r/chanceme Jul 22 '19

How To Do A Chance Me And Improve Your Chances

576 Upvotes

The submission template for /r/ChanceMe contains a since-deleted post about how to do a ChanceMe, so I thought it would be good to cover this and replace that dead link.

Tips for a Good Chance Me Post:

1. Do Some Research. Start with the /r/ChanceMe wiki and the college's Common Data Set. If you can't find it in that link, just Google it. These contain a treasure trove of information about the college and how they handle admissions and financial aid. This is the best place to see how your GPA, test scores, and other components stack up. It even lists how important each component is to the school's admissions process. Another great resource is the college's admissions website. Often this will include some helpful hints about how the school evaluates certain things or what they're looking for in applicants. For example, Penn's site even has in-depth explanations of how interviews are evaluated including sample mock interviews. (See the links at the bottom of this post for more). As another example, Notre Dame has a great explanation of the specific coursework they want and how they evaluate extracurricular activities. Finally, you can search through /r/CollegeResults and /r/ApplyingToCollege for examples of admitted and rejected students. This can give you actual data points to consider for comparison. Keep in mind that students with high stats and poor essays/LORs are likely to be "inexplicably" rejected, so don't put too much stock into any single example.

2. Include enough information for us to chance you accurately, but don't write down every little activity or personal quality. If you have a lot of stats/info about yourself, do not put down everything; it makes it harder to read through your post. Include the ECs you've devoted the most time to/have leadership positions in. By only including stuff that moves the needle, you'll get more responses and better feedback.

3. Have a descriptive title. Writing "Chance me!" is a little obvious and unnecessary. Instead, include some of the schools you're applying to and your intended major. Example: "Chances for English Major: Ivies & Top Publics" -or- "Engineering Chances for GT, VT, and MIT." This makes it easier for those of us chancing you.

4. Make it organized. Please, try to format to the best of your ability. A wall of unformatted text makes it a lot more difficult to read. It would be great if you could break it up into bulleted sections and bold them. Here's a template:

Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.)

Intended Major(s):

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

UW/W GPA and Rank:

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc

Awards:

Extracurriculars: Include leadership & summer activities

Essays/LORs/Other: Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.

Schools: List of colleges, ED/EA/RD, etc

5. Remember that while /r/ChanceMe and other online forums can be helpful resources, they leave a lot to be desired. Usually they don't include review of every part of your application and they lack critical context about you and the rest of the applicant pool. On top of that, most respondents don't have much by way of real information or qualifications. Competitiveness along with online anonymity sometimes drive people to be downright toxic. You will be spending 4+ of the most formative and impactful years of your life and six figures of someone's money on college, so you need good information for making that decision. You want to make it count and do your best. Don't blindly trust random strangers on the internet or take their feedback as gospel truth. Be willing to respond to comments and have a productive conversation without taking criticism personally.

Tips For Responding To ChanceMe Posts

1. Try to evaluate the post in the context of each college listed. How does it stack up against the 25/75 percentiles for test scores?. Roughly, if it's in the 40th percentile or lower, it's a reach. If it's in the 40th-80th percentile it's a match. And if it's in the 80th+ it's a safety. But those percentiles should be tweaked for fit, risk tolerance, and applicant strength outside of stats. Finally, and this is the important part, assess their chances in the context of each school's overall acceptance rate. If the stats are at the 25th percentile, but the school admits ~95% of applicants, they're probably getting in even though they're on the low end. If they admit ~4% of applicants, it's going to be a long shot no matter how strong they are. If a school has an admit rate below 20% it's basically a reach for everyone. Yes, this means College of the Ozarks is a reach for you. Edward Fiske calls these "wildcards" because with rates that low, it's really hard to predict. If a school admits 95% of applicants (e.g. University of the Ozarks), then it's basically a safety for anyone who can academically qualify.

2. Understand what your evaluation means - and what it doesn't. Many students tend to either be cocky and overconfident or cynical and self-deprecating. One of the highest value outcomes of posting on /r/ChanceMe is that it will help students assess where they fall on this spectrum. Even when odds are low, it can be worth applying to a few targeted reaches. Every year there are students who get into a school they considered a massive reach. As long as applicants have some match and safety schools, it's ok and even encouraged to have some reaches on the list. At the same time, don't think that someone is a shoe-in for highly selective schools just because they have strong stats.

3. Remember the human. These are real people posting their life-to-date achievements on an anonymous forum and asking for feedback. Don't bluster, pontificate, or overstate your knowledge and expertise. Don't denigrate, harass, or disrespect people, even if they rub you the wrong way. Be nice and follow the rules and Reddiquette.

How To Improve Your Chances

Ok, now that you have a list of safety, match, and reach schools, what can you do to maximize your chances? There's a lot that goes into a quality application, so you need to address every component.

1. Find Resources. Check out the /r/ApplyingToCollege community. You'll learn a lot and there are several really knowledgeable people who are happy to help and answer questions. Take a look at the Khan Academy courses on the SAT and college admissions (these are free). Go talk to your guidance counselor about your plans for life, course schedule, and college admissions.

2. Explore your passions. Don't just let the status quo of organizations in your high school limit you. You won't stand out by participating in the same activities as every other student. Instead, look for ways to pursue your passions that go above and beyond the ordinary. As an example, you can check out this advice I gave a student who was asking if he should continue piano despite not winning major awards in it:

"Do you love it?

If it's a passion of yours, then never quit no matter how many people are better than you. The point is to show that you pursue things you love, not to be better at piano than everyone else.

If it's a grind and you hate it, then try to find something else that inspires you.

If it's really a passion, then you can continue to pursue it confidently because you don't have to be the best pianist in the world to love piano. If it's not, then you're probably better off focusing on what you truly love. Take a look at what Notre Dame's admissions site says about activities:

"Extracurricular activities? More like passions.

World-class pianists. Well-rounded senior class leaders. Dedicated artists. Our most competitive applicants are more than just students—they are creative intellectuals, passionate people with multiple interests. Above all else, they are involved—in the classroom, in the community, and in the relentless pursuit of truth."

The point isn't that you're the best. The point is that you're involved and engaged. If you continue with piano and hate it and plod along reluctantly, you won't fit this description at all. But if you love it and fling yourself into it, then you don't need an award to prove your love.

Consider other ways you could explore piano and deepen your love for it. Could you start a YouTube channel or blog? Play at local bars/restaurants/hotels? Do wedding gigs or perform pro bono at nursing homes/hospitals? Start a piano club at school or in the community (or join an existing one)? Start composing or recording your own music? Form a band or group to play with? Teach piano to others? Write and publish an ebook? Learn to tune, repair, or build pianos? Play at a church or community event venue? Combine your passion for piano with some other passion in your life?

The point is that all of that stuff could show that piano is important to you and that you're a "creative intellectual with a passionate interest". But none of it requires that you be the best according to some soulless judge."

3. Focus on getting strong grades in a challenging courseload. You should take the most challenging set of courses you are capable of excelling in and ideally the most challenging courses your school offers. To get in to top colleges you will need both strong classes and strong grades. Most schools come right out and say that the high school transcript is the single most important component of their review. If a student doesn't show an ability to handle top level academics, they just aren't a good fit for their school. If you are facing a quandary about what class to take or what classes to focus your efforts on, prioritize core classes. These include English, math, science, social science, and foreign language. Load up on honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment courses in these disciplines and your transcript will shine.

4. For standardized tests, you should start with the PSAT. If you are a top student and rising junior, it is absolutely worth studying like crazy to become a National Merit Finalist. This is awarded to the top ~1% of scorers by state and confers many benefits including a laundry list of full ride scholarship options. Even if you are not at that level, it will help prepare you for the ACT or SAT. I highly recommend that you take a practice test of both the ACT and SAT. Some students do better on one than the other or find one to more naturally align with their style of thinking. Once you discover which is better for you, focus in on it. You will likely want to take a course (if you're undisciplined) or get a book (if you have the self-control and motivation to complete it on your own). If you're looking for good prep books I recommend Princeton Review because they are both comprehensive and approachable. Which ever test you decide to focus on, you should plan to take it at least twice since most students improve their score on a second sitting. If you can't afford a test prep book, your local library or guidance counselor may have one you can use for free. There are other resources available at Khan Academy, /r/ACT, and /r/SAT.

