Predict My Results? (USC, UPenn, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale. Stanford?) Will Chance Back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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GPA AND BACKGROUND
3.94 UW, 4.74 W
Chinese female, California
~75k income per year

COLLEGE DECISIONS SO FAR (applied as a biology major to all except where noted)
Deferred from Yale EA
Rejected from merit at USC
UCI CHP and Regents
UCSB Regents
UC Davis Regents
Accepted at UCSD w/first choice major and college
Accepted at UCLA with Achievement Scholarship
Accepted at Berkeley early but no Regents
Accepted to Fullerton Nursing

CLASS RANK
<1%, 4th of 529 students

SAT
2240 (2400 scale), 720 CR, 740 Math, 780 Writing,

SAT II’s
750 Chemistry, 750 US History, 800 Math Level II, 750 Spanish Reading

AP CLASSES
AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP Chem (5), AP Lang (5), Calc AB (5)

SENIOR YEAR CLASSES
AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, Photography 150 (community college class offered at my high school)

MID YEAR REPORT: All A’s first semester of senior year

EXTRACURRICULARS
Mu Alpha Theta (12)
Key Club (9-12)
CSF (9-12)
Academic Decathlon (9-11)
Math Club (9-10)
Tutorial Club (11-12)
Piano (4-12)
Sync or Swim (9-11)
Toastmasters (11-12)
Your Vote Matters—Advancing Justice (11-12)—Asian American Voting Campaign
Homework Helper at local libraries (11-12)
Theater Usher (11-12)
TeenInk Advisory Board (10-12)

LEADERSHIP
TeenInk Advisory Board (10-12)
Your Vote Matters—Advancing Justice (11-12)—Asian American Voting Campaign
Counselor at Tech Trek, STEM camp for pre-teen girls–2 summers

SUMMER INVOLVEMENT
Empowerment Program—program that encouraged Asian-American youth in political engagement (12)
Doctor Shadower at private gastroenterology clinic (12)
Research project that culminated in a research paper (see below)

AWARDS (no really high profile awards, just some generic stuff)
• AP Scholar with Distinction, 12th Grade
Handful of Acadec medals–3 silvers, 4 bronzes
• Published a personal narrative in TeenInk
• TeenInk Editor’s Choice Award, 10th grade
• CM Level 10 Piano, 9th grade

ATTEMPTS AT STANDING OUT
Worked on an astrophysics research project for 3 summers with PHD and grad students and work got published in a physics journal—I was a co-author
Sent the abstract of that to Columbia, Penn and USC and sent in whole paper to HYP and S
Published a personal narrative in TeenInk, a national magazine

ESSAYS
CommonApp essay was about my involvement in Asian-American affairs
Harvard/Princeton supplement was about health policy and my volunteering efforts towards helping the poor who needed medical care
I feel most of mine were a 7.5-8, and I tried to “stand out” with my Stanford essays but they weren’t beautiful and flowy.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Physics teacher gave a solid recc–he’s a published author and a quirky guy; we have a good relationship and he likes me
English teacher gave maybe a 7/10–he thinks I’m “talented” but he’s also very honest in his reccs
Doctor/Supplementary Recc–sent a good recc, wrote about my healthcare aspirations and my “talents”

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USC–A or spring admit
UPenn-W/R
Columbia–R
Princeton–W/R
Harvard–R
Yale–R
Stanford–R

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Really weird how you have the same stats as @emli8100 , right?

I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but are you posting on 2 accounts and chancing yourself (?)

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@jinxorchestra nah It has to be two different people with identical stats and ec, OP would never do that… :slight_smile:

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@jinxorchestra @kjake2000 It seems that two identical applicants IS actually possible :smiley:

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@kjake2000 @Top10Squad Oh well, the world is full of wonders :smiley:

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I would really appreciate if anyone would could predict my admission decisions from Yale, Brown, and Cornell
GPA AND BACKGROUND
3.92 GPA
White female, New York
~80k income per year

COLLEGE DECISIONS SO FAR
Accepted at Bard, Syracuse, Williams, Sarah Lawrence, Boston Univ

CLASS RANK
3/130

SAT
1490 (new) 760 math, 730 english

SAT II’s
730 Chemistry, 780 US History, 800 Lit

AP CLASSES
AP US History (5) AP Calc (3) only have 5 AP’s at my school

SENIOR YEAR CLASSES
AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, College French, Independent Study English, Band, Advanced Econ

EXTRACURRICULARS
Debate President (11-12)
Band (9-12)
Jazz (9-12)
Student Newspaper Editor (10-12)
Started a new club to welcome new students (11-12)
NHS (11-12)
Bowling Team Captain (9-12)
Write for local paper (10-12)
Math club co-founder

AWARDS
Highest average in a bunch of stuff
Chosen and attended Girls State
STAC All east for Bowling
Many LD debate wins
chosen and attended 2 Leadership conferences

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USC- accept
UPenn- waitlist/reject
Columbia- waitlist/reject
Princeton- reject
Harvard- reject
Yale- reject
Stanford- reject

Chance me back?

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@rowdyfries

Honestly

Yale - R
Brown- Maybe WL,
Cornell- Idk

Those are really selective schools. Your resume is great! However, honestly compared to other kids that apply to these schools, their resumes are also great. Did you put any hooks in your application?

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USC–A
UPenn-W
Columbia–R/W
Princeton–W/R
Harvard–R
Yale–R
Stanford–R

Amazing resume!, it seems like your college essays are great too. At schools such as Princeton, Harvard, Yale, or Stanford, those essays might give you a chance at rebuilding your test scores. Although you are a URM, being Asian (Chinese too), makes it difficult to get into the ivies. Asians are geniuses and there are going to be other Asians with perfect SATs, a well rounded life (a lot going on) etc fighting for those spots.

On the side note, did you apply to UChicago? You mentioned that your physics teacher wrote your rec letter. UChicago has like one of the best physics departments.

Good luck on your admission!.

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my main two things are being published in my local paper and i volunteered at my hebrew school for 3 years teaching hebrew, ethics, and bible studies
essay was on finding religion and developing an identity as a twin