The usual fare: chances, chances + more chances for the great-but-not-insane schools

Ray192 · 07-01-2006, 01:26 AM

Chinese male in Colorado (Born in Sichuan China, moved to Israel 1997 and then US 2001) soon-to-be-senior

SAT- 2180 (720 V, 740 M, 720 W)
ACT- 35 (36 E, 35 M, 36 R, 34 S)
Unweighted Cumulative GPA-3.918
Weighted - 3.998 (my school has a strange weight system; .002 extra GPA for every AP credit, and school has no honor classes, only 2 "pre-AP" English courses)
Freshman GPA- 3.75
Sophomore GPA - 4.0 (1 AP class + 1 Pre-AP)
Current GPA - 4.0 (4 AP Classes + 1 Pre-AP )

SAT IIs:
Chinese - 800
World History - 800
Math II - 760
Chemistry - 690

APs:
Statistics - 5
Human Geography - 5
US history - 5
World History (self study) -5
European History - 5
Macroeconomics -5
Microeconomics - 5
English Language(self study) - 4

Next year's classes:
Physics
AP Physics B
Cell Biology
AP English Lit
AP US Gov
AP Comparative Gov
AP Calc AB
AP Calc BC
AP Psychology (online)
Computer Programming class at Colorado State University

ECs:
Competing for Future Business Leaders of America
Officer for Math, Engineering, Science Club
International Club Officer
NHS tutor
Studying Chinese and history privately
200+ hourse volunteering in Public Library
150-200 hours doing experiments in Colorado State University (on plant genetics)

I'm considering (thinking about Computer Sci/Economics/History, other wise undecided):
Stanford (Big reach, right?)
Cornell U
Washington U St. Louis
University of Wisconsin: Madison
Colorado State University/CU-Boulder (I think I got this one in the bag)
UC Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon

Any other college suggestions would be good too.

Thanks for reading.

Troteck · 07-01-2006, 01:44 AM

How's your schedule work where you can take that many classes next year?

flopsy · 07-01-2006, 03:02 AM

Ray192:

UCB: Match (out of state), Slight Reach (Engineering, out of state)

Ray192 · 07-01-2006, 03:40 PM

It's a block schedule. 4 classes a semester.

Ray192 · 07-02-2006, 04:42 PM

Some more suggestions please.

greennblue · 07-02-2006, 09:59 PM

Add U.Chicago.

american_in_canada · 07-02-2006, 11:45 PM

i think youre an extremely competitive applicant... stanford isnt that big a reach

Ray192 · 07-03-2006, 04:20 PM

I just think that I'm kinda average for Stanford, especially my ECs....

Chicago? Anybody know how good their CS program is? I know they've got one of the top Economics programs in the world.

amptron2x · 07-03-2006, 05:30 PM

Stanford - Big reach
Cornell U - Reach
Washington U St. Louis - Reach
University of Wisconsin: Madison - Match
Colorado State University/CU-Boulder - Safety
UC Berkeley - what flopsy wrote
Carnegie Mellon - Match

Both Cornell and Wash U are reasonable reaches. Stanford is, well, not a reasonable reach for you given your stats.

gpasux87 · 07-03-2006, 05:32 PM

Stanford: reach
CMU SCS: reach
Cornell: wut school?
WUSTL: match
CMU: match

Ray192 · 07-04-2006, 12:34 AM

I'm going to apply for arts & sciences in most schools (except CMU, for SCS).

illinois_kid · 07-04-2006, 12:48 AM

I used to be into CS, and U Chicago is good at that. Chicago is a great place too. U Chicago's really good at economics too.

Ray192 · 07-11-2006, 07:46 PM

Responses please.

Ray192 · 07-21-2006, 05:06 PM

Okay one last bump.

zuser · 08-28-2009, 01:46 AM

Definitely send in your ACT scores...

The hard thing about your application is that you're out of state. If you were in state it would have been an guarantee for UCLA CS. However, you still have a big chance of getting into UCLA CS. Berkeley EECS, not so much, Cornell, even less, and Stanford, is like you said, a long shot. However, the thing is, your application loaded, yet not superb. So, I wouldn't be surprised if you got in or not for any of the schools.

However, I think you will be admitted to UCLA and Washington, St. Louis. Berkeley, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon, you have a big chance. Others, I have no idea. Good luck.