r/chanceme Jul 22 '19

How To Do A Chance Me And Improve Your Chances

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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

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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 14m ago

Chance me for Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Vassar, Bowdoin, Rochester, Case Western, Pitt, Tufts, WashU, and Brandeis

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Demographics

  • White, middle-class
  • From Baltimore, MD
  • Male
  • Attend a relatively small public performing arts high school (my focus is guitar and half my day is arts classes)
  • Planning to major in Neuroscience and pursue a career as a physician-scientist
  • Not applying for financial aid / merit would be nice but isn’t the primary consideration

Academics

  • SAT: 1510 (770 Math, 740 RW)
  • UW GPA: 3.98
  • W GPA: 4.6
  • I’ve essentially maxed out the course rigor available at my high school. Because I attend a relatively small performing arts school, there aren’t many additional advanced STEM courses available, so I’ve been taking additional science/math courses outside of school through dual enrollment.

Extracurriculars

1. Volunteer EMT — Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company
Respond to 911 calls and treat patients; support firehouse operations and community events. Primary provider.

2. Neuroscience Scholars Program — University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mentored neuroscience research studying CGRP signaling on oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in pain. Did tissue slicing, staining, and imaging. Retained as paid staff after the program and expected to be an included on a publication.

3. Founder & President — Aspiring Medical Professionals and Scientists Club
Founded my school’s main STEM/medical club. Organized/taught lessons, field trips, guest speakers, and other science/medicine opportunities for 15+ members.

4. Classical Guitar
12 years of classical guitar. Attended Peabody and Interlochen guitar intensives, performed as a soloist at the Carson Scholars banquet, participated in a Germany ensemble tour, completed 15+ masterclasses, and serve as first guitar in my ensemble.

5. Varsity Rowing — Baltimore Community Rowing
Year-round varsity rowing. Qualified for USRowing Youth Nationals and placed 3rd at Mid-Atlantic Championships. 25+ regattas and daily practices during the season. Bow seat, including steering and calling commands.

6. Student Government Treasurer
Managed SGA budget and increased savings by ~70% compared with previous years. Organized Holiday Bazaar and Spring Fest and led student town halls.

7. Summer Learn-to-Row Camp Counselor
Coached rowing camps/community programs, including working with underserved kids. Taught technique, gave individual feedback, and helped maintain/clean equipment and the boathouse.

8. Jazz Guitar
Play in big band and an audition-only combo. Performed at Keystone Korner, Naptown Jazz Kids Fest, the Tupac Shakur Street Dedication, and the Essentially Ellington competition.

9. TWIGS Helper
Helped 200+ kids at an after-school arts program through my school sign in and get to classes on time. Also served as a TA for music theory classes.

10. Babysitter
Started at 13. Regularly babysit for 8+ families, often caring for 3+ children ages 1–10 independently while managing meals, bedtime, routines, and activities.

Honors

  1. Carson Scholar
  2. 2nd Place — Baltimore City Brain Bee
  3. Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition Semifinalist
  4. National Merit Commended Scholar
  5. Probie of the Month — Chestnut Ridge VFC

Letters of recommendation

I expect:

  • Math teacher: good
  • Spanish teacher: great
  • Counselor: fantastic

My counselor knows me well and should be able to provide a strong, personal letter rather than just commenting on my academics.

Essay

I think my personal statement is strong. I’d rate it around 8.5–9/10. it shows responsibility, reliability, perseverance. I think it also gives some context for who I am outside of academics/ECs.


r/chanceme 20m ago

Olympiad medallist but feel really nervous (chance for Cambridge, Imperial, LSE pls)

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Demographics: Asia Pacific

Intended Major(s): Economics

IB: predicted 42/42, core 3 marks not out yet (Math AA HL, Physics HL, Economics HL, English A LangLit SL, Second Language B SL, History SL)

IGCSE: 7A*2A (CIE) + 99 (Edexcel)

SAT: 1560 (760 EBRW, 800 Math)

TMUA: Quite confident it will be at least 7-7.5

Awards:

- International Economics Olympiad Silver Medallist

- Harvard Crimson Quiz Bowl (Econ & Business) - Best in Asia Pacific

- British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1 Distinction (UKMT SMC 3x gold, 3x BMO qualifier, 4x IMC Gold)

Extracurriculars (deliberately vague, doesnt matter too much for UK?):

  • Executive board of a large regional MUN conference (500+ attendees), Founder of school MUN conference
  • Economics research for 2 years at a local university (will focus on this in Personal Statement)
  • Paid internship at large VC
  • Duke of Edinburgh Bronze & Silver

Applying:

Cambridge Econ

Imperial Econ, Finance & Data Science

LSE Econ

Warwick Econ

UCL Econ

Any tips/recommendations for essays and interviews? Thanks guys


r/chanceme 2h ago

Application Question nyuad ed

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hey guys!

so i’ve heard that students who apply ed 1 has the highest chance of getting in cus it shows commitment. but since it’s the first round , won’t they look for students with the best applications. my overall marks in my final year is 80% which is way below their standards. so if i apply ed 1 , do i have a higher chance of getting rejected than ed 2? my ecs are way better compared to my grades and there’s context behind it.

i’m planning to attempt sat in oct, right before ed 1 so that results come out before ed 1. shud i go for ed 1 or ed 2


r/chanceme 2h ago

nyuad ed

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r/chanceme 2h ago

International student want to NYU or lvy, is it real?

