chances at stern, carnegie melon, ivies, rutgers

Chance Me / Match Me
1

Im a junior and I’m wondering whether i should apply for ED to Stern

Race: Asian Male ( :confused: )

Scores:
-GPA UW 3.71 (very low :O, class rank 71/620)
-3.56 Freshman
-3.62 Sophomore
-3.96 Junior (dropped a level in spanish, but graduated out of Chinese school). Progression in GPA but i started out low.
-Weighted is 5.5/6

-Math Grades: B+,B+,A.
-Elective is computer programming
-took physics, calculus at a college (rutgers)

-SATs 1520/1600
-SAT BIO 690 (sophomore year)
-SAT US History- 780
-SAT Math II-800
-SAT Physics-770
-APUSH (5), AP CALC AB (5), WHAP (5), AP Lang Comp (4), AP Physics (5), AP Comp Sci (4)

Extracurriculars (honestly there’s no cohesive theme here, which is worrying me)
-Varsity VB (sport)
-FBLA (business club)
-Math League (math club)
-Science League, Science Olympiad (science club)
-Class Council Vice President
-Columbia SHP

Volunteering (lacking here too)
-Local Hospital 3 hours a week
-Chinese school 2 hours a week
-Teach Rubik’s cube club at Chinese school

2

You probably have a good shot at Rutgers, but all of the rest are far, far reaches.

3

I’m not sure why you interject derogatory comments about your achievements-such as suggesting the GPA is low. Do you mean that as a humble boast? Regardless, the grades are not low. The Bio SAT2 is irrelevant since you have 3 others that are high. Your AP scores are mostly 5s. Your ECs read like a list because that is how your wrote them-something that probably detracts. Competitive schools are interested in ECs to the extent to which they reflect achievements in areas you are interested in but you have not provided that. For instance, For SO, did your team go to States? Nationals? Did you win any individual medals, etc. Same for the other involvements.

@colaradokee, you must be joking right?

4

Rutgers is a saftey for you.

CMU, Stern, & Ivies are reaches.