rising sr - first time noob on this forum ^.^

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey everybody, this is my first time using this forum, not quite sure what to expect. but thx so much in advance for all your time n input!</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Current APs: Music theory, English Language, US History
Senior year APs: French, English Literature, Comparative Government, Calculus BC</p>

<p>SAT scores: Critical Reading – 790
Math – 800
Writing – 740
Total – 2330</p>

<p>SAT II scores: Mandarin with listening – 800
US History – 800
French with listening – 770
Literature – 780</p>

<p>PSAT: 231
National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, French National Honor Society</p>

<p>Piano (12 years)</p>

<p>-2008 International Liszt Piano Competition Division I 1st place (h)
-2008 The Julia Crane International Piano Competition & Festival 1st place (h)
-2006 International Liszt Piano Competition Division II 2nd place
-2006 SYMF Open Solo 2nd place
-2004 National Yamaha Piano Competition 3rd place
-2004 International Liszt Piano Competition Division III 2nd place
-Certificate of Merit Advanced with honors
-Piano teacher is the former co-director of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and part of the judge panel for Concours International Marguerite Long Piano Competition in France
-Solo album to be released this summer, recorded with Yamaha </p>

<p>Chamber Music (4 years)
-2008 VOCE Chamber Music Competition 1st place (regional) (h)
-2007 SYMF Chamber Music Festival 1st place</p>

<p>School activities/extracurriculurs</p>

<p>-Violist in school symphony orchestra
-Students Promoting Literacy (publicist)
-School newspaper (staff writer only)
-Music4ll (nonprofit student formed organization)</p>

<p>Project</p>

<p>-Currently filming a two-part documentary in China and Mexico on the abject conditions of many orphanages. </p>

<p>im applying to juilliard, georgetown, columbia, brown, nyu, northwestern, stanford, usc, yale, and all the UCs. i would greatly appreciate feedbacks of any kind!</p>

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<p>Georgetown, nyu, usc, and the UCs look pretty good based on your stuff. The rest are crapshoots for almost everybody. Not sure how much your music talent is going to help you though, do you intend on doing something with it in college?</p>

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<p>of course the music talent is going to help the op. It shows a lot of passion, and I would even consider it as a "hook" for this applicant.
SATs, GPA, extra curriculars all look great, and you def have a chance at all of the schools that you are looking at.</p>

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<p>juilliard- All depends on your audition
georgetown- Match
columbia- Reach
brown- Reach
nyu- Match
northwestern- High Match
stanford- Reach
usc- Match
yale- Reach
UCs- If in-state, in at all. If OOS, match at all except Berkeley, which is a reach</p>

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<p>im planning on minoring at the very least, possibly double major with music+something else.</p>

<p>smart cookie do you mind explaining what you mean by high match? by ranking and prestige isn't northwestern more selective than usc?</p>

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<p>High match is basically the same thing as a low reach, so a high match means the school is more selective than a match school.</p>