Predict Me: Columbia, MIT, Yale, Carnegie Mellon and others

<p>A la StudiousMaximus, here's a different type of chance thread: a predict thread.</p>

<p>"Here are the rules:
1) For each school I list, you must choose "Accepted," "Waitlisted," or "Rejected." Do not choose "Deferred" for early schools; predict what you think the final result will be.
2) Once I receive all of my results, I'll post them here. You will receive 1 point for a correct response and 0 points for an incorrect response. Whoever gets the most points wins.
3) Only initial results matter. If I'm waitlisted and later accepted at a school, the outcome is still "Waitlisted."
4) Feel free to be as harsh or as generous as you'd like. If you think your best shot at winning involves predicting that I'll be rejected from every school, go right ahead!</p>

<p>My hope is that this type of thread will lead to a lot more honest, specific predictions (instead of just "I think you have a great shot all around! Chance back!") and will be more useful to future applicants (since these threads will naturally contain results as well)."</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 C / 760 M / 800 CR / 730 W (7 essay)</p>

<p>ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 35 C
35 E / 36 M / 33 R / 35 S (8 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/550~
AP (place score in parentheses): USH, Bio, Chem (4), Calc BC, English Lang (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
Symphonic Band
AP Lit
AP Physics
AP Gov
Multivariable Calc and Linear Algebra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist HSHSP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, USNCO qualifier, AIME qualifier, Columbia Science Honors Program</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):</p>

<p>Research at MSU HSHSP for 7 weeks (Highly selective summer program) --REALLY good rec from mentor
Played Tablas (Indian drums) for 11+ years (performed several times)
Science Olympiad (VP-11, P-12); regional medals
Math Team (9 - 12) Top scoring team member; top 15 in region (4 counties) at state math league
Tennis Team (Varsity 10,11)
Jazz Band (10,12)
Big band (9,10,11,12)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon (2+ years)
Volunteer/Community service: Moderator for online math class to prepare middle school students for math competitions, Interact Club, Math Honor Society, NHS</p>

<p>Other:
Intended Major: Chem E, CS, or Biomed E
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >200k
State: NY
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>

<p>Schools you plan on applying to:
Columbia (ED), MIT, Yale, Stanford, Michigan, Harvard, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon (CS), Johns Hopkins, UPenn (engineering), Brown</p>

<p>Rejected at all of them.</p>

<p>Columbia- accepted
Yale- waitlisted
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - waitlisted
Princeton-accepted
CMU - accepted
Johns Hopkins- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Brown- waitlisted</p>

<p>Columbia (ED): accepted
MIT: rejected
Yale: rejected
Stanford: waitlisted
Harvard: rejected
Princeton: accepted
Carnegie Mellon: accepted
Johns Hopkins: accepted
UPenn (engineering): accepted
Brown: accepted</p>

<p>Columbia (ED): Deferred, then rejected
MIT: Rejected
Yale: Rejected
Stanford: Rejected
Harvard: Rejected
Princeton: Rejected
Carnegie Mellon: Accepted
Johns Hopkins: Accepted
UPenn (engineering): Rejected
Brown: Rejected</p>

<p>No chance, just give up lolololol.</p>

<p>Wow thanks for the honest replies! Further explanation/advice would be appreciated!</p>

<p>Columbia- accepted
Yale- waitlisted
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - waitlisted
Princeton-accepted
CMU - accepted
Johns Hopkins- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Brown- accepted</p>

<p>Columbia- rejected
Yale- rejected
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - rejected
Princeton-rejected
CMU - accepted
Johns Hopkins- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Brown- waitlisted</p>

<p>Wow a lot of people seem to think I’ll get into Princeton though I can’t figure out why haha</p>

<p>Shameless bump</p>

<p>Columbia: accepted
Yale: rejected
Stanford: rejected
Michigan: accepted
Harvard: rejected
Princeton: rejected
CMU: accepted
Johns Hopkins: accepted
U Penn: accepted
Brown: rejected</p>

<p>Columbia- accepted
Yale- deferred then rejected
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - rejected
Princeton- rejected
CMU - accepted
Johns Hopkins- deferred then accepted
UPenn- rejected
Brown- deferred</p>

<p>Played Indian tablas that’s very lame
Anyways rejected from all of them except:
CMU: accepted
Michigan: accepted
Columbia: Waitlisted </p>

<p>CMU SCS is extremely difficult to get into (only 6% admit rate).</p>

<p>With that said, here’s what I think:</p>

<p>Columbia- accepted
Yale- rejected
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - rejected
Princeton- rejected
CMU - rejected (I don’t see the computer science spike… then again, I might be wrong).
Johns Hopkins- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Brown- accepted</p>

<p>predict me back please! :slight_smile: - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690025-chances-and-general-advice.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690025-chances-and-general-advice.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>lol does everyone just not see that I’m applying to MIT or are you all ignoring it because you think it’s totally out of the question. And @DVA6102 the 7 weeks of research i did were in Bioinformatics (pretty much all coding). @Anniebeat I’m not applying to Yale REA…</p>

<p>I mean, in all likelihood, you’ll get rejected either way, like the other 92% of applicants. Does it really make a difference?</p>

<p>MIT: Rejected
Yale: Rejected</p>

<p>ouch. well I guess that’s pretty likely, statistically…</p>

<p>Columbia (ED): Waitlist/Reject
MIT: Reject
Yale: Reject
Stanford: Waitlist/Reject
Michigan: Accepted
Harvard: Reject
Princeton: Reject
Carnegie Mellon (CS): Accepted
Johns Hopkins: Accepted
UPenn (engineering): Waitlist/Accepted
Brown: Waitlist/Accept</p>

<p>Columbia- accepted
Yale- Waitlisted
Stanford- rejected
Michigan- accepted
Harvard - rejected
Princeton-rejected
CMU - accepted
Johns Hopkins- accepted
UPenn- accepted
Brown- accepted
MIT - maybe accepted. </p>