ab2013

STATS:

Male from Michigan
High ranked high school, sends ~20 people to the Top 20 schools each year

COURSELOAD

9th Grade
LATIN 1
HONORS ENG
HONORS ALGEBRA 2
GOV'T/CIVICS PHYS ED
BIO 1
CHEMISTRY 1
AM HIST 1/2

10th Grade
ORCHESTRA
LATIN 2
HONORS ENGLISH
AP CHEMISTRY
BIO 2
HONORS TRIG
HEALTH WORLD HIST 1

11th GRADE
LATIN 3
AP ENGLISH
AP BIOLOGY
HONORS PRECALC
PHYSICS 1
AP ECON

12th GRADE
Band
AP STATISTICS
AP ENGLISH
AP PHYSICS
AP CALCULUS
ORCHESTRA
PHYS ED (REQUIRED) / WORLD HIST 2 (REQUIRED) / COMPUTERS (REQUIRED)

UW GPA: 3.83
W GPA: 4.17

SAT I
M: 800 CR: 750 WR: 710 ES: 10 COMP: 2260

SAT II's
BIOLOGY M: 760
MATH LEVEL 2: 800

ACT:
M: 36 E: 34 S: 34 R: 30 ES: 12 COMP: 34

AP Scores
Chem: 5
Econ-MAC: 4 Econ-MIC: 5
Bio: 5
Eng Lang: 5

Extra Curriculars
ORCHESTRA (cello principal) - 9, 10, 12 (school/out-of-school) - have studied since 5th grade
HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERING - 10, 11, 12
LATIN CLUB (Officer) - 10, 11, 12
QUIZ BOWL - 10, 11, 12
SOME VOLUNTEERING CLUB - 11, 12
NAT'L HONORS SOCIETY - 11, 12
JV CROSS COUNTRY - 10 (Stopped in 11 because of health problems)
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - 9, 10, 11, 12
CITY STUDENT COUNCIL - 12 (not putting on app)
Went to Summer@Brown to take a econ class to further explore the field of economics

Awards:
Mainly state-wide awards in several math, science, and writing competitions
A district award for cello playing

Right now, I'm slightly concerned about my grades, because they are on the low side because I did slightly worse in my soph/junior year.

What chances do I have at UMich (applying in September), U of Chicago, Brown, Northwestern, and Stanford? I really do like U of Chicago's Econ program, and I have MSU (Mich State U) as a safety.

Please don't bump me (if you do you might as well not be on this section of CC) and good luck with your apps!

Calcruzer

UMich (in-state)--Safe Match to Match
U of Chicago (Econ) --Match to Slight Reach (toughest major at this school)
Brown--Match
Northwestern --Match
Stanford (Econ)--Slight Reach to Reach (depends upon ECs and awards)
Michigan State--Safety

Everything looks great, but you need to realize that economics is probably the toughest major to get into at Stanford. And they pick people not just on academics, but also on athletics, contacts, future fame for the school, etc.
(For example: Are you aware that Mike Mussina, the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, graduated with an economics undergraduate degree from Stanford?, Are you aware that Tiger Woods was also an economics major at Stanford?)

Good luck.

ab2013

****I'm applying undecided to EVERY university except for U Chicago.

Thanks alot for your time!!!!

ab2013

Anyone else? I would really, really appreciate it ...

NealJ2K

UMich - Safety/Match
U of Chicago - High Match
Northwestern - High Match/Reach
Brown - Reach
Stanford - High Reach


Thanks for chancing me! and good luck in your applications!

ab2013

Anyone else? I'd really appreciate it!

limetime

THanks for writing on my thread!!

UMich-Safe
U of Chicago-Slight reach/Match
Brown-Reach, just because it's one of the Ivies and they are peckish about GPA.
Northwestern-Match
Stanford-Reach, again, same reason.

I'd say none of them are really out of your league even though you don't have a 4.0 that the elite schools seem to admire so very much, your EC's are very strong and your standardized test scores are pretty much amazing. I really like the fact that you took the initiative to take a hard AP class in your sophomore year, and they are going to like it too. Focus on writing a brilliant essay, don't miss any deadlines, and you're set! and don't forget to relax/chill a little during the summer

maryanna8719

I would say that you have a pretty good chance of getting into any of the schools except Stanford and that is because getting into Stanford is a complete crapshot. UMich is a safety, U of Chicago is a match to a low reach, Northwester is a match, I would say Brown is a reach just because it's an Ivy.

nj_azn_premed

Thanks for your reply on my chances thread and I hope you're right!

UMich - In
U of Chicago - I can almost guarantee your essays will make the decision (they're essay-crazed and you're definitely qualified in every other way)
Northwestern - You can never be sure, but I think you have a decent shot
Brown - Crapshoot: Prolly depends on your luck.
Stanford - Crapshoot: way too random to predict. Cross your fingers?

Sorry if it's not what you want to hear, but I don't want to get your hopes up unnecessarily! Like I said, I think you have a great chance at U Chicago (which is best for economics on your list IMHO right after Stanford); just make those essays amazing. Good luck!

chubeebo

here we go.......

UMich - match
U of Chicago - reach (do good with your essays)
Northwestern - reach/high match (econ also popular major here)
Brown - reach
Stanford - reach

good luck, op.

laesperanza43

Hey, thanks for chancing me. Now to reciprocate the favor....

UMich- Match
U of Chicago- High Match
Northwestern- Reach
Brown- Reach
Stanford- Reach

Good luck to you!

srgirl6

Thanks for chancing me, but unfortunately I don't really know much about chancing people...

I'm sure MSU's a safety for you. You saw my stats, and I consider it (hopefully correctly) to be a safety for me, and your stats are higher than mine...

And I'm sure UMich is a match.

lisalisa131

UMich (in-state)--Safety/pretty good match
U of Chicago (Econ) --Slight Match
Brown--Match
Northwestern --Match
Stanford (Econ)--Reach (make sure your essays are original and clever)
Michigan State--Safety

All the components look great! It's all just waiting it out and writing tremendous essays from here!

ivy24

UMich - Match
Uof Chicago - high match/low reach
Brown - reach
NW - match
stanford - reach
michigan state - im not sure

can you chance me at
Wharton ED, MIT, Cornell, Harvard..Chances??

helloyoung

you have really good EC and SAT.ACT and your grades are pretty good as well. i just think that you should focus in a specific area like econ for chicago. show that in your EC and it will really help you out
UMich (in-state)--safety
U of Chicago (Econ) --Match/ little reach because of major
Brown--Match also very expensive
Northwestern --Match
Stanford (Econ)-- Reach
Michigan State--Safety