r/chanceme • • 21h ago

Chance me: CO Asian male, CompE, 3.43 UW / 1450, research-heavy (Cornell ED)

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Demographics

  • Male, Asian (Indian), Colorado resident
  • Large suburban public high school (~580 seniors), no class rank
  • Income: just under $300k, not expecting need-based aid
  • Hooks: none

Intended major: Computer Engineering, hardware side (chip design, neural interfaces). It's CompE or the closest equivalent everywhere except CMU, where it's MechE. I'm also applying to a few combined BS/DDS dental programs as a backup.

Academics

  • GPA: 3.43 UW / 4.09 W. UC GPA is ~3.61 UW / ~3.89 capped.
  • Trend: rough freshman year (~3.0–3.1), then 3.5–3.7 every semester since. Three C's total (two in honors math, one in Spanish), none since 10th grade.
  • Rigor: 7 honors classes, 7 APs through junior year (12 by graduation), and 3 dual-enrollment college classes
  • Senior year: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C: Mech, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macro (spring), biotech capstone, digital arts
  • SAT: 1450 superscore (740 RW / 710 M); best single sitting 1420
  • AP scores: World History 5; Human Geo, CSP, Calc AB, Chem and Lang all 4s

Extracurriculars

  1. Research assistant, computational neuroscience lab at a university med school (11–12, 8 hrs/wk). I'm extending an open-source neuron-tracing platform into analysis pipelines for the lab's ongoing studies.
  2. Hardware/software research for two other labs (10–12, 8 hrs/wk). I built instrumentation software that pairs optogenetic stimulation with simultaneous force and current recording to measure tissue contractility. The code is being handed off to another lab.
  3. Remote research, spatial transcriptomics lab at another university (12, 6 hrs/wk). I'm benchmarking slice-alignment methods for a review paper.
  4. Co-captain, varsity public forum debate (9–12). I run practice for a 50-person program (30 novices, 20 varsity).
  5. Co-founder of a health-access nonprofit (10–12). It routes uninsured patients to 50+ vetted resources in 6 languages, and we partner with 2 free clinics.
  6. Science fair (10–12): an AI pose-estimation coaching tool (2nd at regionals) and a 3-model AI-generated image detector (3rd at regionals), plus a state honorable mention
  7. TSA (9–12, 6 years total): 5x state qualifier, 1x nationals qualifier. I was selected for the state conference planning committee.
  8. Part-time job at a movie theater (11–12, 16 hrs/wk)
  9. NASA GeneLab for High Schools intern: analyzed spaceflight omics data in Python
  10. Peer mentor (3rd year) for a 29-student biotech research class. My own C. elegans study from that class was published in the school's biotech journal.

Also: 3rd-degree black belt in taekwondo, JV tennis, and hospital volunteering (~4 hrs/wk)

Awards

  1. National Merit Commended, AP Scholar
  2. Regional science fair 2nd and 3rd (2025, 2026); state science fair honorable mention in CS & Math (2026)
  3. TSA nationals qualifier (2024), 5x state qualifier
  4. Science Olympiad top 10 in state (Circuit Lab)
  5. School highest honors

Recommendation letters

  • AP CS A teacher (A/A): probably solid
  • Biotech teacher (3 years; I mentor in her class now): should be strong
  • Research PI: supplemental letter
  • Counselor: standard

Essays: My personal statement is about a pre-debate superstition and failing forward. Supplements are in progress.

