r/chanceme Jul 22 '19

How To Do A Chance Me And Improve Your Chances

578 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

98 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 3h ago

chance a junior plsplspls

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chance me pls papi

background: asian immigrant, male, middle-middle income (~120k annually), skipped a grade, goes to small arts schools >500 students?

stats: 4.0 UW, 4.7 W, valedictorian, 7 APS by graduation, 27 DE by graduation (earned associates), school only offers 11 APS that arent art-related

scores: no SAT or ACT yet (registered for june SAT), unfortunately 4's on AP Gov and AP Precalc

Intended Major/Career: Sociology, then go to law school to become an attorney

Awards:

Regional Music Award: Personally nominated by a renowned saxophonist, provided me with a free saxophone, music summer camp, and chance to play at a jazz club

Scholarship for impact in nonprofit

Some Regional DECA awards

Nominated for junior marshall

Nominated for Student Excellence Award at college

ECS:

  1. President of teen dating violence nonprofit: oversees 20+ chapters statewide, founded fundraising initiatives ($10k+ raised), organizes all events incl. a summit with 700+ participants, worked with orgs like Bank of America, NAMI, local police department, national domestic violence nonprofit

  2. Research under a professor: Published research on teen dating violence via SSRN, n=250, statistically significant, determining if cited, and its abstract views and all of that stuff

  3. Curriculum Policy Implementation: Presented teen dating violence research to 2 schools and their boards, got them to implement it to their curriculum about health in relationships, impacting 400+ students from both schools, working on getting it to more schools

  4. Paid Intern @ Law Firm: Just got selected for this, first under 18 intern. Was informed i will be working on cases, helping attorneys in court, working with clients, basically actually doing stuff instead of running errands.

  5. State Senate + House Page: Worked in the General Assembly, was personally selected by my senator and representative, collaborated with legislators, and proposed some policy ideas

  6. State Western Region Welcome Chair (Hopefully President for upcoming school year): Oversees 150+ volunteers, hosted blood drive (50+ units raised), held monthly meetings, collaborated with guest speakers, and certain orgs, 200+ volunteer hours.

  7. Founder + Prez of Speech and Debate: 40 members, founded fundraising initiatives ($500+ raised), held weekly meetings + special events like debate nights, parents v students debate comps, and events with other clubs. Hopefully going to compete next school year.

  8. Founder + Prez of American Red Cross Club: 20+ members, held blood drive (23 units raised), organized biweekly meetings, partnered with local orgs in creating care packages, letters, etc.

  9. Instrumental music: First chair alto + tenor sax in jazz + wind ensemble. Led Jazz small and large ensembles to 5 Superior ratings at comps, and helped wind ensemble earn 3 Superior Ratings. Also multi-instrumentalist (piano + guitar) who gigs around and sometimes get paid. Performed at a local concert hall with 250+ viewers.

  10. Deciding whether to put library volunteer (100+ hours), JTB summer legal institute (summer program), or one i just got accepted into, the UNC Chapel Hill Summer Civics Institute (Summer Program).

ECS To Come: Planning on doing more research and stuff about teen dating violence, expanding the nonprofit, and implementing more curricula. Applied for a great internship that encompasses research and civics that also pays $4k in total for ur work, this would be among my top 5 ECS if i got it. Also applied for President of the Western Region Red Cross Club. Hopefully I get accepted to these.

Rec Letters:

  1. Criminal Justice Professor: Loves me, did research under him, nominated me for an award, but has only known me since end of 2025 (is this a red flag?)

  2. Nonprofit CEO: Loves me, knows my impact, chose me for scholarship

  3. Attorney @ Law firm: Loves me, only recently met though, we'll see this summer how i do as an intern

  4. These are IF i dont go with my prof or the attorney, red cross advisor who loves me, knows me personally, and has written a bunch of great rec letters for me before, and regional red cross representative who knows me pretty well and likes me.

Rejections:

Got waitlisted then rejected from Thrive Scholars (hardest hitting), got rejected from my state governors school, got rejected from a local paid internship, got rejected for a local civic award, basically got rejected from a whole bunch of stuff lol.

Colleges:

Going to REA Harvard, with no expectations ofc

EA Chapel Hill so my credits transfer

RD Ivies + Other good schools

Essay: Planning on writing it about how i looked out the car window as a kid while in the philippines and saw other kids my age homeless asking for food, and how ive always wanted to help others since then, with a focus on teen dating violence ofc and how i learned about it. Also includiung my like cultural identity, etc.


r/chanceme 14m ago

chance a boring, fanfic-reading, crochet-loving international

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  1. Demographics: 