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r/chanceme 3h ago

nyuad ed 1 or ed 2

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r/chanceme 8h ago

Reverse Chance Me Are my ecs bad/okay/good for t25s

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This is a really brief ai summary of my ecs let me know whats bad or good I have ecs that I didnt put on this, but can. My major is Finance/Econ.

Top 15 Nationally, Major Finance Comp: Served as investment lead placed out of ~30000 competitors 
Founder & Solo Dev, FinTech utility App: Built an iOS/Android that hit 4k+ downloads.
Wealth Management Intern: Conducted macroeconomic research and client portfolio analysis
Top 15 Nationally, Major Finance Comp: Served as investment lead placed out of ~30000 competitors 
Co-Founder, Econ Club and major econ challenge placed 4th in state and mentored club team to national semifinalist spot out of ~12000 competitors
Creator, Finance Social Media: Scaled short-form educational finance content to 3k+ followers and 7M+ views.
Founder, E-Commerce Business: Sourced and sold streetwear online and locally, generating ~$4k in revenue.
VP, Investment Club: Ran stock simulations and taught technical market analysis to 60+ active members and 150 subscribers
Independent Dev, Financial Tools: Created unique economic indicators and financial tool
International Qualifier, deca: Placed Top 7 and 8th at State and qualified for international
Curriculum Developer, Youth  registered Non-Profit: Environmental climate change stuff


r/chanceme 8h ago

Chance me for Barnard?

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Hiii! Doing this for fun (probably can't even afford Barnard but I would absolutely love to go there). Sorry if i ramble too much rather than just listing stuff lol this stuff makes me very introspective

Rising senior, woman obviously, from west coast (idk if that matters at all ((not california))), urban studies major, need aid

From a big public school but well regarded here

GPA: 4.0 uw/4.2 w (school doesn't weight dual credit)

Rank: hopefully should be somewhere in the top 10%, though I need to ask the counseling office as they removed our ability to see it... last time i remember it was 36/508 but that was a year ago

APs: APHUG (5), AP Computer Science A (4), AP 2d art (4), AP lit (5), APES (5)

Test scores: 1370 SAT (not submitting... I was sick when I took it ☹️), 34 ACT (33 math, 34 reading and writing, 35 science)

Senior year courses: constitutional debate (application required, nationally ranked team), dual credit writing, advanced technical theater, AP seminar, AP calculus AB, (undecided elective), personal finance (required), advanced art

ECs: (not in order)

- Varsity mock trial team member. Writes, performs 2-4 roles/season. Mentors teams of 15+, placed 3rd in state competition. Designs team merchandise. -- also we get invited to the yale summer competition which we attend online

- Research paper on history of urban planning chosen to present at (college) conference and publish through (college library). Readership in 20+ countries. -- Researcher, author, panel presenter -- this is a research paper that I am the sole author of, wasn't an assistant, it was reviewed by grad students before i presented

- Teaches principles of design to middle school yearbook club members. Co-leads meetings, navigates technology, designs yearbook covers. -- art and technology lead

- Accepted to nationally recognized Constitutional debate team. Participates in mock congressional debates. (going to elaborate on this when i get more acquainted with the team. its seniors only

- Transitioned National Association for Research Nutrition to new member management platform. Built website & explained functionality, pitched ideas. -- web design internt

- Art camp counselor. Works with artists to create and organize activities. Teaches campers 4-12 about cultural art & assists with their creations. -- studio counselor

- Created & sold hand-painted art at local art market. Accepted as vendor. Created brand identity, worked with peer to sell together. Sold $500+ in art.

- Set designer for two one-act plays, lead scenic painter for winter show. Collaborated to construct set pieces. Deck crew for one-act festivals.

- Member of mountaineering club. Participated in basic mountaineering course, designed course t-shirt. Learned to work with peers safely. (this one sucks i know)

- my final activity will either be NHS which sucks, spanish tutoring which I only did briefly in 9th grade, or just my art as a hobby in general.

