Takin A Break From College Apps? Be Productive! Grade Me!! =)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Whatsup everyone. Takin a break from my college apps, even tho i’m runnin outta time. Anyways: here’s my stuff, hope ya’ll can take a look. It was up two days ago but i didn’t get too many responses, rather, i got more responses on how i could fire my ap lit. teacher. anyways, hope u guys can help me out here.</p>

<p>Korean-American (born in US)
School rank: 27/754
Part of a nationally renown humanities magnet program
2-year accelerated calc program where i finished calc bc jr year</p>

<p>and the numbers…</p>

<p>GPA: 4.081 unweighted, 4.363 weighted</p>

<p>SAT I: 710 (CR), 760 (math), 720 (writing)
SAT II: 780 (IIC), 730 (US Hist.), 690 (Bio/E)</p>

<p>APs:</p>

<p>Calc BC, Calc AB (subscore) - 5
US Hist/Bio/Calc AB - 4</p>

<p>Awards:
2005</p>

<p>State Champion Speech & Debate State Championships - Congress
1st Place Speech and Debate State Championships Qualifier – Congress
Merit National Honor Society
Merit Scholar-Athlete Award
Merit Cavalier Award
Merit Renaissance Recognition
Merit Principal’s Honor Roll</p>

<p>2004</p>

<p>2nd Place Speech and Debate State Championships Qualifier - Controversy
Merit National Forensics League Distinction Award
Merit National Honor Society
Merit Scholar-Athlete Award
Merit Cavalier Award
Merit Renaissance Recognition
Merit Principal’s Honor Roll</p>

<p>2003</p>

<p>1st Place Speech and Debate Pepperdine University Tournament - Policy Debate
2nd Place Speech and Debate State Championships Qualifier - Congress
3rd Place Southwestern Youth Music Festival Cello Competition
Merit National Forensics League Excellence Award
Merit National Forensics Honor Award
Merit National Forensics Merit Award
Merit Golden State Exam - High Honors
Merit Scholar-Athlete Award
Merit Cavalier Award
Merit Renaissance Recognition
Merit Principal’s Honor Roll</p>

<p>2002</p>

<p>3rd Place 32nd Annual Korea Times Youth Music Contest - String Division
Merit Cavalier Award
Merit Renaissance Recognition
Merit Principal’s Honor Roll</p>

<p>EC’s:</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis - Captain of Varsity Team
Speech and Debate - Captain of Team, Pres. of Club
Northridge Hospital Med. Ctr - Volunteer Supervisor
Competitive Music - Piano, Cello, Guitar, Clarinet
Student Gov. - Director of Arts
Knights and Ladier (seniors-only community service program)</p>

<p>Essays are pretty awesome
Recs are pretty awesome too</p>

<p>wow…it’s like i have the whole common app here. hahaha. well, thanks a lot for the feedback. </p>

<p>OH! Schools i’m applyin : Harvard (w/ older sister legacy), Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Duke, UPenn, MIT, Northwestern, Columbia</p>

<p>UC’s: Berkeley, LA : most likely will get in
UCSD/UCI/UCSB : pretty much guaranteed. </p>

<p>My school sends about 45 to berkeley and LA every year, so i have a pretty secure spot at those schools.</p>

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<p>I agree with you about the UCs (your own eval of yourself).</p>

<p>As to the Ivies/biggies:</p>

<p>Harvard/Yale/Princeton/MIT/UPenn: Slightly higher reach than C/D/C below, because a) they are for everyone and b) I think you’re well-rounded enough to stand a better chance at the first two (three?) than you do at MIT</p>

<p>Cornell/Dartmouth/Columbia: reach to slight match (better chances at Dartmouth, which I feel like is a little less selective than the others)</p>

<p>Duke/Northwestern: match/maybe safety at NW</p>

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<p>thanks a lot silvia. Gives me hope. How much does having a legacy of only one year help? My sister’s harvard '09</p>

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<p>You have a weighted gpa OVER 4.0? Yes, you are really good at math. And logic, too.</p>

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<p>No one is a safety at Northwestern. You need a true safety.</p>

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<p>nimxnooj:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCI/UCSB: Safety</p>

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<p>how is your unweighted gpa over 4.0? what school do you go to by the way? My cousins live in northridge</p>

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<p>oh and I think cornell is the easiest of all ivies to get in, so you will probably get in there with your stats, UCs are pretty much a guarantee and harvard yale mit, those are always like :-/ iffy</p>

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<p>Cleveland High School. Over 4.0 cause my school offers a class dass worth a 5.0 or something. Iunno, but dass what it said on my trasncripts. Well, any of the top schools are fine. Thanks for all the replies. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>UCLA/UCB: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCI/UCSB: Safety</p>

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<p>Well, some schools have max unweighted of 4.3, to differentiate between A and A+.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure, but i would think you’d have a decent chance at all those. Looks like you’ve committed yourself to and are at very high levels for your EC’s.</p>

<p>Btw, is there any particular reason you’re applying to every single Ivy but brown?</p>

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<p>iunno. at least in the korean-american community, brown isn’t way up there on the ivy list. Or maybe its an LA thing. Derno. Brown’s an excellent school, but i just don’t know enough about it to apply. As for NW, i’m with andrw, i don’t think anyone’s a safety for NW. It’sl ike saying your a safety at UCB. anyone else?</p>