[Updated] Chance / Suggest please.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Biography / Family
Asian Senior, Male. Oldest of three.
Both parents never finished high school.
One income for the family.</p>

<p>Grades / SAT / AP
Freshman GPA - 3.8- (All but two classes Honors)
Sophomore GPA - 3.8- (All but two classes Honors)
Junior GPA - 3.7- (One AP, the rest are Honors and an AP Enrichment course)
Senior GPA - 0.00 (Four AP, the rest are Honors and an AP Enrichment course)
Class Rank - Top 10%</p>

<p>SAT Superscore - 1860
March SAT - 560 / 640 / 650
June SAT - 570 / 620 / 570
Planning on taking again in Oct.
I just can't take the SATs. My many practice tests score me within the 1950-2100 range. =\
Mathematics I - 660
Biology E - 670
Planning on taking Mathematics II and Chinese in Nov.</p>

<p>My AP courses since Junior year. My school doesn't let Sophomores take AP.
AP Biology - 4
Taking AP Calculus, Statistics, Physics B, and Psychology this year.</p>

<p>High School
2011 Class - 450+
Average GPA - 3.2+
Average SAT - 1400-1550
Roughly 40% of graduates move onto 4-year colleges.</p>

<p>Extraciriculars*
Tennis Team - [9, 10, 11, 12] Slated for Varsity spot as Senior.
Chess Club - [11, 12]
Drama Club - [11, 12]
Ultimate Frisbee Club - [10, 11, 12]
Japanese Club - [11, 12] Club Founder and Head.
Piano / keyboard - Eighth year (Fourth since high school), played in various charity performances, National Guild participant, IP Piano Test Level 5 (Pass).</p>

<p>*My school actually doesn't offer many "academic" electives like Math Team, Robotics, etc. And coincidentally there are enough interested people at my school who would care.</p>

<p>Volunteer / Community Service
Youth Group keyboardist / vocalist - [9, 10, 11, 12] Play weekly on rotating schedule (Fridays and Sundays).
Chinese School TA - [11, 12] Kindergarden + advanced badminton (roughly 35+ hours)
VBS Project Musician / Co-worker - <a href="roughly%2080+%20hours">10, 11, 12</a>
Charity performances (from piano) - [10, 11, 12]
No job experience as of yet</p>

<p>College List
Major - Looking into Biology or Engineering, such as Biomedical Engineering, etc. Psychology is also an interest.</p>

<p>Brown University*
Dartmouth College*
Tufts University*
Univerisrt of California Los Angeles*
Syracuse University [Favorite]
Boston University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Drexel University
University of Connecticut
University of New Hampshire</p>

<p>I'm looking into University of California - Irvine, Pennsylvania State University, University of Maryland Baltimore County</p>

<p>*I probably won't bother applying to these reach schools if my SATs don't jump, since it'd be a waste of money to apply.</p>

<p>Chances of my other schools? I'm also in need of more college suggestions to bulk up my list. I particularily need more comfort / target schools.</p>

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<p>** Bump ing **.</p>

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<p>With such extremely low SAT scores you have absolutely no chance at Brown, Dartmouth, TUfts, and UCLA as I see that you have realized. Great chance at Drexel though.</p>

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<p>How about Syracuse, then? Hopefully my SAT scores will rise in Oct. to roughly 1900-2000, would that increase my chances?</p>

<p>Also, is coming from a weak high school make me look better or worse as an applicant?</p>

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<p>Higher SAT scores will definitely improve your chances. I think you should be able to get into Syracuse. A weak high school can help your chances if you have shown that you do more than what your high school offers but if you allow those limits to restrict you to low standards, then it will hurt you.</p>

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<p>Well I couldn’t take AP courses until I was a Junior, and even then I only had room for one of two AP courses, which I added an AP Enrichment course to help me out. Next year I’m taking four, and that’s a hefty amount compared to the one or two the rest of my class is taking. Most of the clubs are non-academic but we’re trying to get a Science Honors Society of sorts so I’ll be participating in that as well.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help. Are there possibly other colleges which would be a good match?</p>

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<p>Penn State would be a high mtach for you and B.U. would either be a high match or low reach based on your SAT scores. I’m from Philly and Drexel is a pretty good school for engineering, but having taken classes there, the standard really isn’t all that high.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Can I get other chances / evaluations / suggestions?</p>

<p>Bump.</p>