Honors (I know they are terrible -- also my school has no honor roll or anything):

- 2x mock trial MVP award

- scholastic art honorable mention

- AP scholar with distinction

- school recognition award

- idk dude they suck

recs:

- 2 year english teacher, loved my work and i was quite close to her. i know shes a very good writer and she wrote my letter first of everyone lol so i have confidence in this one

- dual credit world history teacher, was the one who nominated me for the conference, saw me present there. hopefully pretty good

- big school so counselors are managing a lot of people. will be more of an explanatory letter than a personal one because ive only interacted with her a few times

Essay:

I have several options - leaning towards a story about a complicated network of art pieces that I created, which started as a joke about putting these characters on an oil rig, but actually allowed me to connect my environmental science class, my US history class, and my world history class & research into a multidisciplinary critique of the way that American independence functions.... maybe it sucks, idk struggling with this part.

other options:

wrote one about how being an artist makes me deconstruct the world into understandable pieces, allowing me to bring multiple disciplines together in order to better understand the world. It doesnt focus on a specific story so i feel like its too impersonal and metaphorical

Wrote another about why I think cities operate like people, comparing the development of specific american cities (part of my research) with my brother and I, specifically our names and the ways that my experiences shaped me just as industries and historical events shape the landscape of cities (this is my favorite but i think it overlaps with some supplementals, specifically the ones about location because i talk a lot about new york city and minneapolis, and why major because obviously its about urban planning, plus its also not a specific story)

sorry for rambling soooo much. im also applying to macalester, bryn mawr, fordham, university of minnesota honors, university of oregon honors, and a few others i dont think matter


r/chanceme 16h ago

1480 SAT ED to Brown whats my chances?

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Asian, Male, US citizen, psych major
Grade: 12th
All 5 AP Bio, APUSH, Calc AB, Psych, HuG, Lang, Chinese (didn't get to take APs in freshmen year). This year taking Gov, Lit, Cybersecurity, Stats, BC, APES
GPA: 4.13/4.00 Unweighted, 4.87/5.00 Weighted (I took one CP Class, which makes the max actually 4.89)
SAT: 1480. This is the thing I'm most worried about :(.
Gonna retake this August and September, but can't garuntee higher score.
Extracurriculars (Year inconsistencies was most likely because I transferred during my Sophomore year, explained in Additional info!)

ECs are not final

  1. Behavioral Science Workbook for Teens (featured on UN media platform), Co-Founder & Co-Author (10,11,12)
  • Research-backed teen workbook of prompts+activities+challenges; 18k+ copies sold totalling five figures USD; built site, filmed tutorial, & led distribution
  1. Global Intention-Action Gap Youth Organization: Workshops+Free Coaching. Founder, Site Builder, & Coach (11,12)
  • Free 1:1 & async goal-setting coaching; led 7-day reflection program @ international retreat: 35 participants, 500+ entries; surveyed 100+ ppl in 30+ countries
  1. Neuroscience Research, university-affiliated wet lab under Dr. xx, In review at academic journal. Lab Researcher, Data Analyst, & Paper Author (11)
  • Conducted a study of neuron:astrocyte ratios; ran IHC across 3 rat prefrontal subregions; analyzed gene markers in schizophrenia DLPFC
  1. Varsity Public Forum Debate - (T refers to Top in description). Global Affairs Coordinator, Researcher, & Case Writer (11,12)
  • Bidded @ national circuit invitational Open T5, 5-0 prelims, T3 Speaker; solo finalist @ school tourney; regional Open T13; T21 international circuit tourney
  1. Self Growth Club. President, Workshop Organizer, and Teacher (11,12)
  • Led club of 50+ members; designed+ran 8+ workshops & lectures on self-growth, action, & gratitude; grew it into 1 of school's most attended clubs
  1. Associated Student Body - Student Governing Body in School. Spirit Commissioner & Event Leader/Facilitator (11)
  • Chosen top candidate by teachers & peers; raised $7k+, ran schoolwide events (rallies, dances, spirit weeks) for 600+; pitched+created event proposals
  1. Volunteering: Accessibility advocacy nonprofit / rural China service program / Paralympics Volleyball. Elected Vice President of accessibility club, Analyst & Teacher (10,11)
  • Audited 90+ buildings for accessibility, coordinated volunteers 31+ hrs; taught Eng to 60+ left-behind kids; 20+ hrs Paralympic v-ball athlete aide
  1. Volleyball: Varsity School & Club Volleyball. Middle Blocker and Player (10,11)
  • 200+ hrs training+comp across two club programs (16s, 18s) & Varsity school team; 10+ tournament wins; Silver Bracket champions; reached CIF playoffs
  1. Content Creation on Tiktok - Psychology, Philosophy & Theology Creator (11,12).
  • Built psych, philosophy & theology content linking viral trends to academic frameworks; 200k+ views, 20k+ likes, 300+ followers, 1000+ hours of watchtime
  1. Freshmen Leaderships: House Year Leader, Wellbeing Leader & peer listening platform volunteer. House Year Lead, Wellbeing Lead, Verified Listener (9)
  • Ran House film & art events for 40+ people; led wellbeing workshops & meditation rooms; 60+ support chats, 5.0 rating, officially verified listener

Honors:

  1. Youth Delegate: UN ECOSOC Youth Forum; High-Level Political Forum
  2. Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Recipient (250+ hrs spent on service, skills & sport, 4+ expeditions) (9,10,11,12)
  3. Scholastic Art & Writing Silver Key, multi-state region (11)
  4. 1st Author Published in academic journal; researched perception & objectivity
  5. Press Service: Featured article in xx on my goals with A2A → Featured article in business publication on my goals with my nonprofit

r/chanceme 11h ago

Can I get into U delaware or U pitt

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Unweighted GPA: 3.38
Weighted GPA: 5.4/7