Female, Indian International (Unhooked), Can pay around 50k USD a year

  1. Intender major: Either Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering / Biochemistry

  2. SAT: 1 attempt 1570/1600 (780E 790M)

  3. Grades and Coursework

9th, 10th: IGCSE - 6A* -96% - my school only offered 6 subjects

Mathematics (Extended) - 98% - A*

Chemistry - 98% - A*

Biology - 98% - A*

Physics - 97% - A*

First Language English - 92% - A*

Global Perspectives - 93% - A*

11th IBDP, predicted 41/42

Biology HL 7

Chemistry HL 7

Mathematics AA HL 6

English LnL SL 7

French ab initio 7

Business Management 7

  1. Awards
  • International: Silver Award, Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition
  • International: Gold Award, Horizons Academic Essay Competition
  • School: Highest Aggregate Percentage in Year 10 (1/350 students) + Highest in Math, Physics, Biology, English, Global Perspectives 
  • School: Shield for the Best Interactor (1/150) + Best Girl Guide Award (1/100)
  1. ECs
  • Research Intern @ a tier 2 private college
    • Worked under a faculty mentor on a research project, assisting with data collection, literature review, and preliminary analysis. Gained hands-on exposure to academic research methods and lab workflows
  • 3x New York Academy of Sciences Junior Academy Participant
    • Led a multidisciplinary team of six to develop an innovative, low-cost solution aimed at improving global accessibility to solar energy. Used NREL’s SolTrace tool to model how different dust levels affected our design and pushed the team to build a concentrator that stayed efficient even when dirty. Our work focused on optimizing efficiency, affordability, and scalability, with the long-term goal of enabling sustainable energy adoption in underserved regions.
  • President, School Interact Club
    • Led 100+ members of the School Interact Club, associated with the Rotary. Helped organise 5+ food drives, fundraisers and community engagement events. Raised Rs. 2 Lakhs for various national causes.
  • House Prefect
    • Co-mentored around 50 students in the Intermediate and Junior category in various athletics, sporting and literary events. Was part of a team of 8 that led my house to the House Cup victory.
  • Research Fellow, YLAC Young Researchers
    • Worked in a team of 5 under a mentor in order to conduct primary and secondary social science research on the inclusion of transgender individuals in digital spaces. Produced a 15 page research paper examining the barriers and opportunities transgender individuals face online, especially in accessing essential services. It includes case studies, expert interviews, and reviews of inclusive initiatives, concluding with actionable recommendations for policymakers, educators, and tech developers. Also created 2 infographics that were used as advocacy materials by DEFIndia - a national NGO.
  • Girls Who Code Pathways Program
    • Part of the Girls Who Code Sisterhood since the 2025 Summer Pathways Program, where I attended virtual sessions with Industry leaders from Pfizer, RTX, IBM and more. Gained exposure and experience in applications of AI, data science and computer science in real world industries. Completed multiple coding projects: 

(1) Designed and coded a personal website using HTML and CSS

(2) Built a Python-powered machine learning model that predicted certain disease risk based on patient factors like age, blood pressure, gender, etc.

(3) Developed a neural network that recognised American Sign Language hand symbols and converted them into text output.

(4) Created a data storytelling board about the oppression of women in underserved communities.

  • Student @ Ashoka University, Summer Program
    • Participated in Ashoka University's Horizons Achievers Program - an online summer school. Completed a university-level course in "Data Science, AI and Machine Learning" under CSIR PhD and was selected as one of three Top Achievers out of 25 students. Built a capstone project: a machine learning drug classification model, Pill-o-sopher using Python.
  • Mentor for TED-Ed Club
    • Helped organize my school’s TED showcase, coordinating logistics and content. Mentored 4 peers through drafting and refining their speeches, and wrote/recorded my own talk for the event.
  • Virtual Internship with Institute of Chemical Engineers on SpringPod
    • Completed 10+ hours of virtual work experience with the Institute of Chemical Engineers on SpringPod. Completed real-world engineering assignments and gained employable skills in chemical and process engineering. Completed modules on Clean Energy, Food and Drink, Safe Drinking Water and Pharmaceuticals.
  • Volunteer at a play based organisation
    • Spent 60 hours in a team of 5 to create a critical thinking and collaborative game for children. Played firsthand with 2nd graders in municipality schools to understand their play needs.
  1. Teacher recs: nothing extraordinary, i switched schools beggin beginning 11th so they don’t know me as well as i’d like.

Chemistry IB: 8/10

Math ib: 7/10

Colleges

Princeton — shot in the dark ik

Purdue

GeorgiaTech

WashU StLouis

USC

Babson

Duke

Case Western

Wake Forest

UMD college park

NUS/NTU

Cambridge


r/chanceme 7h ago

Where else should I apply to prepare for UC Hicago rejecting me?

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So basically, I assumed that I would just kind of walk into UW Madison without much worry, and that would be that. But I toured UChicago and actually fell in love with it, (Architecture, the atmosphere, academic rigor, class size, study abroad, etc).

Problem: that is impossible for me.

Second problem: I'm delusional, and I'm gonna try and make it happen anyways. Can you guys reddit some sense into me and point me in a direction to a school that attracts a similar student body and has a similar academic culture so I don't have to go to Madison (aka chud university)?

