to chance or not to chance. that is the question

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>schools I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Cornell
Duke
USC
UCLA
Cal-Berkeley
Georgetown
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Wisconsin</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.26/5.0
Rank: 14/545
Classes: 9 IB (I am an IB diploma candidate) and 4 AP
AP Tests: 5 on Calc BC, Calc AB, Bio, U.S. History, and World History; 3 on English Lit; planning Physics B and Psychology
IB Tests: 6 on Bio
SAT I: 800 Reading, 800 Math, 700 Writing
ACT: 35 Composite, 33 English, 35 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science
SAT II: 790 Bio, 770 Math II, 710 U.S. History
Live in Atlanta, Georgia; my high school is ranked pretty good
I'm hoping the IB Diploma does a lot for me in admissions</p>

<p>ECs: </p>

<p>HOSA: Medical organization; vice-president 11th and 12th grade; treasurer 10th grade; chairman of competition committee 12th grade; chairman of treasury committee 10th grade; organized and ran last 5 blood drives; organized and ran a Red Ribbon Week project; organization held many service projects for Alzheimer's disease and autism</p>

<p>NHS: Secretary; tutored students in math and science; volunteered at a haunted house</p>

<p>Tennis: 15-20 hrs a week for the last 6 years; played in many state and southeastern u.s. tournaments; played in USTA, ALTA, and T2Tennis; played 3-singles on JV team in 10th grade for school; won and made it to many championships in tournaments; practice almost every day</p>

<p>Tools for Schools: I began this service project to collect school supplies to send to schools in Africa; it was a 5 week project</p>

<p>Math Team/Mu Alpha Theta: Went to competitions, tournaments, and practiced weekly; did GA math leagues and AMC 10</p>

<p>NTHS: organized and ran toy drive for my class; member of healthcare department</p>

<p>Spanish NHS: tutor kids weekly in Spanish</p>

<p>IB Mentoring: chose to assist and guide an 11th grade IB student through his 1st year of IB; gave study tips</p>

<p>Track and Field: was on school team 11th grade year; ran 100 m, 200 m, and 4x100 m</p>

<p>Taekwondo: 4 years from 6th-10th grade; got red belt</p>

<p>Other Clubs:
Model UN
Beta Club
Science Bowl
Academic Team
Chess Club/Gamers Club
Student Council
Indian Cultural Exchange
Habitat for Humanity</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: donated food and supplies to orphanage in Africa and worked there; tutored kids in school; coached kids in tennis; Tools for Schools project; volunteered as a waiter at my uncle's restaurant for a week</p>

<p>Special Conferences attended: </p>

<p>NSLC: 5-day conference at Emory with 40 other honors kids around the southeastern U.S.; initiated Teens Needing Teens Service project to help children with special needs and arrange events for them; set up a ropes course for others; learned many skills such as team building, conflict resolution, public speaking, time management, and goal setting</p>

<p>HOSA Leadership Conferences: went to compete in events and also learn about how to improve my chapter and build character</p>

<p>Awards: state math competition champion 9th-11th grade (1st place all 3 years); national math competition champion 9-11th grade (4th place in 9th grade, 1st place in 10th grade, and 7th place in 11th grade in a different topic); Academic Letter; National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar; AP Scholar with Distinction; CPR and First Aid Certified: Nominated Outstanding Senior Student at my school (based on character and merit)</p>

<p>never had a job</p>

<p>teacher recs: didn't read it
counselor rec: didn't read it
optional 3rd rec: amazing
essay: pretty good- talked about passion for helping others, teamwork, and making an impact in the community
additional info: wrote 2 essays in additional info section. 1 was about a unique perspective through a trip to another country. the other was my love for learning
interviews: fairly good</p>

<p>gender: male
ethnicity: asian</p>

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<p>Seriously?</p>

<p>You don't need to be chanced, you're set. Your only job now is to make them want you. However, as is posted many times in these parts, BEING ASIAN DOESN'T HELP!!!!!!!! (just to get that tidbit out of the way)</p>

<p>Also, the "leadership conferences" don't help, either. I was invited about 5 times to the NSLC conference, and rejected it each time, and generally colleges consider them "priveliged-kid fluff" Still, you got the stats, so good luck!</p>

<p>Also, come chance me at
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635063-small-town-junior-looking-advice-chances-big-name-schools-2.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635063-small-town-junior-looking-advice-chances-big-name-schools-2.html&lt;/a> thanks!</p>

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<p>Damn, the IVY league schools and ones like it that you are applying to have way to low acceptance rates, but you have a better chance than almost anyone ive seen so far so count on wisconsin, duke, Vandy, northwestern, Gtowna USC and UCLA to be in but the others theres almost no way of knowing, still i give a very good chance even for those schools
GOOD JOB</p>

<p>chance me back at
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635725-chance-me-i-will-chance-back.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635725-chance-me-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Hey could I transfer to Cornell with a 3.43 as my first semester GPA or too low</p>

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<p>I love overachiever kids like you who freak out about your chances for top schools b/c I get to say this to you guys:</p>

<p>No one can give you reliable chances because the chances of getting accepted by those colleges are very unpredictable and slim, so you might as well stop worrying and relax a bit. You're definitely qualified.</p>

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<p>Sure, you're qualified, but hundreds if not thousands of qualified applicants get denied from Ivies and equivalents (see: Stanford) every year. Your chances there are not guaranteed and there is no way that we could be telling you that you have a good chance and be telling the truth unless you have a good hook going for you (URM, recruited athlete, your parents are movie stars/you are a movie star) which you don't. In fact (no offense) being Asian works against you at those top schools. As for the other schools (those listed below Duke), you can consider those your matches and your safeties, you should be fine at those.</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>anyone????</p>

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<p>you've got a solid chance at all, and a solid chance to get a good scholarship at Vandy, USC and UW</p>

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<p>Clearly you have exceptional chances for these schools, although all are hard to get into. Very strong chances at the less competitive schools. With Ivies and such you never really know, but you are certainly very qualified. </p>

<p>Best of Luck! :)</p>