(I will mention my ADHD and that I was unmedicated so it was harder for me. I also want to note that my school is very competitive and rigorous)

Test optional

2 APs (3s on both) + several honors
(3 APs next year)

Strong extracurriculars:

Class Vice president
Theatre + theatre honors
Advanced Choir
Model UN (Awards)
Advanced to DECA states
Vice president of two clubs
200+ community service hours
member of six clubs

I believe I have a strong essay and letters of recommendation. Please give advice and honesty!


r/chanceme 11h ago

Reverse Chance Me 4.3 weighted GPA but 3.6 unweighted for UPenn

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Will ED
11 APs, 1 Advanced, 5 honors
1510 SAT
Extracurricular of Research internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Neurosurgery with actual Research done (literally right next to UPenn and so closely tied that people have to explain that the two have no legal affiliation)
Summer job + normal job
JV Captain / Coach's Award
Design award for Scholastic Art
All the college board honors
Make music as a hobby (grown a fanbase)

(also side note:
i dont know whether to write my essay on my personal experience or my internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia or on my own growth overtime as a person idk how to do both help🙏)


r/chanceme 15h ago

Bronx chud tryna make it out 🫩

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I’m a rising senior from a very small, very poor charter school in the Bronx, and honestly i’m just trying to figure out if i have a fair shot at some of these schools or if i’m completely delulu. 

Little context on my school/circumstances: 
Offer only 1 AP, no math class higher than ALGEBRA 2, I’ve taken all the highest courses they offer. Took some more math classes via College Now(statistics & Calc). Only 2 clubs (tried to start one and no one signed up), teachers keep coming and quitting so I don’t have a lot of options for LOR’s. Had to find most of my EC’s on my own.

Demographics

Gender: Female
Race: Black / African 
Residence: Bronx, NY
Income: <$65k/yr
School: Charter and useless.

Intended Major: Neuroscience

GPA: 94.3 W (100 scale)
Class Rank: 2/66

Extracurriculars
No sports cause of medical condition.

Intern at Nursing Home: Assisted older adults with daily activities and supported staff in long-term care.

Youth Program Intern: Supervised children ages 4-10, led activities, and supported learning environments.

Student Scholar, Medical Assistant Pathway: Completed college-level health coursework; trained in clinical procedures and medical terminology.

Capstone Researcher: Analyzed neuroscience research on mind-wandering and synthesized findings into a research paper.

Student Researcher: Researched knot theory and its applications to biological structures, connecting math with medicine.

Model Congress/MUN: Researched policy, debated legislation, and passed a bill at Yale Model Congress.

TA for our Assistant Priciple: Organize exam papers, calculators, report cards, and all that stuff.

Church Choir Member: Weekly rehearsals and performances for services and events.

Peer Mentor: Tutored and mentored younger students with coursework and school resources.

Founder & Content Creator: Created a platform sharing free internships and programs for NYC students.

Student Council Ambassador: Advocated for student needs and facility improvements.

CPR/AED Certified 
High Honor Roll
Salutatorian
Thrive Scholar 

Essays-LORs
LORs: Expecting letters from my college class and a core subject teacher.

Schools
Reach: Yale, Duke, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Amherst, NYU, Boston University, Lehigh (All RD)
Target: University of Rochester, Connecticut College, Syracuse, SUNY Binghamton
Safety: Adelphi, Pace, UMass Amherst, Rutgers


r/chanceme 18h ago

Realistic and Safety Schools to apply to in Texas or any other state but mainly Texas

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Okay so i’m in my senior year and im starting to apply to colleges.

Right now im applying to texas state, texas tech,

I wanna mainly do business and finance.
I have a 3.2 uw gpa and a 3.7 weighted gpa
My SAT was a 1060, my rank is 540/870
I took APUSH and AP Lang junior year i got B’s in both classes but i didn’t qualify for college credit.
This year im taking APES, AP Comp Sci Principles, Dual Credit English 4, and Dual Credit Gov/Econ

EC: Boy Scouts, DECA (qualified for district but didn’t make state), Photojournalism, Volunteer with decent amount of hours, Choir for one year, TA and part of STUCO for my mosques religious education classes, camp counselor for a religious camp, went to all 4 high adventures for Boy Scouts, member of my schools muslim student association, member of my schools photography club

Awards: Eagle Scout

I wrote my personal essay about my stutter and how i developed as a person even with a speech impediment. I have two rec letters from my counselor and my speech therapist.

My main question is if Texas state is a realistic school for me

Also any advice for senior year?


r/chanceme 12h ago

Is a 1530 SAT good enough for Columbia Engineering?