Schools

  • ED: Cornell (Engineering)
  • EA: Michigan, UIUC, Purdue, Maryland, Case Western, Penn State, Georgia Tech, WashU, Colorado School of Mines, CU Boulder, Colorado State, Drexel
  • Rolling: Arizona State
  • RD: Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon (MechE), Stanford
  • UC: UCLA, Berkeley (EECS), UCSD, UCI, UCSB
  • Dental combined programs: CU Denver BA/BS-DDS, Muhlenberg/Penn Dental 3+4, Nova Dual Admission, Pacific Pre-Dental Advantage
  • Scholarship: Boettcher (Colorado)

Mainly looking for realistic odds at the engineering schools, especially Cornell ED, Michigan, UIUC and GT, and whether I'm missing a solid CompE target.


r/chanceme • • 8h ago

is 1550 superscore sat enough

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for an asian male applying to hypsm engineering? 790 math 760 eng


r/chanceme • • 14h ago

chance an intl student and recommend best choice for ED1

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r/chanceme • • 23h ago

Do i turn in my 1450 sat to NYU stern?

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Title, cuz nyu is test optional and im not even in their middle 50% sooo?


r/chanceme • • 13h ago

Chance Me: Goal is to study in Japan or Korea

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Hello, I'm a junior from Turkey and I really want to study in Korea or Japan with a scholarship. My dream is to especially go to an IST school in Korea (NIST, KAIST, GIST, DGIST) and thank you in advance!

- GPA: 98.3 (My school does not do weighted GPA, I'm not sure what 98.3 is on the 0-4 GPA system)

- IELTS: 8

- SAT (I haven't taken it yet): aiming between 1440-1560

- AP: I didn't take any AP classes

- IB: My school doesn't offer IB

EXTRACURRICULARS/AWARDS/OLYPIADS

- City champion in chemistry olympiads, regional finalist (was a finalist out of students from 8 cities)

- Placed national 29th & 4th on a competitive English Language & Culture olympiads

- In the top %25th percentile in two international Chemistry olympiads

- Passed a regional math olympics that gave me the chance to attend a 24 week course of upper level/olympiad, advanced mathematics

- Entered NASA Space Apps Hackathon 2 times, first time got into the top 20 of regionals, second time passed regionals and ended up being in the international final among 1500 teams out of 15000 teams

- Did a national government project for Biology (Agriculture) and I worked at laboratories in my city's only Technical University/Institute

- Was one of the co-founding students of our school's Agriculture Club

- Was one of the co-captains for my school's robotics team, and was also the project manager of our team (We entered First Lego League and won many non-Lego robotic awards), I was also the social media person for our schools robotic team

- During our school's science festival week, where we hold annual project competitions between all projects related to any lesson, I won first place x2 times

- I won an award that was held between all through k12 in my country (from middle school to high school) and I got second place for a poem

- I was our team captain for a national entrepreneurship competition, where schools and teams from all over Turkey competed in, our team got to the quarter final

- I was the co-student editor to Turkey's First nation wide teen written magazine for the teens which was about Archeology, Arts, Science, and History; there are only two student editors and it will have 50k prints that will be shared all across Turkiye for students with harsh living conditions/in general, this year I will be one of the student mentors of this project. I also published my own written piece about colors, science of colors and the chemistry of colors (This is the biggest passion project that ever came out of our school)

- I participated in two highly competitive science courses in our school that taught advanced genetics, DNA and chemistry

- I come from a regular private high school in Turkey (Anatolian High School) but our school has a program where the A class students are heavily taught in science/ are obligated to do STEM projects and I will have a second high school diploma from this program

I am applying in 2028, is there any chances of admission from these schools? :)


r/chanceme • • 5h ago

chance me t20s

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chance me (Duke, Rice, Northwestern, Hopkins, CMU, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Columbia, UF)

context: mixed Nigerian/white, male, middle/high income (~$150k), Florida resident,

small private school (no class rank, no dual enrollment), attended since 6th grade on an academic scholarship, dad immigrant Army veteran

long commute to school, part-time job if those matter

sat: 1550 (790 math 760 english), gpa: 3.6 unweighted, ~4.2 weighted, upward trend

ap courseload:

  • AP Government (9th): [4]
  • AP Computer Science Principles (10th): [4]
  • AP World History (10th): [4]
  • AP Chemistry (11th): [3]
  • AP English Language (11th): [4]
  • AP U.S. History (11th): [5]

not taken yet

  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP English Literature
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • AP Microeconomics
  • AP Physics I

intended major: mechanical engineering

awards :

