what are my chances...please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>How does it look for the following schools? What is the weakest part of my application that I should focus on?</p>

<p>-UCLA, UCSD, UCI, University of the Pacific, RPI, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, JHU, Stanford, Cornell, MIT, Caltech</p>

<p>School: Public school in Northern California
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 UW 4.2 W
Class Rank: ~10/430</p>

<p>SAT I: 2250 - CR 720 M 800 W 730
SAT II: MathIIC - 800 Biology E - 740 Chemistry - ? Physics - ?</p>

<p>AP Classes: Calculus AB (5), Language (4), US History (5), Biology (5), Chemistry, Literature, Art History, Government, Calculus BC</p>

<p>EPGY Physics Mech
EPGY Physics E&M</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
-AP scholar with honor
-Two time AIME qualifier
-Most outstanding musician award
-Two time California all-state wind symphony
-Two time All Northern California honor band - principal horn
-Two time county honor band - principal horn
-All Northern California honor band scholarship
-Four time principals honor roll
-Two time Interlochen Arts Camp honor camper</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
-Wind Ensemble - principal horn, section leader
-Marching Band - section leader
-Musical pit orchestra - lead horn
-Private horn lessons - 7 years
-Brass quintet
-Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra
-Interlochen Arts Camp - World Youth Symphony Orchestra, World Youth Wind Symphony, woodwind quintet
-Piano - 12 years
-Scuba diving - Master Scuba Diver, Dive Master candidate, Rescue Diver
-Science Club
-Chess club
-Community Service - Aquatic conservation
-Rock climbing - Volunteer at local rock wall</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Internship</p>

<p>My recommendations will be very good and my essays will be decent. I will be submitting a french horn supplement where applicable.</p>

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<p>you have a good shot everywhere, your weighted gpa is a lil low, but still good shot.</p>

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<p>I agree - except MIT and Caltech (where anything can happen) I think everything is probably a sureshot.
You have good scores, good ECs and a good GPA,
so all you need to do is write a great essay and pretty much everything is set.</p>

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<p>I agree, but I'd add Stanford to the list to be concerned about.</p>

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<p>Why do people always make the statement "besides ______ and _____, you are IN everywhere!"</p>

<p>First off, you totally left out Stanford, which will probably be just as hard to get into for the OP than MIT and Caltech.</p>

<p>Then you neglect the fact that places like Mudd, Pomona, and Cornell are matches not safeties. "sureshot" implies "safety."</p>

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<p>Speaking of safeties/matches/reaches, how would you categorize my list?...this would be a big help because I need to start narrowing down my list and I want to keep it somewhat proportional, not too lopsided one way or another.</p>

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<p>You will have a big boost being hispanic if your are Mexican or PR. You're a strong candidate at all.</p>

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<p>Quick question...After 10th grade I joined an orchestra that conflicted heavily with my school music program and had to chose one or the other. I ended up dropping band at school in order to be in this orchestra. Someone told me that it will look like I dropped band just to take another AP class and that it will look very bad on my application...is this true? Do I need to explain this somewhere on my application?</p>