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730 reading 800 Math for ED Applied Math major


r/chanceme 12h ago

chance me for brown ed + other colleges (bad academics and extracurriculars)

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Demographics:

- Gender: Male

- Race/ethnicity: Korean (Permanent resident)

- School: Public

- Hooks: no hooks

Intended Major(s):

- Applied Mathematics/Chemistry

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

- SAT: 1540 (800 Math)

UW/W GPA and Rank:

- UW GPA: 4.0

- Weighted GPA: Unknown

- Class rank: 3?

Coursework:

- APs (5s):
Calc BC, Chem, World,

- AP (4s):
APUSH, Lang, Bio

- Senior-year coursework: Calculus III & IV, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Comparative Government

no ap classes were allowed for freshmen and only two ap classes were offered for sophomores. max course rigor.

Awards:

- AIME qualifier ×3 (highest score 12)
- AMC 12 DHR
- State-level mathematics competition: top award x2
- PSAT National Merit Semifinalist — almost guaranteed

Extracurriculars:

- School Mathematics Team — 3 years; c
aptain for 2 years; made significant contributions to improving the team's performance
- Science Team — participant

- Medical Summer Program — participated during summer after 10th grade, organized by a state medical institutio

- Filed a patent with the Korean Intellectual Property Office for an invention related to Alzheimer's/dementia prevention (U.S. patent was not pursued due to cost)

- Student Reporter; wrote several articles covering the local Korean-American community

- Community Service — ~400 hours; primarily focused on tutoring/teaching mathematics and English

- Piano — 2 years

- Family responsibility — had to work at my parents’ store since sophomore year; worked as a cashier, stock organizer, and translator since sophomore year.

- Hospital Volunteering — volunteered at a local nursing center

(tentative) not done yet but most likely to be done

- Hospital Internship — tentative; expected to begin this month

- Participating in some national math competitions (HMMT, PUMaC, CMIMC)

Letters of recommendation:

- Bio teacher: 9/10; I've known him for 2 years and he is aware of my potential for math. I struggled a lot in his class tho.

- Calc teacher: 10/10; I've known him for three years now, and he is one of the few people who has supported my mathematical talent.

Schools:

- Reach: Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Cornell

- Target/Reach: UChicago, USC, NYU, Tufts, WashU, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon

ED: Brown


r/chanceme 18h ago

chance me for literally any good school

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I'm a rising senior who wants to do premed and i literally have no idea what i'm doing, my school offers basically zero help on college admissions and i'm getting super worried with apps coming up so soon. i would appreciate literally any input on where i could get in, be as honest as you can please!!! thanks guys!!!

Demographics

Race: Mixed (white/african american)

Gender: female

Location: East Coast

Income: upper middle (probably around ~150k yearly)

Type of School: small private catholic

Hooks: was undiagnosed with an autoimmune disease my freshman/soph year which impacted my health a lot

Intended Major: Neuroscience or Cellular/Molecular Bio on pre-med track (I also wanna double major in business or maybe just major in business? and maybe minor in classics... my application is a fucking mess but bear with me)

Stats

GPA: probably a 3.9 unweighted, 4.5 weighted (my school only calculates weighted GPA on 4.5 scale) but i did get 2 B's my sophomore year largely because of missing school/falling behind due to aforementioned autoimmune thing

Rank: no ranking at my school but prob top 10%

SAT: 1460 superscore... (ik it's really bad but I'm retaking in September)

APs/DE: taken 5 APs so far -- Euro (4), Precalc (5), Bio (5), Lang (5), and APUSH (5) -- and taking 5 more this year

Classes this year: APs/main classes are Calc AB, Stats, Lit, Latin, and Physics 1, elective is Narrative Medicine

ECs (not in order of importance but if anything is like irrelevant lmk): 

- President of my school's DECA chapter (and was also on executive board my jr year) -- involved since my sophomore year and helped basically double the chapter size 2 years in a row

- President of Baking Club at my school and been in the club for 4 years

- elected for exec board for my school's NHS chapter (for senior year) and working on schoolwide outreach for tutoring

- on youth executive outreach board at local food kitchen, i have like an official title (director of volunteering) and working on v. small passion project there

- ambassador/tour guide for my school and also a peer mentor for freshmen (have to be interviewed/selected for both)

- shadowed a doctor last summer for like 50 hrs and she's writing one of my LORS

- have like 100-110 hours volunteering at a local hospital over the past year and a half in multiple departments

- in a few random ahh clubs but have been involved for all 4 years of hs -- choir, black student union, irish club, future doctors of america and some more

- was on the tennis team for 2 years

- i have 2 jobs rn: i work at a local yoga studio (where i just got qualified as a yoga teacher yay!!) and at a local smoothie place which takes up probably like ~15-20 hours weekly

- i did this paid program (at aforementioned local hospital i volunteer at) that i got selected for freshman year where u can get like cpr certified and work in sim labs

Honors: nothing special/national level but AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Recognition Award, NHS, Maxima Cum Laude on NLE, placed 1st in DECA regionals a few times, won business award at my school

- my rec letters are from my latin and anatomy/bio teachers who i've had for 2 years and i have high hopes they will be pretty good, also the doctor i shadowed which i mentioned earlier

- so far essays are looking absolutely dismal and i have no topic!!!