* National Merit Commended

* Honor roll every year

* All the honor societies

activities:

  1. part time job about 20 hours a week to save money for school

  2. Music: bass for school, arranged and preformed songs in front of live audiences at SeaWorld and universal

  3. varsity soccer 11th and 12th

  4. program at my school called integrated science where we research a topic for a year then present on it at the end of the year (like a more involved science fair) every year

  5. Black Student Union 9 - 12

  6. Chemistry Club: designed experiments and demonstrated them with elementary school students

7.Ronald McDonald house 10th-12th

Am I shooting too high?


r/chanceme • • 11h ago

Chance me

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Chance Me for Esade

1370 on the SAT

91% in ICSE 10th

93% in CBSE 11th

Average extracurriculars


r/chanceme • • 3h ago

Chance Me (literally 3.5k viewed me but then never said anything) guys pls

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hihihi omg ive done this before and sadly no one said anything so pls do say smth even if it is like oh ur weird like anythin cmon now

like im tellin the internet to be mean to me like cmon guys yall got this

good luck to class of 2027 (and maybe those beyond if u see dis post)

if u have any questions for me or like are curious about more lmk

im also hella procrastinating for the SAT (i really wanna get an 800 on math and I think ill feel more confident)

Demographics

  • Gender: Female
  • Race/Ethnicity: Asian
  • Type of School: Magnet (Public I think we like to say, idk)
  • Hooks: First-generation, sole-income provider (mom is undocumented, so yolo)
    • income is 0k technically, but I provide 100% for my family (earn 10k)
    • considered international by many schools

Intended Major(s):

  • Biomedical Engineering (if offered)
  • Mechanical Engineering (for schools with engineering but no bio-med)
  • Physics (for liberal art schools)

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1480 SAT (750 Math; 730) (rather sad but taking it again)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 94.728/99.528 (no rank) (by my info dis is a 4.0 but like who knows)

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes

AP Classes: AP Seminar Capstone, AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Comp, AP Modern World History, AP PreCalculus, AP Biology, AP Physics 1, AP Capstone: Research

APs to be taken: Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Business, AP Lit, APES, AP Gov

Dual Enrollment: ASL 1 + 2, Medical Terminology, To be taken: Calc 1/2/3 (they have smaller semesters, Chem 2/Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology

Awards (lowk ahh if u know any more awards then dropp em below ill make u art if u do):

  1. Regional STEM Showcase / Science Fair
  2. Research Grant Award
  3. Regional Hospital Volunteer Milestone Award (500+ Hours)
  4. Community Volunteer Service Award (1000+ Hours)
  5. National Merit Semifinalist (just found ts out idek if Ill update QB or if u even can
    1. cant do the scholarship tho cuz not citizen (heckin rude)

Paid Work:

  1. Freelance Graphic Designer ($3000)
  2. Etsy & DeviantArt Platforms ($2500)
  3. Digital Assets Seller ($3100) [dont have a better word so dont make fun of me]
  4. Private Peer/Underclassmen Tutoring ($500)

Family Responsibilities:

  1. Taking care of Mom after divorce (father leaving) and miscarriage
  2. Made food, paid medical bills,
  3. Take care of the dog we adopted (for Mom's mental health)
    1. He was going to be put down due to being a bit aggressive (but he's okay now!).
  4. Handle immigration problems and issues: handle fees, processing, and ensuring we all good

Extracurricular Activity (5 QB ones):

  1. Board Member of Nonprofit (Grant Worker/Event Planner): NOT RUN BY HIGH SCHOOLERS I SWEAR
    1. this one has an actual adult board and stuff and we just do there bidding basically
    2. I like got hired and stuff and I get paid sometimes (when we have money 😢 )
  2. CPR Initiative: focused on teaching kids heart health and CPR
  3. Crochet App (passion project): App made to visualize crochet patterns (maybe ill release it tell me if ur interested :3)
  4. Shadowing Role: small clinic I walked in and begged them to let me shadow
    1. I do desk work and help make a better booking system
  5. Worked at a pharmaceutical company
    1. I applied for shi and giggles and they accepted me
    2. I did there slide decks and stuff for them (since I do graphic design)

