chance me? class of 2015

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>SAT: cr:800 writing:800 essay 12 math: 710
SATII: math II: 770 Bio: 760 Korean:800 Japanese: 800 chem: 800
AP: APUSH 3, bio 5, calc ab 5, psychology 5, japanese 5, world history 4
GPA: 3.3 uw 4.1 weighted… (<— sucks BUTTT) i know :confused: wish i could do something</p>

<p>rising senior over summer
classes nxt year

  1. AP Gov/ Mac Econ
  2. humanities
  3. Japanese 5(AP)
  4. physics AP
  5. Chem AP
  6. Stats AP</p>

<p>xtra curricular

  • UCSF researcher [AIDS related]
  • hoping to win Siemen’s Competition this october~december
  • 600+ volunteer hours
  • volunteer @ Kaiser hospital
  • volunteer @ food pantry
  • volunteer @ korean school
  • volunteer @ japanese school
  • VBS leader
  • Korean school leader
  • Korean school archery team captain/ TA
  • piano 13 years
  • viola 5 years
  • San Jose Youth Symphony: 3 years
  • California Philharmonic youth Orchestra: 2 years
  • VERY DEDICATED Model United Nation memeber: 2 outstanding delegate award (2nd place)
  • Varsity Soccer for all 4 years
  • Benefit concert for 2008 china earthquake… raised over $200,000.
  • compose music [hoping to send copies of my music to the school.
  • President of a music organization: 5 groups consist of 4 members each. We go to school with mostly low income family, and teach them the beauty of music, and the reason and importance of music.
  • Presidental volunteer award:gold
  • robotics: 2nd year in a row… our school went to the nationals
  • executive leader of non profit organization for helping those in need within the county; consisted mostly of adults. 1 of 9 executive leaders which only 2 are students; me and local college student.
  • couple more awards i did not put in… but science related*</p>

<p>major:
chem and east asian studies double major.</p>

<p>I know my GPA suck … buttt!!! like MAJOR but… which schools can i get into?
:confused:

  1. cornell [top choice…ED maybe?]-arts and science
  2. Johns hopkins [also top choice… ED maybe?]
  3. Boston college
  4. duke
  5. stanford
  6. washington university in st. louis
  7. emory
  8. NYU
  9. uc Berkeley
  10. rice…</p>

<p>chance me !!! >.<
btw i’m an azn boy
american citizen</p>

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<p>i really think you need to take a step back and realize that none of these schools are within reach for you because you have a 3.3. your SATs are stellar, but that’s not going to make up for your low gpa. i would pick 1 or 2 of the schools on the list you have right now and keep them as ultra reaches and then be way more realistic and pick schools that you actually have a shot at.</p>

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<p>His GPA may be low, but I think he has a fighting chance. His ECs are quite exceptional- if his essays show that he is passionate and has potential, he may be in good standing despite a low GPA. To say that NONE of the schools are within reach isn’t very reasonable.</p>

<p>But it’s a fact that GPA/rank is the most important and it will weigh you down a lot.</p>

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<p>^ i’m not too sure. other applicants also have insane ECs and the gpa and SATs to match when they apply to these schools. just my opinion, but i think the OP should think about this logically</p>

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<p>thank you so much for the reply!</p>

<p>i know my gpa is REALLY low. it’s cuz i didn’t know gpa was THAT important… i went to classes for the sake of learning. . not to get good grades XDDD just like the korean way :stuck_out_tongue:
hmm… :frowning: i hope i could go back in time to change !!>.<</p>

<p>these are my top choices… i’m only gonna choose like 3 from this list :stuck_out_tongue: don’t worry :]</p>