Rising Junior Dreams

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm looking to see how I compare to the schools that I dream about as well as for advice about other matches/safeties I could apply to. Please rate each of my schools as Reach/Match/Safety or use some gradient scale. :) Thanks!</p>

<p>The Colleges: Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UChicago, Northwestern, UMich, NYU, Harvey Mudd, Sucky-State-School</p>

<p>**The Numbers:<a href="as%20of%20now">/B</a>
Sophomore PSAT: 221 80M, 75CR, 66W
SAT II: Biology-M 760, Math IIc 800
AP(predicted): Calc BC 5, Stats 4-5, Psych 5
GPA: 4.35/5 uw
Rank: 2/300</p>

<p>Academic Courseload:
Freshman: Pre-Calc H, Bio H, Eng H, World Hist H, French 2, CompSci 1
Sophomore: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Chem H, Eng H, APUSH I, French 3
Junior: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Lang, APUSH II, AP Econ, French 4</p>

<p>ExtraCurriculars:
Piano: I've been playing for eleven years, and compete at the state and regional level. I've performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and similar halls. I was recently accepted to Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, but cannot attend this summer.</p>

<p>Debate/Politics: Founded Forensics Team. JSA Chapter President. Will be interning at a law office junior year.</p>

<p>Chinese: High-Scorer on HSK. Volunteer four hours a week teaching Chinese to adopted children.</p>

<p>School/Community: Board of Education Student Representative. Class President (1 Year). Interact Chapter Vice President.</p>

<p>Tennis: JV 2 Years, Varsity 2 Years. Nothing special.</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
State Writing Contest- First Place
Published in various anthologies</p>

<p>Small National Math Contest- First Place
AIME 5 Freshman Year (did not take Sophomore Year)
CTY-JHU National Mathematics Award- Scored >700 on SAT-M before turning 13</p>

<p>JETS TEAMS- JV National Division 10th Place, State First Place
Science Olympiad- Regional Awards, Advanced to State
FBLA- Regional Awards, Advanced to State</p>

<p>Other Information:
Accepted to Summer Science Program for the summer.
Legacy at Stanford.
Asian Female from Overrepresented State.
Decent High School- Regularly Sends Students to Ivy League.
Proposed Major: Operations Research or similar</p>

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<p>Correction-
GPA: 4.35/4.5 uw</p>

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<p>honestly, you don't have a chance at any of these colleges, except maybe that Sucky-State-School.
everyone has your stats-they are too weak.
you will fail miserably.
GPA, PSAT, ECs, and class rank need MAJOR work.
Gosh, who do you think you are?
;P</p>

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<p>bump . . .</p>

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<p>I think you're as strong an applicant as they come. That AIME score was the biter for me.</p>

<p>Even though you're a strong applicant, you're in a sea of other strong applicants. Maybe I should instead say that you're a shark in a sea with many sharks.</p>

<p>The question about Stanford is not only one of legacy, but one of money. Does your family give a considerable amount of money to the school? If they do, then your chances there dramatically increase.</p>

<p>As it stands, I think.... (organized in order of what I imagine is likelihood of admissions)</p>

<p>**edit: you're a female. New predictions!</p>

<p>Princeton-- Matchy Reach
MIT-- Matchy Reach</p>

<p>Stanford-- Reachy Match
Northwestern-- Reachy Match
UChicago-- Reachy Match</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd-- Match
UMich-- Matchy safety
NYU -- Matchy safety (a top-ranked OR program, I think)</p>

<p>Sucky-State-School (safety safety)</p>

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<p>i wanna know the kid that's #1 is</p>

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<p>as a fellow rising junior I am crushed to be in the same applicant pool as you.
you are, compared to all the people witnessed on chance threads, near the top of the top and unless you commit a felony or get your name in the papers for some other negative reason, really, you've got it made.</p>

<p>have fun at the law office!</p>

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<p>Thanks you guys :) Are there any other schools that match my interests that would be nice matches or safeties? Do people know more about OR program rankings? (and unalove, just out of curiousity i'd like to see what you'd put if i were a male ))</p>

<p>About Stanford, my parents don't give significant amounts of money, but my dad does recruiting trips for his company (a large Fortune 500 company) and gives lectures once in a while. Unalover, since you seem mathy, you might have heard of George Dantzig, the mathematician? My dad gave a talk at his 90th birthday celebration at Stanford and I got to meet him. :) But yeah, we're not rich enough to give considerable sums of money to Stanford. </p>

<p>and Hollyert- I bet you've got a great resume of your own :P</p>

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<p>I'd like to know what the 'sucky-state school' is...</p>

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<p>you are on the right track..study those sats, take another subject test (history for diversity, maybe?), go for #1..
you being female asian and from an overrepresented state doesnt exactly help, but whatever.
As a fellow 09er, keep up the good work, and leave all options open!! the state school could be a good option with an honors program, merit aid, etc..you might like it :)
good luck</p>

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<p>you have a 90% likelyhood of getting into Caltech from SSP, just informing u</p>