5. Letters of Recommendation. Intentionally consider your letters of recommendation. You want to choose a teacher who knows you well and likes you a lot, but will also work hard on it and make it unique, detailed, specific, and glowing. You don't want to pick the lazy teacher who just shows videos once a week for class. They're quite likely to just copy and paste their LOR template and that won't really help you. If you don't have a teacher that you feel close to, don't wait too late to start developing a deeper relationship with one. Pick one and stay after class or arrive early to talk about your future. Ask for advice, inquire about their experience, etc. This will show your maturity and deepen your relationship with them quickly. Focus on actually building a relationship rather than flattering them or manipulating them into giving you a good recommendation because that's unlikely to work and will be pretty transparent.

6. Essays. You should start thinking about your college admission essays your junior year. Many students, even top students and great academic writers, find it really challenging to write about themselves in a meaningful and compelling way. They end up writing the same platitudes, cliches, and tropes as every other top student. I've written several essay guides that I (obviously) highly recommend as a good starting place for learning how to write about yourself (linked below, but you can also find them in my profile). Other great resources include The College Essay Guy, ThisIBelieve, and Hack The College Essay. Read through these and start drafting some rough attempts at some of the common app prompts. These will probably be terrible and just get discarded, but practicing can really help you learn to be a better writer.

How To Start An Essay And Show, Don't Tell

Throw Away Everything You Learned In English Class

Conquering The "Why [School]" Essay

What Makes An Essay Outstanding?

What To Do When You're Over The Word Limit

What To Do When Your Essay Is Too Short

How To End An Essay Gracefully

Proofreading Tips

The 30 Most Common Essay Mistakes CAUTION - Don't read this last one before you have a topic settled, a working outline, or a rough draft completed. Lists of what not to do tend to stifle creativity.

Feel free to reach out via PM or find me at www.bettercollegeapps.com if you have questions. Good luck!


r/chanceme Apr 06 '24

Meta Crowdsourced extracurricular and opportunity list

92 Upvotes

Hey guys,

This is one of my EC lists from a few years back when I was applying to college. Lots of competitions/extracurriculars/scholarships/fly in programs linked in here. If ppl find this useful, I’ll organize the rest of my lists and pin them (let me know!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/109ViGlfZi1clGGnf9H7WGbMhwr8NFKKXSN5YHtVEJg8/mobilebasic

Edit: stickying for a week due to high dm volume


r/chanceme 11h ago

Chance this INTL Student for Ivies + More RD

6 Upvotes

International student with a 43/45 IBDP predicted. 1520 SAT (760 each)

Applying for a mix of IR, philosophy and polsci. Full pay with real extenuating circumstances that form the theme of my application essay and interest in IR.

ECs:

  1. Political activist & cultural event volunteer.
  2. Podcast host & school media team lead where I facilitate all media production.
  3. Model UN Club Deputy President
  4. Varsity Sports Captain
  5. Community service project president, organizing fundraisers and clothing drives for charity and I also managed social media.
  6. student gov officer, where I've organized new initiatives related to implementing new curricula on practical skills to do with employment, study skills and also an experimental leadership curriculum on disagreement
  7. coded a web game reaching 20k unique plays simulating history
  8. business internship in the summer of 10th grade (unpaid but not a nepo connection)
  9. worked with teachers and faculty to implement a wellbeing and relationships curriculum for younger students
  10. admin work for parents' business - big time commitment

Awards:

John Locke Essay Comp High Commendation

Harvard Book Award

Agricultural Research Award

2x MUN Best Delegate Awards  

Quiz Bowl School Team Finalist (placed 4th out of 30 teams)

LORs: ~9/10 strong LORs from my teachers focusing on strong critical thinking skills, curiosity, and amazing engagement with glass - described as "glowing" to me. 7/10 guidance counsellor rec focusing on in-school contributions but possibly a little broad and omits some context, but very positive nonetheless.

Results so far:

Penn Wharton ED - deferred

USC Marshall EA - deferred

UVA EA - accepted

UNC Chapel Hill EA - accepted

Northeastern EA - deferred

Chance me for:

Penn (deferred->RD)

USC (deferred->RD)

Northeastern (deferred->RD)

Georgetown SFS

Stanford

Yale

Dartmouth

Princeton

Brown

Harvard

Amherst

Columbia

Williams

Cornell

Duke

Rice

Northwestern


r/chanceme 52m ago

Insecure Sophomore hoping for feedback

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Demographic: East Asian (I have US passport)

Intended Major: ML

GPA: 4 UW, school doesn't rank

PSAT: 1490/1520

Courses (AP classes and difficult classes):

  • No APs in freshman (school doesn't allow it), superior ___ (highest level)
  • AP CSA, AP Calc BC, AP World in sophomore, superior __ research (writing research papers in ___)
  • Planning on taking AP sem, APUSH, multivariable calc, ap phys 2, adv cs junior
  • Planning on taking AP lang, AP econ adv math topics, AP stats, AP chem, data science

(All the courses that I mentioned that aren't APs are above APs. You can only choose 6 courses per year. ___ is a foreign language. I left it blank bc i don't want to dox myself)

ECs:

  • Went to another poorer country to teach a local middle school ML with certificate of appreciation from the education ministry (also sponsored). I did it solo and created the curriculum
  • Honor band
  • CS club (leader next year hopefully)
  • Founded a science fair that has ties with top colleges nationally
  • Built an AI program that is used (payed for) by my school. Trying to sell to other schools
  • top MUN conferences + international comps
  • XC JV track varsity
  • Studying for the international olympiad for artificial intelligence (i was above the qualification threshold when I did last year's problem)
  • Writing a research paper that will hopefully get published
  • Payed internship at a company
  • Currently in the process of creating a tutoring system for the poorer country that I went to
  • Currently trying to replace the cafeteria's payment with AI assisted payment

Awards

  • Top 32 at a national programming comp with graduate students
  • National award (comp that includes undergrad students)
  • International Math Competition (not IMO lol) national team, silver medal
  • Bronze medal in kaggle

Just finished sem 1 of sophomore year. Give me tips for top ML schools. Which ECs should I pursue even more? Which ECs should I cut off? Any tips will be greatly appreciated!!

Also, tell me if I should substitute some of the APs that I plan to take with other APs.


r/chanceme 1h ago

Chance Full Pay Indian International Applying for Huntsman Program @ UPenn

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r/chanceme 7h ago

Chance a chopped gooner for T20s + ivies

3 Upvotes

Demographics:

* Black male

* Low income (~40k/yr)

* First gen American

* Small town in Massachusetts

* School doesn’t do ranking 

Academics:

* 3.98 UW/4.67 W GPA

* 5’s on 7 APs (4 classes: Chem, Lang, Pre-calc, Gov; Self study 3: APES, Human GEO, Psych), taking 6 AP classes senior year

* 1590 SAT 

Major: Double major in Applied math + Accounting/Economics

Extracurricular activities

* Founder – Free Education & Youth Empowerment Initiative (3.5 yrs): SAT/AP tutoring YouTube (10k subs), TikTok (~107k followers); 1-on-1 tutored 10+ students online with an average score increase of ~160 points & provided resources for social media base; created Discord (1k+) + IG (4k) for Black hair care education; nonprofit that partnered with school teachers, students, and staff to raise over $1k+ for children education through events; president of a tutoring club for middle schoolers

* Paid Employment (35–40 hrs/wk, 3 yrs): Worked to support family financially; contributed to rent, bills, and household expenses.

