The usual....UC's, USC, lower tier ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ill just give the basics...</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 Weighted<br>
Rank: 49/850 (GPA low because i moved from out of state where there were no Ap's offered)
Residency: LA, California</p>

<p>SAT I: 2090 (reading 690, writing 690, math 710)</p>

<p>SAT II's: Havent taken any yet but math should be around 700 and i dont know about literature...</p>

<p>AP scores: European History (3)
Calculus AB (4)</p>

<p>Major: Art History</p>

<p>Total AP's completeled by graduation 6. (I moved from out of state where we didnt have many ap's). all 6 taken in 11 and 12 grade
Total College courses: 3 (including calculus II)</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule: </p>

<p>First semester: AP Lit, AP Art History, Ap Physics B, AP Biology, Calculus II
Second Semester: Ap lit, ap art history, ap physics B, Ap BIology, General Chemistry 201, Honors Economics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Tennis (9,10,11)
President of Indo-American Youth Organization (9,10)
Hospital Volunteer (11,12)
Head of NEW (Neighborhood Environmental Watch) (9,10)
President of Teen Buddies Volunteering Organization (11,12)
President of H.E.M.S. Tutoring Club (History, English, Math, Science) (12)
Member of Key Club (11,12)
Member of National Honor Society (11,12)
Member of California Scholarship Federation (11,12)</p>

<p><strong>Went to India to help build homes for the homeless</strong></p>

<p>Weekly patron of LA Museum of Art, the Getty, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and various other Museums</p>

<p>Work experience: Assistant caretaker for apartment buildings (9,10)</p>

<p>Schools applying to:
UC's: UCLA, Berkeley, UC San diego, UC Irvine, UCSB
USC
Stanford
U. Penn
Pomona
Cornell
Johns hopkins
Columbia
Duke</p>

<p>Please tell me what you think of my chances at these.</p>

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<p>Did you happen to include your weighted GPA from your planned courses into your overall weighted GPA? 4.2 weighted seems a bit high for having taken only 2 AP's apart from Sr. year.
Other than that, your stats are very impressive.
UCB: match
UCLA: match
UCSD: safety match
UCI and UCSB: safety
USC: match
Stanford: slight reach
I don't know about the others.</p>

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<p>Beastmaster, stanford a slight reach hmmm...I disagree i would say his chances for stanford are around 10%</p>

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<p>lol columbia and upenn are "lower tier" Ivies? Is there even such a thing?</p>

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<p>Play up the India trip in your essays, you probably have a lot to say about that and likely changed you as a person. My family completed a missions trip Calcutta my freshman year of college and subsequently my sister had an amazing essay for not only her admissions essays but also for her college essays for her freshman comp class.</p>

<p>That aside, Ivies will be a slight reach, and I think you should do fine at the UCs. Your list is well-rounded and you will find your place for college.</p>

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<p>iliketodomath:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCI/UCSB: Safety</p>

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<p>subby is that you?</p>

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<p>yes it is. who is funkmasta?</p>

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<p>yes. who is funkmasta?</p>

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<p>columbia isn't a lower ivy. penn and cornell sure r but Columbia College? No . Columbia University as a whole might be a lower ivy but columbia college is up with HYPS in admissions.</p>

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<p>this his diraj, or you might know me as beeraj......lol. Nice stats, gotta say Im kinda jealous.</p>

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<p>All Ivies=SUPER REACH
People are really overestimating themselves these days...</p>

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<p>Cornell's acceptance rate is above 30%. Their early decision acceptance rate is above 60%. I'm not applying there, but I wouldn't be kidding myself if I said it was only a slight reach for me.</p>

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<p>Total (Including ED; lower w/o ED):
Percent applicants admitted: 29% </p>

<p>Number of early decision applications received: 2,546
Number admitted under early decision plan: 1,120
Admitted: 44%</p>

<p>... your stats are way off</p>

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<p>um for 2009, it was 26 percent, like 17 percent for arts/sciences</p>

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<p>buncha cynics....</p>