Where do I have the best chance ED?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey! I'm going to be a senior in the fall and I am currently working on my applications. I am new to CC, so if you need any more information, please let me know. Any suggestions as to how I cam improve my chances would be appreciated. I also included everything I could think of in here, so some of them might be repeated, or may not be too important. I would really grateful if you could chance me for ED at:</p>

<p>DUKE
BROWN
UPENN
PRINCETON</p>

<p>I posted this a while ago o this forum but I didnt get any responses so I'm gonna try again haha -.-</p>

<p>GENDER: Female
ETHNICITY: Asian Indian
INTENDED MAJOR: Engineering or Applied Mathematics
SCHOOL TYPE: Private/Magnet
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Fluent in English and Hindi, I know a little Spanish</p>

<p>SAT I: Total-2240. Math-740. Critical Reading-750. Writing-750. Essay-8
ACT: Total-31. Math-36. English-35. Reading-30. Science-25. Essay-11
SAT II: Math Level 2: 800
Chemistry: 750
(I am planning to take English this fall)
UNWEIGHTED GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
WEIGHTED GPA 4.2
RANK (percentile if rank is unavailable): neither % nor rank is available
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus BC (5)
AP Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>(i went to a public school 9-10 grade and switched to a private magnet school to be in the Engineering Magnet Program for 11-12 grade)</p>

<p>FRESHMAN YEAR COURSE LOAD
Honors Coordinated Science 1
Honors English 1
Honors Global Perspectives
Dance Tech 1
Spanish 1
Honors Algebra 2</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE YEAR COURSE LOAD
Honors Coordinated Science 2
Honors English 2
Honors Pre Calculus
Honors Chemistry
Spanish 2
U.S. History</p>

<p>Spanish 3 (completed at local community college)</p>

<p>JUNIOR YEAR COURSE LOAD
Engineering Physics 1
AP/IB English HL1
Show Choir
AP/IB Spanish SL1
Honors Physics
AP Calculus AB/BC
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR COURSE LOAD
Engineering Physics 2
AP/IB English HL2
AP Physics C
AP Economics
AP Statistics
Differential Equations
(Deciding between AP Music Theory and AP Psychology)</p>

<p>AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES (Grade level in parenthesis)
- Certificate of Merit Level VI, Branch Honors, Music Teacher Association of California (11)
- High Honor Roll Certificate, Fairmont Preparatory Academy (11)
- Division Recognition Award from Center for Global Leaders Essay Competition from among 5000 participants. (10)
- Certificate of Merit Level V, Branch Honors, Music Teacher Association of California (10)
- Commendation at Branch Honors Recital (10).
- Magna, Cum Laude University High School (9)
- Honor Roll Certificate, American Mathematics Contest 8 (8)
- President's Award for Educational Excellence (8)
- Academic Merit Award, University of California, Irvine (6)</p>

<p>MUSIC AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT (Grade level in parenthesis)
- Part of school show choir group at Disney Competition 2011, 1st Place(11)
- 2011 All State Honor Choir, American Choral Directors Association, California(11)
- Part of Hawaii Music Festival , Show Choir Group, Excellent Rating(11)
- High School Honor Choir, Southern California Vocal Association(10,11)
- Invited by United Federation of Indo Americans of California to sing at their 63rd India Independence Day celebrations (10)
- Invited to sing at 63rd Indian Association of Inland Empire Anniversary of India's Independence Day (10)
- 2010 Convention Honors, LA, Music Teacher's Association of California (10)
- Branch Honors Recital, Music Teacher Association of California (10)
- Invited to dance and sing at United Federation of Indo Americans in California (9)
- First place Annual Raas Garba and Dance Competition 2009 (9,10)
- second and third places, two consecutive years (group) at IYANA 3rd and 4th ANNUAL Youth Convention (9,10)
- Dance performance-High School Show Case (9,10)
- Donald Bren Honors Concerts, IUSD (6,7,8)</p>

<p>SUMMER PROGRAMS:
Summer'11 Internship at Boeing, Phantom Works
Summer'10 All Girls All Math Camp, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Summer'10 42nd Annual High School Honor Institute, University of Colorado
Summer'09 Microsoft DigiGirlz Summer Camp, Microsoft</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP:
Vice President (11 – present), Light up the World
President and Founder (11-present), Free the Slaves. I started the first high school chapter of this organization in the nation.
Publicity Manager (10), Indian Student Association
Publicity Manager (12), UNICEF</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
Music: Hindustani Classical Vocal (4-present)
Western Classical Music (5-present)
Honor Choir (5,6,7,11)
Musical Theater (7,8)
Dance (9-present)
Sports: JV volleyball (11)
Volunteer: Discovery Science Center (10-present)
Homeless Shelter (9-present)
Clubs: Free the Slaves (9-present)
UNICEF (11-present)
Light up the World (11-present)
Indian Student Association (10)
Educational: NASA Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience
Our school team of four students including me, was one of the 2 teams nationwide that was chosen to attend the 13th Annual United Nations Students' Conference on Human Rights at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Mars Desert Research Station: my proposal to conduct some experiments at the Research Station was accepted by a research team from Georgia Tech that will be conducting these experiments.</p>