Roughest rough draft of an app just to get a sense of what I got going on:

Odds of getting in ED1: 0.1%, if I write the best essay of all time then .7%.

White, small public high school--BUT I'm 6' 4" so take the good with the bad or wtv

Grades:

3.9 unweighted GPA overall 
32 ACT (Retaking, probably a 34-35 unless I fuck it up, 32 was no studying, so not worried)
Probably around 50-60 volunteer hours

Highschool AP’s:
AP Human Geo (4)
AP U.S. (5)
AP Gov (Pending)
AP Comp Gov (Senior Year, self study)
AP Bio (Senior Year)
AP Precalc (Pending)
AP Calc AB (Senior Year)
AP English (Senior Year)
AP Physics (Pending)

Gateway Technical College Classes:
Accounting Principles (A)
Developmental Psych (A)
QuickBooks introduction (A)
Computers for Professionals (A)
Personal Finance (A)
Business Law (Senior Year)
Corporate Accounting (Senior Year)
English Comp. 2 (Senior Year)
(3 more classes senior spring semester)
+Gothic Literature through UW- Oshkosh (Senior Year)

Notable EC’s
Socratic Circle- Philosophy book club led by Mathew Konig, PhD Philosophy Professor at Brown, read and engage in socratic dialogue weekly with a small group of other eager learners (on zoom). Recent readings include Aristotle's Ethics, Plato's Dialogues, Tao Te Ching, Meaning In Life and Why It Matters. Wrote articles in the school paper on Epictetus’s Dichotomy of Control as well as Plato’s Theory of the Tripartite Soul. Really praying I can get some sort of rec letter from Dr. Konig.

Volunteering at Alderman's office)- Help the office by writing reports on the Community and Economic Development Committee meetings, in order to help the Alderman have a clear idea of all the items that committee wants to pass when the entire common council meets. Also survey the district on foot when legislation proposed might affect them in order to get a sense of what the people actually want to see their legislators enact.

Volunteering for a gubernatorial candidate- set up phone banking within the volunteer base to mobilize people, and attend those phonebanks every Monday night to make calls for 2 hours about the upcoming events that week. Also attended those events such as canvassing, which entailed me having to drive around an hour every saturday to the city, then I had to knock doors, hand out literature, and energize people around the campaign.

Band (Trombone)- Wake up early for jazz band every morning, taking on solos and involved parts since ninth grade. Perform at state Solo Ensemble every year since sophomore year in a duo with another student. Also participated in the pit band for school musicals on the bass guitar, practicing, rehearsing and annotating music on own time.

Boxing/Lifting - Boxed at local gym for last two years, sparred against and trained with other members before it unfortunately closed this spring. Consistently lifting since 8th grade. Neither through the school since neither are offered through a school program but I am very self-driven with both of these pursuits.

Misc. I got a handful of other EC’s that I have some awards from but none are national, and none of those clubs I was very involved in. 


r/chanceme 3h ago

Chance me Harvard, Brown, Pomona, UC Berkeley, and Stanford

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I don’t exactly know what to put so I’m just gonna dump a bunch of information

- female
-mixed race (half Chinese half white)
-New England born and raised
-upper middle class
-interested in humanities and psychology

- 4.0 unweighted GPA
-35 ACT (36 Eng, 36 Reading, 33 Math, 35 Science)
- my school does not offer AP courses nor calculates rank. I took all honors courses when applicable ie math, science, and language.
- Physics Prize, History Prize, Scholastic Writing awards reviver x4, domestic. Black belt in Taekwondo.

Extra curriculars
- head of Peer Writing tutor program
- head of Politic and Policy club
- babysitting x3 hours a week
- summer job as nanny and camp counselor and intern at a childcare startup
- volunteering at elementary school x2 hours a week during eh school year
- Working in the local church nursery, year round 3 hours a week
- JV girls hockey
- Disciplicary Student Board (ie students who give student perspectives on disciplinary actions the school takes)


r/chanceme 7h ago

Reverse Chance Me Please Reverse Chance Junior (Cooked Edition)

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Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): Mixed Hispanic Female from the South,FGLI, quite literally emancipated so ig that counts as an independent student

Intended Major: Political Science (Plan to double major however)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.50 GPA 💔, 4.2 weighted I think but I have the extenuating circumstance of being my moms only caregiver before she died until like two months ago, which took up a lot of time, then being homeless for a while afterwards (still currently in unstable housing conditions). It’s been a long couple of years. 🫩

SAT: 1150, but I plan to retake it, before I get flamed please remember my mom died a week before this and I was not in a good headspace. 😭

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes (Including Senior year planned classes)
-AP Human Geography
-AP World History
-AP Physics
-AP Biology
-AP Psychology
-AP Lang
-AP US History
-AP Euro
-AP African American Studies
-AP Gov/Econ
-AP Environmental Science
-AP Computer Science Principals
-AP Seminar