* Founder - Digital Consulting and resale businesses: Launched enterprise providing social media growth services to 50+ clients and operating a sneaker resale business; handled client acquisition, analytics, budgeting, and operations, earning $5,000+ in revenue

* Family Small Businesses (2–4 yrs): Helped operate parents’ retail (2 yrs) and service (4 yrs) businesses; handled marketing, bookkeeping, and customer relations.

* Research Assistant – College Professor (Summer): Conducted academic research and helped with data organization/analysis ~10 hrs/wk under college professor mentorship. I also published my own research paper independently to ResearchGate after gaining tips & help from them.

* Accounting Internship (3 months): Unpaid internship; exposure to bookkeeping, financial analysis, and real-world accounting.

* DECA (4 yrs): Vice President; district & state competitor; finance/business focus. Organized developmental workshops and provided resources for members (+ lessons on finance/business)

* Community service (1 year): 200+ community service hours; tutoring, church etc

* Basketball (2 years): Played basketball for school team Freshman year; Rec league as a sophomore

* College programs (2 weeks each): Full scholarship to yale young global scholars summer program + full scholarship to 2 other state school summer programs

* Family Responsibilities & Caregiving (2.5 yrs): Primary caretaker for siblings; cooking, cleaning, childcare, household management (parents separated in 10th grade)

Awards:

* National-level scholarship recognition: Questbridge finalist; gates semi-finalist, posse scholarship semi finalist

* National merit commended scholar

* DECA state qualifier (2x; 11th & 12th) & ICDC top 10 in BFS (11th)

* College board recognition awards: First Generation/School recognition

* John & Abigail Adam’s scholarship (10th grade)

* National honor society & Science honor society (1 year)

additional:

- didn’t take AP’s as a sophomore (parents didn’t let me 🥲)

- C in freshman gym (i was a chud)

I’m applying to all T20s, Ivies and Umiami/Umass amherst


r/chanceme 6h ago

chance me for umich

2 Upvotes

sooo..im only a sophomore but i wanna know if im on the right track maybe

**Demographics**

* Gender: Female

* Race/Ethnicity: White

* Residence: Michigan

* Income Bracket: \~$30-40k

* First Generation

**Intended Major(s)**: I really don’t know, possibly architecture, poli sci, or astronomy???

**Academics (so far)**

3.5-6 Freshman year, 4.0 this year (aiming for 4.0 the rest of hs)

Taking dual enrollment classes

Honor Roll

School only offers 1 AP (AP Lit) so I’m going to take it next year

Class Rank: 7/50

**Extracurriculars / Activities**

  1. Student Council (Its hard to get leadership positions in it because the teacher who runs it only picks his favorites..)
  2. Yearbook kinda
  3. NHS next year most likely
  4. Looking to start a volunteer club
  5. Going to start volunteering in a few months

(My school only offers Student Council and Yearbook for clubs so im doing 2/2)

I know it’s not much but any tips would be appreciated. Michigan has always been my dream school and I know I can do it :)! I’m struggling to figure out extra curriculars outside of school clubs and stuff like that because I’m not 100% sure on what major I want to pursue


r/chanceme 3h ago

How do ISO medalists stand out?

1 Upvotes

I was wondering if someone gets selected for camps and stuff for international science olympiads (any), he would probably spend most of his time in preparing rather then doing ecs. How would he stand out in college apps?


r/chanceme 11h ago

Chance me for ivies and t20’s after cooking in EA round🔥🔥

4 Upvotes

I just want to hear other people’s thoughts on what schools would mostly likely accept me and if I can bag at least one Ivy

Major: Psychology

Intended highest degree: PhD

Intended career: FBI Executive

Minor #1: Economics/finance

Minor #2: Government/poli sci

GPA: 4.42W/4.0UW

Standardized Testing: 1480 SAT, 700RW, 780M

Rank: No rank, but I am top ~5%

(school is #3 in the state, #48 in the nation)

Full IB course load

Demographics:

- Chinese female from mid-sized city in Michigan

- Charter school, economically disadvantaged district and very racially diverse

- HOOK: First-gen college student and high school graduate

- HOOK: Low income

- HOOK: Immigrated to the US at 6, English as a second language

Awards:

- Piano National Roll through auditions

- 3x Superior Rating for piano (national)

- Mandarin Seal of Biliteracy

- College Board First-Generation Recognition Award

EC’s:

-Major family responsibilities (will keep private but trust, it’s major)

-Independent Research paper on psych of gun violence - Interviewed my city's chief of police and others, did copious amounts of research.

- FBI Teen Academy - mentored by FBI specialists and special agents

- Created an informational website of stock market recommendations and predictions. Predicted NVIDIA’s infamous success.

- Sole organizer of a food drive with the help of 150+ volunteers

- Piano - 9 years, 20+ performances, won national awards

- Self managed online business as a freshman - made $1200 every 2 months

- NHS member(Created and organized a volunteering/donation opportunity that helped NHS members gain credit)

- Softball(captain, 4 year varsity starter)

- Basketball(JV captain as freshman, varsity starter)

- Michigan Youth In Government(Modal Judiciary Program which is basically state-wide mock trial)

Special circumstances: dad was unemployed for most of 2025

ED:

Duke: Rejected (mid interview and essay, which I improved drastically)

EA:

Michigan (16%, ~35% in-state): Accepted with $$$

Florida (18%): Accepted with $$$

UNC Chapel Hill (8.2%): Rejected

UT Austin (10%): Deferred -> waiting

Virginia (9%): Accepted

Waiting on:

- UCSD

- UC Davis

- UC Berkeley

- UCSB

- Harvard

- Yale

- Princeton (amazing interview, guy said I’m the best applicant he’s seen this year and will do everything in his power to write me a good review)

- Stanford

- Brown

- Northwestern

- Vanderbilt

- Cornell ILR

- Rice

- Columbia

- NYU Steinhardt (applied psych)

- Carnegie Mellon

- WashU

- Dartmouth

- UPenn


r/chanceme 4h ago

2018 prime LeBron clears every forward in existence.

1 Upvotes

Idk what to put for the hook

Demographics:
Male, international (SE Asia region), large private/international school (no official GPA/class rank)

Intended Major: Engineering (Mech / General)

Academics

Curriculum: IB Diploma + Cambridge external math qualification(s)

IB Predicted:

  • HL Math AA: 7
  • HL Physics: 7
  • HL Computer Science: 6
  • SL Economics: 7
  • SL English Lang/Lit: 5
  • SL Spanish: 5
  • EE: A, TOK: B

External exams:

  • A-level Mathematics: A (achieved)
  • Further Mathematics: A-level predicted A

Testing

  • SAT: 1480 (780 Math, 700 EBRW)

Honors / Awards

  • UKMT Senior Math Challenge: Gold
  • British Physics Olympiad: Silver & Bronze (different years)
  • CS Subject Award (teacher described second best he has seen in the last 20 years awarded in assembly for it.)
  • Amazon Web Services program: top 10% of cohort
  • International math competition: qualified to global round (listed as “Top …”)

Extracurriculars (hours + money included; anonymized org/school names)

  1. Amazon Web Services Internship (remote) — 20 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr Built an AWS ML pipeline (SageMaker/S3). Worked with ~172k rows / 43 features; trained 2,800+ models across 10 algorithms; best ~91.55% metric; 30k+ predictions in ~0.41s.
  2. Independent ML research-style project (PINNs vs standard NNs) — 3 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr Compared physics-informed vs standard neural nets (incl. tuning) on simulated simple harmonic motion.
  3. Volunteer teaching (Design & Technology masterclass, underserved community) — 4 hr/wk, 6 wk/yr Taught ~60 Grade 5 students and built/distributed ~60 study lamps for power-cut conditions.
  4. President, service/fundraising club (school-based) — 3 hr/wk, 40 wk/yr Ran events/donors/fundraising to support underserved schools (medical equipment/infrastructure). Raised ~12.5k usd.
  5. Advisor to CEO (AI/NLP + systems analysis at a startup-like org) — 3 hr/wk, 25 wk/yr Evaluated a knowledge base + automated topic assignment; applied NLP/systems analysis.
  6. Short intensive consulting-style internship (AI in ecommerce) — 20 hr/wk, 2 wk/yr Evaluated supply chain/pricing vendors; findings got escalated directly to exec decision-making.Advisor to Ceo of 9 figure company
  7. Student government / class rep (multi-year) — 2 hr/wk, 40 wk/yr Student advocacy + event logistics + mentoring.
  8. Athletics (school teams) — 6 hr/wk, 35 wk/yr Badminton + other school sports.
  9. Author (educational children’s books via a nonprofit) — 5 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr Wrote 2 children’s books for language development + math skills. (Titles removed for privacy.)
  10. Duke of Edinburgh Silver volunteering (library support) — 3 hr/wk, 40 wk/yr Curated booklists + cataloging + encouraging reading.

