Ed Nyu, Uva, Cmu, Bc

Chance Me / Match Me
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<li>NYU Stern</li>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business</li>
<li>Boston College </li>
<li>Rutgers</li>
<li>Penn St.</li>
<li>U Maryland</li>
</ol>

<p>Background
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Sex: Male
Residence: NJ
Graduation Year: 2009
Intended Area of Study: Business (Finance/Economics), Statistics, Applied Mathematics
School: Highly Competetive
Class Size: 620</p>

<p>GPA
100 Scale (School does 100 scale)
UW: 90.92 W: 97.70
4.0 scale
UW: 3.75 W: 4.16 (A=4, B=3, +0.5 for Honors, +1.0 for AP system)</p>

<p>SAT/SATII/AP</p>

<p>SAT: 2120 {Math-790, Cr-590 (retaking, hoping to get 620-650), Wr-740 (MC 74, Essay 9)}</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math 2: 760
Chemistry: 670</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Calculus AB: 5
Statistics: 5
Calculus BC (Next year)
Physics C (Next year)
Literature (Next year)
Spanish (Next year)
Psychology (Next year)</p>

<p>Rank: School Doesn’t Rank, but around top 10%</p>

<p>Course Rigor
AP, H- Honors, CP - College Prep (aka average)
9th grade
English 1 CP 90
Geometry H 90
Biology H 88
World History CP 91
Spanish 2 CP 92
Freshman Band 96
H/PE 9 98</p>

<p>10th grade
English 2 H 81
Algebra 2 H 90
Chemistry H 92
U.S. 1 H 83
Spanish 3 CP 92
Concert Band 100
H/PE 10 97
Summer Course at Rutgers Preparatory School (Pre-Calculus) 94</p>

<p>11th grade
English 3 H 86
AP Calculus AB 94
Physics H 91
AP U.S. History 82
Spanish 4 CP 92
AP Statistics 93
H/PE 11 100</p>

<p>12th grade
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP Psychology ← I might switch to Economics+Psychology
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Computer Programming 1 and 2
H/PE 12</p>

<p>Very-Most Rigorous
9th-12th: 8 APs, 7 Honors</p>

<p>Extracurriculurs</p>

<li>(10-12)Future Business Leaders of America </li>
<li>(9-10)Band (Marching and Concert)</li>
<li>(9-12) Waksman Student Scholars Club</li>
<li>(11-12) NJ Math League</li>
<li>(9-12) NJ Science League </li>
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<p>Leadership
FBLA President</p>

<p>Honors/Special Programs</p>

<p>(Honor)

  1. National Honor Society
  2. Spanish Honor Society </p>

<p>(Special Programs Attended)

  1. NSLC Entrepreneurship and Business Program </p>

<p>(Awards)

  1. 7th Place (Team) - NJ Science League Physics 1 Team</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
75 Hours in:

  1. Hillsborough Public Library Summer Teen Volunteer
  2. Homework Help Center (at library)</p>

<li>NYU Stern (Reach?)</li>
<li>UVA (Match?)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business (Reach?)</li>
<li>Boston College (Match?)</li>
<li>Rutgers (Safety?)</li>
<li>Penn St. (Safety?)</li>
<li>U Maryland (Safety?)</li>
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<p>Also, I would like to know whether you guys think I should take AP Psychology (full year course) or Economics and Psychology (each semester courses) next year. My intended area(s) of sutdy are Finance, Economics, and Applied Mathematics in that order. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<ol>
<li>NYU Stern (Reach)</li>
<li>UVA (low match-low reach)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business (reach)</li>
<li>Boston College (Match)</li>
<li>Rutgers (Safety)</li>
<li>Penn St. (Safety)</li>
<li>U Maryland (Safety)</li>
</ol>

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<p>Hey, I’m happy to chance you … but can you also do the same for me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Let’s start by looking at your grades. They seem decent, and you definitely challenged yourself during your high school career. Your SAT CR will hurt alot because … it’s just too low. Get it up by about 70-ish points and you’ll fare better. I was in the same situation as you were (I got a CR 600 on the January SAT), but I was saved by a miraculous English teacher who knew exactly what she was doing … so I ended up doing quite a bit better when retake time came along. I suggest using Princeton Review … they help alot as well. Your extracurriculars are pretty good, but I really really suggest that you delete anything that you’ve done in middle school (Pre-9th grade) … they will distract admission officers and you don’t want that. Plus, they will get a sense that you’re trying to fatten up your app, and that’s not a very good thing. You also have some leadership, and they will like the summer programs. Your volunteer experience is decent as well. </p>

<p>Chances:
-NYU Stern: Reach (SATs below avg)
-UVA Darden: Slight reach
-Carnegie Mellon Tepper: Reach
-Boston College: Match
-Rutgers: Safety
-Penn State: Safety
-U Maryland: In </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>