View Single Post
Old 07-05-2008, 06:36 PM   #1
platinumnerd
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 76
Chances for Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford, **UMAA**, Case Western, Wash U, UWM, etc.

Could somebody please take a look at my stats? Thanks!
I want to go to Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford, UMich - Ann Arbor, Case Western, WashU, UW - Madison, UPittsburgh, UMinn - Twin Cities, but ESPECIALLY UMich AA...Also, could I receive an estimate on the academic scholarship I may receive from these schools (especially UMAA) as an OOS?

[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): engineering (I think...for CE or BmE)

[ *] SAT:2080
Critical Reading - 680
Mathematics - 770
Writing - 630

[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
-SAT II - Math IIC 800
-SAT II - Japanese 770
-SAT II - Chemistry 800

[ *] ACT: 34
English (with writing) - 33 (30)
Mathematics - 36
Reading - 30
Science - 35
Writing - 8

[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0 (If A- count as 4.0? Otherwise, ~3.98, 3.97)

[ *] Rank: ~40/427

[ *] Other stats: 11AP's: AP US History(4), AP Calculus AB(5), AP Calculus BC(4), AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Computer Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C

[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-National Honor Society 07-08, 08-09
-Academic Decathlon 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
-Science Club 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Founding member, President)
-Wind Symphony 05-06, 06-07, 07-08
(Trumpet Section Leader)
-Jazz Band 05-06
-Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band 05-06
-Full Orchestra 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
-Cross Country 05-06, 06-07
-Track and Field 05-06
-Math Team 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Team Captain, Consecutive award winnings)
-Purple Comet Mathematics Competition 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Team Captain, Ranked Placement In Mixed School Category and Single School category 4 consecutive years)

-High School Academic Excellence Awards (4 out of 4)
-4-year American Mathematics Competition School Winner
-2-year American Mathematics Comeptition top 1% in state scorer
-4-year American Invitational Mathematics Exam Qualifier
-4-year American Regional Mathematics League, Member of Wisconsin Team Red
-2-year TrigStar School Winner
-2-year TrigStar 3rd in School
-1-year TrigStar 2nd in State
-1-year Madison Area Math League, rocognized Top Individual Scorer
-1-year Madison Area Math League, All-League Varsity Second Team

-Worked at Dakota Watch Company since 6/22/2008
-350hrs Weekly Volunteer at Local American Red Cross Chapter
-100hrs Summer Volunteer at William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital

[ *] Essays: Assume the worst (though I'm not that bad;for safety reasons)

[ *] Teacher Recs: Decent

[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent

[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A

[ *] State or Country:Sun Prairie, WI

[ *] School Type: Medium sized public

[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese (I know..)

[ *] Gender: Male

[ *] major strength & weakness: Course load, ACT, Academics, Science, Math, Volunteer |||vs||| SAT, EC's, Ethnicity

[ *] Other Factors/questions: Could anybody offer some suggestions to improve my chances? Also, for Michigan, does it increase my chances to "officially" visit the campus and talk to admission officers, etc.?

Thank You!!!
platinumnerd is offline