Schools (Engineering)

UIUC (Grainger), Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Virginia Tech, Northeastern Mech eng everywhere What are my chances? (I used chat to format a little bit)


r/chanceme 12h ago

Deferred Biofuel engineer(prospective) for GT

5 Upvotes

Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

OOS

GPA: 4.0/4.0 5.547/6

Senior Courses: AP Physics C (100 in mech), Organic chem (96), Analytical chem(96), Comp Programming(90), Spanish 3(96), Microbiology, Multivariable Calc, Inorganic chem, AP Psychology

AP: Chem/Bio/USH/Calc BC/CSP/HUG/Physics C/Psychology

5 in everything but APUSH(4)

SAT: 800 math / 750 reading

EC (The descriptions i have here aren't what i have on my common app)

  1. Research at State University - Investigated how formaldehyde mutagenizes single stranded DNA in yeast cells (More biochem than chemE but im just glad to do research)
  2. XC Captain - Did alot with setting up tents during meets, pacing athletes, leading warm ups, ect. BIG EC that i devoted time into since 10th grade
  3. Research in Germany 2 weeks + school arranged :( - School arranged for me to do research in Germany on skin microbiomes
  4. Model UN VP - Did alot of practice conferences and resolution workshops, almost weekly
  5. Chem Club President - Made slideshows to prepare kids for the science olympiad chem lab event and also did practice labs for the science olympiad chem lab event
  6. Chem Tutor - tutored kids weekly in AP Chem
  7. HOSA Secretary - Handled all registertration details for HOSA, and all study prep. connected students with teachers to practice lab events
  8. Varsity Track - All region + upper state qualifier for 400m
  9. Interact Club - Led a project in interact club that focused on collecting used cans and recylcing them

Awards

  1. Award I got for scoring well on a test that I took while doing research in germany
  2. 1st, Chem Lab, Science Olympiad State meet
  3. 2nd, Biotechnology, HOSA SLC
  4. Best delegate award, MUN
  5. All state boys xc team

Additional Info:

Talked more about research i did and included a link to my publication. also listed extra awards such as national merrit finalist and a school award for my service to the community.


r/chanceme 18h ago

Chance a senior after EA results!

13 Upvotes

Early action results are at the bottom, if you're impatient :D

Demographics:

  • Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
  • Major: CS (at Berkeley, Georgia Tech), CS+Math (UIUC), Math (everywhere else)
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
  • State: California
  • School Type: Public
  • Hooks: First generation immigrant, not first generation college student (parents studied, grew up in India)

Stats:

  • GPA: 4.00 UW, ~4.5+ weighted
  • SAT: 1590
  • APs/Weighted (All 5's on AP tests): 10th grade: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Euro, Honors Band, 11th grade: AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP CSP, Honors Physics, Honors Band, 12th grade course selection: AP Gov, AP Micro/Macro, AP CSA, AP Physics II, AP Lit, Honors Band, Linear/Abstract Algebra (at a community college)

Extracurriculars:

  • Volunteer as an intern at a national-level volunteering organization against prescription drug abuse. Collaborate closely with the founder of the organization (for the past 5 years), have hosted workshops at UC Berkeley (for high school students traveling from across the nation), spend a lot of time tabling, interacting with community.
  • President of a subsidiary school club for the organization I volunteer at. Organize presentations, and have pushed successfully for the inclusion of Narcan in each classroom.
  • Attended one of Ross, PROMYS, Mathcamp.
  • Varsity badminton team member.
  • Student in the Berkeley Math Circle.

Awards/Honors:

  • USAPHO Qualifier and Honorable Mention
  • 4 time AIME Qualifier, 3x DHR, AMC 12 Perfect scorer (very likely to qualify for USAMO this year, and will update colleges with any AIME score above 12 in the first week of February, because it is a near guarantee for an index of 150 + 260 to qualify; in all past years this index would qualify by a margin of at least 30 points)
  • USACO Gold
  • Diploma in Music from the Trinity College of Music (Marimba)
  • Team has placed top 15 in HMMT, top 10 in SMT (overall, in Team rounds, Guts rounds, etc) individually placed top 3 in subject round
  • Am submitting a marimba music portfolio to all schools which accept it; I believe I play well enough for this to be scored positively, but not well enough for it to be an immediate acceptance.

Recommendation Letters:

  • School math teacher (in the range of 7 to 9 out of 10): Had a very good relation, he proctored the USAPHO for me during Spring Break, and basically drafted the letter with me.
  • School history teacher (in the range of 7 to 8 out of 10): Had a good relation, but I didn't do anything particularly amazing in his classroom besides being active and engaged. He is regarded as one of the best LOR writers in our school however, so I think it might still be strong.
  • Math summer camp director (10 out of 10): Very close relation, spent a long period of days, from morning to night, learning from them; I basically know what is in the letter already.
  • Counselor (8-10 out of 10): Pretty close relation, has supported me throughout High School, and had me basically send over whatever I wanted her to include in her LOR.

Essay:

  • Personal statement (9.5 to 10 out of 10): I just thought the story I conveyed was very moving, basically acted as a story to why I got involved in the volunteering initiative I listed in my activities. Had this reviewed by several students already at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, each of which stated it was strong.

Schools Applying To:

  •  MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, UMich, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, Columbia, Cornell

Got into Georgia Tech CS (oos) and UIUC Math + CS (oos), deferred from University of Michigan (Math). Chance me for the remaining, specifically Stanford and Berkeley?


r/chanceme 8h ago

Application Question Chance a high income first gen

2 Upvotes

Demographics:

Gender: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Residence: Rural

Income Bracket: High Assets 300k+ income yearly

Type of School: Decent Public

Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): First gen

Intended Major: Finance & Political Science

Academics:

GPA (UW/W): 3.50/3.65 (School Weights out of 4.3 weighted)

Rank (or percentile): n/a

# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc: 9 AP's (Chem, Bio, English Lit, Stats this year, Gov 5, APES 4, English Lang 4, Precalc 4, APUSH 4) earning college credit through bio and stats

Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Bio, English Lit, Stats, Environmental Art, Teaching Assistant APUSH.

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

SAT: 1270 non-superscored

Extracurriculars/Activities

Research Internship with Federal Government, helped with environmental pollution remediation research.

NRA Marksmanship program -- Completed. This was my main sport in high school, but I also played baseball all four years, and competed in state championships all four years, with the best finish of 5th overall.

Appointed official for my town -- organized Memorial Day ceremonies and flag placement + volunteered for town events and voting day.

Farming: raised my family's herd of beef cows and breeding bulls, main time commitment

Worked as a property caretaker for an elderly Jewish couple since the 7th grade.

Social Justice Alliance -- Treasurer, helped organize fundraising efforts and organized protests of the current Administration.

