Chances for the Schools I've Listed?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
School Type: Public
State/Area: Illinois/Chicago area
Income Bracket: ~$200,000 (not entirely sure)
Probable Majors/Minors: Biochemistry or Neuroscience with a Minor in Spanish
Also, I’m planning on doing a Pre-med track</p>

<p>GPA (Weighted): 4.548
GPA (Unweighted): 3.95</p>

<p>Rank: 2/645 (Possibly 1 after last semester)</p>

<p>Test Scores/Classes:
-SAT: 2270 (740 Rdg, 760 Math, 770 Wrtg)-Considering retake
-ACT: 33 Composite (same score for 2 sittings)-Considering retake
-AP (so far): Calc BC (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), European History (5), Spanish Lang (4)
-SAT Subjects: I haven’t taken them yet, but on diagnostic tests from study books (with no prior studying): USH 790, Spanish 770, Math lvl2 800, Physics 780, Also planning to take Chemistry</p>

<p>-9th Grade: Honors Alg2/Trig (B+), Honors English I (B+), Honors Biology (A+), Honors World History (A+), Spanish II, Concert Winds (top Freshman ensemble) (A+)</p>

<p>-10th Grade: Honors Math Analysis/Precalc (A), Honors English II (A), Honors Chemistry (A+), AP European History (A), Spanish III (A+), Wind Ensemble (A+)</p>

<p>-11th Grade: AP Calc BC (A), AP English Lang (A), AP Spanish (A), APUSH (A), Honors Physics (A), Wind Ensemble (A+)</p>

<p>-12th Grade: Calculus III (Multivariable calc through U of Illinois), AP Gov’t, AP English Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>-AP Tests senior year (though these don’t particularly matter): World History (Self-study), US Gov, Comparative Gov/Politics, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electromagnetism, English Lit/Comp, Chemistry</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Marching Band (all 4 years): Member of Drumline, have won numerous section awards at various state competitions, Section Leader senior year
-Youth & Government: Attorney (10, 11,12)-State awards 2 years running, including best Oral Argument, 2nd best Legal Brief, and 2nd best Case overall
-Percussion Ensemble (all 4 years): Numerous leadership tasks including designing our annual concert
-Church Youth Group (all 4 years): Play drumset in weekly worship band (also frequently tasked with organizing weekend worship), Member of both Leadership Board and Missions Trip Fundraising Committee</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service Work:
-About 75 hours tutoring underpriveleged, struggling kids at the elementary school level (through both church and other volunteer opportunities)
-Percussion/Drumset Lessons to Middle School students (about 20-30 hours)
-Volunteer work at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry (20 hours, will be closer to 50 at application time)
-Missions trips through church involving VBS programs in downtown Chicago, various repair and outreach ministries in Nashville, TN</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
-Probable National Merit Scholar (with a PSAT score of 220 and SAT of 2270)
-Selected for 2010 IMEA District IX Honor Orchestra (as a percussionist)
-Received “Best of Day” awards for solo work in solo & ensemble contests both Soph. and Jr. years, also selected for 2010 District Honors Recital (one of 15 or so students out of approximately 600-700)
-Began playing percussion in 8th grade, was accepted into school’s top ensemble (in a Grammy-award-winning music program) Sophomore year</p>

<p>Recommendations: Two letters, one from my APUSH teacher (the only one I’ve received; it’s wonderful) and one from my Honors Precalc/BC Calc teacher (who has known me as a student for over 2 years now). My counselor also knows me well, though he’s only been at our school for a year, and I feel confident after many conversations with him that he will also be willing to produce a glowing recommendation for me.</p>

<p>Essays: I have given this lots of thought, and have amassed a list of great ideas. I’m going to work with my counselor and hopefully my senior AP english teacher/english dept. chair to really fine-tune it. Also, I’ve been told that I’m a very good writer, and if I can successfully embed my voice in my essays, then I’m fairly confident that they’ll be pretty good. I wouldn’t be so foolish as to say that they’re the anchor of my application, but I do think that they will be a strong portion of it.</p>

<p>Also, my tentative list for the moment (in no particular order):</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell-CAS
UPenn-CAS
UChicago
WashU
Rice
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Stanford
UofIllinois
UofMichigan
Wheaton College</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Decent chances at NW, Rice, Wash U (if no FA), JHU, Cornell
Great chances at UIUC and Michigan</p>

<p>Wheaton: Never heard</p>

<p>Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Everythin below and including chicago except stanford should be matches.</p>

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<p>Anyone else have anything to add?</p>

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<p>All the ivies you are applying to, as well as stanford are reaches for everyone. you have the scores and grades, and you show good commitment in your ecs, although they are fairly standard. all the other schools are matches, although Johns Hopkins and Northwestern may also be low reaches. good luck!</p>

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