A Typical CC Chance Thread

<p>Hi! I’m a Caucasian female at a private girl’s school in New York State. I am currently at the end of my junior year, and I’d like to know if my prospective college list fits my GPA, SAT scores, etc.</p>

<p>GPA:
• 9-11th grade: 96.5% (weighted)
• There is an obvious trend of improvement: as a freshman, my GPA was a 93, as a junior it is a 99
• School does not officially rank, but I am in the top 15% at least.
Course Load: **
• Hardest possible
• APs:
**Sophomore Year

 European History (3, I was having a bad day)
Junior Year
 American History
 Calculus AB
 English Language
Senior Year
 Biology
 English Literature
 Calculus BC
 Government and Politics
SATs
• 2140
• CR: 710
• Math: 710
• Writing: 720
• Planning to retake (practice scores indicate I should be able to break 2200, but who knows)
• SAT IIs: Math I and II and U.S. History
ECs
• I am a cellist, so:
o All-County Orchestra
o All-State Orchestra
o School Quartet
o Playing for 11 years
o School Orchestra
o School Musical
• Secretary of National Honor Society
• Member of Model UN
• Math and science tutor
• Soccer
o Both for school and club teams
• One year of track
• Volunteer at local Children’s Hospital
• A possible internship at a local hospital
Recognition:
• Excellence in Math (9,10,11th)
• National Merit Commended Scholar
Other stuff:
• My counselor loves me, along with my teachers, so I think recommendations will be good.
• I’m a fairly decent writer, and the current draft of my essay talks about my volunteering with dialysis patients (a possible ‘hook’?)
• My PSAT scores were 212 (99th percentile), which probably makes me a Commended Scholar, but a slim chance at Semi-Finalist status.
Oh, and I am making a recording of a cello solo.
Colleges:
• Williams
o My first choice, considering applying early decision, and I have expressed interest to them
• Cornell
o Legacy there
• Georgetown
• University of Pennsylvania (a stretch)
• Dartmouth (also a stretch)
• Carnegie Mellon
• Tufts
• Boston College
• Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>Thanks for your help! And any other college suggestions are welcomed!</p>

<p>I suppose this is considered a bump, but I also would like to ask about Tufts. I have heard weird stuff about Tufts admission, and I was wondering if someone could explain that to me. Because my sister got a 2180, which is well above the Tufts average, and was still denied. Yet she got into Cornell.</p>

<p>sorry to be pushy guys, but I'd appreciate a chance! Thanks!</p>