WHAT ARE MY CHANCES? to top tier schools, thx for help!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey i'm new to the forums, but i've been lurking around the SAT and ACT threads a bit.</p>

<p>sorry for the lengthy info but help appreciated</p>

<p>About me:
Asian American (taiwanese; 1st generation american)
Rising senior in pretty good high school located in the bay area in CA, fairly competitive (among the asians at least).
(my school weighs A-/ A / A+ ,etc. all the same)</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors bio A / A (1st / 2nd semester)
Honors english A / A
art 1 A / A
Geometry honors A / A
Chinese 1 A / A
Health, word programming A / A</p>

<p>Sophomore year
Honors Precal (weighted) A / A
AP biology A / A
Honors english A/ A
HOnors world history A / A
PE pass / pass
Chinese 2 A / A</p>

<p>Junior year
Calc AB A / A-
AP Physics B A- / A
Chinese 3 A- / A-
AP us history B / A
AP stats A / A
English 11 A / A</p>

<p>12th grade classes: Chinese 4, English 12, Anatomy/Physiology, AP compsci, AP psychology, AP government/economics </p>

<p>EC: (yes, it's lackluster)
Swim team varsity 3 years so far, all league 3 years, likely captain next year
Worked as swim coach and lifeguard 2 years during summer
Swam year-round competitive swimming for 7 years, won several awards
Active interact club member 3 years
Active spanish club member 3 years
active math club member 3 years
2-time AIME qualifier (scored top 5% or something on AMC10 and AMC12)
Did mathcounts in 8th grade, placed 11th out of around 400 students in northern california
national merit semifinalist, should get finalist no problem
AP scholar award
not many more, because swimming definitely dominated my schedule...</p>

<p>PSAT: 223 80M / 80R / 63W
ACT: 34 34E / 36M / 32R / 33S
SAT: 2130 630R / 800M/ 700W (retook june, expecting 2200+)
SAT2: math2 800 / bio 740 / Physics 780
Class rank: ranked ~7 out of a class of 525</p>

<p>Very likely major in economics.
can i get chanced for:
UCLA, UCB, UCSD
Uchicago, UPenn, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Northwestern</p>

<p>thanks again for reading through my lengthy post</p>

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<p>bumpski!!!</p>

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<p>UCLA- match
UCB- I don’t know what school this is, sorry.
UCSD- full ride
Uchicago- reach
UPenn- reach
Harvard- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Yale- high reach
Princeton- high reach
MIT- high reach
Brown- reach/high reach
Cornell- reach
Columbia- high reach
Northwestern- reach</p>

<p>It’s very hard since most of your stats are very similiar to many applicants. Yet, I do think you’re doing a very good job and you will get accepted to at least some of these schools. Good luck :).</p>

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<p>UCB is uc berkeley, ty for imput</p>

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<p>You need to up those SAT scores! You’re asian!</p>

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<p>yes; but to most colleges im just going to send my act and satII’s, and a score of 34 is pretty good</p>

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<p>UCLA- high match
UCB- match
UCSD- high match
Uchicago- reach
UPenn- high reach
Harvard- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Yale- high reach
Princeton- high reach
MIT- high reach
Brown- low reach
Cornell- low reach
Columbia- high reach
Northwestern- reach</p>

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<p>You need to raise your SAT score, and well, if you could do something about your ECs, that’d be great, but considering that you don’t have a lot of time left, I’m not sure if that’s possible. Just write great essays and have good LOR, and you will have done all that you could have.</p>

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<p>UC’s-probably all in</p>

<p>HYPSM-rank and scores not competitive</p>

<p>Other ivies-Would need the 2200 w/1500 plus CR/M and a great application that sets you apart from demographic</p>

<p>NU, Chicago-50/50</p>

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<p>Holy Cross and Bowdoin are 2 great schools and easier to get accepted to. Holy Cross has a very good alumni network and nice location-1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>ok guys pretend that i never took the SAT, and that all i have to go on is my ACT. for the universitys that allow score choice, im only sending ACT+sat2</p>

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<p>My assessment would remain the same.</p>

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<p>You need to take a breather. i will be a junior next year, and i was freaken out about my chances as well. Then i realized that I have given everything my all, and its the quality not the quantity of your involvment. I still posted a bunch of Q’s just to get feedback, but all of the advice shouldnt deter you at all. You seem like an accomplished student,and colleges will respect that. Interviews are key in my opinion, so request them when possible. Bottom line: give it your best shot, ask the proffesionals the Q’s, and remember you can get where you want to go in life no matter what college you attend. that is how i decided to look at things now b/c after a certain point it is out of my control.</p>

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<p>haha i would still go ahead and send your SAT score. if you’re majoring in economics, colleges will love the 800 on math (*** happened with reading lol). Seriously, 2130 isn’t even that bad. The 800 on math is a nice asset to have for your major. If you had something around a 500 in one of the sections, then I would omit the scores completely. However, a 2130 isn’t the end of the world. I’m pretty sure that’s good for schools like ucla, ucsd, and cornell (yeah, lowest average SAT scores of the ivies). Good luck, I’m rooting for you (1st gen taiwanese junior here)</p>