Will being a loner affect my chances?

vitamin1
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:47:43 +0000

I’m a loner.
on the What Are My Chances forum of College Confidential.

I’ve posted 4 threads in this forum but none of them have been successful (mostly due to the insane number of posts each day)

Here, evaluate my chances please:

School Choices:
Cornell
Columbia
Northwestern
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
University of Texas - Austin
Purdue University - West Lafayette
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Major: Engineering (specifically mechanical for most)

Race: International (Asian), including US, lived in 5 countries

school reputation: good (about 10 ivy leaguers per year)
weighted GPA: 4.92 (out of 5.9 possible)
rank: N/A
SAT1: 1470 (800M / 670V)
SAT2:

800 math 2c

800 math 1c

750 writing

710 biology

TOEFL: 300 (perfect on Computer-based)

Freshmen:
A - Social Science
A - Band
B - Math
B - Science
B - English
C - Spanish

Sophomore:
A - Math (H)
A - Chem (H)
A - English
A - Band
B - History
B - Spanish

Junior:
A - Math (H)
A - Bio (H)
A - English
A - Band
A - Spanish (H)
A - History

Senior:
A - Math (Calc BC)
A - Physics (AP)
A - English
A - Comp Sci (AP)
A - Economy (AP)
B - Spanish (AP)

Activity:
Winter Track (captain 2 years)
Spring Track (captain 2 years)
Cross Country
Tennis (varsity as freshmen, then quit due to injury)
Publishing
Spanish Club

Awards:
Highest AMC score
Achievement Award in Math during soph/jun year
Achievement Award in Spanish during soph (for very big improvement)
Division 1 Finalist in Short Distance

Community Service:
Not Recorded or Sent by school. No way for colleges to know how many hours I did, but 100+ hours for your curiosity.

Everybody here seems to write: Great Essays and Great Recommendations, but I don’t believe in that crap since it’s self-evaluated. It’s just to make themselves feel better about their chances. I’d rather leave my chances to be as objective as possible.

Thanks a Ton guys.