Reverse chance me for some safety/match schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Asian Male
Nationality: Korean Citizen and US Permanent Resident
Residence: LI, NY
School: Fairly competitive public school (~1600 students), school does not rank
Hooks: N/A

Important Info: I relocated from MD to NY before junior year.

Grade: 11th (Junior)

Intended Major(s): Applied Mathematics/Statistics, Neuroscience
Will pursue a pre-med track

UW/W GPA: *

SAT: 1540; EBRW 740; Math 800
ACT: 35 Comp; 36 M; 35 S; 35 E; 35 R
SAT II: Math II 800; US History 740

APs taken/taking: AP Gov (5); APUSH (5); AP Psych (5); AP Physics 1 (3); APES; AP Calc BC; APWH; AP Lang; APCS A; AP Chem

APs for Sr year: AP Lit; AP Stats; AP Bio; AP Micro (School doesn’t offer Macro); Multivariable Calc (College Level)

The rest are mostly honors classes.

ECs:

  • Cross Country (in previous school only), no major achievements
  • ~90 Volunteer Hours at nursing home before relocation, will continue on with it at a new veterans’ home in my area (orientation deferred to this July b/c COVID)
  • ~80 Volunteer Hours at Hydrocephalus Association (non-profit, education/outreach)
  • Several clubs - HOSA, Math Team, SciOly, Quiz Bowl *
  • Student Gov’t (In my new school)
  • Summer Lab Shadowing/Internship at neurobiology lab summer after 9th grade
  • Anticipated remote research this summer for Institution name undisclosed, hopefully have research published
  • Will get a part-time job in retail/fast food this summer (Fully vaccinated by mid-May)

Awards:

  • AIME Qualifier (AMC 12B: 100.5; AIME: 6)
  • AP Scholar with Honor (So far)
  • NMS Semifinalist Hopeful (PSAT 1480; Index 221)
  • Many smaller local level STEM awards

Essays/Rec: Not yet applicable

Preference (not a must):

  • Setting: Large Town/Urban Area
  • Student Body: CoEd, Mid to Large (4,000-12,000)
  • Climate: N/A
  • Religious affiliation: N/A, although I’m Roman catholic
  • Preferably research university with good opportunities

Will likely apply for financial aid

*I transferred schools between 10th and 11th grade, which use two different grading systems. In my previous school, which uses a 4.0 scale, my UW was a 3.93 and W approx. 4.5 while in my current school my GPA has not officially been published. I also wasn’t able to have any leadership positions in my clubs due to the transfer but will try to gain a few for senior year

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Stony Brook and Binghamton should accept you :slight_smile: (Safety)

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Honestly your application looks pretty solid. It looks like your highlights are your academics and awards. Your extracurriculars could use some improvement but it is understandable bc of the change in schools. Although, the research you have will come in handy a lot. I think as long as you nail your essays you can get into some pretty good public schools like UVA, Uflorida, Umaryland, etc.

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Thanks for your suggestion! Aside from public schools, are there any private colleges you would like to recommend as a match/safety? Thanks !

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UVA is not a match/safety.

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You need to budget for a full 8 years, where the last 4 are expensive. You should avoid debt for your bachelor’s degree. It would be even better if you can keep some $$ in your college fund for medical school.

Also, pre-med classes will be very challenging. Any “top 100” university is going to have pre-med classes full of very strong students.

To me this implies that you might want your college search to be “boring”, in the sense that a solid in-state public university where you are in the top 1/2 of accepted students might be a good plan.

Which is a wordy way to agree with @dimkin.

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It’s all fair, but he may change his mind … major in something else.
Question is - what can OP easily afford?

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How about UCF in Orlando ?

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