To get to the top, one must kiss a lot of bottom.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>[This is for my friend]</p>

<p>Background: Asian female from USNWR Gold Medal public school in northern California; undecided major; not looking for financial aid (income bracket >$600K); both parents graduated from Duke
GPA: 4.0UW/4.33UC/4.67W
No rank provided
Most rigorous course load possible</p>

<p>SAT:
5/07
Math Level 2 [800]
Literature [800]
1/08
Critical Reading [790]
Math [800]
Writing [790]
6/08
Chemistry [800]
US History [800]
Spanish [740]</p>

<p>AP:
Computer Science AB [5]
Physics B [5]
Physics C Mechanics [5]
Physics C E/M [5]
Chemistry [5]
Calculus BC [5]
Biology [5]
US History [5]
English Language [5]</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
ASB Vice President [7 hr/wk]
President and founder of Math and Science Club [7 hr/wk]
Concertmaster of prominent local orchestra [4 hr/wk]
Member of local choir [4hr/wk]
World of Warcraft (WoW) Guild Leader of 500+ members [25 hr/wk]
Officer of Counter-Strike Source Clan of 25+ members [5 hr/wk]
Varsity Tennis Captain, Varsity Track and Field [10 hr/wk]
National Institute of Health Intern [summer]
Built water infrastructure in Peru [summer]
Around 500 volunteer hours with CSF, Red Cross, and Interact</p>

<p>Awards:
USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) Semifinalist
National exam qualifier for US National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO)
AMC 10 and AMC 12 school top scorer; AIME qualifier
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Level 8 with distinction for singing
ABRSM Level 8 with distinction for piano
National Merit Semifinalist (probably)
AP National Scholar (probably)</p>

<p>Will Apply to:
Columbia University [Early Decision]
UCLA
NYU
UC Berkeley
University of Chicago
Duke
US Military Academy- West Point
UC San Diego
CSU Sonoma
CSU Monterey Bay</p>

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<p>World of Warcraft? I don’t think that’s really an EC. But otherwise, in at all the UC’s and CSU’s. Don’t know the rest, but legacy at Duke would be helpful.</p>

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<p>I actually read an article on Yahoo that colleges do consider leadership roles in MMORPGS, but I don’t advise doing so.</p>

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<p>In at most.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m not too sure if WoW is what colleges have in mind for “passion.”</p>

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<p>Are you kidding me? What is the point of this chance thread?</p>

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<p>The point is…to get chances (?)</p>

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<p>Does the person harbor any doubts about her competitiveness in top college admissions? Obviously she has a chance at all of these. How could she not recognize that she will be in the running?</p>

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<p>Well, college admissions at top tier universities are quite whimsical these days. She obviously has a shot, but exactly how good is that shot?</p>

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<p>As good as anyone.</p>

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<p>Which makes this entire “What are my chances?” forum redundant.</p>

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<p>^ same about the redundancy. there’s no point in posting what are my chances threads if you KNOW your friend will get into a good school which, in most cases, are all crapshoots</p>

<p>so the general CC consensus will be: we don’t know and good luck to your friend.</p>

<p>haha if I could put WoW amd CS as a EC, I would have soooo many hours in video gaming it’s not funny…</p>

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<p>I guess it’s true that scores and income are highly correlated.</p>

<p>Great chances at all. (If she doesn’t mess anything up and writes strong essays, I’d be rather surprised if she got rejected from any of those.)</p>

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<p>■■■■■? I don’t know, you could just be very busy but 98 waking hrs/week minus 35 for school and the 62 hours worth of weekly activities listed here leaves a whopping 1 hour for homework/Misc. every week, unless you don’t sleep very much, which might also be true.</p>

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<p>Right, around four hours of sleep per day.</p>

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<p>Very good chances, but omg income of over 600k?? What on earth do they do?</p>

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<p>Um, am I think only one who notices some inconsistencies here?</p>

<p>For one, I honestly do not believe that it is possible to get this good of a “resume” on 4 hours of sleep a night. lol… even if that’s true you should advise your friend that they might be seriously damaging their health. And we haven’t even counted the 500+ volunteer hours. </p>

<p>Also, your “friend” is a USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) Semifinalist, yet failed to take the Biology SATII? It’s very possible she didn’t want to, but still.</p>

<p>However, the biggest discrepancy is the lack of any violin distinctions considering she is a concertmaster of a “prominent” orchestra. You’d think that if she was really that good at violin (I have been a concertmaster in practically the 2nd to top AZ youth orchestra, I know what it takes) that she’d round it out and get the “Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Level 8” or whatever the heck it is :P</p>

<p>Honestly, this has to be a ■■■■■, and the OP just wants to see what kind of response such a seemingly preeminent profile would elicit.</p>

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<p>Your too good. Not a worry about any school.
Matches with your list.</p>

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<p>Hey Guys. </p>

<p>She’s actually NOT lying. This is not a ■■■■■. I’ve been good friends with this person for about 14 years now, she can kick your ass in WoW any day so don’t be jealous. AND she’s really, really modest about herself so stop being mean to her okay? In fact she actually got a 2400 but posted a 2380 so she would look less like a ■■■■■. She makes more than 600K a year but she doesn’t tell you how she donates like 560K to Africa each year and therefore practically lives off of welfare. </p>

<p>So keep it real, stop sipping the haterade mmkay?</p>

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<p>I’m not a ■■■■■, and I really would appreciate less of the tongue-in-cheek posts.</p>