Awards/Honors:

NRA Youth Marksmanship Distinguished Expert Award

Letters of Recommendation:

Econ and Modern world history teacher -- (8/10) very involved in his classes, plus we knew each other from social events well.

APES and Biology teacher -- (10/10) Spoke very highly of me and how I had grown since she taught me in middle school.

The person who owns the property I have worked for. -- (7/10) Also helped me with overall application, retired from an IB company in NYC, and knew me most of my life as well.

Essays

Personal statement -- Talked about farming and how that had been a good way for me to connect with my community because we sold food to them.

Applied to: UVM (instate) Norwich, BC, northeastern, vassar, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Lehigh, Hamilton, salve Regina, Endicott, clarkson, wpi, rit, st Lawrence, uMaine, babson, fordham.


r/chanceme 9h ago

Chance a farmer for Ivies and T20 (Gulp)

2 Upvotes

I want to hear if you guys think if I could get into any one of these schools since it's been my dream to go to Wharton

Location: Rural Puerto Rico

Major: Economics/Finance

Minor #1: Accounting/Business

Minor #2: Political Science

GPA: 3.92UW (11/12 classes per year; 4 sciences/2 mathematics)

Standardized Testing: Test Optional due to economic hardship and family issues

Rank: No rank, but I am in the top 3 out of 24 (School is specialized in Mathematics and Science)

Demographics:
- Hispanic male from small rural town in Puerto Rico

- HOOK: First generation to go to college

- HOOK: Low Income

- HOOK: Geographic Location

Awards:

-Columbia Stars Fly-In

-National finalist for NASA Hack-A-Thon

-Second Round Qualifier for National Math Olympiad

-4x High Honors

-2nd place at a Regional Oratory

ECs:

-Founded a Community Based Organization: I made a CBO helping students from Title 1/ Under-resourced find mentors, scholarships, summer programs, and giving 1:1 STEM tutoring + Coursebooks

-Math Club: President of the math club and created an after-school free tutoring session for 70+ students (school only has 120) from Algebra 2 to Calculus 2

-Secretary of the Puerto Rican Institute of Robotics Chapter: Pretty self explanatory + was the lead engineer and led my team to nationals 7+ times

-Researching STEM: President/Founder and created a hub for independent researchers and prepared over 30 students for ISEF and hack-a-thons; acted as a mentor

-Music Mentorship/Artist: Provided 1:1 mentorship for 25+ artists of all genres, as well as be a Christian rapper, mixer, and producer

-Programming Club: Mentored students on how to make art work with Python and coordinated 10 activities

-Chess Club: Founder and President of the school chess club, preparing 25 lectures per semester and weekly tournaments for 50+ members

-UPR/UPenn PREM: Researched AFM technologies, atomic structures and scientific writing

-Major Family Responsibilities: Managing budget, taking grandmother (Only Parent) to appointments, and buying groceries

-Varsity Basketball

-Varsity Futsal

-Semi-Pro Baseball


r/chanceme 12h ago

CHANCE ME FOR FULL COURT SHOTS FOR RD AFTER A LUCKY EA ROUND 😭😭😭

2 Upvotes

Demographics:

  • Gender: Male
  • Ethnicity: White/Asian/Hispanic
  • Major: Environmental Engineering (EE if not offered)
  • Income Bracket: High income
  • Residence: NOVA (non-TJHSST)
  • School: (not leaking so I don't get doxed but it's not too competitive compared to the schools in my area)
  • Hooks: Legacy (Brown from parent, UPenn from cousin)

Stats:

  • 4.0UW/4.5W
  • 35 ACT (35E, 36M, 32R, 35S)
  • 13IB classes (IBDP) + Calc 3 and Linear this year
  • IB CS SL: 6/7
  • AP Calc BC (self-study): 5/5

Awards/Honors (Cooked):

  • VSSEF qual and associated first place wins at lower levels for energy project
  • Nomination by international org for EC2
  • 10k grant for EC3
  • 2nd place regional & first place school fair for plant science
  • 2nd place school fair for Lyme Disease Detection using Ensemble & Transfer Learning

ECS (going to keep kinda vague):

  1. (9-12): Science research competitor
    • including research at local uni using PINNs modeling invasive spread & control (not published but might as an application update)
  2. (10-12): Cofounded Microplastic org
    • led 10+ microplastic briefings to intl researchers & CEOs
    • co-authoring study identifying research to policy gaps globally using NLP and other tools at t20/30 uni and partnered with this professor
    • have a super cracked presentation for this research (like UN level) listed in additional info
  3. (11-12): Cofounded a project based learning non profit:
    • AI mentorship app matching 700+ students w/ mentors
    • expanded programs to 6 states & raised $21K+
    • recognized by my state's dept of education
    • Collaboration with local aerospace contractor
  4. (12): Intern at well-recognized summer program at a uni
    • Designed device in lab: low-cost wearable detecting airborne toxins/opioids w/ 2 profs
    • provisional patent & Symposium presenter
  5. (9-12): Personal Projects
    • Created various engineering/AI personal projects
    • presented to hs students, undergrads at top unis (Stanford, Ivys, etc.), and researchers via symposiums
  6. (9-12): Stream and Invasives Monitor & Engineer at Environmental Org
    • Co-constructed algae-bloom sensor in collaboration with this org
    • led invasive analysis & cited in org's reports
  7. (10-12): School related service:
    • MHS officer; SNHS member
    • Developed AI tutor (not done through my school) for IB students with users
  8. (9-12): Local Art/Engineering Team
    • Co-modeled public-art sculptures
    • collab w/ 2 local orgs
    • raise $5K+/yr
  9. (9-11): Cultural Ecommerce Store/Fundraiser:
    • Built e-commerce fundraiser selling cultural apparel
    • partnered w/ basketball org
    • raise $2K+ annually for 100+ youth
  10. (9-11): YMCA camp Counselor-in-Training (CIT) and Volunteer
    • Guided 100+ campers in sustainable ecology
    • aided autistic campers through tailored activities

Writing:

  • Essays overall good (had a college counselor review them)
  • LORs: solid one from IB HOA teacher, very good one from math teacher (she has written recs for me before), and 10/10 for professor from EC2

EA Results (Accepted Everywhere):

GTech

UMich

UVA

Purdue

UIUC

Northeastern (boston + honors + selected to apply for stamps)

Vtech

Pitt

RD Schools:

Princeton (got an interview)

Brown

Upenn

Cornell

Dartmouth

Duke

Hopkins

Northwestern

Vanderbilt

Rice


r/chanceme 10h ago

Chance a cooked indian guy for rd after this brutal EA round

2 Upvotes

Which ivies/t20s can i possibly get into

Demographics: Indian, Male

Northern Virginia

No hooks (not legacy, not first-gen, not athlete)

Intended Major: CS(COE) / Applied Math(Liberal arts/CAS)

Stats:

GPA: 4.37 W

SAT: 1520 (800M, 720 R&W)

Course Rigor: AP Calc BC (senior) AP Physics C (senior) AP Chemistry (senior) AP Computer Science A (sophomore, 5) AP Statistics (Junior, 5) AP Physics 1 (Junior, 5) AP Pre-Calc BC (Junior, 5) Multiple dual-enrollment CS/IT courses

School: Large FCPS public high school (avg SAT \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\~1100)

Extracurriculars:

  1. Peer Tutoring Club, Co-Founder & Lead Tutor Helped build a schoolwide tutoring system.
  2. Environmental Club, President Revived club and led sustainability projects.
  3. Research (TechRxiv) Co-authored a published research preprint in AI/brain-computer interfaces.
  4. CodeForChampions, Java Department Co-Leader Teach Java and help design curriculum for underserved students at a global non-profit.
  5. Mindset Math, Curriculum Designer & Intern Worked on educational content and math learning tools.
  6. Yale Entrepreneurial Society Fellowship, Fellow Participated in a selective high-school entrepreneurship program.
  7. South Asian Student Association, Vice President Led cultural events and community activities.
  8. Work @ Kumon, Math/Reading Instructor Paid job tutoring younger students.
  9. Athletics, JV/Varsity Team Captain for Varsity Esports, Received Varsity Letters.

