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Chances Please!

*In State for UC's
SAT: 2350 Superscored(800M, 750CR, 800W), 2270(800M) best single sitting
Weighted GPA: 4.4(for 10th and 11th grade) 4.5 counting Senior year (assuming straight a's)
Unweighted: 3.88
UC GPA: 4.21
Class Rank: Very competitive high school in CA(API>900), but am somewhere between top 4-7 percent.
Math 2c: 800
Physics: expecting 800 or very close to 800
EC'S
1)Cross Country Varsity Captain
2)Track-Captain
3)Published poet. Have been published across the nation.
4)Won several local piano competitions- I have been playing for 8 years
5)Tutor for a local SAT prep company teaching math and science
6)Peer tutor at school for all the math and science classes
7)Speech and Debate- Congress
8)Robotics
9) 150 hrs of Community Service- at YMCA and peer tutoring
10) Link Crew- a freshmen transition program
Essays:
Very strong. I enjoy writing, and my essays will definitely boost my applications.
Please chance me for the following schools with Electrical Engineering or Computer Science as my intended major:
1) Stanford
2) MIT
3) UC Berkeley (EECS) *I am in-state
4) Princeton
5) Caltech
6) Cornell
7) Carnegie Mellon
8) UPenn (Jerome Fisher) --just for kicks; my dad graduated from Wharton, so I have legacy
Thanks very much. Since I know these are all very tough schools, I have also applied to other UC's and am hoping they will be safeties, considering I'm in-state. Any suggestions and general advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks again for your time.
7 repliesSAT: 2350 Superscored(800M, 750CR, 800W), 2270(800M) best single sitting
Weighted GPA: 4.4(for 10th and 11th grade) 4.5 counting Senior year (assuming straight a's)
Unweighted: 3.88
UC GPA: 4.21
Class Rank: Very competitive high school in CA(API>900), but am somewhere between top 4-7 percent.
Math 2c: 800
Physics: expecting 800 or very close to 800
EC'S
1)Cross Country Varsity Captain
2)Track-Captain
3)Published poet. Have been published across the nation.
4)Won several local piano competitions- I have been playing for 8 years
5)Tutor for a local SAT prep company teaching math and science
6)Peer tutor at school for all the math and science classes
7)Speech and Debate- Congress
8)Robotics
9) 150 hrs of Community Service- at YMCA and peer tutoring
10) Link Crew- a freshmen transition program
Essays:
Very strong. I enjoy writing, and my essays will definitely boost my applications.
Please chance me for the following schools with Electrical Engineering or Computer Science as my intended major:
1) Stanford
2) MIT
3) UC Berkeley (EECS) *I am in-state
4) Princeton
5) Caltech
6) Cornell
7) Carnegie Mellon
8) UPenn (Jerome Fisher) --just for kicks; my dad graduated from Wharton, so I have legacy
Thanks very much. Since I know these are all very tough schools, I have also applied to other UC's and am hoping they will be safeties, considering I'm in-state. Any suggestions and general advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks again for your time.
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Replies to: Chances Please!
2) MIT - Slight Match
3) UC Berkeley (EECS) *I am in-state - Match
4) Princeton - Reach
5) Caltech - Slight Match
6) Cornell - Match
7) Carnegie Mellon - MATCH
8) UPenn (Jerome Fisher) --just for kicks; my dad graduated from Wharton, so I have legacy - Slight Match
UPenn really isn't that hard to get into. I heard they masturbate to a well-written essay. Father got in with half the stats you listed...
Yes but Penn has become insanely selective in the past decade and is by no means a MATCH for ANYONE. The Jerome Fisher Program in particular is restricted to only 50 students a year and is one of the toughest programs to be admitted to in the country.
1) Stanford: reach
2) MIT: reach
3) UC Berkeley (EECS) *I am in-state: match
4) Princeton: reach
5) Caltech: slight reach
6) Cornell: match
7) Carnegie Mellon: solid match, you will almost definitely get in
8) UPenn (Jerome Fisher) --just for kicks; my dad graduated from Wharton, so I have legacy: Reach
Any more opinions, people?
Any more opinions? Chances please.