Please give me your honest opinion!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here is some information about me:</p>

<p>Graduation Year: 2010
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
State: Oregon</p>

<p>School: Small international school in Oregon
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class rank: 1 out of 20
SAT: 2400, 12 essay
ACT: 35 composite, 8 essay (I think most schools will disregard this in favor of the SAT score?)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 790 (I might retake), Chemistry 790
Courses: IB diploma candidate</p>

<ul>
<li>IB English HL</li>
<li>IB History HL</li>
<li>IB Biology HL</li>
<li>IB Math HL</li>
<li>IB Chemistry SL</li>
<li>IB Mandarin SL (I've heard that this makes my application unique... does it?)</li>
<li>(IB) Theory of Knowledge</li>
</ul>

<p>Recommendations: Good at least, probably pretty good.</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:</p>

<p>My school was new when I started there, so I had the opportunity to start a lot of clubs/organizations.</p>

<ul>
<li>Model United Nations - 4 years - Founder, President/Ambassador all four years</li>
<li>Student Government - 3 years - Founder, Public Relations Officer</li>
<li>Boy Scouts - 7 years - Eagle Scout</li>
<li>Jazz Band - 3 years</li>
<li>School Newspaper - 2 years - Founder, Editor-in-Chief</li>
<li>Interact Club - 1 year - Founder, President</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>National Honor Society</li>
<li>Eagle Scout</li>
<li>AMC 10/12 school winner - 3 years running</li>
<li>National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT 223)</li>
</ul>

<p>This summer, I am working at the Green Building Research Laboratory at Portland State University. You can learn a little more about it at GBRL</a> | Home Page. I am doing some testing with phase-changing materials, as well as green roofs. This is the kind of stuff I am really passionate about, and I hope to help develop alternative energy sources in my career.</p>

<p>Please give me honest chances for:</p>

<ul>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley</li>
<li>University of California, Los Angeles</li>
<li>University of Southern California</li>
<li>University of Texas, Austin</li>
<li>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EA, I think?)</li>
<li>Stanford University</li>
</ul>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>

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<ul>
<li>University of Washington: in</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley: low reach ( just cuz ur out of state)</li>
<li>University of California, Los Angeles: in</li>
<li>University of Southern California: in</li>
<li>University of Texas, Austin: in</li>
<li>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: in</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: low reach</li>
<li>Cornell University: low reach</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EA, I think?): reach ( ur scores are good but MIT is still rly hard to get into)</li>
<li>Stanford University: reach</li>
</ul>

<p>can u chance bck ? thanks :] <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735662-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/735662-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks! </p>

<p>One of my main questions is, since I really want to go to either Stanford or MIT, do I have a good chance of getting into at least one of those two schools?</p>

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<p>hmm
heres the problem
so this year 2 girls in my skool applied to stanford
one had a 4.0 2350+ and was captain of like 3 teams and she got rejected
another girl had a 3.88 and a low 2200s and got in but i heard her essay was aamzing</p>

<p>stanford wants interesting ppl so write a kick ass essay and have good recs and u shud be fine?</p>

<p>MIT is alot harder the only ppl who got into MIT were like chem and bio Olympiad winners :p</p>

<p>but the top skools are rly unpredictable but with ur scores and extracurriculars u have a good shot :D</p>

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<p>yeah the top schools are often crapshoots :stuck_out_tongue: but i’m sure you know that already
your stats are absolutely perfect. the only thing is, if your school is so new, and it doesnt have a history of sending grads to top schools, it might be a little more difficult for you because you have to be the pioneer/guinea pig type thing, if that makes sense.
anyways my predictions:</p>

<ul>
<li>University of Washington: in</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley: in</li>
<li>University of California, Los Angeles: definitely in</li>
<li>University of Southern California: also definitely in</li>
<li>University of Texas, Austin: in</li>
<li>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: in</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: low reach</li>
<li>Cornell University: low reach</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EA, I think?): high reach. the reason i think this is because you dont have AMAZING science/math/engineering ECs, and there will be a loot of ppl applying to MIT with perfect stats like yours who are nationally/internationally recognized in those fields</li>
<li>Stanford University: reach - write good essays</li>
</ul>

<p>chance me back if you have time? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736548-chance-me-top-schools-ivies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks, I will! Anyone else, please? I will take the time to chance back!</p>