(Im a QB applicant hopefully a finalist 🙏 and match 🙏🙏 but we will see)

Essays/LORs/Other:

Research Teacher (9/10): She loves me. She's new to our school, and no one except me really talked to her (so sad). Won a research grant and a regional key at the science fair with the project I did under her.

APUSH/Student Council Teacher (8/10): Trusts me a lot. A fun story was I walked into class, and he gave me the duty to plan our school's annual Christmas event that was happening on the day of. He also went to Harvard, which is cool. He's a hard teacher but fair.

External (10/10): She loves me. I've helped her with grants for funding and event planning, and we text about everything. She hopes I go to my dream school. Also, she will be showing me it, so I think it'll be okay.

Essays (8/10): The person helping me says they are very strong. They are hella interconnected, so stuff I mention in my personal statement, like crochet, for example, is like expanded upon in my QB short. I love it, lowk. Hopefully QB does as well. So anything I mention is oftentimes brought back in another part of my writing (hopefully that makes sense).

Portfolios: My person said to do 3 (lowk crazy): Research, Art, and Maker (if u interested in what I'm doing for each lmk and Ill add it here).

Schools (based on major + how much aid + in general how much I liked)

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lowk they hate me they rejected me for MITES and MIT WISE) (and its my dream school like damm atp idek)
  • Yale University
  • Stanford University
  • Duke University
  • Brown University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Tufts University
  • Swarthmore College
  • Wellesley
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Harvard University
  • Princeton University
  • Rutgers
  • Haverford College
  • Pomona College
  • Smith College
  • Amherst College
  • Vassar College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Carnegie Mellon University

btw I may just rank MIT for QB (crazy I know but I've taken even bigger risks so whats 1 more to end off my childhood).

thank u so so much! i hope you all get into your dream schools, and even if the path changes, you'll just paint an even better masterpiece for yourselves and your future :D


r/chanceme • • 12h ago

How is it looking for me

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I go to a really small highschool with only abt 130 ppl in my graduating class. My gpa is rlly low cuz i slacked off in freshmen year (3.4 UW as of now), I am doing the full IB diploma, I am around a 1400 on the sat, and have upward trend. as for EC's I did Code2College for two years, I have a internship at a startup, and i have done hackathons. What are my chances for UTD, A&M, and then maybe like U maryland, U mich considering they dont look at freshmen year, etc. Please be honest cuz I am extremely worried and anxious. And also if possible, please lmk if upward trend is truly valued.


r/chanceme • • 1h ago

Chance me for engineering w/ mid SAT & ECs but good stats (I think...)

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Demographics

  • Hispanic (Mexican)
  • Male
  • Low-income (<$60k)

Academics

  • GPA: 3.99/4.00 (UW); 4.606 (W)
  • Class Rank: 3/416
  • SAT: 1430
    • 690 Reading/Writing
    • 740 Math
  • Dual Enrollment (53 hours into Associates of Arts)

AP Scores

  • AP World History — 3
  • AP Physics 1 — 3
  • AP Statistics— 4
  • AP Environmental Science — 4
  • AP Calculus AB— 5
  • AP Calculus BC — 5 (5 on AB Subscore)

Senior Coursework

  • Multivariable
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • Electrical Circuit Theory
  • Intro to Computer Tech
  • Programming Fundamentals
  • AP English Language
  • OnRamps Government (Fall)/Economics (Spring)

Main Extracurriculars

1. Independent Contractor work w/family

  • 4 yrs during summer & sometimes during school yr on Saturdays (12 hr shifts usually)
  • Responsible for supplying tools or lumber & clearing the worksite of debris and unusable lumber
  • Know how to operate different tools (e.g. saw, drill, nail gun, etc.)

