Acceptance chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>I'm just really trying to figure out what my chances are of getting into some of the schools I'm looking at. I need to know what schools are considered reach schools for me, I know I can be really unrealistic sometimes.
White female, live in Pennsylvania
Go to a very challenging private Catholic school, consistently send students to ivies</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: around 4.3
Unweighted GPA: around 3.7 </p>

<p>My school does International Baccalaureate (IB) which is insanely difficult, my junior class schedule:
IB Humanities
IB History of the Americas
IB Spanish 3
Honors Trig/Algebra 2
Honors Ethics
Biology I
Senior schedule:
IB Standard Level w/ Calc
IB Humanities II
IB World History
IB Spanish 4
Honors Physics
IB Religions of the World
Anatomy and Physiology
Pharm Tech</p>

<p>I'm getting 5 certificates for IB instead of doing the full diploma. I have taken almost every art class that my school can offer. I would be taking IB Art if I had room in my schedule.</p>

<p>I took my SAT May 4th, so I don't have my scores back yet. I will update when I get them.<br>
ACT scores:
Composite 29
English 31
Science 31
Reading 28
Math 25
This was my first time taking the SAT or ACT, I didn't study at all, I have been working on my math and I am retaking in June, hoping for a 31+ composite. </p>

<p>Hundreds of hours of community service
President of National Honors Society (NHS)
Member of National Art Honors Society (NAHS), will be running for leadership position
Ski Club, Spanish Club, Environmental Awareness club
Student government 2 years
Varsity volleyball 4 years, team captain 2 years</p>

<p>I know that I'll never get into any of these but I'm looking to apply to Duke, UNC at Chapel Hill, UCLA, Brown, Reed, NYU, Bowdoin, and Columbia as my absolute reach schools.</p>

<p>Of course I have plenty of other more realistic schools that I plan to apply to, but could someone just give me an idea as to whether or not I have ANY chance of getting into one of my reach schools? </p>

<p>I'm an excellent writing and I've gone through a lot in my life, I don't doubt that I will have good essays written for applications. I am also close with a lot of my teachers, I plan on having stellar teacher recommendations. </p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

2

<p>I have won first place multiple language contests. I was selected to take part in an exclusive mission trip with a few other students from my school. Service is a huge part of my life. I work two jobs year round, during the Spring and Summer I work at a homemade ice cream shop, during the winter I work for a ski resort, and I work at a Farmer’s Market year round. Basically, I do community service, play sports, work 2 jobs, participate in extracurricular clubs, and get decent grades. If you have any other suggestions on how to strengthen my application, please tell me. Thank you!</p>

3

<p>UCLA: High match (can you pay full-freight?)
NYU: High match
Reed: Reach (albeit more reachable than UNC, Duke, Brown or Columbia)
Bowdoin: Reach (better not send your ACT score there, unless you re-take it)</p>

<p>For UNC, Duke, Brown and Columbia, aim for 32+/2150+…</p>

4

<p>Ill bump this for ya</p>

5

<p>Wait till you get your SAT score next week.</p>