Top - Tier Chances and Suggestions

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm a high school senior - Asian/Indian. I have some good EC's and Awards, but my standardized test scores are extremely lagging. I'm going to give my stats really quick. I already EA'ed, Georgia Tech, and applied to UT Austin. I want to aim higher, maybe MIT, Rice. I have between now and January 1st to apply. Can you guys please suggest to me colleges that should be within my reach.</p>

<p>SAT: 700M , 690W , 640CR (2030)
ACT: 31 (34R, 28E, 30M, 32S) </p>

<p>I will take subjects in January.</p>

<p>I attend a residential HS program called at UNT (University of North Texas). Basically, it's like dual-credit, but all year long high school program. It's only for 11th and 12th grade, and I was selected out of the entire state of Texas.</p>

<p>Anyways, here are a couple of my EC's and Awards:</p>

<p>Awards:
4th in AMC 10 School (9th)
Honorable Mention in Science Fair (9th)
3rd in BEST Robotics Competition (10th)
Student in the Spotlight (10th)
NATS(North American Telugu Soceity) National Math Finalist(11th)
Telugu Association of North Texas Merit Scholarship, $1000(11th)
IBM Most Innovative Award (11th)
20/20 2nd place team, $1000(11th)
Ideafest 2nd place team UNT, $100(11th)
BigD BigData Hackathon, (11th)
Murphy Center for innovation for Individual Idea, $250(11th)
1st Place in Energy and Transportation Fort Worth Regional Science Fair(11th)
US Environmental Protection Agency Special Award(11th)
Dallas Spirit of Innovation Finalist(12th)
ATT Hackathon Finalist, $100 (12th)</p>

<p>EC's:
9th Grade Class President (9th)
AMC 10/12 Club Founder & President (9th, 10th)
Robotics Club Vice President (9th,10th)
Model UN (9th,10th,11th,12th)
Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Research (11th, 12th)
Elementary Science Teacher(Paid)(10th)
Windows Phone Developer/Computer Science (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
Harvest Goals [Local volunteering] Commitee Head (9th, 10th)
Cultural Volunteering
Local Hacakthons(11th, 12th)
BUILD (innovatebuild.org) (12th)</p>

<p>Once again, please let me know some good suggestions. Please let me know where I have a chance, and should possibly apply by January. Also, recall I didn't take subjects.</p>

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<p>AMC Club Founder and President but no AIME? Can you post your GPA?</p>

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<p>Our school didn’t have AMC, I brought it to our school. I introduced people to it.</p>

<p>4.0/4.0 back at my old HS. 3.90/4 at UNT. </p>

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<p>I know but did you not qualify for AIME?</p>

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<p>No I didn’t qualify. I just brought something that didn’t previously exist in our school, which is a big deal. It gave opportunity for students within my school to take part in a new STEM activity. We had AIME qualifiers, but I wasn’t one of them.</p>

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<p>I don’t know your major, but i would consider U Mich ann arbor and UIUC. And if it’s engineering then i would also apply to Purdue as a safety. Consider UC’s also, like UCLA, berkely and San diego.</p>

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<p>Candidly, I’m afraid your current standardized test results (both SAT and ACT) appear low for the first-tier.</p>

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<p>@TopTier‌ , you are right. Unfortunately, they are low. I will be taking subjects in January, and I am sure I can do well on those, likely a 770-800 on Math II and Biology M. So I guess don’t have a chance for any top-tier schools I assume.</p>

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<p>@meriks‌ , yes, I would like to apply for an engineering major. I will definitely look at Michigan. I think the time has passed for the UC’s. Thank You.</p>

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<p>@mangoboy re #7: I’d urge you to apply – realistically, it’s only a little time and money . . . and you’ll never know if you don’t try – but I’d also suggest that you not become too “emotionally invested” in the decisions. </p>

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<p>Thanks @TopTier‌ , “you miss everyshot you don’t take”</p>