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Old 10-06-2008, 11:42 PM   #1
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Please chance for Brown, UC's, privates in East, South

Asian male, CA resident, competitive magnet public school program

[ *] SAT: 800CR 710M 730W - 2240 superscore has 750M so 2280
[ *] SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC, 720 US History
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.08
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 3.56
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recs: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy from mom from USC
[ *] ECs:
Varsity Tennis Team 4 years, captain 2 years
Taught tennis to kids 4 years
Speech and Debate 4 years, Secretary 1 year, Executive Board member 1 year
Interact Club 4 years, VP 1 year, Chairman 2 years
Los Angeles Public Library Teen Council 4 years
Total Volunteer Hours (various): 100+
National Merit Semifinalist (hopefully finalist)

Most rigorous courses, 9 APs, all others were honors. 3 APs senior year

upward trend from every semester from soph to end of junior year

Chances please:
Brown (ED)
Dartmouth (may take this off if it's too much of a reach)
UPenn
Cornell (CHE)
Duke
Vanderbilt (Peabody)
UMich
USC
UC Berkeley, LA, SD, SB

I know I'm overly ambitious but hey, aim high right? Thanks for reading/skimming all that and helping me out in advance
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Old 10-06-2008, 11:58 PM   #2
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USC + UC's - Matches
The higher schools seem like reaches...
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:17 AM   #3
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Yeah. I appreciate the honesty, thanks.
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