chance me!!!!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I applied to a bunch of far-reach schools, and I’m a bit worried about my chances. Chance me at some (or all) of the following: Brown, UChicago, Pomona, Claremont, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, Swarthmore, and Princeton. Thanks!</p>

<p>Location: California
High School: Small, competitive public school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: F
Interested major: Undecided</p>

<p>ACT: 33
GPA- UW/W: 3.9/4.3
Rank: top 10% 19/203
AP/honors classes I’ve taken: AP US history, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Eng Lang, AP Enviro, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC
Current AP classes: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Physics</p>

<p>School Activities/Awards–

  1. President of Photography Club (2 years)
  2. President of Literary Scholars Club (1 year)
  3. President of Hip Hop Appreciation Society (1 year)
  4. Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (2 years)
  5. Vice President of Desi/South Asian Students Club (3 years)
  6. National Honors Society Member (3 years)
  7. Staff Writer for LACES Untied Student Paper (1 year)
  8. Writer for Student-Run Satirical Magazine Multigrain (1 year)
  9. Writer for Concord Grapevine (Newspaper at Previous School, 1 year)
  10. AP Scholar with Distinction
  11. President’s Education Award
  12. Varsity Tennis, Division 1 Champions (2 years)</p>

<p>Community Activities–

  1. Sikh Temple Volunteer (400 hours)
  2. Cedars Sinai Volunteer (50 hours)
  3. UCLA Lab Volunteer (45 hours)
  4. Elementary School Volunteer (120 hours)</p>

<p>Community College Classes Taken (I’ve taken a bunch of classes outside of school)

  1. Music Theory at West Los Angeles College: A
  2. Intro to Computers at West Los Angeles College: A
  3. Intro to Computer Science at West Los Angeles College: A
  4. Intro to Theater at West Los Angeles College: A
  5. History 11 at West Los Angeles College: A
  6. Macro Economics at West Los Angeles College: A
  7. Micro Economics at West Los Angeles College: A
  8. English 101 at West Los Angeles College: A
  9. English 102 at West Los Angeles College: A
  10. Mandarin at West Los Angeles College: A
  11. Sociology at Los Angeles City College: A</p>
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<p>You will need very strong LORs and while your ECs are very good, you’ll need an amazing essay for your app. They need a spike in your app and they DONOT want a well rounded person. For example, I have a lot of research and welfare work, you can say that reflects your passion for science as your research was in some scientific field and you were tackling scientific problems like disease outbreaks in your welfare work.
hope that helps
shahrez</p>