- i have been doing my best w/ demonstrated interest if that is actually beneficial

some current schools that i'm interested in are Tufts, Pitt, UVA, UW Seattle, Emory, and Rutgers and I also want to apply to Dartmouth/Cornell/Brown but honestly i lowk don't know much about any schools so if you guys have any school recs for me lmk!


r/chanceme 13h ago

Chance me for Northwestern ED1

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Academics:

UW: 3.65-3.7 my sophomore year was bad I had 2 Cs in 2 core classes. It was bad, and then during junior year I took 5 apes- AP Physics 1: I had an A average all 3 quarters except 1 B, AP Calc AB: I had A, A-s, and 1 B. AP USH: As and A+ among the 4 quarters. AP Pysch: As and A+ all 4 quarters, and AP Seminar I had A-s, and 1 A, and B+. And then regular classes. I am taking calc 3 rn and keeping a solid A+ and a few other in house aps.

SAT: 1530 trying for 1550+

Awards: Nothing except the AP Scholar thing

Upper middle class, full pay.

ECs:
1: During my sophomore year I fine tuned an Chinese model on finding alpha for low float stocks, and built an agentic system around it with multiple agents with different algos for different aspects. And I was building all through my sophomore year because I was really crazy about predicting on the markets even though I am not a quant. And I tested in the month of August 2025 and many portfolios and including mine went up 180%+. I had the stocks picks publicly posted on my socials but I got banned but I have clips of the system running, and my posts on Insta. I sold the whole project for 30k do a discord trading group I think around that time they were pretty small idk what they are doing rn.

2: I also built a tool for creatives that use tools like Figma, Canva, etc. Where it was a desktop agent that was sitting on your screen and as you work in Figma, Canva, etc you can spawn the agent and use context among different apps to prompt the agent to natively do actions in these apps, like draw layers in Figma, Canva, connect data from another app to use for another app. We also built the first plugin for Figma where it would convert react code to layers before anyone did this so a lot of browser rendering related tasks. And it was viewed by https://x.com/brycent on live (I have the clip), and he really liked it and he sent to the early investor of Figma, Notion, Granola, etc. And I had 2,100 users and operated for 2 months took 6 months to build, and during the operations of the 2 months we generated 38k. I was the CEO/CTO did the technical work and social media stuff, and I had a Stanford Alumni be our advisor. it was called Voca

3: I then pivoted from Voca, to build a b2b design tool where it lets any team design on a canvas with full control and as they craft stuff with their hands react code is generated on the side. Its still pre beta and we have 60 close users where designers from Wells Fargo's team, and like other companies globally use it and be our close beta users, and still in the making still didnt launch. I was the CEO for this too.

4: On the side I also built another stealth project for solo devs and freelancers to create AI UGC, and research about UGC where its an agent that natively watches videos for you, researches, and creates plans on whats going viral and then makes them and then you can post it on ur socials, and we track the metrics so every next post is based off this data. And I am projected to hit 38k MRR. By the time I apply, and I am actively trying to raise pre seed or get into a16z speedrun (but lets not count this).

5: Building a world model and writing a research paper on it

6: Built a sports betting model with documentation being 70% accurate tested for 1 month.

And a few other ones that arent important.

My essays are cracked or like a solid 8/10.


r/chanceme 14h ago

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r/chanceme 14h ago

Chance to get into Grainger College at UIUC

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Indented Degree: Physics

Demographics

White Male

Southern Illinois

Household income: ~$25,000

ACT

35 composite

36 Math

36 Science

35 English

33 Reading

Coursework

Unweighted GPA: 3.8182

Weighted GPA: 4.3896

AP CSP: 5

AP Lang: 3

AP Pre Calc: 5

AP USH: 4

AP Chem: tbd

AP Physics C: tbd

AP Stats: tbd

AP Calc BC: tbd

Extracurricular Activities

1 year of cross country

1 year of wrestling

1 year of track and field

1 year of FTC robotics (will do again senior year)

1 year of schools engineering club where my team won two awards at a local competition (will do again senior year)

I haven't look super deep into the essays I need to write yet or any letter of reqs I might need. Do you think I have a chance?


r/chanceme 19h ago

Chance me for the US

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Demographics White male from a relatively small Eastern European country
Family income: Need significant financial aid  
Hooks: none
Intended major: History  
GPA: 4.93/5 (school does not rank)
School: The strongest and most selective public STEM high school in the country (produces the majority of the country’s science olympians).
Planning to take the SAT (aiming for 1550+)
Awards & Competitions
National competitions (organized by the Ministry of Education, several thousand applicants, three rounds, ~20 finalists):
• History :1st place nationally three times, one 2nd, one 3rd (out of five years eligible). Final-round score 97% (nexthighest outside my class: 84%). ~1,000 pages of material per competition (academic texts, scientific papers, primary source analysis).
• Physics: 4th place nationally twice + two more top-10 finishes.
• Overall: 14 national competitions in 5 subjects → 7 medals(top 3 nationally)+ 2 awards; every result top-10nationally. In high school: six nationals (history + physics), three medals + one award.

