a little worried... help me out!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>A little depressed, got deferred from Harvard (expected), which got me worried about the rest of my schools. Give me your honest opinion... thanks!</p>

<p>3.93 UW GPA (would be about 4.03 if I never took music courses all 4 years, which is a quarterly A-/B+) – 7 AP classes (max that I could)</p>

<p>also exhausted French courses at HS, taking 300 level courses fall/spring semester at Holy Cross College (A)</p>

<p>major: undecided</p>

<p>Sat’s I (taken once):
Math: 710
Verbal: 800
Writing: 800 (doesnt count at Gtown)</p>

<p>Sat II's (taken once)
Chem (10th): 690
Wrld History (10th): 690
French (11th): 770</p>

<p>AP's:
Euro History: 4
French: 5
US History: 5</p>

<p>EC's (mostly centered on music): </p>

<ul>
<li>school's advanced Jazz Ensemble (9-12)</li>
<li>directed small jazz combo, perform for business parties, clubs, for $$$ and church charities/nursing homes and school/alumni functions (10-12)</li>
<li>church folk band, performed during masses (10-11)</li>
<li>private jazz piano lessons (9-12)</li>
<li>French Club (loose term, but travelled to Quebec/Montreal 10th grade for 5 days and France 11th grade for 10 days)</li>
<li>volunteering at after-school programs for school-age kids (12)</li>
<li>crew team (9)</li>
<li>Babe Ruth Baseball (9)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards (nothing special, school's not very awardish):
-national honor society
-national merit commendation</p>

<p>white male from MA, school is all-boys Catholic (~1200 9-12), explains ridiculously difficult sport teams. athletic, didnt realy shine through on app, but talked about it during interview, tennis player.</p>

<p>I also sent in a CD with two jazz solos, sounded near professional</p>

<p>Colleges:
Reach....</p>

<p>Harvard (deferred)
Penn
Brown</p>

<p>Target...
Georgetown
Columbia</p>

<p>Safety...
Boston College
Fordham</p>

<p>feeling a little shaky about my choices now. my GC might have had too high aspirations, shouldve advised me to apply to more places. Georgetown is my absolute #1 which I absolutely MUST get into (not sure if College or SFS, advice on which i have better shot at?). Penn is prob #2, then Columbia, then Brown. Not really interested in BC or Fordham. Let me know what you think! BE HONEST!</p>

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<p>strength of curriculum as high as possible, taking AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP American Govt, AP English Lit, French 300 courses, Jazz Ensemble</p>

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<p>absolutely no legacies btw, not eskimo, not impoverished</p>

<p>middle class suburban white male is tough...</p>

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<p>sorry to keep posting, but its my first time at this and not very good at getting everything in</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Supermarket Cashier (lol): 10th grade summer
Landscaping: 11th grade summer
Jazz gigs: always</p>

<p>no, i dont work at BioTech research facilities... so</p>

<p>and I did take part in a school leadership institute/retreat for 4 days over summer, for wat its worth</p>

<p>ok, ill keep quiet now</p>

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<p>son, Columbia is the hardest school to get into on that list, who ru kidding</p>

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<p>I could really use some help deciding between Georgetown's SFS and College</p>

<p>SFS really appeals to me, but most importantly I just want to get accepted at Gtown</p>

<p>and based on school history, Columbia is target, but its not one of my top choices anyways</p>

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<p>bump? anyone?</p>

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<p>honestly your in at gtown i have friends that got in who are way less qualified then you. colombia id say you have a great chance. obv harviard brown and penn are going to be tough but fordham id say ur in. based on my friends and stuff! best of luck</p>

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<p>ok.....brown is definatly not harder to get into then Columbia. Last year, my school had 5 ppl get into brown who did not get in Columbia. SO swtich those around.
Gtown- mid-ragne/ reach
Brown- mid-range/reach
Upenn, Harvard, Columbia- may be very hard.... but myabe (reaches with columbia most likely)
u cna figure out the rest ( easy safety)</p>

<p>why didnt you apply to schools in between total safety and reach. non of those schools are that easy to get into. How about school out of teh top 10 yet not out of the top 40?</p>

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<p>bump?</p>

<p>what about which GTown school</p>

<p>SFS or College</p>

<p>wud I have a better shot at</p>

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<p>comeon now, bump, please?</p>