Where do I fit?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Location: Wisconsin
College Class Year: 2012 (currently a Junior)
High School: Public
High School Type: sends 1-2 grads to top schools each year
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Background:
-1st generation high school graduate and college student
-Low income family <10,000 family of five, (loved) brother disabled</p>

<p>Stats
Class Rank: 64/285 – 22% (will be top 20% after this semester)
UMich GPA: 3.9
Stanford GPA: 3.9
UC GPA: 4.08
UW GPA: 3.7 after this semester
-will have taken 6 of 11 APs by end of senior year</p>

<p>ACT: 28-30 (Projected score for April, retaking in June)
SAT: Taking next week
SATII: Taking in June (Literature, Math IC (will reach Pre-Calc in senior year), US History)</p>

<p>ECs:
-Amnesty International (9-12, President in 12)
-National Honor Society (11, President in 12)
-French Honor Society (11, President in 12)
-Mu Alpha Theta (11-12, Vice President in 12)
-Newspaper (9-12, Section Editor 11-12)
-Yearbook (9-12, Section Editor in 12)
-Key Club (9-12)
-Quill and Scroll: National Honor Society for High School Journalists (10-12)
-Forensics (9-10, 12)</p>

<p>Extras:
-Summer job at festivals selling soda, average 20-50 hrs a week (10-11)
-Helped coordinate and raise money for National Week of Student Action for Amnesty International at my high school
-Helped organize/plan Jamnesty Benefit Concert
-Helped set up rally and participated in National Amnesty General Meeting held in Milwaukee this year (11)
-Participated in Bush Rally for Sierra Club (9)
-Photography featured in school and Barnes and Noble art shows
-Scholastic Silver Key for Achievement in the Visual Arts: Photography (11)
-Honor Roll (9-12)</p>

<p>-Summer Bowling League (11)</p>

<p>-Respite Care: 7 Hours (11)
-Junior Diabetes Walk: 8 Hours (10-11)
-Writing Center Tutor (11-12)</p>

<p>Chances for these colleges?</p>

<p>SCEA–Stanford
Cornell-CALS/AES
NYU-Stern
Northwestern University
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
University of Chicago
UMich-Ross
University of Notre Dame-Mendoza
University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
Uva-McIntire
University of Wisconsin - Madison</p>

<p>Chance me please?</p>

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<p>bummmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>Your list is mostly unrealistic reaches. If you look at common data sets, people below top 10% are extremely rare at all your schools other than Wisconsin. Most of those with stats below the 75% are hooked. Your ACT is also very low for these schools.</p>

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<p>The OP and I have similar scores & school choices as well. Maybe because I don’t want to lose hope for myself, but I think the OP has a chance at some of the schools on his list. </p>

<p>This award stuck out:
“Scholastic Silver Key for Achievement in the Visual Arts: Photography (11)”</p>

<p>Nice. But I’d have to agree with suze… your ACT is a little on the low side.</p>

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<p>Wow, I didn’t know my rank and an ACT below 30 would completely obliterate the rest of my stats.
And yeah, I know a lot of the schools on my list are big reaches (Stanford and Wharton, etc) but I was really hoping for Cal, UCLA, and Michigan…</p>

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<p>You are an OOS applicant for Cal and UCLA, so it will be much harder for you to get in.</p>

<p>Michigan seems reasonable, though.</p>

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<p>Good thing Michigan is in my top 3 :slight_smile: It’s not going to help that they’re eliminating rolling admission this fall however…</p>

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<p>I agree Michigan seems like a good shot. Apply early!</p>

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<p>Thanks suze</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>less than 10,000 for a family of five is a pretty good hook…</p>

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<p>yeah…my older brother is in college (UW-Madison), my younger brother who had health problems all his life passed away a month ago.</p>

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<p>your act really isn’t bad, it’s more the class rank that’s an issue. but you seem very involved and i agree with mj93. if you write good essays, there’s certainly no harm in trying. what do you want to major in?</p>

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<p>If I get into Ross, Haas, or McIntire (or by some divine intervention Wharton), then Business. If any of the others, then Econ.</p>

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<p>You have a chance at Michigan LS&A if you apply in August. Perferred admit is a no go though.</p>

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<p>Is it my rank that’s sealing me out of pre-admit? I’d hate to get into LSA, then end up rejected from Ross after freshman year.</p>

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<p>Your rank, ACT score…the fact that you’re only getting to pre-calc are all hurting you. EC aren’t great (won’t serve as compensation). Your school only sends at the most two people to top schools, so it can’t be too competative.</p>

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<p>Man I feel insufficient…thanks though</p>

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<p>michigan LSA? probably
Ross? No</p>

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<p>look for another experience to compensate for the weaker parts of your application. maybe get some sort of internship/job. capitalize on your organizing/leadership skills. even if it doesn’t help you get in, it’ll be a good experience.</p>