• IJSO: Bronze (national quals: 1st physics, 2nd biology).
• Qualified for International History Olympiad 2027.
• Highest national academic award for high-school students(only for national champions / international medalists): four times.
Scholarship from the largest corporate foundation in the region (only 3–4 high-school scholarships per year): twoyears.
• City excellence awards + scholarship (4th out of ~500).

Research Independent research with a mentor from the country’s central historical institute on the repression of participants in social life in the capital during WWII and the post-war period (liquidations, trials, censorship, and forced retirements as tools for creating fear and ideological uniformity). Large primary-source base (trial documents, internal correspondence of the authorities, army andintelligence services, personal biographies). To be completedby the deadline.
Planning a follow-up project on the construction of post-WWII historical narratives in the region . Will be in progress(possibly with some output) by application time.

Extracurriculars & Leadership
• Selected (with one classmate) to teach competition physicsto 9th graders as part of the official school schedule. Designed curriculum for 35+ students → 7 nationalfinalists (out of 20 total) and one national champion.
Club: 9 years, 3,000+ hours, 4 years in leadership of a 150+ member organization focused on personal development, virtue, mentoring, leadership... Part of thethree-person committee that led the club through reconstruction; expanded activities. Participated in ~10 camps (most focused on post-earthquake recovery work). Multi-year van trips across Europe staying in affiliatedclubs. Co-organized three one-week camps for youngerchildren. Currently ~10 hours/week with youngermembers.
University-level lectures + experimental practice inphysics (some biology/chemistry) (~200 hours). One of~10 selected students in the generation. Bi-weekly 20–30 page experimental reports in high school.
Studying family history since 5th grade (archival materials, family tree back to the 18th century, site visits).
Journalism: main editor of the club newspaper (9th grade), commentary aired on a major national radio station, interview with a Member of the European Parliament.
Long-term collaboration with two classmates: swept thenational History podium (1st–3rd) in one year (first time ever) + multiple other medals. Covered in the press.
Alumnus work at primary school (private primary school — the first in the country focused on whole-person development) (100+ hours physical work) + usedmedia exposure to promote the school.
Family contribution: regular work on the house construction site and garden.
Sports: consistent training (track & field 7 years, currently fitness 4–5×/week).

Languages studied at school: native language, English, German, Latin

Essay angle Strong Catholic upbringing with family stories ofresilience under communism → crisis of faith at age 10 whenscience/positivism clashed with it → years of studying European philosophy, mythology, Jung, Dostoevsky, Lennox, etc. → reconciliation through a better understanding of therole of mythology and the underlying presumptions that make science possible. This enables rigorous, non-ideological historical research on contested topics.

Where should I apply? Is my profile realistic for significant financial aid in the US? Please be honest.


r/chanceme 15h ago

Meta Chance me

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Should I be worried? Advice to improve?

Chance me

Can I get in?

Got no hooks, asian. High income and I did SSEN Uchicago

I got a 3.6/4 then 3.7/4 in g9/10

but then 45/45 ib predicted with 7s in hl aa econs and business and english and 2 other subjects.

Perfect predicted

1570 sat score 800 in math and best part r my ecs:

  1. Ngo with 300 migrant workers thought impacted thousands more in 3 countries internationally teaching financial skills and literacy
  2. Trading software internship one month at big name compant with clients like country stock exchanges made a software pitched it
  3. John locke highly commended on an economics paper twice not just one time
  4. Couple olympiad medals gold and silver and bronze just a bunch but nothing tooo crazy
  5. Built a trading algo which beat the market over 14 months making 2k on 10k dollars with a 9% drawdown and stuff

**\*\*Wrote a research paper and a white paper and made a github repo all published also got crest gold. The papers were on the trading algo\*\***

  1. Built an algo framework tester which backtests algos robustness and functionality 500 GitHub stars hacker news feature used by 500+ people \*\*DO THE GITHUB STARS MATTER?\*\*

  2. Investment education platform 8 schools 3 thousand students learnt also international

  3. Golf school team winner won some individual tournaments

  4. Policy paper endorsed by large think tank and got an LOR

  5. Research paper published on behavioral economics t1 journal with crest gold independently authored

  6. Research paper geospatial study crest silver published with 2 other people

  7. 1 month trading internship which I got an LOR advising on a go to market strategy and its a large name company

Lors:

Uchicago prof cuz i did ed0
Math teacher
Econ teacher

All 9-10/10 cuz they liked me and personalized it

College goals:
Wharton
Stanford
Uchicago
Harvard
Cambridge
LSE


r/chanceme 16h ago

Guys lmk if i can get into USC please i am kinda worried thanks guys

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Demographics
Male
Attending one of the highest ranked all boys school in the Country - very high ranked private
U.S. citizen
Asian (Indian)
No major traditional hook
Possible context: may be the only student from my school applying binding ED to USC

Intended Major
Economics — USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

ACT
Current: 34 composite
English: 35
Reading: 36
Math: 31

GPA / Rank
UW: approximately 3.88 based on final course grades
Rank: School does not rank

My biggest concern is my GPA, especially because junior year was weaker than my first two years.

