What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Weighted 4.2 GPA
Anticipated: SAT score 2100. (average practice test score 2,000 without preparation or anything, my vocab section and grammar section can definetly improve though)
4 AP's and an one honors in junior year.</p>

<p>If anything my high school is decently high up in rankings (I guess and hope) we're #1 for Computer science, psychology, and chemistry according to collegeboard and #1 in the world for calculus. We place consistently well in the intel talent search competition (12 semifinalists last year)</p>

<p>I'm hoping to get into stanford (Dream come true if this happens) or berkley (still awesome).</p>

<p>I'm worried about affirmative action though and how much it'll hurt my chances as well as that fact that my class rank is kind of low in comparison (probably below top 40% of school)</p>

<p>So what are my chances</p>

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<p>I wonder how important is class rank. What are your ECs?</p>

<p>Stanford is a reach for everyone.
Berkeley: Reach (provisional)</p>

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<p>Not much to be honest, some sports, programming, and a couple of clubs I’m kind of dedicated too, although the cause I’m not too interested in.</p>

<p>Only 30 hours of Community service.</p>

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<p>One last thing: do you live in California?</p>

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<p>Stanford seems like a reach, you have nothing that makes you stand out. Your scores will be high, but average for Stanford, you grades/rank are on the low side and you lack ECs.</p>

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<p>Yeah I do live in Cali. I guess stanford will be one of those hopes and dreams then.</p>

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<p>Berkeley: High match (final)</p>

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<p>Berkeley in state = reach with those stats, Stanford = high reach. Any idea what you want to major in? If comp sci/math, might also think about Carnegie Mellon (low reach), Case Western (match), Harvey Mudd (reach), Reed (low reach), G. Tech (match), Purdue (safety), and UCSB (match).</p>

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<p>Those are exactly the things I want to major in. I’ll check those out.</p>