What do you guys Think?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to be a senior in Sept. and I'm thinking of just doing regular decisions on all of my colleges. What I'm really curious about is if you guys think I have a chance of getting into Stanford, which is kind of a reach school for me. Here's my info</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
Sex - Male
Unweighted GPA - 3.88
Top 10% of my grade, not sure where though.</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT I:
640 R, 790 M, 710 W -- 2140
680 R, 800 M, 720 W -- 2200
SAT II: (Don't know if this matters - Didn't take AP for Bio or Chem the first time I took either)
Chem - 700 in 10th; 800 in 11th
Bio - 700 in 9th; 770 in 11th
Math IIc- 800 in 11th</p>

<p>ACT:
35 E, 36 M, 29 R, 31 S - 33 without Essay
8 on essay, 31 or 32 (Can't remember) with Essay</p>

<p>APs:
Calc BC - 5
Bio - 5
Chem - 5
English Lang - 4</p>

<p>In Junior year, I took the 4 APs.
Next year's schedule:
AP Physics C Mech., AP World, AP Eng. Lit, AP Chinese, and Adv Topics in Calc</p>

<p>EC's:
Wind Ensemble for past 3 years and continuing next year (I'll be 1st chair this year)
Jazz Ensemble last year and this year (1st this year)
Journalism - Sports Ed in 10th, News Ed in 11th, Editor in Chief 2nd half of 11th and all of 12th
I was Class Secretary in 9th and Class Treasurer in 10th and I plan to run for Student Body Pres next year.
Soccer last year, JV though</p>

<p>Volunteering:
for the past 3 years and continuing - about 310 hrs so far - working at a Retirement home. I might start to volunteer at a hospital this year
I am a head of a community service project for the Zumers Roots and Shoots - Project is to restore the natural habitat at an area at the Mountain Restoration Trust.</p>

<p>Honor Societies:
Chinese, Mu Alpha Theta, Quills and Scrolls, CORE (A Community service society at my school, and Cum Laude Society
(I'll be apply for Science honor society next year as well as Music Honor Society - inducted in Oct)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Been working as an assistant for my dad for the past 6 years
This summer, I helped a professor at UCSB do some research
Also, as part of Mu Alpha Theta, I tutored some of the lower-classmen</p>

<p>EDIT:
Forgot to mention,
I took Psychology and Physics 6 at a local community college in the summers after 9th and 11th, respectively
I also took Pre-Calc at UCLA after 10th.</p>

<p>Clubs:
Chinese Club - 9th-11th
Rocket Club in 9th</p>

<p>:End Edit</p>

<p>Awards:
I have the Bronze and Silver for Duke of Edinburgh, if anyone knows what that is
and I got a World Languages award for Chinese
Also, I am a candidate for the National Merit Scholarship
High Honors at my school for the past 3 years</p>

<p>Colleges:
Reaches - Harvard (For kicks), Stanford, Brown, Columbia, MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Darmouth
I think I can get into: UC Berkely, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon
Safety: USC, UCSD, UC Davis</p>

<p>My Main questions are 1) Do you think I have a chance at getting into Stanford?
2) What would be other Safety schools I should apply to?</p>

<p>My intended majors are either Pre-Med or Engineering, which I know, is two completely different majors.</p>

<p>Your advice is much appreciated.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>No one is free to evaluate my chances?</p>

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<p>Asian from CA, not top of class, below median scores at Stanford, no major ECs. Very big reach. Same for Harvard, Caltech, MIT. </p>

<p>Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, again, rank looks low and scores are just median. Considerable reach given ORM from overrepresented state. Maybe with a truly outstanding app.</p>

<p>You start looking better for Cornell, JHU, CMU. Fair shot at Cornell if engineering or a & s, good at the others.</p>

<p>You should be in at all UCs assuming your UC weighted is 4.1 or over.</p>

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<p>I am going to retake the SAT again. Columbia still a reach?</p>

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<p>Yes, it would be if you were top 2% and had a 2350.</p>

<p>For the class of 2012, 40% of the class at Dartmouth, less competitive than Columbia, were either number 1 or 2 in their class. You are in as competitive a pool as they come, that’s where you want to be with every SAT section above the 75th percentile.</p>

<p>Look at the common data sets.</p>

<p>Here’s some stats for Brown, where less than 9% with your current CR score were admitted, and that includes the 40% of the class that has hooks:</p>

<p>[Brown</a> Admission: Facts & Figures](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>

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<p>Ooh… Alright. Just got to hope that I can somehow write an awesome essay and hope for the best, I suppose.
Thank you very much for your analysis.</p>

<p>Also, any suggestions for Safeties? I’m still worried that I might not get into some of my “good chance” schools like Berkley.</p>

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<p>Can anyone suggest good schools to apply to for Pre-Med or Engineering?
I have too many ivy’s on my list and not enough probables.</p>