UC's, CMU, Grinnell, JHU, Rice, U of Chicago, U of Michigan, WSL

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Strongly considering:
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
Carnegie Mellon University
Grinnell
Johns Hopkins University
Rice
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Washington University St. Louis</p>

<p>Looking to major in chemical engineering or chemistry or physics</p>

<p>I'm a white male attending a large (3000+) urban public high school in California.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.38 (not sure about caps)</p>

<p>SAT: 2340
CR: 800
M: 790
W: 750 (8 on essay)</p>

<p>SAT subject tests:
Chem: 780
Math II: 800
Bio M: 800
Possibly going to take literature or Latin</p>

<p>5's on AP chem, bio, lang & comp, and US History</p>

<p>Freshman year:
History: A/A
English: A/A
Beg. Drawing: A/A
Latin 1/2: A/A
Honors Geom: A/A (non UC weighted)
Bio: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
World History: A/B (no AP option)
English: A/A
Gym: A/A
Latin 3/4: A/B
AP Chem: A/A
Honors Alg. II: A/A (non UC weighted)</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US History: A/A
AP Lang & comp: A/A
Adv. Drawing: A/A
Latin 5/6: A/A (second semester AP)
Honors Trig: A/A (UC weighted)
AP Bio: A/A</p>

<p>Senior schedule:
AP Econ (macro) and AP Gov
AP Lit.
AP Latin 7/8
AP Physics B (No C offered at school)
AP Calc BC
Sociology and pop culture</p>

<p>I <em>expect</em> A's</p>

<p>Extra curriculars and achievements:
36 hours and counting of tutoring math students
3 gold medals in the national Latin exam
Participation in the American math competition</p>

<p>3 years on my high school's mountain biking team; I bike 10+ hours a week throughout the year, both road and mountain, and compete in races outside the school team.
Along with this I volunteer trail work at the local parks.</p>

<p>Possibly some other activity I haven't yet realized "counts," or an additional volunteer activity this fall.
Not stellar.... but, well, it is what it is.</p>

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<p>I would say you have pretty decent chances at all of those schools. Good job on making such excellent grades, and being involved in distinguishing activities. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>You’re a strong candidate for berkeley and berkeley needs white students as they are becoming a minority in the campus. You should apply to berkeley (as you have a good shot) and enroll when accepted. Berkeley has the best chemistry program in the world. One element in the periodic table was named after it – the Berkelium. It is also at Berkeley where the periodic table was arranged. Chemistry and Chemical engineering have their own facilities, which are big, abundant and modern. The university has renovated and improved the college just very recently. The chem and chem eng’g labs now are awesome, and certainly, world-class!</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies. UC’s are a big focus of mine, but I’d also like to apply to a couple of private schools that would be in reach for me.
Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>Harvard? Yale? LOL I’m sorry but basically every college in the world is within reach. I’m hoping this is a dilemma that you can cope with :)</p>

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<p>Have you considered USC? I feel like USC would be in reach for you. I’m sure with your test scores and grades they’d love to have you and they’d probably make it very affordable for you attend, maybe even cheaper than attending a UC in state.</p>

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<p>none of the schools in your list would be “reach” for your stats. If you want schools that are challenging for your stats, then consider the ff: HYPSM</p>

<p>Nonetheless, Berkeley has a slightly better chem and / or chem eng’g program.</p>

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<p>Why Grinnell? My S is a chem major there and loves it, but it doesn’t fit with your list of prospective schools especially well. No chemical engineering-it’s a LAC. No mountain biking-Grinnell is located in the prairie/farmland.</p>