@ Brown, Cornell, Michigan, and...?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>ACT: #1 30C (32E, 26M, 31R, 32S, 8W, 29E/W) #2 28C (28E, 27M, 27R, 29S, 8W, 26E/W) Superscored 30.75, should I send them both?
No SAT’s.
Unweighted GPA: 3.875/4.0
Rank: 21/440
AP’s: Gov(3), Chem(3?), English Language (5?).
Senior year: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP Calculus BC, 5th year German, School newsmagazine
Major Awards: None. Perfect attendance (junior year), most improved player on JV soccer, and academic excellence at school (three years). </p>

<p>EC’s: 10 years recreational and travel soccer, freshman and JV Soccer, student council (freshman year), after-school german tutoring (junior year), photographer for school newsmagazine (senior year), and forestry club (senior year). varsity golf and tennis (senior year). No leadership.
Volunteer/Community work: various outdoor volunteer work such as river clean ups and being on a trail crew.
Job/Work Experience: Lawn Maintenance (three years, self employed), wedding and event photographer (senior year, self-employed), and employed at a local REI type store.
Summer Activities: Spent a month in Germany on a foreign exchange last summer. This summer: assisting the state archaeologist in shipwreck artifacts. And developing a backpacking/hiking/kayaking blog of Michigan.
Essays: 8-10/10
Teacher Rec’s: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10? Never talked to him (or maybe her? :D)
Additional Rec: Hopefully, the archaeologist or another administrator at the museum.
Interview: none</p>

<p>State: Michigan
School type: Public
Ethnicity: Mix of Chinese and White. (Please help me to decide on which to apply as, or both?)
Gender: male
Income: Not much, dad is retired and mom is waitress.
Hooks: Being Mixed? Being Asian? Are these “hooks?”</p>

<p>Applying to: Cornell CALS RD (Major: science of earth systems), UofM LSA ED (Major: Geology or Chemistry), Brown RD (Major: Geology). Any other suggestions for a high quality geology program in the midwest and northeast? Note how all of the colleges listed don’t require SAT II’s - I don’t plan on taking them. AND as far as chances go, I personally believe I have an excellent chance at UofM, especially in-state, but very little at Cornell and Brown. I am more interested in the chances at the latter. So chance away and definitely recommend some other colleges! Thanks!</p>

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<p>U of M sounds like a good one for you</p>

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<p>In general, your GPA/ACT/ECs are all average/sub-par in the context of the typical applicant pool to Brown and Cornell.
Being Asian is definitely not a hook, as Asians are the most overrepresented applicants to top-tier schools. Being mixed also isn’t a hook, unless you’re part African American/Hispanic/Native American/etc.
I’m not trying to discourage you from applying to Brown and Cornell, but just in keep in mind that your chances at those schools are low.
I agree with lipinggao in that U of M seems reasonable.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I understand. I think I’m going to apply as white, since I practically am.</p>

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<p>LSSU and Michigan Tech are great geology schools.</p>