</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Chemistry (4)
English Language (4)
Computer Science (4)
Calculus AB (5)
World History (5)</p>

<p>This Year:
U.S. History
Physics B
English Literature
Calculus BC
Spanish Language</p>

<p>I have played the Viola (for 6 years), and the Piano (for 7 years).</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars include:
Robotics club (since freshman year)
-Treasurer (Sophomore year)
-Vice President (Junior year)
Math club (since freshman year)
Debate club
Track and Field (JV)
Youth Council Member (since the 9th grade)</p>

<p>Community Service: 887 hours </p>

<p>The counselor-o-matic is quite... dysfunctional.</p>

<p>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! thanks</p>

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<p>ur def in in anywhere u apply, nice job!</p>

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<p>You have a shot anywhere, what kind of school are you looking for?</p>

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<p>Engineering. I really don't want to apply to the Ivies.</p>

<p>I would really like to go to MIT, but if that doesn't happen I would also put Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Cal-Tech on the list.</p>

<p>MIT is my #1 decision however (for school), and well.. a tech school would be my desirable college</p>

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<p>wow, this is impressive, esp. those community service hours. you could probably get into any of those schools :)</p>

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<p>I am a liberal Arts person with limited knowledge in this area...</p>

<p>What about Harvey Mudd, one of the Claremont Colleges (with Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Scripps & Pitzer.) It is a really good Engineering school and maybe easier to get into than MIT/ Cal Tech.</p>

<p>Also I believe Rochester & Carnegie Mellon are good, and many state schools have good Engineering depts.</p>

<p>Probably other threads on Engineering programs on the Parents Forum I bet.</p>

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<p>yeah, here's a thread with lots of schools mentioned.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=31981%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=31981&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>someone I knew was deferred from MIT with a 1550+ SAT and over 4.0 GPA and lots of ECAs.... so don't count on it. I would say you have a shot if you write some good essays and get some good recs. Nice job though and good luck!</p>

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<p>As B2k would say... "bump bump bump!"</p>

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<p>I'm liking this, my stats are similar to yours. 3.8 unweighted and all that and my expected SAT's. But people won't reply to my threads.</p>

<p>Good luck dude I think you're fine.</p>

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<p>Reaches: MIT(MIT engineering is VERY hard and they want to see engineering talent, not ECs that dont have to do with engineering)
Slight Reach: Stanford
Matches: UC berkeley, UCLA,
Safties: USC, UCSD</p>

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<p>Tufts might be an interesting school that you would like.</p>