<p>I think overall you’re a pretty strong applicant with great ECs
UChicago - low reach
JHU - low reach/high match
Cornell - low reach
CMU - high match/match
Georgia Tech - match
Stanford - reach
Northwestern - high match
USC - low match
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<p>Thanks guys! Do you think my explanation of my bad grades in my early high school career will help me at all (depression/caring for grandfather who acquired bone cancer)? I said I didn’t want my statement to be a sob story and I made it as succinct as possible.</p>
<p>Bumparooni.</p>
<p>Chicago will be hardest with its 8% acceptance rate. NW, JHU, Cornell, CMU are a bit easier with their 15ish% accept rates. You’re in at the rest.</p>
<p>Per the “The Choice” NYTimes website (<a href=“2013 College Acceptance Rates - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com”>http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/15/education/thechoice-2013-acceptance-rates.html/</a>), admit rates for fall 2013:</p>
<p>Stanford - 5.7%
UChicago - 8.8%
Northwestern - 14%
Cornell - 15%
JHU - 16.8%
USC - 20%
CMU - 28%
Georgia Tech - 39%</p>
<p>Vinceh, regarding my last post, what do you think?</p>
<p>What do I think of your last post? Bumparooni? Not much. ;)</p>
<p>As for your essay, I’m sure that it will help your cause for admissions people to know the circumstances around your GPA. You have a very good profile, schools that take a more holistic approach (basically all your schools except GT and maybe CMU) will take the time to consider your situation. Factor in your URM status and I think you have a good shot at many of your choices. </p>
<p>Chance threads are nearly worthless to begin with, but getting “advice” that ‘Stanford is a match’ or input that completely contradicts easily findable facts (admit rates & test score %-tiles), only proves that old saying that “free advice is worth twice what you pay for it”. </p>
<p>My take on your situation is, when schools reject over 90 out of 100 candidates (Stanford and Chicago), it’s just smart to think of them as lottery ticket Reaches. I suspect you’ll get into at least two out of NU, JHU, USC and Cornell and both CMU & GT. Good luck.</p>
<p>Chance me for Columbia, Brown, Uchicago, Caltech, Northwestern?</p>
<p>International student
4.0 GPA (according to a GPA translator)
Rank: top 3
SAT CR:720 Maths:740 Writing:720
SAT subject tests: Maths 2:760 Biology:680
lots of activities but no notable awards
Applying for financial aid</p>
<p>UChicago, Cornell, and JHU are reaches as they are for everyone, but you should be good for the others</p>
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<p>@vinceh</p>
<p>Two is good enough for me, haha! I agree about chancing threads being useless. To be honest, it’s just for reassurance until actual decisions come out (for those of us with bad anxiety). Thanks, mayng.</p>
<p>bumparooni!</p>
<p>UChicago (EA) - reach
JHU - low reach
Cornell - low reach
CMU - high match
Georgia Tech - match
Stanford - high reach (high reach for everyone 
)
Northwestern - high match
USC - high match</p>
<p>Your GPA and SAT Math is not as strong as other applicants, but you have great ECs! Work hard on your essay and you really got a good shot. :)</p>
<p>Chance me back please?
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<p>Chanced you back. Does my ACT Math make up for my crappy SAT Math?</p>
<p>beep boop bump</p>
<p>Overall, you’re the same as me :). You have a great shot. Everything is good, besides the gpa. I have the same problem. I had personal issues my freshman year. What about you? Did anything happen to cause a 3.5 GPA?</p>
<p>Good to know there are other people in the same boat as me. My grandpa got bone cancer and I was pretty depressed throughout freshman year up until mid-sophomore year. I wrote about it in the additional information section of my common app.</p>
<p>Yeah I agree everything is good except your GPA… Can you inprove your scores?
That would help you alot.
UChicago: Low reach
JHU: Low reach
Cornell: High match
CMU: low reach
Georgia Tech: Safet
Stanford: Reach
Northwestern: match
USC: Match</p>
<p>Bump bump bump.</p>
<p>UChicago (EA) - Mid reach
JHU - Low reach
Cornell - Low reach
CMU - High match/low reach
Georgia Tech - Match
Stanford - High reach
Northwestern - Low reach
USC - Match
UMich - Match
UNCCH - OOS? Low/mid reach</p>
<p>If you have to report your rank as 16%, you are at a huge disadvantage. Colleges don’t want those #s to go down, and there are plenty of unranked applicants they can take.</p>
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<p>UChicago (EA) - Reach
JHU - Low Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
CMU - Low Reach
Georgia Tech - Match
Stanford - Mid Reach
Northwestern - Low reach
USC - Match
UMich - Match
UNCCH - Match</p>
<p>Good luck. You did some incredible things in high school!</p>
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