chance me for these schools?

kevint2011
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:49:05 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help chance me in these following schools?

I am an international expat currently living in Shanghai China and attending an IB School
Choice of major: Undeclared Engineering (second choice: Aerospace Engineering)
SAT:
1830 first time, 1870 second time (it is low I know)
550 Critical Reading, 740 Maths, 570 Writing (Essay: 8)
SAT Subject test:
680 Maths level 2
640 Physics
GPA: 3.782 out of 4 (weighted). This figure is a bit questioned by the schools, they might have made a mistake about it, but it’s not likely.
Honors:
Third honor award in sophomore year during one quarter for achieving an average of 90 (A-) in all subjects. (don’t have it with me)
Silver and Gold Medal for the red cross club. (unfortunately I don’t have them with me either, but maybe the club leader could help me prove it, I know her e-mail)
Extracurriculars:
Member of the Red Cross Youth Club for freshmen and sophomore year, elected yearly representative for both years and earned a silver medal in the first year and a gold medal in the second year for my contributions. I was elected as president of the club for my junior year at the end of sophomore year, but unfortunately I moved away to another school before I could assume position. Approximately 3 hours for 35 weeks per year (a total of 210 hours in the two years)
Community service trip to Xitou for one week during senior year, total of 35 hours put into the club, we helped restore a rural village in China. I included it because of the tremendously good job we’ve done. Photos are available for proof
School Prop Designer and Builder for junior year, I helped plan and build props for the school play, providing some service to the institution. 2 hours a week for 9 weeks (18 hours total)
Varsity Soccer, midfielder and defender, junior year, our team came third in the shanghai international school tournament. 2 hours a week for 17 weeks (34 hours total)
Teachers’ Aid in two clubs, Street dance and Drama, where I helped teach the younger students, total hours for both is 28 hours
Self Defense club junior year, 10 hours total
Essay:
Fairly strong, they’re not perfect, but I’m confident about them. I tried to be as creative as I can and incorporate as much of me into them
Teacher’s Recommendation:
Very strong (2 of them from the Physics and Theory of Knowledge teachers)
Counselor’s Recommendation:
Fairly Strong (but the weakest out of all the recommendations). Note: he doesn’t teach me in any subjects)
Current Senior Schedule:
7 IB yearly courses, 3 Higher courses (maths, Physics, and Business/management) 3 Standard courses (English, French , Visual Arts) and one that’s not categorized (Theory of Knowledge)
Decent grades, but they have suffered a little because of overworking and stress from the IB, but are still pretty decent.
Grades from freshmen to junior year are really great, particularly maths and science (which I excelled at)
Other:
Took 9 courses in my freshmen and sophomore year (technically 10 since one course was split between two subject, Internet Technology and Home Economics)

So, what do you think are my chances at the following schools?

MEGA REACHES!
Stanford University
Yale University

Reaches
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California

Middle
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
University of California Berkeley (I think)
Purdue University
University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Safe
Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Rochester