Realistic college choices?? And Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>How are my chances at getting into any of these schools:</p>

<p>Duke (major reach I know!!)
Baylor
UT Austin
UCSD
UCB (ditto)
Emory</p>

<p>Background- Majoring in Biology, then med school</p>

<p>State of Residence: TX
Ethnicity- Filipino/Caucasian
GPA: ~97 weighted ( Seriously the highest grade anyone has at our school weighted is like 99-100)
Class Rank: ~25/204 (Tough Magnet School..One of top schools in the Nation)
SAT: 2150
SAT IIs
Bio: 780 Lit: 770 Math II-780
AP Scholar
Mostly 5's a couple of fours
Course Load: Gov/eco AP, Bio AP, World History Pre-AP(AP not available), English II H, English III, IV AP, Chemistry Pre-AP, Statistics AP, Latin 2,3 H, Physics AP, Precal H, Cal AP</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Prefreshman Engineering Program- 3 summers Straight
3rd year: 98 ^ High Honors Award
Honor Roll (All years)
Summer Science Research Program 2005 and UT Health Science Center -5 days a week for two months 9-5
1st at Alamo Regional and Junior Academy
3rd at State
Founder of Science Honor Society (2 yrs) VP, Pres
HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) 3 yrs (president 2 yrs)
Student Council (Representative) 2 years
Latin Club (2 yrs), Proconsul (Vice president)
6th at area, 4th place at State Latin Grammar
1st at area, 2nd at State Latin Grammar
1st Latin Essay at State
NLE Gold Medalist 2 yrs
Cum Laude Pentath
Summa Cum Laude Pentathalon
Red Cross Club (2 yrs)- volunteering
Interact- volunteering
UIL Academics Science (3 yrs)
6th, 7th place
Multicultural dance- Indian Dancing at festivals, cultural dancing
Choir
Orchestra-1 yr
Playing viola for 2 yrs
Mu Alpha Theta (2 yrs)
NHS</p>

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<p>imacrazyscientist:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)
UCSD: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins U should also be on that list</p>

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<p>gump bump bump</p>

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<p>Hopefully, the fact that you are not top 10% in class rank will be mitigated by your school's reputation. I am not sure how that is going to play out with UCB (applying OOS) - if your GC has any data of students from your school applying there that would be helpful. My guess is that you will do better at JH than Duke. Baylor and UT Austin look solid, and I think Emory will give you the nod, too. </p>

<p>Before you send applications, make sure that you have had the financial discussion with your folks, and whether these schools are likely to be affordable. You look like a great student, and I think you will do well come April!</p>

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<p>Out of curiosity, how are my chances at Rice looking. Does being in-state help?</p>

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<p>I don't know much about the UC's, but Baylor seems like a good shot. I know the admission percentages are pretty high, and you're a strong candidate. Try and climb up a few spots in the rankings...if you can get to #20, then UT is an automatic safety with the 10% rule. Emory looks like a decent shot, too. You're EC's are great, as are your SAT II's. Honestly, I'm pretty positive that you'll get into most of your schools!</p>

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<p>Again, as everyone already said...I think you have a GREAT chance at all the schools you listed! Good luck! :-D</p>

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<p>Rice may be familiar with your school (which is good) but if they are looking for geographical diversity - that's bad. I don't have a good sense as to how Rice operates - my son only looked at northeastern and midwestern colleges.</p>

<p>Wake Forest, Brandeis, and U of Rochester would all provide you with an excellent education. I think you would be a good merit candidate at Brandeis and U of R. Brandeis has a very high med school admit rate.</p>

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<p>i've heard that being in-state for rice actually hurts your admission chances. :(</p>

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<p>acc is right, since it's the only school in texas worth anything, next to UT Austin but everyone goes there.</p>