Chance me! (Rice, Cornell, Vanderbilt, etc.)

Chance Me / Match Me
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Please chance me for Rice, Cornell, Swarthmore, Fordham, Northeastern, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell.

Decisions: 5 received, 4 acceptances
Accepted: UMBC Honors, Purdue Honors, NJIT Honors, Arcadia
Rejected: Stanford REA

Interviews:
Rice (10/10): The alumna loved me, we spoke well together. She said I’m a strong candidate and she’d put in a great word.
Cornell (8/10): She was a graduate from my high school but the conversation wasn’t fluent. I was told I’d get a good recommendation but it wasn’t as good as Rice.
Vanderbilt (9/10): Said he’d put in a good word
Johns Hopkins (10/10): Absolutely flawless

Intended major: Mathematics (I applied to the school of Arts and Sciences for all the schools above except for Rice, where I applied under the school of Natural Sciences)
Major 1: Mathematics
Major 2: Chemical Engineering

AP Classes/Tests: Chemistry LAB (4), Physics 1 LAB, Physics C LAB, Calculus AB LAB, World History
SATs: 1410/1600 (770 in Math, 640 in Reading and Writing)
Subject Tests: 710 in Math 1, 640 in Chemistry

Essays:
Common App (7/10): It was well written but extremely generic. I wrote about how I self taught myself a multivariable calculus course and how my experiences made me mature and prepared me for college, there wasn’t anything extremely personal
Supplements (7/10): Put little effort in them, again, very generic. I spewed out essays that won’t hurt me at all but won’t stand out

Recommendations:
AP Physics Teacher (10/10): I read it, he basically talks about how I overcame a personal struggle freshman year to reach above and beyond. He spoke very highly of me.
AP World Teacher (9/10): Might’ve been a bit generic, but she spoke very highly of me again and said I deserve to go to any institution
Other (7/10): It was about a paragraph in length, it wasn’t amazing. Just spoke about how I take initiative

GPA/School:
Unweighted: 3.53/4.00 (2.9 freshman year, 4.0 sophomore year, 3.6 junior year, 4.0 senior year)
Weighted Rank: 17/436 (Guaranteed to move into the top 9 as per my guidance counselor
Junior Year Courses; AP Chem, AP Physics 1, Pre-AP Pre Calc, Pre-AP French 3, CP English 3
Senior Year Courses: AP Physics, AP World, AP Calc AB, Honors Academic Decathlon, Web Design, CP English 4

Honors:

  1. Inducted into French Honor Society
  2. American Legion Jersey Boys State Delegate
  3. American Legion Oratorical Scholarship state runners-up
  4. The Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award
  5. Chosen as Outstanding Delegate at local MUN conference

Curricular:

  1. Aphasia research at local institution
  2. Electrical engineering internship at stantec
  3. Model UN Club President
  4. Varsity Soccer
  5. Varsity Indoor/Outdoor Track
  6. Chemical Engineering/Computer Science enhancement programs at NJIT
  7. Academic Decathlon
  8. Technical Engineering Outreach program at Fairleigh Dickinson University
  9. Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician
  10. Sports Journalist for several renowned websites (90min.com, worldsoccertalk.com)

Other:
Income bracket: 70-85k
African American (Saharan)

Out of this list, how many can I get into?

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Rice: Low reach. 35% chance.
Cornell: High match to low reach. 35 to 45% chance.
Swarthmore: High match. 45% chance.
Fordham: Low match to high safety. 60% chance.
Northeastern: Low reach. 35% chance.
Vandy: Mid reach. 15 to 25% chance.
Hopkins: Low reach. 35% chance.
UPenn: Low to mid reach. 25 to 35% chance.
Brown: Low reach. 35% chance.
Dartmouth: Low reach. 35% chance.

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Have you taken multiple SATs? Many of your schools superscore.

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I think you’ll get into Fordham, but I think you know most of the other ones could go either way. Your gpa may be kind of low for a lot of those schools, and your sat ideally would be higher, though you’re in a good place with it. Your ECs seem pretty good, and your race will help you at some of those colleges. Good luck, I think you’ll get into at least a few of these schools!

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Nope, I just took the SAT once and thanks!

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Rice- Reach
Cornell-Reach
Swarthmore-Reach
Fordham-Low Match to High Safety.
Northeastern-Low Match to Medium Reach
Vanderbilt-Reach
Johns Hopkins-Reach
UPenn-Reach
Brown-Reach
Dartmouth-Reach
Cornell-Reach
Extra-curriculars alright, I’d say good shot at getting in 2 or 3 of these including Fordham. You should apply to some safeties though, maybe BU if you’re interested in the Mid Atlantic schools.

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Thanks!

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Northeastern and Fordham. Goodluck.

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do you think i can get into one or two of the other schools specifically rice? sort of my dream school