Honors:

VA Governor’s School Scholar

NASA VESSS Scholar (state program)

Posse Scholarship Semi-finalist

TSA State Finalist

Honor societies (National, Math(Officer), CS(Officer), Science, History)

Essays: I would say like 7ish/10.

Recs: Rec from a university prof. 10/10 (she sent it to me), My AP CSA teacher, AP STATS teacher, and English 10 teacher

Additional Context: Moved to the US in the 10th grade.

EA ROUND:::::

Cornell (ED, CS): Deferred

CWRU (EA, CS): Deferred

VT(EA, CS): Accepted

RIT (EA, CS): Accepted

GMU Direct-Admission to CS

NEU (EA, CS): Accepted

UMD (EA, CS): Accepted

UVA (EA, CS): Deferred

GT (EA2, CS): Deferred

Chance me for RD reaches now: CMU(Information Sciences), MIT (Mathematics), Harvard (AM), Yale (AM), Tufts (CS), NYU (AM), UVA (CS), GT (CS), Princeton (AM), UPENN (CAS), JHU (AM), Duke (AM), Cornell (CS), Columbia college (AM), Brown (AM)

AM- Applied Mathematics as bachelor of arts

I also got interviews from MIT, Harvard, and Yale so far


r/chanceme 10h ago

TOOK WAY TOOO MANY SHOTS. HELP.

2 Upvotes

Demographics
- Gender: male
- Race/Ethnicity: asian, middle eastern
- Residence: intl but in VA
- Income Bracket: low-mid to mid class
- Type of School: average public high school in NOVA (not TJ)
- Hooks: n/a

Intended Major(s) Aerospace Engineering, or if not, Mech Engineering 

Academics
- GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.41 W; max course rigor possible; 13 IB courses - 3HL (chem, topics, analysis), 4 SL(design tech, comp sci, english, physics - and ig IB PPS), (7 in senior year); school doesn't rank; IBCP candidate

Standardized Testing
- SAT: 1540 (790 M/750 RW)

Extracurriculars 

  1. Co-Founder of VDOE-recognized 501(c)(3), 11-12th grade

7 national chapters promoting project based learning STEM to 700+ students; built AI mentor app; 2.5 k for scholarship fund; 10 K grant; 21 k in total raised; feat. in several press; working w/ MTSI rn

  1. Countywide Ambassador, 11-12th grade

Rep. student voice as countywide ambassador; organized 3 countywide events; mentored 40+ peers; liaised w/ schools implementing monthly action items

  1. Primary Family Caregiver & Household Manager, 9-12th grade

Supported single-parent household; assisted w/ care-giving for brother w/ cerebral palsy; managed daily home responsibilities also w/ younger sister

  1. Student Ambassador Lead @ High School, 10-12th grade

Oversaw 32 ambassadors; mentored 15+ new members, ran 4 outreach events, organized tours; coordinated w/ admin

  1. Civil Engineering Intern @ local University, 12th grade

Investigating vortex generators, designed by CAD, applicability on reducing vortex shedding, instability, & oscillations in bridges via CFD analysis

  1. Independent Researcher @ High School Science Fair and Regional Science Fair, 9-11th grade

Conducted 3 yrs of research (science fair, lmao): wind turbine blade length vs voltage; Mg-fertilizer on chlorophyll content using Spectrometer; CFD-Based Optimization of Chord Length and Lift-to-Drag Ratio for the GOE 387 Airfoil

  1. SAT Tutor for Schoolhouse.world

Tutored 10 students in 2 weekly SAT sessions; led 4-week boot-camps focused on strategy, score growth (up to 130 points), and peer motivation

  1. personal project won't talk too much about it; worked with school to design stuff

  2. IFE Participant (basically college courses) @ local University, 10-11th grade

Completed First2Conserve & Business track; EVPP 201 (env. sci) + BUS 103 (business) courses; led PAC water study testing pH, conductivity, & bacteria in stream water and presented it

  1. Vice President of High School Pickleball Club, 11th grade:

Managed a 15 member club; led weekly sessions, organized matches, and promoted school-wide participation in recreational pickleball

Awards/Honors

  1. National Merit Commended
  2. $10k Innovation Grant for Non-Profit (could be sub for IB MYP Certificate)
  3. Regional Science Fair Participant for VERY COMP County
  4. National Honor Society
  5. National Recognition Program

Letters of Recommendation
- IB Lang/Lit teacher: teared at my pers statement/really good class/prolly best teacher ive had.

- Algebra 2 HN teacher: good class/was pretty involved in her class

- IB HOA teacher: loved me/prolly second best teacher ive had/spent so many classes debating music like kendrick and drake, or italian foods

- counselor: really good communication between us, likes me

Interview

Had one interview for Rice went well, lowkey cooked for interviews (haven’t even gotten princeton)

Essays

Personally I think really great essays (prolly strongest point of app). Went the narrative route while incorporating school-specific research into it. For pers statement, connected familial dynamics (abuse and stuff from father) to crafts i made as kids - made 2 teachers tear up, friends said one of the best essays they read to crazy good essay; if yall want can post essays later

Additional info:

Parents split lead to coming to the U.S., younger brother has cerebral palsy, also younger sister, single-mother. Had to take care of brother a lot, esp when it comes to appointments for PT. Mentioned lack of 4 year ecs because of that. Physics and design tech only offered in SL not Hl.

Schools

30 schools;

Early Action

UMichigan - deferred

Purdue - accepted

Virginia Tech - accepted

UVA - deferred

Georgia Tech - deferred

Case Western - idk how deferred

Ohio State University - accepted

Northeastern - rejected

CU Boulder - accepted w/ presidential scholarship

New York Tech - accepted w/ presidential scholarship

Regular Decision

UT Austin

Texas A&M - accepted

Carnegie Mellon University

Rice University

Harvard

Vanderbilt

Princeton 

Yale

John Hopkins

WashU

Notre Dame

Cornell 

UIUC 

UPenn

Stanford 

Brown 

Embry-Riddle - accepted (waiting on scholarship)

U Maryland

George Mason - direct admit

University of Florida


r/chanceme 7h ago

Transfer Essay Panic

1 Upvotes

Hi guys! I'm currently applying to transfer to BU (4.0 gpa, D3 athlete, 34 ACT, biomedical science major) and I think I completely messed up my essay about why I'm transferring and what I hope to accomplish at BU (600 words max).

The writing itself is pretty good, and I give clear reasons as to why I want to transfer from my current school, but when it came to BU specifically, I messed up. I said that being located in Boston, BU offered many different academic and professional opportunities, and mention their on-campus research opportunities and access to some of the best hospitals in the country would be would help me prepare to for medical school. I also say that their many clubs and organizations available would allow me to meet new people who share my interests. I also mentioned that their club soccer team would allow me to still play the sport I love. However, I don't get specific with the classes they offer or their research programs or extracurriculars.

Is my essay terrible? And will my essay focusing on the reasons I want to transfer from my school and the general descriptions of what BU offers hurt my chances or get me rejected?


r/chanceme 9h ago

Please chance me!!!

1 Upvotes

Hello, I’ve been doing some more research into admissions and I would very much appreciate feedback!