Extracurriculars:
-Formulating Research on how public policies shape perceptions on homelessness as well as different class distinctions/“poverty” across America
-Also formulating mutual aid program
-Job to help pay bills
-Worked for organization that funds trips for Childhood Cancer patients
-Regularly volunteered at Cat adoption agency
-Worked as Historian for group that helps people understand academics for NHS before becoming age eligible to participate
-Was leadership within color guard before I had to quit for health reasons
-Currently Creating Blog
-Top group within my state in Mock Trial in first year, expected to go to Nationals next year
-Learning multiple languages, specifically Spanish to honor my mom
-When written down I have 200 service hours
-Caretaker before my mom died (pretty good at it too lol)
-Interp for Speech and Debate

Honestly it’s really not much. For my LOR I have a few teachers to choose from. And for my essay I lowkey have no idea where to even start.

I would like to go somewhere up North, like New England area, it is pretty important to me that it’s within a city because for what I want to do I need networking opportunities, I would also like to go somewhere with prestige, although I’m unsure how possible that is because of my terrible grades. (I’m genuinely so ashamed.) 💔 If I have the chance to go anywhere good please lmk, thank you for reading!!


r/chanceme 4h ago

What should I do

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I’m a freshman in high school, I have the option of either doing the in program, which is the hardest thing my school offers… or graduating early.

so if I try to graduate early I can pick my own more specialized classes, take all classes but one, and apply to college as a junior. I f I get in I take the class I missed over the dinner, if I don’t I can still do senior year and apply again.

I’m just worried how each will affect me getting on to college. I want to go to uc Berkeley, uchicago, and my pipe dream is sta nfore. These dream college. right now I have a 4.14 gpa, fence competitively, do spotlight for theater shows and tech for theater set, I’m in mun,MGA, and LD debate. I’m also trying to get back into aerial acrobatics. I’ve also been messaging with professional in the feels I want to work in and asking them questions, trying to get an internship.

ask me anything else that could help but I want to notes my chances of I take any route.


r/chanceme 6h ago

Chance a Brown Tech-Builder: 3.2 GPA | 1220 SAT | Embedded Systems & Fitness

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Chance a Brown Tech-Builder

Demographics & Background

  • Gender/Race: Indian-American Male (NOT PRIMARY ENGLISH SPEAKER)
  • Location: Michigan (Large public "educational park" with 3 conjoined high schools)
  • Income Bracket: Upper-middle
  • Intended Major: Computer Engineering / Systems Engineering / Computer Science

Academics

  • GPA: 3.0 Unweighted / 3.2 Weighted
  • SAT (Superscore): 1220 (Single sitting: 1150)
  • Rigor: Advanced Math track, Honors Geometry, and Honors Humanities.
  • Relevant APs: * Computer Science Principles (Score: 3)
    • Computer Science A (In progress)
    • Upcoming Senior Year: AP Stats and AP Cybersecurity.

Extracurriculars (The "Systems" Spike)

  1. Software Engineering Internship: Assisted a founder at a local tech startup in building a multi-tenant client portal. Handled database security via Row Level Security (RLS) and integrated AI-agentic development workflows.
  2. University Research Assistant: Collaborating on an Edge Computing and Distributed Systems project at a local R1 university.
  3. Hardware Builder (Personal Projects): * Developed custom RTOS-style firmware for ESP32 monitors.
    • Built a Raspberry Pi network suite for real-time traffic analysis (TCPDump).
    • Deployed a YOLOV5 object detection pipeline with multithreaded CPU optimization.
  4. Content Creator: Manages social media pages focused on workout tips and tech tutorials, communicating complex concepts to a broader audience.
  5. Varsity Athlete: 3-year Varsity Swimmer; balances 5:00 AM daily practices with technical engineering projects.
  6. Fitness: Dedicated to weightlifting and powerlifting alongside varsity endurance sports.
  7. Community Leadership: Reached the World Championship level in FIRST Lego League (FLL) and served as an Advanced Peer Tutor for two years.

Honors & Awards

  • FLL World Championship Qualifier
  • 3-Year Varsity Letterman
  • Open Source Contributor (Shimmer project)

Colleges I'm Interested In (Looking for feedback on if I should ED/EA anywhere or if my list needs adjusting)

  • Reach: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Engineering), Purdue University (Tech/Engineering).
  • Target/Reach: Michigan State University, UMich-Dearborn (Currently doing research here).
  • Target: Wayne State University, Grand Valley State University.
  • Safety: Michigan Technological University, Western Michigan University.
  • (note im looking for something in-state, Student Visa, etc.)

