AHHHH (chances)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I tried this before, with no luck. PLEASE chance me, and I'll bump this till I get a reply. I would really like to know.</p>

<p>Background:
Ethnicity: White
Residency: NJ
High school: Bergen County Academies (magnet school, test to get in a la college)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Stats:
Honors everything, really. Talking Calculus this year, only APs are
AP Physics B
AP Computer Science AB
GPA: 3.78
Rank: Unranked, but top percentile
SAT: 1990 (650 Writing, 660 Math, 680 Reading). Expecting math to go up like whoa on retake
SAT2: Physics - 700, Literature - 700</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity Winter and Spring Track - Three years
Two medals at division level for hurdles
Competitive at State level
Choir (elected Choir Publicist this year) - 4 years
Chamber Choir - 1 year
All-County Choir - 2 years, Tenor II
All-Region Choir - 2 years, Tenor II (ranked #4 in region)
All-State Choir - 1 year, Bass I
Marching band (unofficial section leader, deemed by director) - 3 years
Jazz band - Four years
five-piece school male a cappella group - 2 years, main organizer
Church choir, bell choir, part of Youth Group - four years</p>

<p>Community Service:
Week in Pass Christian, Mississippy for Katrnia relief
Week in West Virginia for community improvement
Various activites with church (raking leaves, walking for food, little things)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
Dean's List a whole lot
Hurdles medals at Division level, third and fourth place in 110M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles respectively</p>

<p>Work:
Dairy Queen counter employee - two years
local Mexican resturant delivary boy - now
Summer Recreation camp counseler - One summer
Computer Tutor for the elderly at senior citizen centers - One summer</p>

<p>Schools:
Lehigh
Bucknell
Villanova
Oberlin (legacy here, my mom went to Oberlin)
Cornell
Juniata
Rutgers</p>

<p>Again, I'm gonna bump this if I don't get an answer. And my SATs should go up a fair amount too. Please help me out, thanks so much in advance.</p>

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<p>You have a very strong chance of being admitted to all schools on your list. Decision to admit or deny you will largely depend upon your applications and recommendations as your standardized test scores show that you can handle the work at any of these schools.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for answering, it really is appreciated. </p>

<p>Any other opinions would be good too. Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>One last bump. One more opinion (or several) would be awesome. Please guys!</p>

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<p>Lehigh and Bucknell are in the Patriot League. I suggest looking at all of the schools in the Patriot League which are outstanding schools with smaller student bodies and very strong academics. Don't let the name of Holy Cross scare you off. It is run by the exact same religious order (Jesuits) as Boston College, Gonzaga, Fairfield, Fordham, St Joseph's, Marquette, and Georgetown. None of the Jesuit schools are overbearingly religious and open to all faiths or none at all. Holy Cross is like a small Georgetown. In fact it was founded by the Georgetown Jesuits. It is the only Jesuit school in the country that is strictly undergraduate which means your professors are all PhDs and no grad students teaching. HC is less than an hour from Boston, Providence, and Hartford.</p>