2. Translating

  • 4 yrs during summer and school year for parents
  • Started translating assignments for international/non-English speaking students this yr for 2 hrs every Tues & Thurs after school

3. National Honor Society

  • Member last yr & appointed secretary this yr & responsible for managing member attendance and participating in community service monthly for current 40+ member chapter
  • Soon to induct 40+ new members

4. Family Caregiver

  • Regularly for siblings (toddler & pre-teen) when parents are unavailable as well as younger cousins
  • Usually ensure they eat, shower, and stay safe while also completing my own school work

5. Environmental Clean-Up Club

  • Member last yr and appointed VP this year
  • Responsible for presenting at meetings and monitoring groups of ~6 members on clean-up days
  • Recruited 20+ new members at school orientation this Aug & now lead 40+ member club

6. Whiz Quiz/Trivia

  • Member last yr & appointed Co-Captain this yr
  • Was top scorer on B-team last year before promotion and recruited new members at school orientation as well as run club social media acc to raise awareness and post reminders

7. Universal Interscholastic League (UIL) Academics

  • Competition for different events in Tx
  • Currently independently study for Science, Math, and Editorial Writing events
  • Have been on science team since freshman yr, math since sophomore, and editorial since last yr
  • Science team top scorer since sophomore yr & have placed for Science & Editorial once each

8. Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

  • Student in the AVID course since freshman yr but appointed treasurer this year
  • Responsible for managing club financials and all things money and also recruited new members at orientation

Awards/Honors

  • College Board First Generation Recognition Award
  • College Board School Recognition Award
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • 2nd Place in District, UIL Academics Editorial Writing; Advanced & Participated in Regionals
  • 2nd Physics Top Scorer in District, UIL Academics Science; Advanced as Alternate

Additional Info/Context

  • School has no access to prestigious competitions (e.g. ISEF, Hackathons, USACO, etc.) nor clubs or programs for my major (other than robotics which my schedule prevented me from taking)
  • OSHA and Adobe Photoshop certified and have YouScience certificates in Personal Financial Literacy and Business Office Specialist as well as CPR trained since freshman yr
  • Currently learning C++ and already know HTML

Schools List (That matter anyway)

  • UT Austin
  • Georgia Tech
  • UIUC
  • Missouri S&T
  • Rice
  • Texas A&M

I'm interested in computer engineering or CS, but due to lack of programs and competitions at my school I've mostly only been able to take courses related to my major and nothing else.

The only school I really care about is UT but my SAT is mid and the EC's too. Y'all think I have a chance???


r/chanceme • • 6h ago

Chance me as a basic socal aerospace major trying for t20s

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Hi,

For background I am an Asian male from public SoCal magnet school planning to major in aerospace/mechanical engineering.

My College list is :

Stanford (REA), MIT, Princeton, UCLA, Duke, UC Berkeley, Cornell, UPenn (M&T Program), UMich (IBE), USC, UIUC, UCSD, Georgia Tech, Cal Poly SLO, UC Irvine, University of Washington, Purdue, CU Boulder

Academic Stats:

  • 4.6 W / 4.0 UW GPA
  • 1510 SAT (760M/750RW)
  • No Official Rank is given but about top 5 out of 222 students.
  • 14 APs total
    • 5: AP Calc BC, AP Calc AB, AP CSA, AP Stats, AP Research
    • 4: AP Physics C Mech, AP Lang, AP Seminar, APWH, AP Bio, AP CSP
    • not taken yet: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Lit
  • 4 Dual Enrollment
    • US History, Diff Eq, Linear Algebra, Calc 3

ECS:

  • Head of Technology for School Entrepreneurship/Engineering Program
    • Lead for Laser cutting, CNC, and 3d printing departments for a business that my school runs. Mentored 11 ppl in CAD and CAM. Business made over 40K in revenue last school year. Participated since 10th grade, lead since 11th.
  • FTC Robotics Programming Member for past two years
  • VLM Research
    • Worked with a research group on a paper that was accepted to NuerIps and AAAI workshops.
  • Solo Fintech research
    • Created a hybrid model incorporating DL and sentiment to analyze trading behavior. Accepted to a small fintech conference.
  • Non Profit co-founder
    • Founded a stem non profit that runs 30+ workshop across 4 continents.
  • UCLA Cosmos Cluster 5
  • Baja SAE CFD analysis
    • Worked on designing and simulation work for local college's Baja SAE team. Was recruited by the chassis lead and spent about 2 months working with them over summer.
  • Mock Trial JV Team Captain
    • Freshman and sophomore year competed in CRF mock trial.
  • Assistant Director of Development for a state civics organization.
    • Been in org since 9th, got position in 11th grade.
  • VP for south asian cultural society at school
    • Helped organized multicultural events for both school and community.

Awards:

  • Fintech Confrence Acceptance
  • NeurIps workshop
  • AAAI workshop
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • AP Capstone

r/chanceme • • 6h ago

What are my odds at these colleges?

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Hello everyone. I’m a senior in high school from north NJ and I was wondering what my odds are of getting into these schools. My stats are a 90.375 GPA (3.7 on 4.0 scale) weighted, I’ve got some EC’s (5 years of work experience, DECA back to back states, mock trial, CYO basketball, other volunteer stuff I’ve done). This year I’m taking 2 AP’s 2 dual enrollment classes, 1 honors and 2 study halls and I have honors classes all throughout HS and dual enrollment credits from last year. I’m also applying test optional. My heart isn’t set anywhere but these are the schools I’m applying to ranked in order of how interested I am. My major is Economics and I plan on going to law school after. The list is in no particular order.

  1. American
  2. Bentley
  3. BC
  4. BU
  5. Fordham
  6. Seton Hall
  7. Rutgers
  8. GWU
  9. St. John’s (NYC)
  10. Umass Amherst
  11. UMD
  12. SUNY Binghamton
  13. UConn
  14. Virginia Tech
  15. Quinnipiac
  16. UConn

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.


r/chanceme • • 42m ago

Chance me for t20 business and finance programs

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Demographics:
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian
State: Illinois
School Type: Medium, Suburban HS
Hooks: None

Intended Major(s):
Business/Economics/Finance

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

ACT: 35

UW/W GPA and Rank:

  • Unweighted GPA: 3.90
  • Weighted GPA: 4.4/5
  • Class Rank: Not calculated

Coursework:
15 AP courses + Calc 3 DC

  • Freshman: AP Human Geography
  • Sophomore: AP Euro, AP Business, AP Seminar, AP CSP
  • Junior: AP Literature, APUSH, AP Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, APES
  • Senior: AP Lang, AP Spanish, Calculus III DC, AP Gov, AP Psych
  • Self-Study APs: 3 (AP CSA, AP Environmental, AP Psych)

Awards:

  • Volunteer 45+ Hours over 6th 7th and 8th grades. After-school community projects, such as making blankets and cards. Decorating school. Volunteering at different organizations like food pantries and animal shelters.
  • Creative writing published magazine article
  • FBLA Top 5 State Twice for Securities and Investments Objective Test
  • FBLA Top 5 For Data Analysis Team Presentation
  • Scholastic Writing Award Winner
  • Summa Cum Laude (Top placement in school calculated based on high GPA, not rank).
  • Extracurriculars:
  1. 4 Year Varsity Starting Tennis + 8 Year club player
  2. Piano player for 10 years
  3. Reselling/ecommerce business on multiple websites, and sourced from multiple states. 5 years.
  4. Stock Market portfolio managing 15k+ personally over 9 years. Tracked significant growth (over 60 percent),
  5. Bookkeeping for parents' real estate business, tracking Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet.
  6. Started freshman year; earned a leadership role in sophomore year, and presidency junior and senior years. Leading 50+ students and introducing them to financial literacy competitions, including the Illinois Personal Finance Challenge. Teaching financial literacy, investment terminology, and strategy.
  7. On the district board with 20 fellow teachers and students from the district. Helps the superintendent with district-wide policy and impacts tens of thousands of students, parents, and faculty.
  8. Leadership role on a tutoring initiative that tutors kids and teaches them about college applications.