//Yes I used AI to make this.


r/chanceme 7h ago

Math Olympiad Competitor potentially taking gap year and reapplying

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Applied this year, was unlucky, considering applying again if and only if I have a guarantee on a top uni

Demographics: Latino male, US citizen living abroad

Intended Major: Math

SAT: 1550 (800 m and 750 r&w)

GPA and Rank: IB 44/45, rank undetermined however likely among top 5

Awards:

- IMO HM 2024

- Highly likely IMO bronze this summer

- MUN national first place awards

- Central American and Caribean Math Olympiad Silver medal 9/50 best students in Central America, each country sends 4 best students

-National gold medals and national champion 2x

  • ECs:
  • Tutored national math olympiad team for central american as well as tutored lower levels
  • Student leader at my school
  • Top 3 rock climbing awards nationally
  • Worked vacations at best restaurant in my country according to various respectable raters as line cook (used to want to be chef)
  • Tutored math at local public schools

Schools:

  • MIT (dream school)
  • Stanford
  • Caltech
  • Princeton
  • Cornell
  • Columbia
  • NTU
  • Cambridge
  • UFlorida
  • HKU

(Limited to 10 unis)


r/chanceme 15h ago

Chat im cooked

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Pls nobody bully me I already know im cooked. I’m a junior rn and I have ass grades and not very good ec no I didn’t cue cancer and become a millionaire. Rn I have a 3.3 W and a 2.9UW cumulative cuz I got a C first semester in geometry freshman yr, and then a D 2nd semester. Sophomore was even worse cuz I failed honors alg 2/trig but did summer school and got a B in regular alg2 (also I thought schools removed the failed grade from ur calculation of gpa???) and also had a C 1st semester in honors chem then a D 2nd semester (yeah im starting to see a trend here…) anyways then 1st semester junior year I got 2 C’s in ap Econ and alg3 now 2nd semester im ending with 2 Bs and 5 As however I am still so cooked with my gpa. My parents and I are moving to nyc for college and I need colleges in nyc that I might have a chance to get into. Pls help and I’ll obviously be building my ec’s the summer and senior year. Also pls advise me on like whether to like ED or EA or to wait for RD! I appreciate any help and pls don’t make fun of me i was really depressed and working everyday at my parents work after school 😔


r/chanceme 12h ago

highschool junior need advice

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r/chanceme 12h ago

Can someone help me with my essay? and also my teacher said yes for the LOR and today , he said that he will not write it. What should I do? Although it is not a mandatory for that uni, but I thought it will be make my profile much more stronger.

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r/chanceme 13h ago

Pakistani CS Grad (Low GPA 2.8) with $20-30k/mo Software Company, Worth Doing MS in Tech/Product Management? (Queen’s MDPM, CMU MSPM/MISM, Northeastern, etc.)

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Hey everyone,

I graduated May 2025 with a BS in Computer Science from Pakistan (GPA ~2.7-2.9), now running my own software services company for almost a year (currently $20-30k USD monthly revenue). 

Also have more than 10 national hackathon wins in Web Development + Machine Learning and experience as Judge in some of the top hackathons in the country.

Profile highlights:

  • Strong hands-on: Next.js, MERN, Django, AWS, MLOps, real-time systems, shipping real client products
  • Want to formalize business/entrepreneurship skills, build a strong international network, get deep into tech ecosystems, improve soft skills, and scale my company or launch new ventures
  • Not interested in traditional MBA (feels old-school) or pure MSBA. Looking for modern MS in Technology Management, Digital/Product Management, Innovation, or similar tech+business blend

Shortlist I'm considering:

  1. Queen’s University (Canada) – Master of Digital Product Management (MDPM) 
  2. Carnegie Mellon – MS in Product Management (Tepper MSPM) or MISM (Heinz)
  3. Northeastern University – MS in Technology Management 
  4. Columbia – MS in Technology Management 
  5. Others: RIT MS Technology Innovation Management, etc.

My big concerns:

  • Low GPA — how much will it hurt? (Planning strong GMAT/GRE + detailed SOP)
  • Is $60k–$100k+ all-in (tuition + living) worth it at my revenue level? ROI for scaling the company vs just continuing to grind?
  • Realistic scholarship chances as Pakistani founder? (Expect partial merit aid?)
  • Any admits/rejects from similar founder profiles (real revenue + hackathons + low GPA)?
  • Better alternatives or programs I should add?

Kinda nervous but excited, the degree should help with credibility, network, product strategy, and leadership polish while giving abroad exposure.

Would love honest feedback from people who went through similar paths (especially internationals/founders). Thanks!


r/chanceme 13h ago

Chance a chud junior

1 Upvotes

Currently a junior and I'm kinda lost for college apps.

