Three Tiers- Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>So, I have a varied resume. It is a bit lop-sided as you will soon find out. Chance me on each of these three schools.</p>

<ol>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
</ol>

<p>My Standardized Test scores</p>

<p>Math IIC-800
Physics-800
U.S. History-650. Taken without taking a U.S History class. Will likely be superceded by an 800 in World History or 750+ in Chemistry.</p>

<p>SAT-2110. 770 Math, 710 CR, 630 Wr. Go this score when I was 15, I was quite happy. I’d get a higher score if I retested now. I Will probably do so, but I cannot say what my score would be in that case.
ACT-33
I.B Test scores 7 in Math, others are anticipated quite high.
Qualified for NMSQT. Will receive a letter of commendation.</p>

<p>GPA- 3.93 Unweighted. 4.3 Weighted. I am taking the hardest classes offered. IB HL classes in as much as I can, I took many I.B classes freshman & sophomore year as well. </p>

<p>I’m Indian, I grew up in a low-income neighborhood, though my dad makes a lot of money, and I’m tri-lingual. Maybe quad if you count French, which my teacher thinks she can get us to be able to speak by the end of our senior year. </p>

<p>My application will likely not be competitive with those of Ivy-League applicants, but it will certainly be good. My teachers have a pretty high opinion of me, and it helps that the rest of my high school is full of wastrels, so I’ll probably look pretty good in comparison.</p>

<p>Here comes the problem.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars- Nothing substantial over 3 years of high school. Literally NOTHING. One year of speech and debate, 1 year of tennis, did some “volunteer work” for maybe 10-12 hours, but nothing that I have stuck to or done much of.</p>

<p>One thing worth noting here might be that I was a chess player. I got first, second or third in my age group for 6 years straight. I got 15th in nationals for my age group, and I still play, but not competitively. That all was before 9th grade though. My Junior year, I helped my chess teacher at my elementary school by coaching a group of kids. I led them to the state tournament, where they promptly got slaughtered. </p>

<p>But yeah, nothing really as an extracurricular. So chance me. Unless it is hard to guess with the lop-sided resume problem.</p>

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<p>Anybody…?</p>

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<p>Your grades are good enough for the schools you are applying to, but having virtually no EC’s is gonna hurt a lot. At Harvey Mudd and CIT, people will be applying with very similar grades but excellent EC’s. Both of those schools are almost as selective as Ivies. I think it would be very difficult for you to get into those schools, sorry. I don’t know anything about UW.</p>

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<p>I honestly think it will be very difficult to get into these three schools, you really just need extracurriculars because everyone will have the grades and probably stronger scores. I would shoot for some good state schools with honors programs or some slightly “lesser” level universities; there are so many amazing schools out there</p>

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