What are my chances at NYU, USC, Emory, etc. ?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising senior, and starting to really think/worry about college. What are my chances at these schools? Please help me out here =(</p>

<p>UC Schools (Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis)
NYU
USC
Boston College
Claremont McKenna
Georgetown
Cornell
Emory
Washington University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Age: 16
Ethnicity: Chinese American
Region: Central California
School: Private College Preparatory Boarding/Day School. Every year we have students going top. (Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, UPenn, Cornell, Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) </p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 3.82 (+0.3 per AP/Honors, school doesn't give out unweighted score.)
Class Rank: Our school doesn't give out the rankings, I'm guessing top 20% based on quintiles. </p>

<p>Courseload: (Trimester system)
Grade 9 - 3.6 Average (I sucked this year =(, my school doesn't count freshman year in its cum GPA calculations)
- English 1 (B+, A, A-)
- World History (A-, A, A)
- Biology (B-, B, B+)
- Algebra 1 (B+, A-, A-)
- Japanese 1 (A, A, A)
- Band (A, A, A)</p>

<p>Grade 10 - 3.76 Average
- English 2 Honors (B, A-, A)
- AP European History (A-, A, A-)<br>
- Chemistry (A-, B-, B+)
- Geometry (A-, B, B+)
- Japanese 2 (A, A, A)
- Band (A, A, A)
- Radio (A,A,A)</p>

<p>Grade 11 - 3.87 Average
- English 3 Honors (A, A, A)
- AP US History (A-, A, A-)
- Physics (B+, A-, B+)
- Japanese 3 (A-, A-, A)
- College Algebra/Trig (A-, A-, A-)
- Band (A, A, A)
- Beginning Dance (A, A, A)</p>

<p>Grade 12
- AP Economics
- AP English
- AP Biology
- Japanese 4
- Calculus
- Band</p>

<p>March SAT I score: 1980 (Taking again in Oct.) Most recent practice test scores
- Reading: 680/740
- Writing: 660/750
- Mathematics: 660/680</p>

<p>SAT II scores
World History - 710
US History - 720
Math 2 - 630 (retaking in nov.)</p>

<p>AP Exams: (My school doesn't offer very many/difficult placement)
- AP Euro (4)
- AP USH (haven't received yet)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Student Council (11, 12) - Progressive Committee Head (Senior)
Community Service (10,11,12)
Model UN </p>

<p>Sports:
Sailing - JV (10), Varsity (12, taking it fall term senior year)
Lacrosse - JV(10, Most Improved Award), Varsity (11, 12 taking spring term)</p>

<p>Music:
Band - (9,10,11,12) Alto Saxophone 10,11,12 = First Chair 9 = Second Chair</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Working this summer at a university in Shanghai, China. Helping them run their summer program. 4 weeks. </p>

<p>I should be able to get pretty good recommendations from my english teacher and coach. planning on getting another one from my senior math or science teacher. If there are any schools that you guys think would be in my range, please let me know! Thanks.</p>

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<p>bump. anyone?</p>

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<p>hi i’m not too good at this but i’d say u look ohkay for the lower UC schools, nyu, umich, usc
bc and emory are slight reaches, just get your sat score up
i think cornell, berkeley, washu, and georgetown will be a bit of a stretch
and idk about claremont</p>

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<p>Your weighted GPA is definitely low for some of your schools and the SAT needs to be brought up. Your ECs are decent, but nothing stands out (from my angle at least; maybe you can convey something different in your essays). Here’s what I think: </p>

<p>UC Schools (Berkeley - Reach, LA - Reach, SD - Reach, Davis - Match)
NYU - Low Reach
USC - High Match/Low Reach
Boston College - Low Reach
Claremont McKenna - Match/High Match
Georgetown - Reach
Cornell - High Reach
Emory - Reach
Washington University - Reach
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - Low Reach</p>

<p>Get your SATs up and you’ll stand a better chance at some of those low reaches. Good luck! Chance me back? : <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/539705-yo-chance-dis-indian-kid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/539705-yo-chance-dis-indian-kid.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>its so funny how we’re trying to go to similar schools and we have like similar stats</p>

<p>haha im aiming for</p>

<p>nyu stern
umich ross
cornell hotel
emory
BC</p>

<p>my s.a.t is 2270
gpa UW - 3.5</p>

<p>sat2 math2c -800
u.s - 740</p>

<p>i’m also head delegate of Model U.N.
i go to t.j.</p>

<p>my counselor said i should should get into all those school expect maybe cornell because hotel is crazyyyyyyyyyyy</p>

<p>anyways if you raise you’re s.a.t score i’m sure you’ll get in</p>

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<p>yo kevinobrien…your counselor may be overly optimistic</p>

<p>A 3.5 UW GPA drastically decreases your acceptance % at the selective schools you mentioned.</p>

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<p>kids from my school get into every ivy with 3.5 uw some even lower MUCH LOWER</p>

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<p>I calculated my unweighted gpa, it’s a 3.73. Anyone else want to chance me/ give me some advice on schools in my range?</p>