ayo straight thug here checkin his chances

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>i already posted this but i want a better response - hence the catchy title</p>

<p>Grades:
3.82 Unweighted - Top 10 % (Cum Laude)
3.5 Fr., 3.8 Soph, 4.0 Jr.</p>

<p>SAT - 2300 - 760 Reading 740 math 800 writing -
SAT II - 800 W. Hist, 800 Am. Hist, 710 Bio (Freshman), 790 Math IIc, 780 Physics</p>

<p>AP Classes:</p>

<p>Soph
European History (5)</p>

<p>Jr.
American History (5?)
Physics C Mech (5?)
Environmental Sci. (3? - yeah, owned)</p>

<p>Sr.
English - Literature
Chem
Physics E/M
Spanish
Advanced Topics in Mathematics - Multivariable Calc etc. (Not an AP, I am taking a BC Calc level course over the summer)</p>

<p>Sports(including senior yr):
Varsity Football - 2 years
Starter on O-Line
Varsity Track - 1 year
Shotput, Javelin, discus</p>

<p>Extracurriculars

  • 2 Weeks at Uncle’s Law Firm - 8 hrs a day, basic clerical work - not too exciting
  • 6 Week Research Internship at Not-For-Profit Pakistani Environmental Outfit - I was part of a team that toured the slums of Karachi then wrote a report with recommendations for the treatment of sewage that were later implemented by the Pakistani government (I hope that sounds good). I was also paid, so this is a job too.
  • 4 Week Internship at Pakistani microfinance bank (this summer, extensive computer analysis of microfinance). I will be paid for this too
  • President - Face2Face Club (HW help to immigrant children)- next Oct. i will be running a schoolwide assembly about Hispanic immigration as part of my duties for this club.
  • Peer Tutoring Program at school
  • Occasional columnist for the school newspapers.
  • Longtime Volunteer at local nursing home - about 250-300 hours of volunteer work, very good source of recommendations
  • Senior Project - i dont know yet, but it will be good. something to do with pakistan and engineering</p>

<p>Add’t: Very good teacher, counselor recs - my high school is competitive, we send up to 40 to the Ivy League every year (usually 15 or 16 to Cornell). I am of South Asian heritage, and am looking to study either engineering or economics</p>

<p>Schools (I live in NY)
Columbia (1st choice) - CC
UPenn - Engineering
Cornell - Engineering
Johns Hopkins - Engineering
Georgetown
Northwestern - Engineering
UCLA - Engineering
Emory
Michigan - Engineering
NYU (Safety?)
Lehigh (Safety)
RPI (Safety)</p>

<ul>
<li>What are my chances at Columbia/Penn, and which one should I apply ED to? Also, should I look into any other schools? I await your responses.</li>
</ul>

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<p>anyone? any takers?</p>

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<p>add-in - i speak 4 languages</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - reach (but attainable)
UPenn - Engineering- low reach
Cornell - Engineering- low reach
Johns Hopkins - Engineering- high match/low reach
Georgetown- reach (but attainable)
Northwestern - Engineering- low reach
UCLA - Engineering- (OOS)- reach
Emory- high match
Michigan - Engineering- match-ish
NYU (Safety?)- low match
Lehigh (Safety)- safety
RPI (Safety)- low match</p>

<p>Chance me please. I’ll give you an imaginary cookie! ^_^</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=357258&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Man, you are picking all the wrong Ivies.</p>

<p>Look, with only a top 10% rank, you will have a terrible time at the Ivies you have listed here (except maybe Cornell). Instead, because of the upward trend in your grades, you should be applying to Princeton and Stanford (Ivy-equivalent), where they throw out the freshman year (I figure you are about top 3% without the freshman grades).</p>

<p>Also, you should plan on applying to the UCs using their “option3”–application by test scores only. Using this, you should get into UC Berkeley or UCLA easily. See the third option below:
<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You will get a score of 483 out of a possible 500 using this methodology. (I think it takes about 480 to get into UC Berkeley and 475 to get into UCLA from out-of-state, but I can’t say for sure). With your busy ECs and sport background, I’m guessing they will give you a lot of credit for leadership and let you in.</p>

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<p>calcruzer you have given me a lot to think about - thank you, even though I feel that Princeton and Stanford are pretty big reaches. Does anyone know which other schools throw out freshman year?</p>

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<p>also, do UC schools take a lot of applicants on test scores alone? I have no idea about this</p>

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<p>All your safeties should be fine, I think.</p>

<p>UCLA might be tough because you are OOS</p>

<p>JHU, G-town, and Cornell seem to be high matches to low reaches.</p>

<p>Penn is…Penn so you know crap shoot but you have a shot. Columbia, IDK, but I really want to go there too.</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - I think you have a good chance :smiley:
UPenn - reach
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match/ low reach
Northwestern - match
UCLA - I thought UCs were strict about letting OOS applicants in? dunno
Michigan - low reach/ match
NYU (Safety?)- match</p>

<p>I didn’t know enough about some of the other ones to chance you for them ^^;</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - Small Reach, but you can prolly do it
UPenn - maybe a bit more of a reach, but still possible
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match
Georgetown - low reach
Northwestern - def match
UCLA - match
Emory - don’t know much about the school
Michigan - match</p>

<p>and your safetys are fineeee–gl</p>

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<p>Columbia (1st choice) - slight reach
UPenn - slight reach
Cornell - match
Johns Hopkins - match/slight reach?
UCLA - match
Michigan - match</p>

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<p>If you go Columbia Fu Foundation… I suggest Early Decision… the acceptance rate for ED to Fu is like 40%… granted the competition is a bit more fierce, but you shown demonstrated interest, and since your stats and chances are as good as anyone’s… 40% doesn’t sound too bad, does it now?</p>

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<p>Princeton = Ivy, calcruzer, not Ivy equivalent.</p>

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<p>sunshineyday: While his wording was ambiguous, I think he’s not nearly stupid enough to not know that Princeton is an Ivy. I think his sentence actually meant “…Princeton, or Stanford (an Ivy-equivalent).”</p>