plz chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>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
Astronomy (1 semester)
Globalization (1 semester)</p>

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

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

<p>ACT- 31</p>

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

<p>PSAT- 214 (definitely commended, maybe semifinalist)</p>

<p>Ecs
Academic Research with college professor- 7 nationally published papers
Speech- 2x state finalist (missed junior yr b/c of flu) in impromptu and extemporaneous (9,10,11)
Model UN (9,10,11)
Student Council rep (11)
asst newspaper editor (opinion section, 11)
senior lunchroom leader (12)
Red Cross Volunteer ~100 hours (9,10,11)</p>

<p>Awards
Headmaster's List (4 semesters)
Honors List (2 semesters)
Social Studies Dept. Commendation (10)
Wabash College Book Award (11)
Dean's Award Commendation (11)</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 could please tell me my chances for these schools, that would be great. Also, I plan to major in engineering or pre-med, but could change in the future. Thanks once again for all the help.</p>

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<p>Right now, you look to have a very eclectic mix of schools on your list. The two that stand out in particular to me as "unusual" choices are Amherst and Haverford. Although they are both fantastic schools, I'm curious as to why you're interested in applying to them since you're planning on majoring in engineering. If you want to apply to a LAC but also desire the ability to major in engineering, I recommend you look at Swarthmore College, which unlike Amherst and Haverford, offers a major in engineering.</p>

<p>Chances on a scale of: high reach, reach, semi-reach, good fit, likely, safety.</p>

<p>Indiana University... SAFETY.
Purdue University... SAFETY.
University of Michigan... GOOD FIT.
University of Rochester... GOOD FIT.
University of Pittsburgh... SAFETY.
Case Western Reserve University... LIKELY.
University of Notre Dame... SEMI-REACH.
Carnegie Mellon University... SEMI-REACH.
Vanderbilt University... SEMI-REACH.
Emory University... SEMI-REACH.
Georgia Institute of Technology... LIKELY.
Haverford College... SEMI-REACH.
Northwestern University... SEMI-REACH.
Rice University... REACH.
Cornell University... REACH.
University of Pennsylvania... REACH.
Amherst College... REACH</p>

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<p>for top schools: mediocre gpa and sats. ok ECs (all depends on how prestigious are these "nationally published papers". are you a co-author? i don't really understand how a high school student can publish 7 "nationally published papers") </p>

<p>reject by penn, amherst, cornell
others are maybes</p>

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<p>Hey, what school? Indiana Academy? Yea, like firefox said, what are those 7 published papers? Even if you're a 2nd or 3rd author for all of them, you're in great shape. Not many high school students can publish papers in scientific journals, let alone 7.</p>