UPenn, MIT, Columbia, BC, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, USC, UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Heyy! I'm trying to figure out what are my chances at these schools. I am frankly scared after seeing the other posts by members and their shocking list of credentials. Pleasee help so i can get a reality check! :]</p>

<p>*Colleges: *
-UPenn
-MIT
-Columbia
-BC
-Georgetown
-Carnegie Mellon
-NYU
-USC
-UC Berkeley
-UC Los Angeles
-UC San Diego
-UC Santa Barbara
-UC Irvine</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (4 point scale): 3.944</p>

<p>Weighted GPA (5 point scale): 4.44 (should be higher because my freshmen year is not weighted)</p>

<p>Class rank: 5 out of 535 (unweighted freshmen year killed me)</p>

<p># of AP courses: 8
-AP European History (grade 10th, score 3)
-AP Calculus (11th, 4)
-AP Chemistry (11th, 4)
-AP Biology (11th, canceled score)
-AP US History (11th, 4)
-AP Government (12th)
-AP Physics (12th)
-AP Statistics (12th)</p>

<p>SAT score: Pretty bad. I'm taking the SATs in November again. I'm shooting for at least 2100.
-640CR
-540W
-660M
1840 T</p>

<p>*SAT II scores: *
-Chemistry 750
-Math 2 750
-US History 740</p>

<p>ECs: My extracurriculars are very few to nonexistent. I joined a few clubs but never held leadership positions. I joined tennis sophomore year but did not continue the next year. I have less than a hundred hours of volunteer. :[</p>

<p>Clubs:
-Helping Hands Organization (10th, 11th)
-Amnesty International (11th)
-STAND (11th)
-Indian Cultural Club (11th)
-Key Club (12th)
-California State Federation (9th)</p>

<p>Sports:
-Tennis Junior Varsity (10th)
-Team Treasurer (10th)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
-Corona Regional Medical Center (summer before 12th)
-Premier Academy (summer before 12th)</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
-Columbia University High School Program (summer before 11th)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-National History Day, District Level (10th, 11th)?</p>

<p>Recs/Essays: I should have pretty solid recommendation letters. I am still working on my essay but you should know writing is not my niche. </p>

<p>Personal:
-Location: Southern California
-Ethnicity: Asian Indian
-High School Type: Public
-Gender: Male
-Applying for Financial Aid: Yes </p>

<p>Any input would be helpful. *Thanks guys!
*</p>

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<p>I really think your SAT scores and lack of EC's are going to hold you back from MIT, Penn, and otehr top ones but idk how the UC's are. Try taking the ACT and see if you like that style better.</p>

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<p>Good luck with the SAT's. </p>

<p>Colleges:
-UPenn - High Reach
-MIT - High Reach
-Columbia - High Reach
-BC - High Reach
-Georgetown - Reach
-Carnegie Mellon - Reach
-NYU - Reach
-USC - Low Reach
-UC Berkeley - Low Reach
-UC Los Angeles - Low Reach
-UC San Diego - Match
-UC Santa Barbara - Match
-UC Irvine - Match</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>You have a great shot at all those UCs. Not sure about USC.</p>

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<p>thanks you guys. casey the breakdown was really helpful!</p>

<p>anybody else??</p>

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<p>dude, honestly, don't look for a 2100! I'm sure in a month you can bring up your score a lot more!! And if you do, you'll be seeing a lot more "match" instead of "reach" on that list</p>

<p>Buy Baron's SATII Writing book for the writing section and memorize it! = instant 800</p>

<p>my turn =P => => <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/575370-his-thoughts-tumbled-his-head-making-breaking-alliances-like-underpants.html#post1061079413%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/575370-his-thoughts-tumbled-his-head-making-breaking-alliances-like-underpants.html#post1061079413&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>really? a 300 point jump isn't much? i have the baron's 2400 book. do you know if thats any good?</p>

<p>bump! bump!</p>

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<p>I took a course with the Princeton Review ($1000) and it brought my scores up about 300 points. It's damn expensive, but with proper input and motivation, it's a good investment.</p>

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<p>Actually, a 300 pt. jump is huge- especially from 1800-2100. It is VERY difficult to raise it that much in a month</p>

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<p>Yes it is easily possible to gain 300 pts, if your talking about going from 1500 to 1800 or 1600 to 1900.</p>

<p>However, from 1800+, raising 100+ pts starts getting difficult, as I mentioned.</p>

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<p>bump bump! </p>

<p>anybody else with chances at each school??</p>

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<p>-UPenn - High Reach
-MIT - High Reach
-Columbia - High Reach
-BC - Reach
-Georgetown - Reach
-Carnegie Mellon - Reach
-NYU - Reach
-USC - Reach
-UC Berkeley - Reach
-UC Los Angeles - Reach
-UC San Diego - Low Reach
-UC Santa Barbara - Match
-UC Irvine - Match</p>

<p>Now, if you can get your SAT to 2000, go up half level on each school. The SAT writing section is the easiest one for you to raise at least 100 points. It is highl formulaic and you just need to learn the formula, and have ready about 10 literary examples, of which one is likely to be perfect for whatever prompt you get. Guaranteed 700.</p>

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<p>I don't know how the UCs work, but if the assessment are right, you need a safety.</p>

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<p>yahh im hoping to increase my sat score to about 2100 hopefully. so increasing would change most of the reach schools to low reach? and high reach to reach?</p>

<p>bump!! bump!! lol</p>