What are my chances for MIT Mech E, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, Princeton, Umich, and Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Asian Male, Medium Public School, Underrepresented State. Not URM, both parents went to college. First Gen American. Middle Class.

Intended Major(s): Mechanical Engineering

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1560 SAT (800 M, 760 ERW) 790 Math II, 680 Physics (Only submitted to MIT) I did well in AP physics exam and also took a college chemistry class this semester hopefully that offsets this.

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.96 UW, Top 5% of Class.

Coursework: 14 AP Classes on Transcript by graduation. All 4s and 5s (Including Physics and Calc) Highly rigorous Course Load.

Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist, 1st place at a Corporate sponsored camp related to programming autonomous vehicles, Some Regional Science Team Awards, Eagle Scout Award, 4 Varsity Letters, Numerous Political Activism Awards, AP Capstone Diploma.

Extracurriculars:

Boy Scouts: 9 years, served as Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Outdoor Ethics Guide, Historian etc. Eagle project had large impact on the community.

Symphony: Playing violin for 9 years. In the highest level of Youth Symphony and performed at Carnegie Hall.

Research Intern at Major Engineering Research Facility. Presented research in front of a board. Submitted research supplement about this.

4 years of XC and Track. Varsity for both. Team Captain. One of my largest commitments. 4 varsity letters, All-Region for track, Top 100 in state. Received interest from numerous schools. Attended State Championships 3 times.

Paid worker at Local Math Tutoring Center. elementary to high school level teaching.

Restarted and am Captain of Science Olympiad in my school. Led team to State Championship Tournament two consecutive years. Also lead fundraising and tshirt design. These are the only two times our team has gone to state.

Started a project to bring shoes and clothing to underprivileged children in a developing country. Partnered with local track program there. Started this project all by myself, large impact. (wrote essay about this)

Student Council Elected Position: Raised ~$200,000 in one week (yes, this is true) for local charity organization. Also am in charge of various school activities.

Political Activism Conference: Participated for 3 years, won prestigious awards every year that less than 1% of attendees receive.

Elected NHS Position: Pretty basic stuff, volunteer hours, service project planning, etc.

Published research on physiology. Attached paper to many college portals for context on my research background.

Published article on EVs.

Taking PHYS 200 through yale OCW and college battery class through edX.

Essays/LORs/Other:

Essays: 6-9/10 imo. PM if you want to read. LOR - My teachers promised they were amazing so I am not too worried. Would say 7-9/10 for these.

Interview waived for MIT. Didn’t get one for Northwestern. Receieved for Princeton, Umich, and Cornell.

Submitted Research Supp for MIT. LOR from my research advisor, he said it was very strong.

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Congratulations on your achievements, but I am not sure why you are posting another chance me thread after all your apps are in, just a month after your last chance me thread.

I agree with the feedback on your last thread. Curious as to why you didn’t apply EA to MIT and/or UMich?

As long as you have been accepted to at least one affordable school, all you can do now is wait for the decisions at the reaches listed in your post. I know the wait can be long and stressful, but try to focus on school, your ECs, and enjoying senior year in the meantime.

Good luck.

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Amazing achievements. You should be very proud. That said, every one of these schools is a reach and a crap shoot, and all of them reject highest-caliber applicants routinely. Good luck to you. Hopefully you get a hit at one or more of them, but you just can’t know for sure. That’s why everybody, no matter how qualified, needs safeties.

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Thank you, I just am pretty nervous with deadlines being so close. My Umich early application was ready, I just forgot to press submit. Carelessness on my part. As far as MIT, if I were to submit the essays and items I had then, I can almost guarantee I would have no chance. I thought I had a much better chance RD as weird as that sounds. I have gotten into all my safeties and some matches so I just have the reaches left. Thank you so much, I will try my best to stay calm until then hahaha.

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Thank you very much. I agree they are very much a crapshoot. I have gotten into my safeties so i did not include them on the post.

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My thoughts on your chances are exactly the same as when you asked in January.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2169997-chance-me-for-t5-engineering-schools.html#latest

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Your list of schools are very different from each other. My bet: Cornell will accept you. You don’t read like a good fit for northwestern, GaTech, or UMich. MIT is a total roll of dice.

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What were your safeties? Just curious.

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Clemson University, Texas A&M, ASU, and Virginia Tech