Quick Chance to get an Idea of Where I Am

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I'm looking at colleges and trying to place myself to see where I stand and if there's anything I can do to improve chances if I'm low. I'm doing all of this off the top of my head, so I may miss some key stuff. Anyway! Here goes.</p>

<p>BTW I'm a Junior.</p>

<p>-ACADEMICS-</p>

<p>Grades: All A's (UW GPA: 4.00)
Weighted GPA: 4.52
Class Rank: 5 of 790 (Very competitive)</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition
AP Spanish Language </p>

<p>And we have already done practice AP tests...I anticipate 5's in all of these, but I'm not going to be full of myself and say they're guaranteed XD</p>

<p>AP Classes To Be Taken Senior Year:
AP Physics C
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Spanish Literature
AP Government</p>

<p>I want to do AP Comparative Government insteafd of AP English Lit. But then I would have to take 2 non-weighted English classes. Is this a bad idea? I do want to be a Science Major, after all...</p>

<p>-TESTS-</p>

<p>ACT: 35 w/o Writing (Should I do w/ Writing?)
SAT: 2350
Math: 800
Writing: 800
Reading: 750</p>

<p>AP's: I will study and hopefully get all 5's! Even though Physics is killer!</p>

<p>-EXTRACURICULARS-</p>

<p>I am a drum major in band and I devote a TON of service
Plan to be Pres/Vice-Pres of Math Guild next Year
I'm going to start a Chemistry Club Next Year. Ideas already underway with my teacher
Running for office in NHS next year
Chemistry Olympiad participant...we'll see how we do
High scores on National/State math tests
Regional Band participant. Like I said, band is HUGE and important to me. It is my main EC and I devote tons of time to it.</p>

<p>-RESEARCH/JOBS-</p>

<p>I'm applying for a biotech research internship over the summer. Regardless, I will get some sort of job/volunteer work over this summer.</p>

<p>I think that's a good gist...if I need more, please tell me. The schools I want to go to are as follows:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UC Davis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CalTech
Stanford
Princeton
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>And basically anywhere else I research that has a strong chemical engineering background.</p>

<p>I want to be a Chemical Engineer and have a STRONG love for Chemistry and math (More toward chemistry though, and yes, I realize a Chem Engineer is not a chemist). My recommendation letters will be amazing. I have already gotten some for my internship over the summer from my AP English teacher and my AP Chemistry teacher, and I anticipate some even better ones from my band director in the future.</p>

<p>Once again, sorry if I'm missing something crucial. Thank you for your help :]</p>

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<p>Your scores and GPA are extremely impressive. Id say you’re in at VT and UC Davis and are a match for UCB (assuming you are in state). The rest of the schools are obviously hard to judge and are reaches for anyone, but you are definitely have a good shot at all of them.</p>

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<p>I appreciate your help! </p>

<p>Yeah, so I actually live in Arizona. I forgot to mention that, and I realize that won’t exactly help my chances for UC Davis/Berkeley…</p>

<p>Anyway, thanks!</p>

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<p>Im also planning to do chemical engineering in college!
Anyway, it seems that you have excellent GPA + SAT Scores (No subject sat’s?!)
Looks like a very competitive school with 790 students, pretty sure thats the biggest grade I have ever heard of.
EC’s are OK, I would say make sure you do some kind of research before you apply, this will look extremely good to colleges. And the Band stuff also looks very promising since you devote a lot of time to it. Overall, as long as you dont screw up any AP exams/essay.
As far as SAT/ACT goes, your SAT is superb, so dont sweat it. Unless you really really wanted to submit your ACT, I would say just to stick with your SAT Score.</p>

<p>Predictions:
UC Berkeley- In
UC Davis- In
Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Reach, for everyone, but you are a very strong candidate
CalTech- Same as MIT
Stanford- Reach
Princeton- Hmm…
Virginia Tech- In</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Awesome! Isn’t it just a wonderful field all around?</p>

<p>I forgot to note! I haven’t taken Subject SATs yet! I plan to take Math II, Chem, and Spanish w/ Listening unless someone convinces me to take Biology… But I sorta hate bio. So we’ll see!</p>

<p>I realize my EC’s are “eh” as far as EC’s go. I will try to do research. If the internship falls through, I will try something. Band is HUGE. So hopefully that helps. </p>

<p>I don’t think I’d submit ACT. I’ve only taken the SAT once, so at some schools that’ll probably help. </p>

<p>And I like your “Hmm…” on Princeton :stuck_out_tongue: It made me giggle. I’ve researched that they have a great Chem Engineering program! But I wouldn’t die if I couldn’t go there. MIT, CalTech, and Stanford would make me pretty happy :stuck_out_tongue: But I’d really love to go to UC Berkeley, so it’s good that you think I have a strong chance! </p>

<p>Thank you for your help! I appreciate it tremendously!</p>

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<p>Predictions:
UC Berkeley- In
UC Davis- In
Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Reach, for everyone, but you are a very strong candidate
CalTech- Same as MIT
Stanford- Reach, great shot
Princeton- Reach, great shot
Virginia Tech- In</p>

<p>Try to do Siemens. It’s a very prestigious award. We had 2 kids get in early decision to MIT this year. One was black and had the same stats as you. The other one was asian and had the same stats as you, plus Science Olympiad national champion and Siemens finalist/winner.</p>

<p>best of luck</p>

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<p>Thanks! </p>

<p>Interesting thought on Siemens. But how would I do that? Wouldn’t I have to take like…the Physics B test too or something? I don’t see how I could get it with 5’s on 4 different tests.</p>