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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Caucasian Male</p>

<p>School: Prestigious private school (sends 25%+ to top schools)</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.85 W: 4.25 (school does not rank)</p>

<p>Course load: 8 AP's (all 5's on exams so far), most other classes honors (except math), self studied AP Goverment and Politics</p>

<p>SAT: 720 Math/800 CR/790 Writing --> 2310 (supercored from two sittings)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Taking next month. </p>

<p>Predicted: (using results from the actual College Board SAT Subject practice tests, not what it would be nice if they were =P ):</p>

<p>Biology: 750+/US History: ~800/Literature: 730+</p>

<p>Athletics:</p>

<p>4 years Varsity Cross Country/Varsity Track</p>

<p>Awards: </p>

<p>Cum Laude
School Departmental Awards in Biolgy, History</p>

<p>Volunteer:</p>

<p>Writing Tutor (11/12)
Active pet shelter volunteer (Organized events that have raised hundreds of dollars for the shelter)
Summer veterinarian internship</p>

<p>Work: </p>

<p>Sandwich shop over summer</p>

<p>Leadership:</p>

<p>President of active Gay Straight Alliance
(hopefully/likely) Appointed Student Council Position
(hopefully) Co-Editor in Chief of newspaper next year</p>

<p>Here are some schools I'm interested in:</p>

<p>Berkeley
Pomona
Brown
Wesleyan
Harvard
Vassar
Macalester
Yale
Swarthmore
Grinnell
Bowdoin
Reed
Amherst </p>

<p>Am I a competitive applicant? Am I crazy to even consider Ivy League or similarly competitive schools like Amherst/Pomona/Swarthmore? I feel like I have no hook: I haven't received any national awards and I'm not a nationally ranked musician or athlete. My GPA is sort of low because I have gotten mostly A-'s in my math/physyics/chem classes. I have little leadership.</p>

<p>Please give honest opinions. I'd rather not build up false hope.</p>

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<p>No one?</p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice on areas I could work on before December? What I could do over the summer?</p>

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<p>you have good stats just do well on sat2s and your going to get into atleast 1 top 15 college.</p>

<p>what private school do you go to btw?</p>

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<p>Haha thanks, but I'm really not very interested in the ranking of the college I go to. And I'd rather not say where I go to highschool.</p>

<p>Anyone else??</p>

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<p>Criticism? Suggestions of schools like ones on my list? I need a few safeties, and I don't know where to look for them.</p>

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<p>I didn't go to the trouble of making this for nothing.. Please someone give me some chances to schools listed :(</p>

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<p>shameless bump</p>

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<p>I love to chance those in desperation :) so okay....</p>

<p>Berkeley --what do you think?
Pomona--40%
Brown--20%
Wesleyan--40%
Harvard --what do you think?
Vassar--60ish%
Macalester --don't know it so won't chance you
Yale -- hehe....
Swarthmore-- !! 40%
Grinnell--40%
Bowdoin--40%
Reed--40%
Amherst--40%</p>

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<p>I think its a smart move for applying to bowdoin and all those liberal schools because they are definitely your best hopes.
Any legacys? cuz you will get in</p>