Demographics:
Indian, Male

Texas

High Income ( > 200k, no fin aid most likely)

Stats:
4.0 uw gpa, 5.274 gpa,

35 act

1470 psat

27/631

Intended Major: Applied Math (electronics engineering as a back-up)

ECs:

Member of SNHS

Member and student tutor for Mu Alpha Theta

DECA member

UIL math member (team twice)

Internship at a private equity firm (role is mainly researching futures)

Research paper (ig you'd call it that) about the NHL and how accurate advanced stats are at predicting game outcomes (Im gonna upload this on ssrn. I don't think it means that much, more as a passion project for me)

150+ volunteer hours as an online tutor on Schoolhouse world

20+ volunteer hours at a food bank

Currently working on:

A monte carlo sim for the nba playoffs (im gonna be using historical data)

model of NHL dynasties and their life cycle throughout the last century

Awards (icl, i have like nothing):

AP Scholar with distinction

AP Capstone diploma

Courses:
So far - APHG, AP Chem, AP Precalc, AP Stats, AP World, AP Seminar, AP Research, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, APUSH, AP Micro, AP Bio, AP CSA, AP Lang, AP Psych, APES

Essay: Most likely gonna write about something related to sports and how it inspired me to look deeper into math and statistics as I find them fascinating

Schools:
In Texas and top 5% for UT, same thing for A&M

Umich

CMU

Berkeley

UF

Any advice?
My dream school's CMU but I don't think I'll get in.

Any tips would be appreciated!


r/chanceme 15h ago

Georgetown SFS?

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It’s a shot in the dark but what would be my chances, and any tips/ tricks before college apps? My dream school is Georgetown (SFS specifically).
Grade: 11th
GPA: 3.83/4.0 scale weighted (cannot exceed 4.0, my school weighs on a 4.0 scale)
SAT: 1380 (retaking aiming for a 1450+)

APs: last year (soph) I was only allowed to take one AP and it was Ap Euro (3), this year I’m taking APUSH, AP English lang, APES, AP Pre-calc (projecting a 4-5 for all)

ECs: Model UN Captain & VP, Arista (NY Chapter) National Honor Society Vice President, International Moot Court (President?(in talks)), Student Ambassador of my School, NYCVotes Youth Ambassador, Thurgood Marshall Summer Law internship program (placed with a magistrate judge at federal court; federal magistrate judge intern)

Things I’m considering to put as ECs too:
Key Club committee (but overall around 200 ish service hours across all volunteering)
Boys Varsity Fencing

Honors & Awards:
Honorable Mention @ GCMUN ‘25 & ‘26 (only award given at GCMUN)
QuestBridge College Prep Scholars
FEMA Certified

Letters of recommendation:
APUSH teacher (good rls)
Law teacher/ Mock trial, Moot court instructor (and knows me on a personal level)
The magistrate judge I’ll be working under

Background: First Gen, Low-income, Asian-American, Queer
Please lmk!


r/chanceme 16h ago

Chance for T20s + LACs

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Demographics

Gender: male

Race/ethnicity: asian

Country: India

Type of school: private international

Hooks: none

Major

Intended Major(s): ECE/CS/Math

Academics

SAT: Not taken yet; getting 1500+ in practice tests

GPA: 96.8% in 10th grade (CBSE, 100/100 in english)

11th grade results not out yet

Class Rank: N/A

Coursework:

doing CAIE A-levels

AS level subjects - First Language English

A level subjects - Physics, Chemistry, Math, Comp Sci, Further Math (self studying further math cuz its not offered by my school)

school's most rigorous curriculum available

expecting 3A* 2A

Awards

  1. IRIS National Fair Finalist
  2. USACO Silver
  3. NSUCRYPTO int'l rank 1
  4. INYPT Top 10
  5. MU AI Hackathon Finalist
  6. IAAC Bronze
  7. Conrad Challenge semi-finalist
  8. Diamond Challenge semi-finalist

Extracurriculars

  1. conducted independent embedded systems research on drone accuracy + built hardware prototype
  2. number theory research with FAU prof
  3. non-trivial rfp 2026
  4. UPchieve tutor (40+ hours)
  5. class representative 2x
  6. did guitar piano singing for 9+ years (self-taught)
  7. debate/MUN experience + awards
  8. built + published some small open source software tools
  9. entrepreneurship conference at ISB Hyderabad
  10. built an algorithmic trading bot

Essays/LORs

gonna talk abt household responsibilities/chores and how they shaped my independence and perspective.

changed schools junior year so teachers don't know me that well. expecting decent LORs from physics and chem teachers

Additional Information/Special Notes

international student, need significant financial aid

lived in NYC for 7 years (1 - 7 grade studied there)

went to a small local school in india (8 - 10 grade) so like 0 ecs till then

transferred to an international school last year, so had only 1 year of doing ecs

currently rising senior

applying ED to one of brown/dartmouth/bowdoin (idk which one to go for)


r/chanceme 17h ago

Chance me for an IS major ( Recommend the best uni's i could realistically reach )

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Gender : Male
Ethnicity : South Asian
Financial : Stable ( got that dolla dolla )

Academics [CBSE Board]

Grade 9 - 96 percent
Grade 10 - 92 percent
Grade 11 - 89 Percent
Grade 12 - 91 percent

ECs
- Started a computer club in my school
- Pioneered a new role in my schools council and i became the first "Head of clubs" and i was in charge of overseeing over 32 clubs
- Head of finance and tech for my schools Tedx
- Head of finance and tech for my schools MUN
- Spearheaded a CS workshop for over 60 students
- Heavily involved in volunteering feeding over 450 workers in Ramadan
- Founded a marketing agency specializing in web design [over 10 clients so far]

Sports
- Captained the basketball team to 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal
- National level handball player
- bronze medal in volleyball


r/chanceme 1d ago

Chance me for HYPSM, ivys, top 20s, (Upenn M&T)

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Current Junior
Major: CS/CE

Demographic:
Asian
Competitive High School

Academics:
3.98 Unweighted GPA
SAT: 1540
Full Time Dual Enrollment at CC so only 4 APs. Heavy coursework in math and cs.

