The usual fare: chances, chances + more chances for the great-but-not-insane schools

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Chinese male in Colorado (Born in Sichuan China, moved to Israel 1997 and then US 2001) soon-to-be-senior</p>

<p>SAT- 2180 (720 V, 740 M, 720 W)
ACT- 35 (36 E, 35 M, 36 R, 34 S)
Unweighted Cumulative GPA-3.918
Weighted - 3.998 (my school has a strange weight system; .002 extra GPA for every AP credit, and school has no honor classes, only 2 “pre-AP” English courses)
Freshman GPA- 3.75
Sophomore GPA - 4.0 (1 AP class + 1 Pre-AP)
Current GPA - 4.0 (4 AP Classes + 1 Pre-AP )</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Chinese - 800
World History - 800
Math II - 760
Chemistry - 690</p>

<p>APs:
Statistics - 5
Human Geography - 5
US history - 5
World History (self study) -5
European History - 5
Macroeconomics -5
Microeconomics - 5
English Language(self study) - 4 </p>

<p>Next year’s classes:
Physics
AP Physics B
Cell Biology
AP English Lit
AP US Gov
AP Comparative Gov
AP Calc AB
AP Calc BC
AP Psychology (online)
Computer Programming class at Colorado State University</p>

<p>ECs:
Competing for Future Business Leaders of America
Officer for Math, Engineering, Science Club
International Club Officer
NHS tutor
Studying Chinese and history privately
200+ hourse volunteering in Public Library
150-200 hours doing experiments in Colorado State University (on plant genetics)</p>

<p>I’m considering (thinking about Computer Sci/Economics/History, other wise undecided):
Stanford (Big reach, right?)
Cornell U
Washington U St. Louis
University of Wisconsin: Madison
Colorado State University/CU-Boulder (I think I got this one in the bag)
UC Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Any other college suggestions would be good too.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading.</p>

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<p>How’s your schedule work where you can take that many classes next year?</p>

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<p>Ray192:</p>

<p>UCB: Match (out of state), Slight Reach (Engineering, out of state)</p>

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<p>It’s a block schedule. 4 classes a semester.</p>

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<p>Some more suggestions please.</p>

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<p>Add U.Chicago.</p>

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<p>i think youre an extremely competitive applicant… stanford isnt that big a reach</p>

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<p>I just think that I’m kinda average for Stanford, especially my ECs… </p>

<p>Chicago? Anybody know how good their CS program is? I know they’ve got one of the top Economics programs in the world.</p>

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<p>Stanford - Big reach
Cornell U - Reach
Washington U St. Louis - Reach
University of Wisconsin: Madison - Match
Colorado State University/CU-Boulder - Safety
UC Berkeley - what flopsy wrote
Carnegie Mellon - Match</p>

<p>Both Cornell and Wash U are reasonable reaches. Stanford is, well, not a reasonable reach for you given your stats.</p>

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<p>Stanford: reach
CMU SCS: reach
Cornell: wut school?
WUSTL: match
CMU: match</p>

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<p>I’m going to apply for arts & sciences in most schools (except CMU, for SCS).</p>

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<p>I used to be into CS, and U Chicago is good at that. Chicago is a great place too. U Chicago’s really good at economics too.</p>

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<p>Responses please.</p>

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<p>Okay one last bump.</p>

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<p>Definitely send in your ACT scores…</p>

<p>The hard thing about your application is that you’re out of state. If you were in state it would have been an guarantee for UCLA CS. However, you still have a big chance of getting into UCLA CS. Berkeley EECS, not so much, Cornell, even less, and Stanford, is like you said, a long shot. However, the thing is, your application loaded, yet not superb. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in or not for any of the schools.</p>

<p>However, I think you will be admitted to UCLA and Washington, St. Louis. Berkeley, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon, you have a big chance. Others, I have no idea. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Your ECs dont look stellar to me, unless the plant genetics thing in CSU is actually some big time research. </p>

<p>Stanford: very very high reach
Cornell:high reach
Washington U: match
CSU safety
UCB: reach
Carnegie: match</p>

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<p>New College of Florida would be a good match for you on reading and writing SAT scores, while your SAT I Math score would be above NCF’s average.</p>

<p>If you’re up for a non-traditional school, NCF might be for you. It’s affordable. It’s highly challenging. It’s in Florida.</p>

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<p>lmao at the revival of a 2006 chance thread…</p>

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<p>unfortunately stanford is a reach for everyone even kids with 4.0 unweighted and a 2400 or 36</p>

<p>especially unfortunate 4 me b/c it’s my dream school and i dont have those grades (ACT 33, GPA 3.73, Chem - 770, Math II - 780)</p>

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<p>Um, just a note…you can’t take both the AP Calc AB and BC exams in the same year (collegeboard won’t let you), as it appears as though you will. . . you should just take BC because you get the AB subscore.</p>

<p>anyway, Stanford’s probably not a huge reach, although its a tricky application process and very competitive. Cornell, you’ll probably get into, being the easiest ivy to get in. Washington U St. Louis, probably between a match and semi-reach. I don’t know anything about University of Wisconsin. You’ll definitely get into CU-Boulder. UC Berkeley is wicked tough to get into if you’re out of state, but I think with your impressive credentials and background, you won’t have much trouble. And you’ll get into Carnegie Mellon.</p>