What are my chances with all honesty?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all. I'm new to the college confidential scene and I just want to get your opinion on my chances of getting into colleges. This is going to seem long but I just want to put all I got so that I can get the maximum feedback from you guys. So here I go.</p>

<p>I am an Asian-American (technically but I was born on a plane so I don't know my official nationality) from New Jersey and I have an older sister who is graduating this year from Yale University, at the top of her class and is going into Boston University MD/PhD program with a full scholarship.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors Geometry - A
Honors English 9 - A
Honors World Civilization - A
Honors Biology - A
Honors Spanish III - B+
Intro to TV Production - A
Wind Ensemble - A
Phys Ed 9 - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors Algebra II - C+
Honors English 10 - A
Honors US History I - A
Honors Chemistry - B+
Honors Spanish IV - B
Law - A
Money Management - A
Public Speaking - B+
Journalism - A
Wind Ensemble - A
Phys Ed 10 - A</p>

<p>Junior Year (So Far):
AP Chemistry - B
AP US History - B
Honors Pre-Calculus AB - B
Honors Spanish V - B
Honors English 11 - B
Phys Ed 11 - A
Wind Ensemble - A
Chorus - A</p>

<p>Senior Year (Schedule):
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
Honors Physics
Honors Organic Chemistry
Honors Medicine and Literature
Senior Internship
High Tops (A class replacing Phys Ed and it's a leadership class. Very Selective)
Wind Ensemble
Chorus</p>

<p>SAT I:
January 2012:
CR - 580
Math - 800
Writing - 750
Essay - 9</p>

<p>March 2012:
CR - 760
Math - 780
Writing - 700
Essay - 9</p>

<p>Super Score: 2310 (I might take it again for a one sitting 2300)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry - 800
Biology - 790
US History - 770</p>

<p>I might take Math IC and Literature</p>

<p>EC:
Academic Decathlon:
- Captain of the Team, 11th
- Won Gold medal for Math, 11th
- Scored highest overall on the team, 11th
- Lead the team to 10th place in the state out of 40 schools, 11th</p>

<p>STEM/Robotics Club:
- Head programmer of the team, 10th and 11th
- Head pilot of driving the robot, 10th and 11th
- Won the state qualifier, first place, 10th
- Placed 10th at the state competition, 10th</p>

<p>Debate Team:
- Head of the Judging Panel, 11th grade
- Varsity Judge, 10th and 11th grade</p>

<p>Chess Team:
- President and founder of the club, 9th to 11th</p>

<p>Tennis:
- Captain of the Junior Varsity team in 10th grade</p>

<p>New Jersey Chemistry Olympics:
- Placed 1st place in info search, 10th grade
- Placed 1st in the state, 10th grade</p>

<p>Research:
- Researching and publishing a paper at a national medical convention with professors at Rutgers University, accumulation of time from 10th and 11th grade
- Conducting stem cell research at Rutgers University and presenting it at a national convention</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Haiti Mission Trip:
- Went to Haiti after the earthquake and provided medical services and gave the people hope for a better future, 10th</p>

<p>Honduras Mission Trip:
- Went to Honduras to provide help for people
- Taught kids how to speak English and adopted a child</p>

<p>Dream Schools (my schools and the schools my parents want me to go to)
UPenn
Columbia
Carnegie
Yale
Princeton
Rutgers Pharm/Honors
RPI
BU
MIT
Cal Tech
Cornell
Cooper Union
Brown (possibly the PLME program)
Northwestern
JHU
UIUC
UChicago</p>

<p>I am open to other suggestions and I am willing to chance you guys if you chance me. I know this is long and it seems tiring to read but I am really nervous. I am pretty sure I am top 10% in my school but I forgot to try for National Honors Society in my school and I can't apply again. Please, any information is helpful and I appreciate any kind of feedback.</p>

<p>Thank you <3</p>

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<p>You NEED to raise your grades this year; it’s not too late! Talk to your teachers or something, because a bunch of B’s junior year WILL hurt you, unless you’re still val or sal afterwards. Lol</p>

<p>Your SAT’s are good-no real need to retake… btw i’m EXTREMELY impressed with your huge improvement in CR.</p>

<p>I think a concrete GPA and rank are needed to properly chance you… I will tell you that RPI and BU are safeties for you though.</p>

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<p>The ivies, Caltech, MIT are totally unrealistic. Lesley is correct, the junior year grade drop is fatal. Being Asian and from NJ puts you into a highly competitive pool. You need to go back to the drawing board to create a realistic list.</p>

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<p>While a bunch of these people are saying that your grades are going to break it for you, I disagree. By all means, improve you grades if you can, but don’t get hung up on them. The rest of your qualifications are very impressive, and remember, for a lot of these colleges and universities, GPA, especially for just one year, is not the most important part of your transcript. For example, MIT doesn’t give two hoots about a lot besides your personal qualities and what drives you. That doesn’t mean that it will completely disregard your GPA, but don’t think that you have to revamp your entire college list.</p>

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<p>Wow, why do people without a clue post?</p>

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<p>I know that my junior year grades dropped a lot and I’m doing my best to bring them up but they are tough courses and the teachers are tougher. I talked to them and they said to just try your best and thats what im doing.</p>

<p>btw BUMP please. I’m desperate. and I do know that my list of ivies is unrealistic but i am open to suggestions from everyone about other schools i might be able to apply to.</p>

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<p>BUMP. ill chance u back</p>

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<p>come on. over 270 views and not a single new comment? please i promise i will chance you back.</p>

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<p>Bump10char</p>

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<p>Honestly, ivies are tough to get into no matter who you are. I think your difficult course load will help. I know a guy who got into Cornell and University of Chicago who didn’t even make the honor roll sometimes (90% is honor roll and we have 5% curve for honors/AP) but took hard classes. Conversely, our valedictorian took only 2 or 3 APs and didn’t get into Cornell. Your SAT scores look good for CMU, but I haven’t looked at the others enough to be able to tell you. MIT looks a lot at your personality, so if you think you can really sell yourself and your passion, that’s a possibility, though statistically slim.</p>