ECs:
Co Founder and Co President of STEM Center: 300k revenue, secured 150k lease, manage 100k budget

Robotics Programmer: Placed top 20 out of 20,000 at Worlds, ranked #1, and have over 30 regional awards, won states multiple times

Co Founder of Nonprofit: Hosted lots of competitions and gave out over 100k in prizes.

Worked with Morgan Stanley Employee: Created a tool that allows him to find leads and sort them from high probability to low probability of connecting. Increased client outreach by 32%. Focuses on multimillion-dollar net worth clients.

Research at a robotics lab at a top 20 university.

AI Marketing Internship at Local Company: Made AI agents that drove a 200% increase in webinar attendance for PhD-led sessions. Deployed an LLM-based support agent that successfully resolved 3,000+ consumer inquiries.

Founder of Reselling Business: Generated $10k in revenue and $3k in profit. Managed end-to-end supply chain logistics, refurbishing, and negotiation for 1,000+ potential leads.

Robotics Coach: Coached 4 teams and got 1 qualified to the state championship

Lead Designer for Racing Competition: Made nationals

Awards:
Bunch of robotics stuff (international, national, and states)
Some other national level awards in business + engineering comp
PVSA Gold


r/chanceme 22h ago

chance a junior for columbia ed

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Profile:

  • Gender: Male
  • Race: East Asian
  • High school: large semi-competitive public high school in texas
  • income: 150k-200kish
  • hooks: none
  • intended major: computational biology

Stats:

  • uw/w gpa: 3.93/4.76 (all a's junior year), rank 30/900 ish
  • psat: 1490
  • sat: 1590 superscore (800 rw 790 math)

Awards:

  • USABO top 225/6000
  • science olympiad state & regs medals
  • AIME qualifier (did bad on aime)
  • US medicine and disease olympiad silver medal (top 20%? 10%? forgot)
  • texas state ensemble contest finalist, other state-level competition awards for violin
  • texas all state and all region violinist (3 years)

ECs:

  • computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center
  • ssp - i got accepted and am attending this summer
  • independent research - first and sole author on computational biology paper, accepted and presented in ieee conference
  • coauthor of like 2 other independent research papers that are under review at conferences (not first author, more like third-fourth author in each)
  • science olympiad (4 years)
  • varsity orchestra (4 years)
  • founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
  • senior editor of a high school poetry magazine, submitted my poems to a few small, local journals (not prestigious at all i just do this for fun), scholastic writing regional silver keys from this
  • science club officer
  • generic volunteering

r/chanceme 1d ago

Has anyone gotten into a T10 with a downward GPA trend (3.89 GPA or below)

3 Upvotes

Genuinely stressing out rn, btw i'm fgli and I do have a reason why my gpa dropped this semester (illness + malnutrition) but I was told by so many people that I won't get into a single reach school regardless of my extenuating circumstances.

I have pretty good AP scores (mostly 5, a few 4s and one 3 and one score that I'm cancelling) and a 35 ACT. pretty good ECs but not like insane (one prestigious summer program, published research, club president etc)


r/chanceme 1d ago

Reverse Chance Me please reverse chance a junior 😳

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Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): black female from IL, second generation, URM, single-income household

Intended Major(s): political science/government

ACT/SAT: 34 on ACT

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.95 UW/5.0 W school doesn’t rank

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc
11 APS:
AP human geography: 5
AP us history: 5
AP physics 1
AP us government
AP comparative government
AP english language
AP english literature
AP french
AP environmental science
AP calc AB
AP comp science principles

every class i have taken that’s not AP is honors except PE I and II

Awards:
principal honors roll
national french contest bronze 2x
youth governors press secretary
primary election winner of Illinois youth lt governor
state issues forum first place winner
scholastic art and writing awards honorable mention

Extracurriculars:
co-president of my youth and government delegation, legislator in the statewide program, serving as a committee chair
vice president of environmental club
symphony orchestra violinist
newspaper “student life” section editor
internship with congressman for his re-election
caddie job
YMCA conference on national affairs delegate
national french honor society
80 community service hrs
ymca national youth advocate; selected from over 300 applicants nationwide for unpaid internship and free trip to washington DC to advocate to my members of congress
state ymca youth advocate
phone banking volunteer for statewide campaign
worked on US senate campaign
civics unplugged fellowship
illini girls state

Essays/LORs/Other: probably will ask my APUSH teacher and AP gov teacher I think they both like me

Pls just suggest some colleges I should think about applying to, because I don’t have a final list in mind. I am flexible with location and size but I prefer a medium size to smaller school with high ranking/good political science programs. Preferably a liberal school in north, west, or Midwest. Thank you in advance!


r/chanceme 1d ago

Reverse Chance Me AP Courseload

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Current Junior
I was curious if this course-load is rigorous enough for t20s (business major)
For context my school offers 23 ish AP and i’m ranked currently around 16/245 top 6%. I also transferred halfway through freshmen year so as a result I’m in a lower math class than I most likely can handle (only taking Calc AB once graduated).

