What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all~</p>

<p>With the application dates creeping awfully close, I was hoping you guys could offer me some input on my chances to these schools (these are mainly my reach schools, and I was wondering if it was worth applying):</p>

<p>Olin College of Engineering (Engineering major)
Caltech (Engineering major)
MIT (Engineering major)
Stanford (Linguistics major)
Ivies~ (Mainly Harvard/Yale) (Linguistics major)
UCLA, UCB (Engineering major)</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Information:
Ethnicity: Japanese
Residence: Southern California
GPA: 3.8UW
Rank: Top 10%
School Type: Competitive public school</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT 1: 2170 (CR: 700, M: 800, W: 670) - Retaking in December
ACT: 35 (E: 33, M: 35, R: 34, S: 36, W: 8)
SAT 2:
Math 2C, French w/Listening: 800
Japanese w/Listening: 790
Biology-E, Physics, French Reading: 760</p>

<p>AP:
Biology, Calculus AB: 5
Planned: Calc BC, French Language, Macro/Micro Economics</p>

<p>IB:
Economics SL: 6
History SL: 4
Planned: French SL, English HL, Math HL, Biology HL</p>

<p>Misc Academics:
IB student (HL English, Math, Biology)
Most rigorous courseload offered at school
Taken many classes at community college
Native English/Japanese speaker
Learned 3 other languages at school (French 4AP, Spanish 2CL, German 2CL)
Studied abroad in Paris, France for a month</p>

<p>Awards:
French Camp Bronze Medalist (x2) (First French 2 student in over 20 year history of camp to win a medal)
-Schools from all over the county send their top French students to compete, 3 students get medals
Foreign Language Award: French (x3) (Only student to win Foreign Language Award every year)
-Around the top 5% of the foreign language students are selected each year
Junior Honor Guard (Top 16 students in school)
National Merit Semifinalist
Dean's List every semester except last semester (Got Summa Cum Laude)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Marching Band (4 years)
Top level concert band (4 years) (1st chair trombone)
Full orchestra (3 years) (only wind player to be in it for 3+ years)
President (1 year), VP (1year) for French club
Webmaster for Environmental club
Computer repair for peers
Volunteer at an animal rescue organization
Martial Arts (Shorinji Kempo) Black Belt (Studied since 7th grade, black belt since 10th)</p>

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<p>Bump~ Anybody want to help me? =]</p>

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<p>Obviously worth applying.</p>

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<p>Even the privates? Like Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Stanford?</p>

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<p>how did you manage to get a 4 in history???</p>

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<p>I suck at it? -___- Haha, history is my absolute worst subject by far... Which is why it was my SL =P</p>

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<p>Anybody out there willing to tell me what kind of a shot I have at each school~?</p>

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<p>As an instate resident, yer in the UCs. A 1500 Sat is good, but at the 50% line for Harvard/Yale/Caltech/MIT/Stanford. MIT and Caltech look for strong ECs, even state/reg./natl awards in Math/Sci. W/o those, and as an asian, you don't stick out at schools that reject 94/100 people RD. Same deal w/ HYS, you don't really stick out, so I say all those schools are reaches, but you do have a decent chance. ACT is a lot higher, those are above avg. Again, well qualified in terms of stats, but nothing really stands out. You do have a better/good chacne at Olin.</p>

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<p>rs8389:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match (Engineering)</p>

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<p>Alright, at least I have a good chance at the UCs then ^^ I wasn't sure about the stats for engineering at the UCs so I thought the UCs might be reaches too...</p>

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<p>I think that HYMSC are pretty big reaches. Prineton turned down 50% of the applicants that had 2400 on their SAT's this year. Brown turns down about 65% of valedictorians that apply. </p>

<p>At Brown I would think that you ijght have a chance of catching an adcom's eye due to your specialization and talent at languages. I'd be much less optimistic about that at HYMSC. I think that for these schools you need pretty near perfect credentials PLUS something like your demonstrated talent.</p>

<p>You're great - but HYMSC are nuts.</p>

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<p>Princeton rejected 50% of the people with 2400's? Where did you get that number? So Princeton probably rejected around 500 people with perfect scores? Assuming almost everyone with a 2400 in the last 4 sittings applied to Princeton. Do you have a link for where you found this data? Thanks</p>