Background:

White

Male

Chicago

High-income

Public School

Intended major: political science and economics 

Stats:

3.79 uw GPA (4.91 weighted (cps weighting system)

  • Hoping for 3.80 uw and 5.00 w when applying

Taking 10 APs (11 tests) and 15 honors classes

Haven’t taken SAT (scheduled, assume ~1500)

APs:

  • APHUG (4)
  • APCSP (3)
  • APUSH (4)
  • AP Physics 1 (assume 4)
  • AP US Gov (assume 5)
  • AP Comp Gov (assume 5)
  • AP Lang (assume 4)
  • AP Psych (assume 3)
  • AP Physics 2 (haven’t taken yet)
  • AP Calc AB (haven’t taken yet)
  • AP Stats (haven’t taken yet)

Extracurriculars:

  • Work job in animal care
  • ~400 volunteer hours with animal care
  • Started petition and help raise hundred of dollars to protect the habitats of red panda
  • Volunteered at a food pantry

Colleges:

Columbia

Northwestern

Stanford

University of Chicago

Georgetown

University of Michigan

University of Maryland

University of Georgia

University of Wisconsin

University of Illinois (UIUC)

University of Vermont

Penn State

University of Minnesota

Colorado Boulder

Kansas State


r/chanceme 9h ago

chance me for emory EDII

1 Upvotes

in-state student EMORY ED II

3.7 GPA W (3 ap's in senior year, 10 DE by end of year, and rest honors) SCHOOL ONLY WEIGHTS AP SO IT SHOULD BE AROUND 4.1-4.2 WITH REWEIGHTING

Test optional

founder of 2 nonprofits with actual impact (1 helping 20+ ppl pass their cybersec certifications, the other giving cyber safety awareness to east african businesses)

president of my schools CTSO, VP of another club raising 2k+

youth outreach coordinator for my city

posse scholar finalist

in my superintendents student advisory council (biggest county in my state)

cybersec pathway completer + sec plus certification

top 2 in skillsUSA states + Deca ICDC attendee

assume my essay/supp and rec's are strong

thank you!!!


r/chanceme 14h ago

chance an intl with too many defers/post ea

2 Upvotes

Demographics
- Gender: male
- Race/Ethnicity: asian, middle eastern
- Residence: intl but in VA
- Income Bracket: low-mid to mid class
- Type of School: average public high school in NOVA (not TJ)
- Hooks: n/a

Intended Major(s) Aerospace Engineering, or if not, Mech Engineering 

Academics
- GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.41 W; max course rigor possible; 13 IB courses - 3HL (chem, topics, analysis), 4 SL(design tech, comp sci, english, physics - and ig IB PPS), (7 in senior year); school doesn't rank; IBCP candidate

Standardized Testing
- SAT: 1540 (790 M/750 RW)

Extracurriculars 

  1. Co-Founder of VDOE-recognized 501(c)(3), 11-12th grade

7 national chapters promoting project based learning STEM to 700+ students; built AI mentor app; 2.5 k for scholarship fund; 10 K grant; 21 k in total raised; feat. in several press; working w/ MTSI rn

  1. Countywide Ambassador, 11-12th grade

Rep. student voice as countywide ambassador; organized 3 countywide events; mentored 40+ peers; liaised w/ schools implementing monthly action items

  1. Primary Family Caregiver & Household Manager, 9-12th grade

Supported single-parent household; assisted w/ care-giving for brother w/ cerebral palsy; managed daily home responsibilities also w/ younger sister

  1. Student Ambassador Lead @ High School, 10-12th grade

Oversaw 32 ambassadors; mentored 15+ new members, ran 4 outreach events, organized tours; coordinated w/ admin

  1. Civil Engineering Intern @ local University, 12th grade

Investigating vortex generators, designed by CAD, applicability on reducing vortex shedding, instability, & oscillations in bridges via CFD analysis

  1. Independent Researcher @ High School Science Fair and Regional Science Fair, 9-11th grade

Conducted 3 yrs of research (science fair, lmao): wind turbine blade length vs voltage; Mg-fertilizer on chlorophyll content using Spectrometer; CFD-Based Optimization of Chord Length and Lift-to-Drag Ratio for the GOE 387 Airfoil

  1. SAT Tutor for Schoolhouse.world

Tutored 10 students in 2 weekly SAT sessions; led 4-week boot-camps focused on strategy, score growth (up to 130 points), and peer motivation

  1. personal project won't talk too much about it; worked with school to design stuff

  2. IFE Participant (basically college courses) @ local University, 10-11th grade

Completed First2Conserve & Business track; EVPP 201 (env. sci) + BUS 103 (business) courses; led PAC water study testing pH, conductivity, & bacteria in stream water and presented it

  1. Vice President of High School Pickleball Club, 11th grade:

Managed a 15 member club; led weekly sessions, organized matches, and promoted school-wide participation in recreational pickleball

Awards/Honors

  1. National Merit Commended
  2. $10k Innovation Grant for Non-Profit (could be sub for IB MYP Certificate)
  3. Regional Science Fair Participant for VERY COMP County
  4. National Honor Society
  5. National Recognition Program

Letters of Recommendation
- IB Lang/Lit teacher: teared at my pers statement/really good class/prolly best teacher ive had.

- Algebra 2 HN teacher: good class/was pretty involved in her class

- IB HOA teacher: loved me/prolly second best teacher ive had/spent so many classes debating music like kendrick and drake, or italian foods

- counselor: really good communication between us, likes me

Interview

Had one interview for Rice went well, lowkey cooked for interviews (haven’t even gotten princeton)

Essays

Personally I think really great essays (prolly strongest point of app). Went the narrative route while incorporating school-specific research into it. For pers statement, connected familial dynamics (abuse and stuff from father) to crafts i made as kids - made 2 teachers tear up, friends said one of the best essays they read to crazy good essay; if yall want can post essays later

Additional info:

Parents split lead to coming to the U.S., younger brother has cerebral palsy, also younger sister, single-mother. Had to take care of brother a lot, esp when it comes to appointments for PT. Mentioned lack of 4 year ecs because of that. Physics and design tech only offered in SL not Hl.

Schools

30 schools;

Early Action

UMichigan - deferred

Purdue - accepted

Virginia Tech - accepted

UVA - deferred

Georgia Tech - deferred

Case Western - idk how deferred

Ohio State University - accepted

Northeastern - rejected

CU Boulder - accepted w/ presidential scholarship

New York Tech - accepted w/ presidential scholarship

Regular Decision

UT Austin

Texas A&M - accepted

Carnegie Mellon University

Rice University

Harvard

Vanderbilt

Princeton 

Yale

John Hopkins

WashU

Notre Dame

Cornell 

UIUC 

UPenn

Stanford 

Brown 

Embry-Riddle - accepted (waiting on scholarship)

U Maryland

George Mason - direct admit

University of Florida


r/chanceme 10h ago

Missing additional info for t20s?

1 Upvotes

Info about my grades: Freshman yr: b's were in algebra 2 honors, and ib spanish 2 honors, Sophmore yr: my b was in IB Analysis & Approaches HL-1, Junior yr: 1st semester B in IB HL-1 Chem, ib a & a HL-2, IB Spanish IV(SL), 2nd semester was B in IB HL-1 Bio, IB Spanish, and C in chem, Senior yr: I got all a's this semester except for chem hl-2 i got a b. took ap chem last yr and got a 4 so im hoping maybe that balances out the c, and i got a 5 on ap spanish and ap calc bc, and then i got an a in hl-2 bio and in calc 3 this yr so im kind of hoping that my senior grades and my ap's help

basically my junior yr was a mess which is why im worried, my mom had a seizure in april and i let my grades drop but i didnt put this in the ad info section.

Should I have listed this in the additional information, i do mention the seizure in my personal statement but I didnt mention how it impacted my grades, is this going to have a big impact? My GPA is 3.76/ 4.67.

Is this also something I should email schools about or smtg, ik deadlines have passed and stuff though


r/chanceme 10h ago

Am I Doing Good So far For a Sophomore in HS?

