_Chances_ @ several selective schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here's the creds:</p>

<p>Asian Female, 1st generation student
Income level: 30k-36k</p>

<p>Public High School
Live in suburbia--Lincoln, NE
Currently a Junior</p>

<p>Unw. GPA: 3.71-3.75(somewhere in there)
--to be 3.8ish by senior year, hopefully
Weighted: 4.1-4.3 (somewhere in there)
--to be 4.3ish by senior year</p>

<p>Grades show an uphill trend</p>

<p>Rank: 16/400some kids; Top 4%</p>

<p>ACT score: 27 (first time--am taking prep course and retaking it)
*PROJECTING a score of 32+ on retake (gonna work my butt off)</p>

<p>Taking 3 SAT 2s in Math 1, Lit., & US History soon</p>

<p>Took most rigorous courses availabe (AP's, differentiated AKA honors, all that good stuff)</p>

<p>EC's:
*Student Council (9--secretary. was full of snobs)
*Archery Club (9)
*Speech Team (9, 10)
*Debate Team (10, 11, 12)
--guaranteed spot as Captain in 12th grade
*Asian Caucus (9--Pres., 10, 11, 12--be a V.P. perhaps)
*Science Olympiad (9, 10, 11, 12)
*National Honor Society (12)
*Tennis Team (12)
*Junior Achievemet--Teen-ran company "O.M.G." (11, 12)
*Upward Bound College-Prep program--Math/Science (10, 11, 12)
VOLUNTEER:
*Started this year @ Sheldon Art Gallery
*Started this year @ Lincoln Humanities Council
*Bright Lights Classroom Assistant in summer
AIMING for 150+ community service hours by end of summer</p>

<p>SUMMER:
*Upward Bound 6-week program (10, 11)
*Victory Briefs Debate Institute (11)
*Am. Legion Auxilliary Girls State (11)
*Summer school (9, 10, 11)
*Volunteering (11) @ Sheldon, Humanities Council & Soup Kitchen</p>

<p>WORK EXP:
*Wendy's (9, 10, 11)--2 years-- 10-15 hours/week
*Chinese Restuarant (11)--6 months-- 10-15 hours/week
*Gallup Interviewing (11-12)--6 months at least-- 20-30 hours/week</p>

<p>AP TESTS:
*will get AP Honors of some sort
*World History--4
*US History--projected 4/5
*Lang/Comp--projected 4
WILL TAKE: Calc BC, Psych, Gov't/Politics US & Gov't/Politics Comparative, Macroeconomics</p>

<p>AWARDS:
*won champions @ 3 Debate tournaments,...ranked 2nd in debate for 10th & 11th grade in Nebraska, State Qualifier for debate 2x (10, 11) & State Qual. for speech (10), won 1 speech tournament champ @ varsity division for informative speaking, awarded High Honors Cert. of achievement in Debate/Speech by Order of the Elks</p>

<p>Essays: hope to be stellar. I'm a strong writer. Will be working on them in summer @ EducationQuest</p>

<p>THE SCHOOLS:</p>

<p>Boston U
Boston College
U of Chicago
New York Univ.
John Hopkins
Wash U. @ St. Louis
UCLA
Duke
Northwestern</p>

<p>If you'd like to give me my chances in percentages, or ranks of most likely-->hardest to get in, that'd be appreciated but not required. Thank you all! If you're a student at one of the colleges or a counselor or expert on admissions, please put that down too! THANKS!</p>

<p>Finally, I would love for you to be most frank in your advice. I'm pretty realistic and I know that some of these schools are simply based on wishful thinking; please tell me all your thoughts about my potential application to these schools, and I will consider them. :)</p>

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<p>bump--please reply</p>

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<p>I'm not too familiar with how to guage ACT scores, so I don't think I should give any opinion on your chances. Sorry!</p>

<p>BUT</p>

<p>Is your household income really 30k-36k? If so, I think you should really apply to Questbridge (look it up on Google). Those schools to which you're applying are DAMN expensive, even with a lot of financial aid. UCLA is especially expensive for out-of-state students.</p>

<p>I know this because my family is well below upper middle class so I kind of look at all the tuition and financial aid stuff.</p>

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<p>Your ACT score needs to be 30 or above for Duke and Northwestern in order to be competitive.</p>

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<p>You need a safety.</p>

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<p>Yes I already have a safety school, but I just want some chances reviews on schools I am unsure about. And thank you for the advice on QB. I definitely will :)</p>

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<p>You need a safety you will be happy at. You could potentially be rejected by almost every school on that list. My reasoning being that your ACT score in no way projects high AP scores.</p>

<p>You have a decent shot at NYU, BC, and BU though. Decent meaning you'd be very competitive in their applicant pool. Not a guaranteed in though.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice ses. :D</p>

<p>But you're sort of assuming that my ACT score and AP scores correlate...truth is, I've studied more for AP than I ever did on my ACT! lol. In fact, because it was free for me, I totally procastinated. On my first shots at practice exams I got 30s. My sci score was 22, which threw it off. I've genuinely studied for less than..I'd say at best 2 weeks, but it was really a week.</p>

<p>But I hope to study MONTHS ahead for the next one I'll take in October. Trust me, I will. And I WILL GET AT LEAST 32. I'm aiming for 34 (blah blah blah, say all you want about my "unreal" goals...but you don't know me, I can and will :) ) </p>

<p>OK. Instead of commenting on the creds present in the original post, could you consider if I have a GPA of UNW: 3.793 and Weighted: 4.299, along with ACT SCORE: 33-35? </p>

<p>Thank you all for responding. This is my plan. I don't accuse myself of being idealistic for pursuing perfect grades because even though I've been a procastinator for most of freshman year, I've changed from that. I really had every chance to be valedictorian, cuz school was freakin' easy...except that i had late/missing work in practically I did cuz I was so lazy. Anyway, that's my projected GPA after the first semester of senior year. I then take study hall during sem 2 of sr. year to help compensate for possible senioritis...but if I get into one of those top schools, I'll doubt that will happen :D</p>

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<p>man, it was really due to debate. I liked debate more than I liked some of my classes and therefore wanted to win tournaments more than score As...dammit -.-</p>

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<p>hey, does anyone know how much does boosting my ACT score to 34 and UW GPA to 3.79-3.8 and WGPA to 4.3 help me with my schools? I'm seriously considerig Boston schools and NY as well.</p>

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<p>If you show interest in attending BU, you will get in. Otherwise, they'll waitlist or possibly reject you.</p>

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<p>WHAT? Even with a 34 ACT score?</p>

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<p>Yup. How likely is someone with a 34 ACT to attend? Think about it for a second.</p>