Well, New to this whole deal... Chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chinese Male from Oregon, will be senior
ACT: 35 composite, 36 Math, 35 Sci & Writing, 33 Reading, Essay 9
SAT II: Math II 790, Physics 790, 760 Bio M, Will be taking Chem later
SAT I: 2210, 790 math, 690 Reading, 730 Writing
PSAT: 221, thus very probable finalist
APs:[7 APs already, will be 11] AP Lit and Lang (4), Rest 5's: Physics, Bio, Psych, Econ Mac Mic, Calc AB, will be taking Calc BC, Chem, Stats, and US history next year</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3 weighted so far, 3.96 UW
Class Rank: Probably ~10/700 after this second semester</p>

<p>ECs:
-Pianist for 12 years, Formed own trio (which won best in state + Scholarship) + played Beethoven's 5th Concerto for 300+ with Symphony, Etc. other small awards.
-Dunno if Middle school counts much for anything... FLL Robotics Open European championship 1st International team
-OMSI rising star Volunteer for a summer (Science Museum Volunteer program)
-Summer intern at Welch Allyn (medtech company)
-FRC robotics team member, 23rd in nation
-Captain of FTC robotics team, 11th in state + small award
-Speech and debate 2 yrs, won a few regional awards
-This summer intern at Radiation Medicine department of a University, working on project with Radiation Oncologist
-ISEF Alternate, 2nd best team project at NWSE (northwest science expo)
-Hope to get work from above published into a medical journal (Our Oncologist mentor says it's possible)
-Plus 150+ hrs of Volunteer work (besides OMSI Rising Stars)</p>

<p>Academic honors:
Honors Program
National merit finalist (probably)
AP scholar, though will probably get some other AP scholar thingy later
Probably a few more insignificant ones....</p>

<p>Essays and Recs:
Probably will be average. Teachers know me reasonably well, I'm an OK essay writer</p>

<p>Schools in order of difficulty: (BTW, I'm applying to either Biology, Biomed, or Premed majors)</p>

<p>Stanford
JHU
Northwestern
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Washington University St. Louis
USC
University of Rochester
Case Western</p>

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<p>You have good chances at all of those schools. Your geographic location might cancel out the fact you’re Chinese. ( I feel the pain too.)</p>

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<p>get your essay proofread by a professional, at the very least a close teacher or mentor, and you should be golden. good chance at stanford and wash u and i’d be surprised if you didn’t get into everything else.</p>

<p>middle school doesn’t count towards anything except maybe your essay</p>

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<p>Stanford - reach
JHU - high match
Northwestern - match
Cornell - high match
Rice - low match
Duke - match
Washington University St. Louis - match
USC - low match
University of Rochester - low match/safety
Case Western - safety</p>

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<p>If you want, you could strengthen your application by improving your SAT score, you can easily improve 50 - 60 points</p>

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<p>Thanks! Will chance back if you guys post a link to your thread!</p>

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<p>You’re good candidate, although asian (me too) ORM, but as said geography is good.
Good ACT and EC’s
If you make a good essay, i will see you in a top school:
Stanford - reach (everyone)
Northwestern - match
Cornell - high match
Duke - match
USC - match</p>

<p>Chance Back?</p>

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<p>Bump! Will Chance back if you provide link!</p>

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<p>If I have time, I’ll give you a breakdown :)</p>

<p>Stanford - Mid Match
JHU - Match
Northwestern - High Match
Cornell - High Match/Low Reach
Rice - Match
Duke - Match
Washington University St. Louis - Match
USC - Low Match
University of Rochester - Safety
Case Western - ?</p>

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