High SAT/GPA, Weak ECs :P

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi, I would like a chance for these colleges. I’m currently a junior, but just wanted to see my chances.</p>

<p>JHU
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Caltech
Berkeley
Yale
UPenn
Cornell
Columbia
Brown</p>

<p>Using this scale
high reach (<10%)
reach (10-20%)
low reach (20-30%)
high match (30-50%)
match (50-70%)
low match (70-90%)
safety</p>

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<p><strong>The Basics (GPA/rank)</strong></p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted 4.3 (Honors courses are not weighed.)
Unweighted 3.9 (B in Art :P)</p>

<p>rank: Top 10%?</p>

<p>Course Load:</p>

<p>Freshmen Year
Health/Art: A/B
English 9 Honors: A
Biology Honors: A
Geometry Honors: A
Symphonic Band: A
Chinese 2: A/B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Precal Honors : A
English 10 Honors: A
World History Honors: A
Chinese 3: A
AP Biology: A
PE: PASS</p>

<p>Junior Year</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB: A
AP Physics C: A
AP English 10: A
AP Chemistry: A
US History: A
Culinary Arts: A</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP English 12
Gov.
AP Psychology
AP Comp Sci AB
AP Physics B
AP Stats</p>

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<p><strong>Test scores (SAT/AP)</strong></p>

<p>SAT I: 2400 (Single Sitting)
SAT II: Math2C 800, Chem 800, Bio E 790, Physics 800</p>

<p>AP exams:
5s on Everything:
AP Bio
AP Physics C M
AP Physics C E/M
AP Calculus BC
AP English
AP Chem</p>

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<p><strong>Extracurricular Activities</strong></p>

<p>Sports:
Tennis JV (3 Years)</p>

<p>Clubs/Class:
Academic Decathalon (2 Years) Secretary
Science Bowl (2 Years)
DECA (1 Year)
Fencing (2 Years)
Tutoring Club (1 Year)</p>

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<p><strong>Community Service/Hobbies</strong></p>

<p>-Tutor people in math (50 Hours)
-Hospital Work (150 Hours)
-Tech Museum (150 Hours)</p>

<p>TOTAL: 350 Hours</p>

<p>-Also in Youth Orchestra (violin), Touring Europe in Summer</p>

<h2>-Flies model airplanes ? (lol does that even matter)</h2>

<p><strong>Letters of Recommendation</strong>
Average, One from math teacher, one from English teacher</p>

<h2>Big school, so counselor just writes really generic ones.</h2>

<p>Chance me, post thread to yours, and I will chance back!</p>

<p>BTW: Asian Male in California (how stereotypical)</p>

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<p>You are fine academically. I suggest pursuing your passion(s) hard and fast. If you can get some impressive stuff you are in. Also, ivies love fencing</p>

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<p>Everything is reach-ish except UCB and JHU where you are probably good (match/low-match). Ivies+MIT+Stanford+Cal Tech reject plenty of 2400 students every year. Your ECs are on the weak side, but not fatally so. The hospital/museum work is interesting, and, yes, schools in general like fencing. </p>

<p>Unfortunately, you will be fighting the stereotype of the Asian male from California with a perfect SAT which could hurt you significantly. However, all in all, I would be quite surprised if you didn’t get in to at least one or two of your reach schools. If you can knock 'em dead with the essays, you have good shots at all of them. Best of luck!</p>