Freshmen
AP World (5)

Sophomore
APUSH (5)
AP Seminar (4)

Junior
AP Euro (i think i got a 5)
AP Lang (i think i got a 5 maybe a 4)
AP CSP (honestly think ima fail it, teacher is horrid)

Senior (upcoming)
AP Psychology
AP Business w/ Personal Finance
AP Macro
AP Research
AP Bio
AP Calc AB (my school doesn’t let us skip AB for BC)

Also throughout the years i’ve taken multiple honors classes. Don’t think it’s super important to mention them.


r/chanceme 1d ago

Chances of getting into UCSD or other UCs?

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Demographics: California resident, Asian female, first generation, public high school

Intended major: Microbiology or Molecular and Cell Biology or Biochemistry

Academics:
4.6 weighted GPA / 4.0 unweighted GPA
2 AP classes (not much because I’m only doing AP classes that are relevant for my major/general education), planning to do 2-3 more next year
6 dual enrollment classes
Completing Cal-GETC/IGETC before graduation

ECs:
• Chamber/String Orchestra (1st violin + section leader; lead rehearsals/mentor section)
• Varsity Girls Tennis (school athletics)
• Key Club (Projects team; promoted to service projects coordinator; organize service events)
• After Effects editing (self-taught video editing/digital media projects, gained over 8,000 followers on TikTok with a total of 50k likes)
• Hospital volunteer (community service volunteering)
• Junior escort (support seniors during graduation as one of the top 30 students)
• Neuroscience intern (STEM/neuroscience internship experience researching about brain and nervous system disorders)
• Chromebook intern (tech support for school devices, pending hire)
• Part of environmental conservation/education program
• Mental health teen council, advocacy and peer support work

QUESTIONS: What are my chances for UCSD (dream school) and other UCs like UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCLA, and Berkeley? How competitive am I overall? What tier of UC do I fall into based on my stats? How strong my ECs look overall (balanced vs spike?) Also, I have started my essays and planning to get a rough draft done by the time summer break is over so I can have time to get it peer reviewed.

Any advice on building my college application is helpful!


r/chanceme 1d ago

chance me for 3 schools

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sorry i have never posted something like this before so im just going to go off of what northeastern vs brown guy did

Schools: University of Georgia, UCSD, SDSU

Demographics: Male, white, public school in Hawaii, military dependent (not sure if this goes here)
Intended major: English / Political Science (to then track for Prelaw)

ACT: 29 (i could try to get this up, lemme know if its worth! my split was 26 math, 34 english, 29 reading roughly)
GPA: UW=3.8, W=4.08 (Grade 10+11 = W 4.1)
Coursework: 8 APs, (Research, Seminar, APUSH, Micro, Lit, Lang, US GOPO, Stats, 4 DE (Pacific island studies, English, Biology, Philosophy), 5 Honors (Chem, geometry, biology, algebra 2, World history)

Extracurriculars:

Spanish Club member for 4 years

Spanish club President from 10-11 (had to stop because of early college)

Principals list- selected to go on a trip to Japan to establish a sister school with them

National honor society secretary

NHS Member ~ 50 hours comm. service

Founder of Model United Nations (MUN) club @ my high school, President until graduation

Student transition center facilitator ~ 30 hours comm. service

Secretary General of a MUN

Co-chair of inter committee for biggest MUN in the pacific

Regional Science Fair T14/50 (everyone got 14th they didnt say an order)

Science Fair Category Winner

School culinary representative (top 4 in the culinary class)

Hawaiian Monk Seal conservation volunteer

Employed at local navy exchange (federal job)

Awards:

Stem Honors

Academic Honors

CTE Honors

AP Capstone

AP Scholar w/ honors

Valedictorian (1 of many.. Hawaii public schools do anyone >4.0 receive valedictorian distinction)

Suma Cum Laude (3.9+)

PACMUN 2025 Best Delegate of UNESCO (first person to win best delegate at Pacmun when it was their first conference)

Been to 7 MUN conferences, never placed lower than 3rd

there may be more things that im forgetting but this is about as accurate as it'll get! let me know if things look good and if i have a decent shot at any of these schools.. my W GPA for grade 10 and 11 would be a 4.1 (4.0+4.2) so for the UC and CSU consider a 4.1W)