Chance Me Please, I Will Chance You!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Background

  • White
  • Mid-High Income
  • CA Resident
  • Highly competitive school district</p>

<p>SAT Scores (ACT’s weren’t sent to many)
12/2008, SAT Test: 620 Reading 660 Math 570 Writing
05/2009, SAT Test: 590 Reading 800 Math 630 Writing
06/2009, SAT Subject Test: 740 Mathematics Level 2, 720 Physics
10/2009, SAT Test: 690 Reading 770 Math 750 Writing </p>

<p>AP Courses (10 Total)

  • Calculus AB (5)
  • Physics B (4)
  • English Language and Composition (3)
  • US History (2)
  • Statistics (IP)
  • Calculus BC (IP)
  • Environmental Science (IP)
  • English Literature and Composition (IP)
  • Micro/Macro Economics (IP)
  • Spanish Language (IP)</p>

<p>Note: After the first semester, the only class i got a B in was English Literature.</p>

<p>GPA (End of Junior Year, End of Senior 1st Semester)
Unweighted: 3.8333, 3.8333
Weighted: 4.0238, 4.1250
UC: 4.2273, 4.3571</p>

<p>Rank (End of Senior 1st Semester)
Unweighted: 69/674
Weighted: 35/667
UC: 20/662</p>

<p>EC’s

  • Received $500 grant from DoSomething.org to build WAPIs with my school (total of 1400) to send as relief to Samoa and the Phillipines.
  • Went to community college for Introduction to Engineering Course (Designed a mousetrap car for a local competition)
  • Interact Club member
  • Environmental Club member
  • Vice President of Junior Board of Tree Fresno (Worked on restoring community)
  • Volunteer at local retirement home
  • Worked with dad on repairing houses in downtown community
  • Unpaid Volunteer at local snack bar
  • Played guitar for 5 years, performed in school talent show and around town.
  • School marching band/wind symphony (Freshman/Sophomore Years) and school Jazz Band. Played Euphonium/Baritone. </p>

<p>Colleges

  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • UC Berkeley
  • UCLA
  • UC Davis
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Villanova (Accepted EA)
  • Northeastern (Accepted EA with $17,000/year Dean’s Scholarship)
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (I know I’ll get accepted)
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Dartmouth</p>

<ul>
<li>I really want to get into UCB over UCLA, and I’ve heard people only get into one or the other, more often than not.
** Intended major in every college is Civil Engineering with second pick or emphasis being in environmental engineering. </li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>You have a great chance! Except, what happened with your SAT I Math? 800 to 660 haha, bad day for testing?</p>

<p>Chance me please.</p>

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<p>Haha, i had them in the wrong order, the dates were on the side. I went from 660 to 800, not the other way. Chance comin up :D</p>

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<p>UCB - Match
UCLA - Low Match
UC Davis - Safety</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<ul>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University - match</li>
<li>UC Berkeley - reach</li>
<li>UCLA - match</li>
<li>UC Davis - match</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins - match</li>
<li>Villanova - in</li>
<li>Northeastern - in</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - in</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University - match</li>
<li>Dartmouth - reach</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University- match</li>
<li>UC Berkeley- match</li>
<li>UCLA-match</li>
<li>UC Davis- In</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins -high match</li>
<li>Villanova (Accepted EA)</li>
<li>Northeastern (Accepted EA with $17,000/year Dean’s Scholarship)</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (I know I’ll get accepted)</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University - match</li>
<li>Dartmouth - reach </li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University- high match</li>
<li>UC Berkeley- high match</li>
<li>UCLA- match</li>
<li>UC Davis- match</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins -low reach</li>
<li>Villanova (Accepted EA)</li>
<li>Northeastern (Accepted EA with $17,000/year Dean’s Scholarship)</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (I know I’ll get accepted) - in</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University - high match</li>
<li>Dartmouth - moderate reach </li>
</ul>

<p>GOOD LUCK!
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<p>All matches besides UCB and vandy being a low reach and dartmouth being a mid reach</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump!</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon University - low reach

  • UC Berkeley - reach
  • UCLA - match
  • UC Davis - match
  • Johns Hopkins - low reach
  • Villanova - safe
  • Northeastern - safe
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - safe
  • Vanderbilt University - high match
  • Dartmouth - reach</p>

<p>private colleges are kinda hard to predict but anyway good luck~!</p>

<p>Chance me back?
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