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Sure, Princeton is EA though, I think? EA means non-binding. Duke Brown and UPenn, since they want to keep their yield rates high, would be easier to get in. </p>

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Usually they say Hispanic female engineers have it easy in the admissions game. But seeing that you are a female engineer might counterbalance your “race”. I am sorry, but you know AA and all that stuff I imagine?!

Your scores are definitely up to par. Now the question is your low UW GPA… Since ranking is unavailable, you might be in serious danger here.
(i went to a public school 9-10 grade and switched to a private magnet school to be in the Engineering Magnet Program for 11-12 grade)</p>

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All this doesn’t really matter. You need to have the most rigorous box checked, though.</p>

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Great set of awards.

The Microsoft one seems interesting. Boeing as well. Maybe write your Princeton Summer Essay on it?

The Free the Slave one sounds interesting. Could you elaborate a bit more?</p>

<p>Overall, I think you have a very strong resume with respectable scores. Your UW GPA might raise an eyebrow. Could you explain what happened or how your school grading system works?</p>

<p>I think you would fit in Duke and UPenn ED. Not sure about Brown, and I don’t want to mislead you for EA chances.</p>

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<p>Wow thank you so much haha</p>

<p>Additional stuff: im definitely in the top 15% probably even higher up there</p>

<p>Free the slaves is a international organization that is fighting to bring an end to slavery all around the world within the next 20 years. I was introduced to it nearly 3 or so years ago and have been working closely with a few of the co founders and many activists. I’ve done fundraisers, organized awareness raisers, and started the first high school chapter of the organization in the nation at my school. It’s truly something that I am really passionate about and want to be a part of (:</p>

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<p>You go to school in Hawaii? Do you go Punahou?</p>

<p>Very interesting resume, you have a good a chance as anyone for the top colleges. The only thing about your app is your UW GPA: 3.6 is considerably low. Your leadership and ECs are phenomenal!</p>

<p>Apply Princeton EA.</p>

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<p>I would strongly do UPenn or Duke ED. Princeton seems to be a reach with a 3.6</p>

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<p>No I go to school in California! Hahah.
Yeah my GPA is low :frowning: I’m trying to bring it up first semester but idk how much that’ll help. Other than Princeton EA where do you guys think I should try ED?</p>

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This makes it worse… :frowning: Since you are ORM from a competitive state, I think Princeton EA would be bit of a stretch… Try Columbia&Dartmouth ED!!
The key is to apply somewhere where they won’t receive a lot of California applicants.</p>

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<p>Bummmmpppp!</p>

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<p>No, for early applications, the keys are to a) Apply to a place that you love so much that you are 100% sure that is your choice and b) Apply somewhere despite knowing the disadvantages you face.</p>

<p>If I had these stats, I would place my faith in Duke to accept me early. Brown’s unpredictable, Princeton is a pain and will reject seemingly anyone, Penn is another option but I think Duke is the best chance.</p>

<p>But apply where you love. Except for Princeton (which is SCEA so this WILL be your only early school if you choose this), all of these schools are ED so if you’re in, you’re in for good, no matter what happens - even if you discover something that makes you hate the school forever. I was almost set on applying ED to Penn. Then I go on a summer program there for a month and I lived on campus - now I have mixed feelings on Penn and I don’t know if ED would be smart. If you’re asking this question to make your decision on where to go early, you’re doing it wrong. Apply early to where you would have no regrets.</p>

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<p>I’m really interested in duke and Penn. Hopefully I can make a final decision once I visit. But assuming i like them both equally you’re saying duke would be better?</p>

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<p>Well I’m not an admissions officer but there’s always the chance that Penn could accept you ED and Duke would reject you. Similar things like that always happen.</p>

<p>If you love those two universities so much then</p>

<p>a) Visit. Not just campus tours, actually go around the entire place, meet the people and traditions, etc.
b) Research. There may be kickers for both colleges that could make or break your opinions on them. What are the pros/cons of their engineering departments? What are the connections like? Stuff like that. Don’t just research on CC of course, research on their web sites and other places too.</p>