Chances for (Too many) Colleges

<p>-GPA: 3.98/4.0
-Rank: 6/343
-SAT I: 700/740/740 E:12 (Retake results in two days)
-SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 760, U.S. History 720</p>

<p>AP:
-Taken/enrolled in 9 APs (Self studying AP Calculus BC due to budget cuts)
-Calc AB: 5, Chem: 5, Language: 4, U.S: 4, World: 4
-Taking: Calc BC, Gov, Lit, Bio
-Took the absolute hardest courses available at my school (Counselor took note of it in the SSR)</p>

<p>Awards:
-Washington Scholar Nominee (3 per school)
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-Gold presidential Service Award</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Mock Trial (10,11,12): President 11,12. I put a HUGE deal of emphasis on mock trial on my applications
-NHS (10,11,12): President 12. Tutoring Coordinator for the entire school. Managed logistics of matching up students and tutors and tutored quite a bit myself
-Hi-Q (12): Essentially quiz bowl. Didn’t do it to ‘pad’ my resume; I enjoy the trivia based challege. :stuck_out_tongue:
-Violin since 6: blah blah. I really didn’t put any emphasis into this fact, as violin has become a lot less important to me over time. I mentioned it, nonetheless as it does show dedication, perhaps.
-Environmental Club (11,12): I like the earth. :slight_smile: Volunteered cleaning up the school. Pertains to my interest in chemical engineering. (finding solutions to the crap hole we call earth)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work:</p>

<p>-Volunteered at a day camp over the course of three summers (750+ hours)
-Tutor underprivileged (essentially homeless) students foundations for music through an outreach program (100+ hours)
-Tutoring via Tutor system: peer tutoring, pretty self explanatory (50+ hours)
-Worked full time during the summer at the same day camp I volunteered at in previous years.</p>

<p>My profile is pretty slim, I know. In a way, I almost want it to be short. My only real passion outside of the classroom was mock trial, and I made sure that dedication came through in supplements. </p>

<p>Other things:</p>

<ul>
<li>Recommendations: All of them should be amazing, especially the counselor rec. One from my AP Calc AB teacher, other is from AP Chem’s teacher.</li>
<li>Essays: My common app essay talks about my academic individuality (which is important to me)</li>
<li>The supplement essays all tend to revolve around balancing left and right brain thinking. </li>
<li>Hooks: First Generation Student</li>
<li>Asian male from WA</li>
<li>Income bracket: <$25,000 (single parent, father is disabled)</li>
</ul>

<p>Intended Major: Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>Schools:
John Hopkins University
Tufts University
Carnegie Mellon University
Brown University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Northwestern University
Washington University in St. Louis
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Ok, sorry if this came out pretty wordy. Some things to take note: I really emphasized my individuality through the essays. I didn’t want to seem like ‘just another asian’. Contrary to what I said, I did take the SATs a third time, and expecting 2300+ in two days.</p>

<p>Also, I do have my in-state safety, in case you were wondering</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>John Hopkins University-match
Tufts University-reach (you’re overqualified, they reject people like you)
Carnegie Mellon University-match
Brown University-low reach
Cornell University-low reach (this school…I don’t like it…don’t go there)
Columbia University-reach
Northwestern University-match/low reach
Washington University in St. Louis-reach
UC Berkeley-high reach
UCLA-high reach
Stanford University-stretch
University of Pennsylvania-low reach (bigger school)</p>

<p>CHANCE ME BACK CHILD</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1052041-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1052041-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Ah, I’m aware of ‘Tufts Syndrome’. I really do want to go there, though. Tuft’s would take priority over most of the schools I’m applying too, and I made sure my essays/optional essays for Tufts reflected a genuine interest in their school.</p>

<p>All those are really close in difficulty, so I’d say you’ll get into about half of them.</p>

<p>@WingsReborn</p>

<p>That’s why I applied to as many schools as I did. To be frank, when I applied to them I only really had interest in going to a few of them (UC berkeley, tufts, northwestern, stanford), I would like to have some choices when it comes to deciding on which college I want to attend, though. </p>

<p>That doesn’t go to say that I didn’t put effort into all of the colleges I applied to, though. God knows how much research I did for every "Why <em>insert college name</em> essay…</p>

<p>Bump 10char</p>