CHANCE ME! Pitzer (ED), Reed, UC's, NYU

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I posted a chance me over the summer with a projected ACT score, and I decided to re-post now that I’ve finalized my college list and have my real score. I attend a highly competitive school in Northern California and am a Japanese male. Activities-wise, golf is very important to me as I have played it for pretty much my entire life, but I have discovered my passion for diversity programs over the past year and a half. I will be majoring in Anthropology.</p>

<p>Pitzer (ED)
Reed College
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
NYU
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
Lewis & Clark College
U of Puget Sound
Seattle U</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9</p>

<p>UC GPA:4.09</p>

<p>Honors/Ap’s: 2 (am taking Spanish 4AP, Human Geo AP, and Euro AP this year)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 25/400</p>

<p>SAT: Taken once-1910 (590M,640R,680W,11W)</p>

<p>ACT: Taken once-31 Composite (34E, 31R, 30S, 27M) wil re-take in Oct.</p>

<p>SATII: Spanish 690/English Literature 700</p>

<p>AP Scores: English Language 3/US History 3</p>

<p>EC’s:
Golf- 4 year member of school golf (top 5 team in CA)–>captain of JV sophomore year, started junior year on varsity, no. 2 on varsity this year.
I have competed on various national junior tours including the American Junior Golf Association and the Future Collegians World Tour. I have talked to the coaches from Lewis & Clark, Pitzer, and Puget Sound. They’re all Div. III and told me that I could definitely make the team as a walk on in the fall if I got into the school.</p>

<p>Clubs/Diversity
Diversity:
Four year member of Asian Society (Secretary as a Junior/VP as a Senior)
Treasurer of newly founded Japanese Club
Participated in Camp Everytown (formerly Camp Anytown)
Attended a youth conference for the People of Color in Independent Schools
-Will attend a National Youth Diversity Conference in Boston in November
Other Clubs:
Secretary of Interact
Service Club Member
Member of Students Against Destructive Decisions Freshman/Sophomore Years</p>

<p>Volunteering:
-50 total hours at Yu-Ai-Kai (a Japanese Senior Center)
-50 total hours at The First Tee of San Jose (teaching kids the game of golf/life skills…a great program if anyone is interested in helping out)
-30 hours volunteering as a Freshman at the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (a senior PGA golf tournament where pros are partnered with a junior from a local chapter) where I worked with the tour’s Shotlink program –> walked with a group and used a Palm to record stats for the tour’s website
-Created an animated program to teach a math lesson to 8th graders last year
-40 misc. hours at alot of agencies throughout my high school career (9th grade was at my middle school, 10th grade was working with the mentally challenged and with senior citizens, 11th grade was with the socio-economically challenged)</p>

<p>Around 150 hours total</p>

<p>Recs/Essays: Recs are going to be VERY good. I will be getting them from my APUSH teacher/Spanish 3 Honors teacher
Essays should also be really solid.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>forgot to add work experience…
-Work twice a week from September-December for a high school prep course where I help teach classes for those trying to enter Catholic High Schools.
-Work for Regulatory Professionals (my mom’s company) during big submissions where I quality check files before they are sent to the FDA.
-I assist my dad on the weekends whenever he needs help at photo shoots/weddings…I carry his bags, help adjust lighting, and eat the delicious food!</p>

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<p>bummmmmmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>I’m also going to apply to Macalester regular decision/possibly ED II. Should I add more safeties? I also wanted to add that the Ap’s/Honors count that I have up there is only for my junior year. I took Biology Honors and Geometry Honors on top of those two during my Frosh/Soph years. If you chance me, I will chance you back! I know I sound pretty desperate right now, but I’m hoping for some more opinions.</p>

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<p>My stats are pretty similar with yours. About the UC’s, they don’t accept recs. Proceedingly, I say you have a small reach for Berkeley and LA. And a match with UCSD and UCI. Don’t know bout the other schools</p>

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<p>By stats you’d be a strong candidate for Pitzer but they do not give those highest value. But if you are ED and present yourself with passion at the interview, why wouldn’t you be successful. But are you sure you want to make that committment, given other interests?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure you could get into Berkeley, Reed, and UCLA. Irvine and San Diego are probably safeties. Other than that, sorry I don’t really know.</p>

<p>(I said Berkeley is likely because your stats reallllly closely match up with many of my friends who were accepted, but there are a lot of applicants so no guarantee).</p>