what are my chances with 144 on amc 12

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>grades: mostly As, some Bs, 4.3 gpa W, 3.8 gpa UW
sat: 2250
amc 12: 144
aime: 7-9 projected, depending on this year's level of difficulty
i should qualify for usamo this year
i will be taking 4 APs this year...likely to get 5s
sat ii: math 800, physics 800, ush 760
300 hrs comm service with stanford-affiliated nonprofit
1 summer internship last summer with an internet company
track and field 3 years
may do summer high school at stanford this coming summer</p>

<p>what are my chances of getting into: HYPS, uc berkeley
any other schools i should be interested in? i know my gpa is weak and my ecs aren't all that fantastic.</p>

<p>school: highly competitive
grade: junior</p>

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<p>Good shot at MIT</p>

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<p>Are you in California? If so, I'd say slight reach (50-50), as your ECs are somewhat weak, a high match (~60%) if you qualify for USAMO. If you're OOS, then it's a reach.</p>

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<p>lucky bastard! grr!</p>

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<p>yeah, i'm in california. good to know i have a chance at MIT. what's OOS?</p>

<p>and yes, i'm a lucky bastard. guessed 2 on amc 12 and both turned out correct (24 and 25 were both D)</p>

<p>can anyone give me any tips on what i should do about ECs...i still have a spring break (1 week) and a summer to go.</p>

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<p>i think i got 7 on AIME so my index is 214 so i will likely make usamo</p>

<p>i really want a fair opinion on what schools i can aim for</p>

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<p>r these like uber hard math tests or something?</p>

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<p>well, considering that you do make usamo, you will pretty much make the college of you choice with those stats...
what do you think the index will be this year?<br>
hopefully, i'll make it to usamo, i am a freshman, and got a 145.5 on the AMC 10A and 9 on AIME I (unofficial) XD</p>

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<p>nice! you'll make it for sure. i'm expecting index to be ~210, praying it's less than 214. it'd be so horrible if it's 215.</p>

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<p>wow that high? last year it was 197.5. i didn't make it either way so its not like im on the borderline or anything =) 114, 6 or 7</p>

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<p>it may have been 197.5 for amc 10 ppl but i think it was 205 for amc 12</p>

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<p>Chances Anyone?</p>

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<p>Like Stanford</p>

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<p>
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it may have been 197.5 for amc 10 ppl but i think it was 205 for amc 12

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no, it was 197.5 for AMC12. and the AMC10 was a floor score (6).</p>

<p>i think you should have no problem getting into the schools you want to get into (even stanford). However, you never know--some guy from the MIT thread got rejected with x2 USAMO and other insane awards. Are you asian?</p>

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<p>Yea, these days USAMO doesn't do too much. I had USAMO and Siemens Finalist and was deferred from MIT EA.</p>

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<p>Wow you guys are freaking insanely smart...I took the AMC 12 and only got 11 out of 11 attempted correct! I never studied at all though, nor did I take part in anything related to math (league, Mu Alpha Theta, etc). I just can't get myself to study for these kinds of tests. To the OP: You're so smart I don't think you have to worry about where you'll end up (it'll probably be a really good college anyway).</p>

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<p>i'm indian</p>

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<p>lol? (90% of the Indians in my school are noobs; I hope I'm in the other 10% :) )</p>

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<p>lol, then you have probably an 80% chance of getting into MIT..dunno about stanford tho... </p>

<p>(reallyyyyyyy rough estimate)</p>

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<p>Look at this way, from the college counselors I have talked to and books I have read, if you make USAMO, with a 4ish UW GPA, and 2300ish SAT...you're in any college you want (Harvard, CIT, MIT usually bag most of the better USAMOERS, with a few occasionally going to Stanford, Berkeley, U of M, Yale, etc). Nevertheless, I am not saying this from experience, so correct me if I am wrong.</p>

<p>And yeah, hopefully I'm in, but I screwed up miserably on some problems on the AIME with careless errors. D:</p>