Chance my sister

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Sex: Female
Location: Midwest US</p>

<p>GPA: 3.92 (UW)
Rank: 24/289</p>

<p>ACT: 33
Eng: 36
Reading: 35
Science: 31
Math: 29</p>

<p>AP Courses - (she took 5/7 offered)</p>

<p>Chemistry
US Hist
US Gov
Physics
Calculus</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Marching Band (1 year)
Full Orchestra (2 years, 1 year first chair horn) - by audition
Wind Symphony (2 years) - by audition
District Honor Orchestra (1 year) - by invitation to audition
Science Olympiad (2 years)
National Honor Society (3 years)
Captain of Mandelbrot Math Team
ACS National Chem Exam Regional High Score
Newspaper Opinion columnist
Collegiate Summer Scholar Award
Dual Enrolled Student with University - (16 credits & 4.0 GPA)
Double nominated Student of the Week
Excellence in Education Award<br>
Freshman, Sophomore & Junior Outstanding Academic Honors
Honor Roll all semesters</p>

<p>QuestBridge National Scholarship Match Finalist
QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship winner</p>

<p>National History Day State Champion & National Finalist ('07)
National History Day 3rd place State & National Alternate ('08)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Ross Mathematics Program
High School Honors Science Program (HSHSP)
Physics of Atomic Nuclei (PAN)
Researcher at National Nuclear Physics Laboratory</p>

<p>Athletics:</p>

<p>Nationally ranked member of US Junior National Team
Empire State Games individual Gold Medalist
Novice Women’s Lead Open 4 & 8 - crew - multiple regatta Golds
Regional Cross Country ski race individual Gold medalist
Trained with Olympic athletes and coaches in 2 sports
USA Hockey Regional Developmental Camp invitee
Certified SCUBA diver since 2001 - currently holds 3 certifcations</p>

<p>Fluent in French & American Sign Language; ability in German, Japanese and local Native American language. </p>

<p>Highly experienced volunteer in last 3 election cycles - 2 presidential & 1 senatorial. </p>

<p>Co-founder of local chapter of nationally recognized medical program matching volunteers with international experiences. </p>

<p>Please chance her for the following colleges’ engineering programs:</p>

<p>Harvard
Columbia (legacy)
MIT
CalTech
Princeton
Brown
Penn
Stanford
Yale
Northwestern
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Michigan
Notre Dame
Rice
Case
CMU</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>So…anyone have any thoughts?</p>

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<p>What happened with the Questbridge schools? What’s her enthicity? To me, her best option for a top college would have been to apply to Columbia ED as a legacy. Not sure if they give the boost in the RD round, but if they do she has a reasonable shot. Her rank is low for the ivies. Engineering might help at schools like Columbia but the math score is problematic. Did she take the mathII SAT?</p>

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<p>wow. some of the best ec’s on cc! really cool and diverse activities and awards. ivies are really hard to predict, but with your solid scores and ecs, you’re in at all of those. good luck!</p>

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<p>hmom5 - she ended up as one of the non-matched QuestBridge finalists.</p>

<p>SAT IIs are most likely the weakest link in her app: MathII - 660
Chem - 680
Physics - 640</p>

<p>Ethnicity - she declined to ID race on her apps.</p>

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<p>Well Questbridge should have given her a read. The ivies will be very tough with rank and scores. The last 5 on the list are probable and JHU is a match.</p>

<p>Was she not an athletic recruit anywhere? Was it a parent or a grandparent that attended Columbia?</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input hmom5 - anyone else have any thoughts to share?</p>

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<p>Harvard-Reach
Columbia (legacy)–Match, legacy should really help
MIT–Slight Reach
CalTech–Reach (yeah, I know I made it tougher than for MIT–but they focus more on the SAT II test scores than MIT does–and her score hurts her here, big time)
Princeton–Reach
Brown–Match
Penn–Match to Slight Reach (closer to Match)
Stanford–Slight Reach
Yale–Reach
Northwestern–Match (iffy, though)–could go either way (accept/reject)
Dartmouth–???–probably Match to Slight Reach, closer to Match
Johns Hopkins–Match
Michigan–Safe Match to Match
Notre Dame–Match
Rice–Match
Case-Western–Safe Match
CMU–Match</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Harvard-Reach
Columbia (legacy)-Match, ED and Legacy
MIT- Reach
CalTech-Reach (math scores not too hot)
Princeton–Reach
Brown–slight reach
Penn–slight reach-high match
Stanford-Slight Reach
Yale-Reach
Northwestern–Match, prolly in
Dartmouth-they are iffy, relle depends of who is reviewing n mood they r in
Johns Hopkins–Match
Michigan–Safe Match
Notre Dame-Match-high match
Rice–Match
Case-Western–Safe Match
CMU–Match</p>

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<p>hmom5 - Not really recruited beyond some of the smaller LACs and a few state schools…
Columbia legacy is a parent, who was also a 9/11 victim.</p>

<p>Thanks Calcruzer & afitscher! I appreciate the input, and she will too! </p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Nitrox,</p>

<p>When you say a 9/11 victim, do you mean killed at either the World Trade Center or at the Pentagon or in the plane crash in Pennsylvania?–or someone who was injured in one of these incidents (including possibly being on one of the four planes involved)?</p>

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<p>Why oh why did she not ED Columbia???</p>

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<p>Calcruzer - 9/11 victim at WTC, thankfully not killed though.</p>

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<p>Harvard- reach
Columbia (legacy)- high match
MIT- reach
CalTech- reach (math scores)
Princeton- reach
Brown- low reach
Penn- reach
Stanford- high reach
Yale- high reach
Northwestern- match
Dartmouth- low reach
Johns Hopkins- high match
Michigan- match
Notre Dame- high match
Rice- match
Case- IN
CMU- match</p>

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<p>Thanks almosc90. She recently had her MIT interview, which went quite well.</p>

<p>hmom5 - do you think sending unsolicited materials documenting unusual national achievements would be (1) considered or (2) helpful?</p>

<p>BTW - on a different thread you mentioned the common data sets, which I never knew existed. What a fantastic resource! Everyone should read these!! Thanks for the info.</p>

<p>Anyone else have any further thoughts on her chances?</p>

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<p>Further input is appreciated…</p>

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<p>I could not imagine she not getting into at least half the schools on your list or so.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>We all hope so…</p>

<p>Anyone else care to comment?</p>

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<p>i find it somewhat ironic that she got into the prestigious
ross summer mathematics program, yet got only a 29 on her act math, and 640 on math II.</p>

<p>i think she has a good shot, though, with those ECs.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know. Go figure, right?</p>