I succumb.

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: Euroazn
Gender: M
Location: Maryland
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.55
GPA - Weighted: 4.33
Class Rank: top 25% (unofficial)
Class Size: 625</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 790
SAT I Writing: 710
SAT II World History: 750
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 790</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Physics Team - USAPHO Top 100 In Nation, Second Place Regionally Physics Bowl, First Place Team TEAMS, First Place Team Final Frontiers
Math Team - AIME Participant, UMD Part Two Participant, Harvard MIT Mathematics Tournament
Superintendent Leadership Program - One of 15 selected in the county. Participate in leadership seminars weekly, intern at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 4 days a week.
Interned In Commodity Information Firm as a Developer, as part of the Academy Of Information Technology (I am a member)
Had artwork displayed in school art festival.
Leadership positions: President/Founder of Economics Challenge Team
Vice-President of Botball/Robotics Club
Captain of the Math Team
Captain of Programming Team
Captain of Physics Team
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Martial Arts - Noncompetitive
Volunteer/Service Work: 260+ Hours
Often Helped Students-Elementary School Chess Club, Middle School Robotics Camp, Physics Tutor, Physics Summer Class Teaching Assistant, Helped With County Back To School Fair
Honors and Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (MD)
National AP Scholar (10 AP’s before Senior Year)
Service Learning Award
College Summer programs: Summer Math Program at Frostberg State University</p>

<p>Essays: At least good, if not great, but DEFINITELY unique/original.
Recs: My econ teacher loves me. I did a lot of impressive stuff related to physics/robotics so I think my physics rec is pretty good. I expect councelor rec to be pretty blah. Also got an additional rec from my boss at the internship, read it, it was great.</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper,MCS,SCS in that order), Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Virginia (CAS), Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Maryland (Smith, Chance for Honors/Scholarships), College Park, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Baruch College, City University of New York (Macaulay Honors College), Choice #: 5, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>So yeah… this isn’t everything, but it’s probably over-spam anyway. And I know that chances don’t even mean anything. I’m just so bored and nervous… ahhhhh less than three weeks until the first result comes back!!!</p>

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<p>13 minute bump xD
This is metaphorical.</p>

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<p>Your excellent SAT contradicts your low GPA and class rank. That may hurt you.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know :/</p>

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<p>For all it’s worth, I think you have a great chance of getting into Wharton. I mean, I know your GPA is definitely on the low side but you have amazing test scores, ECs, and awards that just might be able to compensate for the less-than-stellar GPA. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>ravnvcroft is actually right</p>

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<p>Alright thanks, anymore thoughts :S</p>

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<p>hahahahah oh the irony of seeing you post here…
insert “get the hell out of this thread” here :-)</p>

<p>but anyways, your EC’s and scores are strong… but that gpa is gonna kill you. that said, i’d say its a real tossup for you.</p>

<p>penn- reach
carnegie- high match/ low reach (depends on if GPA and scores are worth more to them than the other stuff)
UVA- high match/ low reach (same as UVA)
UMD- not too sure, but i’d say in. you’re in- state and have WAY better stats across the board than a girl at my school who says she’s within their averages.
baruch- no idea man haha</p>

<p>i must say though, some of your resume if very impressive: ie course rigor, leadership, etc.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1032344-low-uw-gpa-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1032344-low-uw-gpa-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Get the hell out of this thread.
J/k :P</p>

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<p>So, any more thoughts? I like being chanced, it calms me. I like to stare rejection in the eye LOL</p>

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<p>I think you should apply to MIT & Caltech too…</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, Penn cares more about rank than any school. Only 2% of admitted students were not in the top 10% of their high school class. If you’re not a minority or football star, it’s going to be very tough there.</p>

<p>CMU looks much better, they will love the high scores as will the public colleges. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@2college, the rank is not given by my school, so Penn won’t see that. What’s your prognosis then?</p>

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<p>Nervous bump.</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump</p>

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<p>You got USAPO? Holy… Yeah, I would give you a 100% shot at all of those schools besides Wharton. There I would give you a 50% shot. If your gpa was higher I’d give you a 90% shot.</p>

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<p>*USAPHO</p>

<p>And it’s not like I made camp or anything :/</p>

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<p>But how does USAPHO effect chances? Not much or a lot? Maybe I was just undervaluing it?</p>

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<p>Euro, your school will give them grade distribution data so they will know where you rank.</p>

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<p>)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))):</p>