Am I Being Realistic?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Well, with all these admission results released, I’m getting worried about my own prospects for next year. What are my chances at the schools listed; am I being unrealistic?</p>

<p>White male from MD
Potenital Major: Math or Applied Math</p>

<p>4.00 GPA
12/520 Rank
3 APs this year (Calc I+II(AB), USH, English 11(Language))
6 APs next year (CALC III(BC), Stat, Chem, Physics B, English 12(Lit.), Economics)</p>

<p>Tests:</p>

<p>SAT- 2310
Critical Reading- 720
Math- 800
writing- 790</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Math Level 2- 800
USH- ~770 (predicted)
Physics~750 (predicted)</p>

<p>PSAT- 226</p>

<p>Extracurriculars, current and predicted</p>

<p>4 Years Cross Country, Captain next year
3 Years Indoor Track,
3 Years Outdoor Track
4 Years Marching Band
2 Years Academic Team, T.V. Team, Captain
4 Years Maryland Math League, Class of 2007 Champion as a Freshman, Sophmore, and Hopefully Junior and Senior</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>Hopefully NMSF, with a 226 in MD
Hopefully AP Scholar
Lots of Varsity Letters
Various running awards
Various miniature Painting awards</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>MIT- EA
Caltech- EA
Chicago- EA
Duke- ED
Columbia
Penn
Cornell
JHU
UMD-CP</p>

<p>Thanks for any help!</p>

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<p>Calc AB is not Calc I+II, Calc BC is Calc I+II. Calc III is one level above Calc BC, and it is multivariable calculus. You seem to be competitive at those schools, but you might want a few more safeties.</p>

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<p>Thats what my school calls it. They say calc I is derivatives and II is integrals.</p>

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<p>You have good chance, you’ll proly get into AT LEAST 2-3 of those schools</p>

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<p>Anyone else wanna help?</p>

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<p>hey what school in MD are you at? I’m in Pikesville High if you’ve heard of it…</p>

<p>I definitely thnk you have a decent chance for all of those schools…cornell and umd should be relatively easy, add 1-2 more safeties in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Hey! I know Pikesville; I run against them. I’m from Perry Hall, also in Baltimore County.</p>

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<p>b.u.m.p…</p>

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<p>ohh awesome, i’ve wrestled against a couple of ppl from your school.</p>

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<p>Anymore opinions and/or advice?</p>

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<p>MIT- Reach
Caltech- match
Chicago- match
Duke- maybe
Columbia-Reach
Penn-Reach
Cornell-No chance
JHU-??
UMD-CP??</p>

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<p>why no chance for cornell?</p>

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<p>how does CalTech “match” but MIT “reach”, if CalTech has arguably one of the lowest out of state admission rates?</p>

<p>Calc I+II is Calc AB!?!?!?</p>

<p>Calculus AB= Calc I and some of Calc II
Calculus BC= Review of Calc I, rest of Calc II (hence the ABC)
Multivariable= Calc III</p>

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<p>I understand, but thats how it appears on my schedule. My administators say Calc I is differentiation, Calc II is integration, Calc III is multivariable. Thats what they say; I don’t know how true it is. Thus Calc I+II at my school is AB, since we take that test.</p>

<p>Also, why is there no chance at Cornell, but Caltech is a match?</p>

<p>Also, JHU is Hopkins</p>

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<p>b.u.m.p…</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry. My bet is you are accepted at least at Chicago EA, maybe accepted at Duke ED. The list is good, maybe add one school between JHU and UMD just in case - like CMU.</p>

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<p>Cool, anything I can do to improve my chances?</p>