Reaches, Matches, Safeties?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm just trying to get an idea...thanks for your input!</p>

<p>I'm an Asian in New York</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 (4.0 scale)</p>

<p>Rank: my school doesn't rank students but I go to a top public school</p>

<p>SAT: 2130 (March) - 670 CR, 720 Math, 740 Writing - will retake depending on how I do on the ACT</p>

<p>ACT: Taking next weekend (probably 31/32)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Math Level I 730, Chem 720 (both from sophomore year)...taking Bio and Math Level II this May (hoping for 800s or high 700s)</p>

<p>APs/Honors: APUSH, AP Bio, Honors Spanish, Honors Math - APs are given an extra .4 in your GPA (4.0 = 4.4)</p>

<p>Junior Year: Medium/Hard courses but maxed-out courseload (APUSH, AP Bio, Honors Spanish, Honors Math, Band, Orchestra, Gym, English, Java, Robotics), have 4.0s in everything but English (3.5)</p>

<p>APs next year: AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP Comp Sci</p>

<p>ECs:
-Piano and trumpet private lessons
-Trumpet: Principal Trumpet in Band, Orchestra, Solo Trumpet in Stage Band and Chamber Orchestra, have played in All-County and All-State Bands and Orchestras since 2004
-Sports: Skiing, Tennis, Soccer, Cross country
-Skiing: Varsity since freshman year (Captain as a junior this year, will be next year also...All-League sophomore and junior years), have ski raced outside of school since 2004
-Tennis: Played Freshman, JV (was a captain), and will be playing varsity this year and next year
-Soccer: played freshman, JV, cut from varsity this year
-Cross country: since I was cut from soccer, I did cross country this year (JV, varsity next year, possibly captain)
-Volunteering:
-Neighbors Link (Summer Links) this past summer - help Hispanic community
-Nursing Home - volunteer piano playing since 2006
-CIT at summer camp 2007, will be counselor at summer camp this summer
-Fire Department Marching Band since 2006
-Church Outreach Program - past summer, helped out at Salvation Army in poor neighborhood
-Jobs:
-Soccer referee: 2007, 2008
-Library page: 2008-present
-Science symposium last year
-Attended a summer science camp with a Scholarship Fund that I won
-Clubs:
-Write for school newspaper
-Model UN
-Environmental club</p>

<p>Again, thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>well, maybe it would work better if you gave us an idea of a) size of college b) location of college c) academic inclination, as in major.</p>

<p>I think you are a good candidate for many tier 1 schools, but I need more info.</p>

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<p>yeah sorry…</p>

<p>-I’m open to most schools, just not too small (Williams is too small for me, for example)
-I will go most places (not Hawaii or Alaska, not any extremely rural states like Iowa)
-I’m looking to be an engineer (biomedical, specifically)</p>

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<p>-Johns Hopkins-High Match
-Olin-Reach
-University of Delaware Honors-Safety (this school has an excellent engineering program with recruitment for Gore and duPont)
-MIT-High Reach</p>

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<p>If I got my SAT scores up to like 2250 do you think that would make a difference? Or am I past that certain point where colleges don’t really care (i.e. 2390 vs. 2400 wouldn’t matter)</p>

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<p>Yes, it would undoubtedly make a difference. 2250+ would be excellent. While your scores do put you in the mid 50% for top schools, being on upper end is always better.</p>

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<p>what do you think my chances are at schools like duke, upenn, umich, johns hopkins, washu, cornell, and columbia?</p>

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<p>also, what does it mean when people say “bump” in their threads?</p>

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<p>Also, I have legacy at UMich and Cornell (more extensively at UMich)</p>