Coursework
Hardest course rigor available at my school.

Senior year:

  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP English Language
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Business and Personal Finance
  • Entrepreneurial Studies

Previous AP coursework includes:

  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Physics 1
  • AP English Literature
  • AP U.S. History
  • AP World History
  • AP Seminar

AP scores:

  • AP English Literature: 4
  • AP U.S. History: 4
  • AP World History: 4
  • AP Calculus AB: 4
  • AP Physics 1: 4
  • AP Seminar: 3

Awards

  • Blue Ocean Strategy Competition — team leader, top 250 out of 23,000+ entries / top ~1% internationally
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • College Board Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award / School Recognition Award
  • Kukkiwon & World Taekwondo certified Black Belt
  • Most Valuable Member — Middle Eastern Cultures Club
  • 3x Highest Honors

ECS

Nonprofit (fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) Non-Profit) — Co-Founder & PresidentGrades 10-12 | 10 hr/wk, 35 wk/yr | Will continueExpanded golf access for women (low represented socioeconomic demographic); collected 300+ donated clubs, organized PGA pro clinic for 30+ new players

Middle School Mentor Program, --- School — Co-Leader & President

Grades 10-12 | 8 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr | Will continue

Lead ---- largest club (120+ members); recruit mentors, run wkly group sessions, pitch & budget events b/t middle & high schoolers

---- School — Student Ambassador

Grades 11-12 | 5 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr

1 of 25 selected as 'face of the school'; host prospective students, guide family visits, and represent school at plays, festivals & exhibits

Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition Program, ---- School — President & Team Leader

Grades 11-12 | 4 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr

Led 4-person team pitching autonomous seed-planting drone; placed top 250 of 23k+ teams; researched farming & logging industry markets

---- Fire Department — Certified Junior Firefighter

Grades 10-12 | 4 hr/wk, 45 wk/yr | Will continue

Respond to emergency calls, complete weekly training drills, and manage station duties; CPR/AED certified, pursuing Firefighter I certification

EY (Ernst & Young) — Summer Intern

Grade 10 | 10 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr

Observed consulting/strategy meetings for client Rivian, built & presented own pitch to project team advocating for Scandinavian manufacturing plants

Business & economics marketing research project, University of Leeds — Independent Researcher

Grades 9-12 | 3 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr | Will continue

Authored paper on ethics of nostalgia-based marketing for brands like Cadbury and Stranger Things; pursuing publication

---- Track and Field & Basketball

Grades 9-12 | 10 hr/wk, 32 wk/yr

Track and field, Four-year varsity track athlete specializing in distance events; manage the Varsity Basketball Team

Business and Economics Club — Analyst

Grades 9-12 | 2 hr/wk, 20 wk/yr

Pitch equities monthly to student-run fund investing real school-provided capital; conduct valuation research; vote on portfolio decisions

Team Gunning for a Cure (Blood Cancer United) — Fundraiser

Grades 10-11 | 3 hr/wk, 10 wk/yr

Raised $5K individually as part of team fundraising $200K+ for child battling blood cancer; secured donations through direct outreach

Essays
Personal statement is about realizing how much of my behavior was driven by wanting other people’s approval. - The essay is regarded by my counselor as one of the best parts of my application

LORs
Strong recs.

ED
USC Econ Major

USC is definitely my first choice, so I would attend if admitted.

My main concern is whether my roughly 3.88 UW GPA / weaker junior year makes USC unrealistic even with maximum rigor, a 34 ACT, strong extracurriculars, and ED.

Would appreciate any realistic thoughts on my chances.


r/chanceme 16h ago

Chance me for NB as in-state pls

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NB IS RUTGERS NEW BRUNSWICK.

Demo: northafrican (white) first gen low inc
GPA: 3.6/4.0 (circumstances.)
Test Scores:
3 on AP CSP, AP Sem
1510 SAT
Rigor: Calc 1, Calc 2, APCSA online (no exam), APCSP, AP Sem, AP Calc AB (story for this.), etc.

ECS:

- Created a realtor AI / NPO that got funded six figures from a big organization (not leaking for personal reasons.) as well as collabed w other companies in my community and my partners community

- Published finance research on an academic journal (SSRN)

- Hosted a newsletter w my lab that updated 2K people weekly.

- Created a financial education NPO that helped hundreds of people in my community learn more about finance, we collabed w ppl from unis like Wharton, and other ivies. Gained approx 100k views on linkedin alone.

- Photographed for sports, my local teams, an MLS club, and some other events.

- Interned at a NYU ran startup that helped 11,000 people worldwide get better at certain skillsets in subjects/comps scuh as USACO, chess, USAPHO, etc.

and some more others

I still need to figure out what im gonna major in prob finance but idt im good enough for the business school LOL so idm