Today I bought skinny jeans for the first time. Chances.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>They're really nice, I'm mad I didn't get them earlier.</p>

<p>Okay, here we go. I have an idea of my chances but whatever heh.</p>

<p>This Is Me.
Asian American.
New Jersey.
Public school, quite competitive but not nationally reognized, 20 APs offered.
Sends students to Ivies and top 10 colleges every year.
Class Rank: Reported in quintiles. Top quintile.
7 APs to be taken by senior year. That's the standard amount for top students (highest ever was 10 because of school system) This schedule is rigorous compared to what the school offers.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.66 (if converted to a 4.0 scale)</p>

<p>SAT I
CR: 740
Math: 800
Writing: 800</p>

<p>SAT II
Math 2: 790
Chemistry: 710
US History: 730</p>

<p>APs
Chemistry 3
US History 5
Language 5</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>*Marching Band
- Soloist (10th, 11th) Section Leader (11th) Drum Major (12th) Vice President (12th)
- Alto and bari sax. Some tenor on the side.</p>

<p>*Indoor Drumline.
- Marimba junior year
- Snare drum (?) senior year</p>

<p>*Other musical activities.
- Includes gigs, concerts, etc.
- Includes the four main saxophones, marimba, guitar, bass, clarinet, maybe snare drum, piano.</p>

<p>*Intermural basketball.
- 9th, 10th, 12th.</p>

<p>*UPenn Laboratory Research.
- Technician assistant</p>

<p>*UPenn Biomedical Research Academy</p>

<p>*DECA
- States finalist, various awards for roleplays</p>

<p>*NaNoWriMo
-Third year.</p>

<p>*Chinese School Volunteering
- Volunteer officer.</p>

<p>*Interact Club
- Board member.</p>

<p>*Honor Societies: Tri-M Honor Society (official induction this year), NHS</p>

<p>Recs: English and Chemistry.
Essays: Definitely a unique tone that expresses who I am (not as a robot student)
Major: Psychology or Neuroscience. Depends on the school and what's offered.</p>

<p>**Schools:</p>

<p>Pennsylvania (ED) [Mum works here]
Notre Dame (EA)
Michigan (EA)
Rutgers Newark BA/MD (EA)
Rutgers Pharmacy (EA)
Rutgers
Emory
UNC Chapel Hill
NYU
Carnegie Mellon
Boston College
Vanderbilt
**</p>

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<p>Courseload:</p>

<p>Freshman
English I Honors
Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
World History Honors
Spanish I Honors
Accounting Honors
Gym</p>

<p>Sophomore
English Advanced Honors
Algebra II Honors
Chemistry Advanced Honors
AP US History I
Spanish II/III Honors
Marketing Honors
Gym</p>

<p>Junior
AP Language
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Chemistry
Physics Honors
US History II Honors
Spanish IV Honors
Symphonic Band
Gym</p>

<p>Senior
English IV Honors
AP Calculus
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Music Theory
Wind Ensemble
Gym</p>

<p>No Cs, Bs are there though.</p>

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<p>Class rank? Or estimated rank, if your school doesn’t report it?</p>

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<p>Top ten percent. Probably.</p>

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<p>Honestly, your GPA is a little low, and your SATs, while impressive, aren’t a magic bullet. You’re a competitive candidate, but not an exceedingly strong one.</p>

<p>Pennsylvania (ED) – reach
Notre Dame (EA) – high match/low reach
Michigan (EA) – high match
Rutgers Newark BA/MD (EA) – don’t know much about this or the Pharmacy program
Rutgers Pharmacy (EA)
Rutgers – safety
Emory – reach
UNC Chapel Hill – reach; near impossible OOS w/o hook
NYU – high match/low reach
Carnegie Mellon – high match/low reach
Boston College – match
Vanderbilt – reach</p>

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<p>Everyone knows the GPA is low and the SAT is high so that’s not new news.</p>

<p>bump.</p>

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<p>You look like an extremely generic applicant. You need to do something that stands out.</p>

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<p>You’re right. I forgot to add that I was the glacier that sunk the Titanic, one of the agents who made Marilyn Monroe as famous as she was, and the Navy Seal who shot Osama bin Laden in the head</p>

<p>EDIT Not Marilyn Manson… sorry :(</p>

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<p>GPA is “low” and EC are generic.</p>

<p>Penn ED: High Reach
Emory, CMU, Vanderbilt, and Notre Dame: I think you are on the border line.</p>

<p>I think you have solid chances at other colleges on your list.</p>

<p>If I were you, I will add some Asian friendly LACs on your list.</p>

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<p>Why do people ignore musical achievements on CC :S just because every Asian has them? Clearly Tenor’s focus is music. So no I think he has a descent shot at Penn ED…</p>

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<p>Probably. But then again most Oriental Asians seem to be in orchestra and play a string instrument. In my school the orchestra has to be at least >70% Asian, where there might be around ten Asians total in the non-string bands and ensembles. So I guess that’s where I have SOME separation from my peers.</p>

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<p>Parents and I can’t agree on any LACs that all of us like.</p>

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<p>Up. wkerhgerkjdncerfkjsdnc</p>

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<p>300+ views and 5 not-Tenors responses. :[</p>

<p>There’s several awards that I didn’t list for some of these ECs and there’s several more I’m shooting for in marching band competitions, but I got lazy. :P</p>

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<p>Up. </p>

<p>Listening to some Frank Ocean.</p>

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<p>testingggggg</p>

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<p>Adding SUNY Stony Brook. It took a while to decide on this, but I’ll go for it.</p>

<p>Bump!</p>

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<p>Tomorrow is school? I hate you all</p>

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<p>You have a chance Tenor. Your passion for music is evident. I just don’t understand why people on CC are like “well, you are Asian so you shouldn’t____ because it’s a stereotypical Asian activity”. If you like music then showcase that. Race shouldn’t prevent you from showing your passion. Nothing much to do about GPA if you are applying ED so don’t dwell on things you can’t change.</p>