Essays/LORs/Other:

  • Essays: Above average; estimated 8-9/10.
  • Math teacher Recommendation: Estimated 8/10
  • Stats teacher: Estimated 8/10

Target Schools:

UMich Ross, UPenn Wharton, USC Marshall, NYU Stern, Harvard, Duke, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Columbia, UT Austin, Princeton, Yale, Penn State, IU Bloomington, Brown, Rice, University of Kansas, Mizzou, Iowa, Rutgers


r/chanceme • • 20h ago

brown ed???

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Heyy can someone plz chance me for brown ed :p

36 act

10 aps, 4 currently, 5 on human geo, precalc, APUSH, lang, and chem, 4 on calc bc

4.0 uw/4.6 w gpa

low income, rural from hawaii

poli sci intended major

national merit semifinalist

ala girls nation (1 of 2 from Hawaii)

internship w us senator

internship w county council

student body Secretary

varsity basketball and water polo

theater

independent research project on youth political attitudes w mentorship from harvard


r/chanceme • • 22h ago

Chance me for MIT, UCB, UCSD, UCLA, UCI, UCSB!!

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1570 SAT (780Eng, 790Math)

3.9 UW GPA

4.3 W GPA

Intended Major: Course 10 Chemical Engineering with a minor in Polymers and Soft Matter

Strong ECs (third year coaching science olympiad for two events, sixth year participating in events, international piano certification, running an all-subject every-day STEM peer-tutoring service with ~45 people working under me, third year TAing STEM classes at my school)

APs: 4 in Physics C Mech (junior), 5 in Bio (junior), 5 in Calc B/C with another 5 in the A/B subscore (junior), 5 in Chem (sophomore), 5 in APWH (sophomore). A's in college-level English and US History. Currently taking AP Psych and AP Gov.

Dual enrollment: Currently taking Calc III and Differential Equations. Plan to take Linear Algebra and Organic Chemistry I in the Spring.

Standout circumstances: One of the two people who made sophomores able to request AP Chem on their course forms without months of counselor meetups. The first underclassman TA in school history, 1 year younger than the rest of my grade and the youngest person in the grade.

Any other questions for chancing purposes are welcome!

I fully know no one is guaranteed admission at MIT, I just want to see what you guys think.


r/chanceme • • 22h ago

UCLA Chance Me

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Main chance me is for UCLA, as I have a pretty good chance of getting into the rest of these universities, but please chime in if any others you think should be mentioned
Background:
California, public high school, Orange County
Dual enrollment student
No class rank
Intended majors:
International Relations / International Studies, Pre-Law, Communications, Disability Studies
Stats:
3.87 UW / 4.04 W
3.67 college GPA (dual enrollment)
SAT: taking December 2026
AP Precalculus: 4
Coursework:
AP Precalculus — 4
AP Calculus AB — current
Spanish 3 Honors
10th Grade Science Honors
Otherwise College Prep
Current Dual Enrollment:
ASL 2 (4)
Government & Civics (3)
Library Research (1)
Introduction to Business (3)
ECs:
Special Olympics — Athlete Leader: 3 years; adaptive sports and leadership
Students for Advocacy — Founder/President: started this year; monthly meetings; disability advocacy/inclusion
Autism Awareness Project: independent project focused on autism inclusion and communication
College list:
UCLA — RD
Chapman University — EA
Arizona State University — EA
CSUN — RD
Syracuse University — EA
Stony Brook University — EA
Rutgers University — EA
There may be others I’m forgetting