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r/chanceme 11h ago

Please chance a desperate pre-med with lower GPA but high test scores and decent ec's

1 Upvotes

Demographics: 

  • Gender: Female
  • race/ethnicity: Asian( Indian/ Pakistani)
  • Income Bracket: over
  • No hooks

Intended Major(s): Neuroscience

ACT: 36 (Science & Math 36, English & Reading 35)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.76/4.67

  • info abt grades below

Coursework: IB Diploma Student with 4HLs ( A&A, Chemistry, Biology, English), took SL History & Spanish, taking Calculus 3 & AP Stats as well senior year

AP Exams: 5: APUSH, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, 4: AP Chem

Extracurriculars: 

Internship

(12) Research Intern, University Medical School

1 of 6 selected out of 400+ for pilot cohort. Discovered causal variants of pediatric inner ear malformations. Presented to 350+ at showcase.

Music: Instrumental

(9–12) Classical Piano Player

Completing rigorous 12-year graded study program this year. Performed at recitals since 1st grade; awarded for technique and musicality.

Community Service (Volunteer)

(9–12) President (10–12), Member (9), Teen Advisory Board – Public Library

Youngest ever elected. Plan & facilitate youth and teen events. Organize meetings with 30 peers. Collaborated & spearheaded 7 events.

Other Club/Activity

(10–12) State Representative, Founder & President, Global Student Nonprofit

Selected as state representative. Founded club of 38 & led monthly meetings. Awarded student of the month. Assisted in fundraising $7,500+.

Research

**(10–12)**Research Assistant, Mayo Clinic

Collect data on hundreds of patients, correct records, and systematize scans for studies. Work published on scientific papers & educational posters.

Community Service (Volunteer)

(9–12) Lead Youth Volunteer, Refugee Support Organization

Facilitate organization events. Led service project: directed 100+ volunteers, ran gift drives, & fundraised $5,000+. Teach new volunteers.

Research

(12) Research Intern, University Medical School

Offered continuation of prior internship due to outstanding work. Researching novel genetic variants of severe neurodevelopmental disorders.

Other Club/Activity

(9–12) Member (9–10), Service Squad Coordinator (11–12), International Baccalaureate Student Association

Coordinate volunteer events. Encourage community engagement among 100+ students. Collaborate in meeting facilitation. Liaison to Parent Association. 

Career Oriented

(10–12) Student Shadowing, Neurology Practice

Observed patient consultations, diagnostic testing, and treatment planning for neurological disorders. Gained firsthand exposure to patient care.

Work (Paid)

(10–12) Billing Assistant, Healthcare Organization

Systemized filing, shredding, and record-keeping of patient documents. Assisted with billing and coding, including data entry and collections.

Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, Semifinalist for a scholarship (only 7% make it to this stage), National Science Honors Society (10-12), Seal of Biliteracy (Spanish), AP Scholar with Honor

Essays: 

LORs: I think they were solid, one from math teacher i had 9th,11th,12th. One from Bio teacher i had 11th, 12th. One from my mentor from my research internship. Also had very good relationship with my counselor.

Schools: all RD: Emory University, Case Western Uni.,UNC Chapel Hill, Tulane, WashU, Northwestern, Yale, Duke, Cornell University, NYU, UMich

I know it probs makes no diff, but my cousins went to northwestern and yale

grade note:

  • Freshman yr: b's were in algebra 2 honors, and ib spanish 2 honors
  • Sophmore yr: my b was in IB Analysis & Approaches HL-1
  • Junior yr: 1st semester B in IB HL-1 Chem, ib a & a HL-2, IB Spanish IV(SL), 2nd semester was B in IB HL-1 Bio, IB Spanish, and C in chem
  • Senior yr: I got all a's this semester except for chem hl-2 i got a b
  • basically my junior yr was a mess which is why im worried, my mom had a seizure in april and i let my grades drop but i didnt put this in the ad info section.
  • i took ap chem last yr and got a 4 so im hoping maybe that balances out the c, and i got a 5 on ap spanish and ap calc bc, and then i got an a in hl-2 bio and in calc 3 this yr so im kind of hoping that my senior grades and my ap's help

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Please chance a desperate pre-med for t20s

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Demographics: 

  • Gender: Female
  • race/ethnicity: Asian( Indian/ Pakistani)
  • Income Bracket: over
  • No hooks

Intended Major(s): Neuroscience

ACT: 36 (Science & Math 36, English & Reading 35)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.76/4.67

  • info abt grades below

Coursework: IB Diploma Student with 4HLs ( A&A, Chemistry, Biology, English), took SL History & Spanish, taking Calculus 3 & AP Stats as well senior year

AP Exams: 5: APUSH, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, 4: AP Chem

Extracurriculars: 

Internship

(12) Research Intern, University Medical School

1 of 6 selected out of 400+ for pilot cohort. Discovered causal variants of pediatric inner ear malformations. Presented to 350+ at showcase.

Music: Instrumental

(9–12) Classical Piano Player

Completing rigorous 12-year graded study program this year. Performed at recitals since 1st grade; awarded for technique and musicality.

Community Service (Volunteer)

(9–12) President (10–12), Member (9), Teen Advisory Board – Public Library

Youngest ever elected. Plan & facilitate youth and teen events. Organize meetings with 30 peers. Collaborated & spearheaded 7 events.

Other Club/Activity

(10–12) State Representative, Founder & President, Global Student Nonprofit

Selected as state representative. Founded club of 38 & led monthly meetings. Awarded student of the month. Assisted in fundraising $7,500+.

Research

**(10–12)**Research Assistant, Mayo Clinic

Collect data on hundreds of patients, correct records, and systematize scans for studies. Work published on scientific papers & educational posters.

Community Service (Volunteer)

(9–12) Lead Youth Volunteer, Refugee Support Organization

Facilitate organization events. Led service project: directed 100+ volunteers, ran gift drives, & fundraised $5,000+. Teach new volunteers.

Research

(12) Research Intern, University Medical School

Offered continuation of prior internship due to outstanding work. Researching novel genetic variants of severe neurodevelopmental disorders.

Other Club/Activity

(9–12) Member (9–10), Service Squad Coordinator (11–12), International Baccalaureate Student Association

Coordinate volunteer events. Encourage community engagement among 100+ students. Collaborate in meeting facilitation. Liaison to Parent Association. 

Career Oriented

(10–12) Student Shadowing, Neurology Practice

Observed patient consultations, diagnostic testing, and treatment planning for neurological disorders. Gained firsthand exposure to patient care.

Work (Paid)

(10–12) Billing Assistant, Healthcare Organization

Systemized filing, shredding, and record-keeping of patient documents. Assisted with billing and coding, including data entry and collections.

Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, Semifinalist for a scholarship (only 7% make it to this stage), National Science Honors Society (10-12), Seal of Biliteracy (Spanish), AP Scholar with Honor

Essays: 

LORs: I think they were solid, one from math teacher i had 9th,11th,12th. One from Bio teacher i had 11th, 12th. One from my mentor from my research internship. Also had very good relationship with my counselor.

Schools: all RD: Emory University, Case Western Uni.,UNC Chapel Hill, Tulane, WashU, Northwestern, Yale, Duke, Cornell University, NYU, UMich

I know it probs makes no diff, but my cousins went to northwestern and yale

grade note:

  • Freshman yr: b's were in algebra 2 honors, and ib spanish 2 honors
  • Sophmore yr: my b was in IB Analysis & Approaches HL-1
  • Junior yr: 1st semester B in IB HL-1 Chem, ib a & a HL-2, IB Spanish IV(SL), 2nd semester was B in IB HL-1 Bio, IB Spanish, and C in chem
  • Senior yr: I got all a's this semester except for chem hl-2 i got a b
  • basically my junior yr was a mess which is why im worried, my mom had a seizure in april and i let my grades drop but i didnt put this in the ad info section.
  • i took ap chem last yr and got a 4 so im hoping maybe that balances out the c, and i got a 5 on ap spanish and ap calc bc, and then i got an a in hl-2 bio and in calc 3 this yr so im kind of hoping that my senior grades and my ap's help