Chance me for da BIG BOYS? Will chance back! :)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Applying to: UPenn (Wharton + Huntsman Program) ED, UChicago, Northwestern (MMSS), Columbia, Stanford, UMich (Ross), NYU (Stern), Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Claremont McKenna, London School of Economics, Oxford University, Cambridge University, University College London, and the University of Warwick. </p>

<p>Objective:
*Unweighted GPA: 3.94 (I go to an extremely competitive international school in Singapore)
*Weighted GPA: 4.16
*SAT 1: 2210 (760 M, 760 W, 690 R)
*ACT: 34
*SAT 2: Math 2 (800), US History (760), Literature (740)
*Rank: NA - school doesn’t rank
*AP’s: U.S. History (5), Chinese (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Lang (5), Calc AB (5), Stats (5)
*Senior Year Course Load: AP World, AP Psych, AP Comparative Gov., AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Post-AP Economics, Decision Analysis, Honor Choir
*Awards: AP International Diploma, AP Scholar with Distinction, Honorary Service Award</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars:

  • Cross Country (10 JV, 11-12 Varsity, chance to be captain senior year)
  • Track (10 JV, 11-12 Varsity, chance to be captain senior year)
  • Executive Service Council that oversees 50 high school service clubs, aids them, and plans fundraising events throughout the year (11 Vice President)
  • Executive Chair (President basically) of a service club that visits a home for disabled people (9-12)
  • Treasurer of a service club that gives appreciation to housekeepers in our school (9-12)
  • Volunteer student coach for Middle School Cross Country and Track (11-12)
  • Creator and head coach of Project Swift - a rigorous off-season selective training group for Middle Schoolers (11-12)
  • Honor Choir (10-12; 11 Vice President))
  • Foreign Country Travelling Choir (11-12)
  • Tri-M Honor Society (9-12)
  • Model United Nations - participated in two big conferences (9-10)
  • and in senior year, am running for Student Council and applying to Mu Alpha Theta and NHS </p>

<p>*Job Experience:

  • Interned at a logistics and shipping company that provides clients vessels to store coal and ship them. Made a database of the different mines, jetties, and other stuff on Excel and Google Earth. </p>

<p>*Essays: I’ll make sure to destroy them.
*Recommendations: One from my Business teacher, one from my AP Stats and future Calc BC teacher, and hopefully an extra one from my AP Econ teacher (I’ll scrap the business one if I get to know him sooner). I’ll get supplemental recommendations from my internship mentor and my coach outside of school. </p>

<p>Other:
*Country: Singapore (like I said, extremely competitive school that accepts 15-20 people to Ivy League per year)
*School Type: Private (300+ per grade)
*Ethnicity: Indonesian (but I’ll have to put Asian unfortunately haha)
*Gender: Male
*Financial Aid: Nope
*Hooks: I have legacy at UCLA from dad. </p>

<p>Thanks so much, appreciate it! Link your chance posts below for me to do them!</p>

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<p>what subject for the UK unis?</p>

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<p>@collegemom3717‌ </p>

<p>LSE: BSc Mathematics and Economics (evenly split)
Cambridge: Economics
Oxford: Economics and Management
Warwick: Economics
UCL: Economics and Statistics
Bristol: Economics and Econometrics </p>

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<p>LSE will want your Calc BC score. Your stats are good for an interview at Cambridge OR Oxford (you can’t appply to both in the same year), but for Oxford your TSA score will be key. Warwick & UCL look good, Bristol looks safe (all strictly imo).</p>

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<p>@collegemom3717‌
Thank you! Regarding the TSA, will I have to take this independently before applying or is it a test I take if I am offered an offer at the University? </p>

<p>Also, do you know if the UK universities look at transcript grades or is admission based mainly on AP and SAT scores? </p>

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<p>Here’s a tip: don’t destroy your essays until after you have submitted them to college.</p>

<p>OK, I can’t really chance you since I’m not familiar with admissions for internationals, but you certainly seem like a competitive applicant. If your school consistently sends 15-20 people to the Ivy League each year, I would expect you to be one of them. Out of curiosity, though, what does “Decision Analysis” entail?</p>

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<p>You are a perfect applicant, none of the schools you have posted are reaches for you. The fact that you don’t need financial aid also boosts your chances of being accepted by the universities you apply to.</p>

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<p>@DiscipulusBonus‌ </p>

<p>I’m not too sure about the specifics, but the broad description is that we learn to use game theory to apply and analyze hypothetical, historical, and modern situations. </p>

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<p>The TSA is on 5 November this year, and you have to be registered by 15 October. I’m pretty sure that it’s offered at the British Council (or equivalent) in Singapore, but check a good bit in advance. If not, your school can register to be a test site, but it’s a bit of a pain and some schools are stroppy about doing it. If your school is that competitive though, I would be surprised if it hasn’t done this before. The TSA score is a big part of short listing for interview. </p>

<p>Forgot to say that, depending on which college you apply to (or get pooled to) at Cambridge you may also have to do a test (list is here: <a href=“Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge”>Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge). </p>

<p>Don’t get too giddy about monkeyboy123s declaration that none of your schools are reaches. Stanford definitely is (b/c it is for everybody these days, and I don’t see a patent or a recruiting varsity sport in your ECs!). Your academic stats are good but (at least as I read the list) your ECs are fine, but unexceptional. </p>

<p>Also, although I don’t think you need it, UCLA doesn’t do ‘legacy’.</p>

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<p>@collegemom3717‌ </p>

<p>yes, of course not (in fact, I’m pretty sure it was a sarcastic post). I fully realize all of the schools above are reaches for anybody, but just wanted to start a ‘chance thread’ as a rite of passage for the rising senior :slight_smile: thanks so much though! </p>